Innovators

There has already been more venture capital poured into digital currency bitcoin this year than all of the last year, CoinDesk data shows. In fact, $113 million has been invested into bitcoin startups in 2014.

Trupanion a pet insurance company, rose 14% in its trading debut Friday. After pricing at $10 per share, the company raised $71 million in the offering.

Yahoo has made a $250 million bid for YouTube content creator, Fullscreen, Sky News reports.

BuzzFeed, the news site known for its viral content, is reportedly in the process of raising a financing round of about $200 million, according to VentureBeat. That amount would bring BuzzFeed’s total venture capital raised to about $250 million.

Uber will probably be worth its ginormous valuation someday, but it might be in for a rough ride between now and then. 

Go ahead alternative lenders and other competitors: lend your money and provide your services. You’re not hurting banks like Wells Fargo. You’re actually helping them.

Wells Fargo is the latest in big corporations intent on mentoring startups and aiding them with resources to fuel growth...on both sides of the equation.

Looking to replicate the wealth and job creation seen in Silicon Valley, burgeoning tech communities are forming throughout the globe. Chicago, part of the region known as “Silicon Prairie” has seen some of its internet companies, including Groupon, Gogo, and GrubHub, grow from startup to IPO.

A new streaming service called Flix Premiere is set to compete with Netflix, Amazon, and movie theaters.

Virtual reality company Oculus started shipping its highly awaited Rift headsets from Monday, about two years after the company was acquired by social media giant Facebook Inc.

Alcoa Inc. said its fourth-quarter revenue slumped 18% amid sharply lower aluminum prices. Shares rose 1.9% to $8.15 in after-hours trading as adjusted per-share earnings beat expectations. 

Bitcoin’s largest exchange revealed plans to halt trading for about 12 hours to allow a “cool down” after an incredible 61% meltdown in the value of the virtual currency.

Andy Grove, the Silicon Valley elder statesman who made Intel into the world's top chipmaker and helped usher in the personal computer age, died on Tuesday at age 79, Intel said.

No flux capacitor? No problem. Nike’s newest sneakers are equipped with self-tying laces, the invention that has been the envy of 'Back to the Future' fans.