Jacob Cohen
Contributing Writer, The Hustle

With fresh $1.3B valuation, Melio aims to digitize SMBs

Israeli payments platform Melio raised $110m to help SMBs take check-writing online.

Jacob Cohen • January 29, 2021

An MIT lab managed to grow wood. Wait until you see how.

MIT researchers designed a method to grow wood in a lab, but selling lab-grown tables is a long way off.

Jacob Cohen • January 22, 2021

Transmit widens the streaming landscape with its picture-in-picture ad platform

Transmit is looking to capture early market share in a booming space with live streaming video and a fresh $7m funding round.

Jacob Cohen • January 21, 2021

The future of work looks like a video game

A number of startups are turning remote work into virtual play environments. Will it stick?

Jacob Cohen • January 19, 2021

Webflow raises $140m to write no-code code

Webflow gives businesses tools to build no-code websites. It just raised $140m.

Jacob Cohen • January 15, 2021

Happy 20th Birthday, Wikipedia

Teachers may not approve, but Wikipedia is one of the world’s most popular websites, with 22B visits each month. It turns 20 this week.

Jacob Cohen • January 14, 2021

Crocs had a massive 2020. How?

Crocs may be ugly, but the foam clog’s financials are hot.

Jacob Cohen • January 13, 2021

Jobandtalent raises $108m to help people make a career out of ‘gigging’

Jobandtalent raised $108m to help put the world’s 500m temps to work… but legal hurdles loom.

Jacob Cohen • January 12, 2021

As in-store sales lose gas, makeup goes SaaS

After COVID-19 hit, makeup sales took a dive. But tech is helping many brands bounce back.

Jacob Cohen • January 11, 2021

Tile hopes its new AR tech can help locate market share…as Apple looms

Tile has sold 30m+ trackers and raised $104m. Will that be enough to beat Apple’s AirTags?

Jacob Cohen • January 8, 2021

The FAA just moved drone deliveries one step closer to your front door

New regulations make it easier and safer for drones to do business in the sky, but privacy concerns abound.

Jacob Cohen • January 6, 2021

Another streaming war: Stock pickers are feuding over FuboTV

Sports streaming service FuboTV exploded 500% after its October IPO, but skeptical analysts are pouring water on its story.

Jacob Cohen • January 5, 2021

Barnes & Noble is trying to write its last next chapter

James Daunt is turning around Barnes & Noble by… not being Amazon.

Jacob Cohen • December 9, 2020

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