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| 19.06.2026 | 'It's harder than ever to raise a fund.' Here's one emerging manager's advice. | In artificial intelligence's funding bonanza, a tiny circle of startups can stack billion-dollar rounds in quick succession, while everyone else fights for what's left.
Less obvious is that the same squeeze is happening to the venture capit... |
| 22.04.2026 | 29-year-old spent $1,000 to launch a wedding camcorder business—it brought in $1.7 million in sales in less than a year | In April 2025, Anne Marie Carroll dropped about $680 on a Sony camcorder she found on Amazon and another $290 to launch a Squarespace site for her new business idea.
By the end of May, she’d brought in roughly 36 times her initial investmen... |
| 26.07.2025 | Credit cards can be an ‘amazing tool’ for your wedding, expert says — but only if you’re ‘strategic’ | About 67% of surveyed couples used some form of financing to pay for their wedding, whether it was credit cards or personal loans, according to a report by LendingTree.
The average cost of a wedding in the U.S. is expected to be about $36,0... |
| 28.06.2025 | A Billionaire's Wedding: Love, Luxury, and Local Backlash in Venice | Venice, the city of canals and romance, recently became the backdrop for a wedding that could only be described as a spectacle of wealth. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, tied the knot with journalist Lauren Sánchez in a lavish ceremony t... |
| 27.06.2025 | Bespoke bash for a billionaire: Jeff Bezos weds Lauren Sánchez in lavish Venice ceremony | It was the second day of events spread across the Italian lagoon city, which added complexity to what would have been a massive logistical undertaking even on dry land.
Dozens of private jets had flocked to Venice’s airport, and yachts pull... |
| 23.06.2025 | 3 in 4 couples overspend on their weddings—here’s how to stay on budget, according to experts | If you’re planning on getting married anytime soon, you likely already know that your celebration is going to come with a big bill. It’s often not until you get into the nitty gritty of planning the event, however, that you realize that you... |
| 11.02.2025 | The Conspiracy Circus: Elon Musk and the USAID Saga | In the digital age, misinformation spreads like wildfire. Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, has become a master of this chaotic landscape. Recently, he found himself at the center of a storm involving USAID, the U.S. Agency for Inte... |
| 10.02.2025 | As Elon Musk Continues To Repeat Lies About Who And What USAID Funded, Turns Out, It Funded Elon Musk | Last week, we highlighted how the richest person on the planet — Elon Musk, who currently appears to have unparalleled, Constitutionally-violating control over the US government — was running around repeating every confused 4chan dipshit’s ... |
| 20.06.2024 | Considering a Child-Free Wedding? Tips to Know Before You Say Yes | (BPT) - Wedding planning requires countless choices, but one that remains highly debated is whether (or how much!) to include children in the festivities.
The Zola First Look Report found, of 4,000 couples with 2024 wedding dates, 79.5% are... |
| 01.05.2024 | Etsy, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2024 Results | BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Etsy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ETSY), which operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers around the world, today announced results for its first ... |
| 28.06.2023 | A typical Miami wedding may include sticker shock | The estimated cost of a wedding in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro is $33,000, up 8.2% from 2019 to 2022, per The Knot.
What's happening: Almost every aspect of planning, hosting and attending weddings is getting pricier. Guests are even go... |
| 23.06.2023 | More brides turning to secondhand dresses as inflation drives up wedding costs | Beverly Hills — Bride-to-be Georgia Etheridge is beaming in the months ahead of her big day. Her perfect, pearly fit is thanks to a secondhand gown.
"A bride who had planned her wedding and then COVID happened," Etheridge says of ... |
| 01.06.2023 | Croatia And Charleston Among Top Honeymoon Searches On Pinterest | Croatia is a top honeymoon search on Pinterest.Adventures Croatia |
| 28.03.2023 | David’s Bridal Partnership Strategy Extends To Ashley Furniture, Giving Couples More Of What They Need | Attractive young woman in wedding dress putting on sports shoes and smiling while sitting on the ... [+] sofagetty |
| 24.05.2022 | 'Heartbroken' couples left devastated as hackers steal wedding and honeymoon cash | Tech'Heartbroken' couples left devastated as hackers steal wedding and honeymoon cash
Couples-to-be have been left devastated after cruel hackers stole thousands in wedding funds including gifts from their friends and family - the app Zola ... |
| 08.04.2022 | Wedding costs are skyrocketing as vendors pass inflation costs on to their customers | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
As inflation rises and supply-chain issues persist, many wedding vendors are passing on higher costs to th... |
| 20.12.2021 | Demand Curve: Avoid these 10 copywriting mistakes to get more conversions | Joyce Chou Contributor
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Copywriting isn’t just about combining the right words to sell your product — it’s how your messag... |
| 18.12.2021 | 6 wedding trends that will start to disappear by 2022, and 8 you’ll see everywhere | Some trends are expected to fade in 2022. Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images
According to wedding experts, some trends are timeless while others are set to expire.
Bouquet tosses and balloon arches are expected to become less common at 202... |
| 03.11.2021 | How Skype became the link between two college sweethearts | 25/10/2021 | Skype Blogs | Skype wedding
As newlyweds James and Naya discovered, when you can't physically be together, connecting via Skype is the next best thing.
"The Skype calling tune is something that brings joy every time I hear... |
| 01.02.2021 | Digital.com Names Best Wedding Website Builders of 2021 | SEATTLE (PRWEB) February 01, 2021
Digital.com, a leading independent review website for small business online tools, products, and services, has announced the best wedding website builders of 2021. The top platforms were evaluated based on ... |
| 19.10.2020 | Zola Expands Local Wedding Vendor Platform Into New Jersey and Philadelphia, Offering Engaged Couples Ability To Discover and Book Pre-Screened Wedding Venues and Vendors | |
| 03.10.2019 | Zola, the $650M wedding portal, taps the travel market with an expansion into honeymoons | The wedding industry is estimated to be worth some $100 billion in the U.S. alone, and now one of the fastest-growing companies in that space — the wedding planning site Zola — is making a move to augment its position with a sidestep into t... |
| 12.08.2019 | Announcing the Disrupt SF 2019 agenda | Disrupt SF 2019 is set to be the biggest and best Disrupt yet. We’ve got a little something for everyone, including space chats with Lockheed Martin’s Marillyn Hewson and Blue Origin’s Bob Smith, a word from Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, a firesid... |
| 27.06.2019 | Zola founder and CEO Shan-Lyn Ma is coming to Disrupt SF | Many, many startups have tried to work their way into the U.S.’s $76 billion wedding market. But Zola is one of the few that’s truly carved a path in this massive industry.
That’s why we’re so thrilled to have Shan-Lyn Ma, CEO of Zola, join... |
| 05.03.2019 | Blueground raises $20 million for flexible apartment rentals | Blueground, the startup providing turnkey flexible rental apartments, has raised $20 million in a round led by Athens-based VentureFriends, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Dubai’s Jabbar Internet Group and serial entrepreneur Kev... |
| 16.02.2019 | How to handle 15 possible wedding-day disasters like a pro | Things can go wrong at weddings, no matter how meticulously you plan them.
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Weddings take a lot of planning, and there is a chance something might not go according to plan on the big day.
There are some easy solutions to these problems... |
| 14.02.2019 | Have Millennials Lost Faith in Marriage? This Wedding Planning Startup Suggests No | Shan-Lyn Ma, co-founder and CEO of Zola. Zola
You’ve probably heard this too often: Millennials are no longer getting married and are rejecting the arrogant idea of big weddings.
But wedding industry insider Shan-Lyn Ma doesn’t quite buy th... |
| 17.07.2018 | Стартап дня: сервис для организации свадеб Zola | Помогает с планированием дел, создаёт для молодожёнов сайт, помогает подобрать подарок и рассылает приглашения гостям.
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| 02.07.2018 | These 50 founders and VCs suggest 2018 may be a tipping point for women in tech: Part 2 | On Friday, we featured 25 founders and VCs who are having a notable 2018 — and who happen to be women. Herewith, 25 more who deserve some kudos for getting it done in the first half of this year. This list, meant to highlight the growing nu... |
| 08.06.2018 | Spending: The etiquette of wedding gifts | Wedding season is just around the corner. Here are some tips on giving wedding gifts, especially when the cost of attending the event is already stretching your budget.
Q: My niece is getting married in her hometown, and the costs of travel... |
| 03.05.2018 | Wedding-planning startup Zola just tied the knot: $100 million funding from Comcast Ventures, NBCUniversal, and Goldman Sachs Investment Partners | Zola, the wedding-planning startup, is about to join the unicorn startup club. Today, Zola announced it has raised $100 million in Series D financing to help reinvent wedding planning and registry for millennials. The funding round was led ... |
| 03.05.2018 | Zola Raises $100M Series D | Zola, the fastest growing wedding company in the U.S., announced a $100 million Series D financing. This round was led by existing investor Comcast Ventures, as well as adding new investors NBCUniversal and Goldman Sachs Investment Partners... |
| 03.05.2018 | Wedding startup Zola just received a lavish gift: $100 million in fresh funding | Zola, a fast-growing company that invites newly engaged couples to register their guests, shop from 600 different brands, and create customizable checklists, has itself received something a bit extravagant: $100 million in Series D funding.... |
| 03.05.2018 | Why Comcast and Goldman Sachs Just Put $100 Million Into Cleaning Up Wedding Planning | Weddings are both a joyous family affair and a tangle of moving parts — perhaps it’s the stress of making sure one Trump-voting aunt won’t be seated next to a Democratic in-law, or rerouting those flowers from the wrong location on the big ... |
| 03.05.2018 | Term Sheet — Thursday, May 3 | TWO BANKRUPTCIES AND A WEDDING
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| 03.05.2018 | Zola Raises $100M in Series D Financing | Zola, a NYC-based wedding company, raised $100m in Series D financing.
Backers included Comcast Ventures, NBCUniversal, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Canvas Ventures, Thrive Capital, BBG Ventures, Female Fo... |
| 12.02.2018 | Target partners with Honeyfund to add cash gifts to its wedding registry | Chalk one up to the power of media exposure. The team responsible for building Target’s online registry saw Honeyfund appear on “Shark Tank,” and thought it would be cool to integrate the honeymoon registry service into Target’s own. Today,... |
| 10.11.2017 | Inno Approved: DC Tech Events To Know About This Week (11/10-11/23) | Like DC Inno Approved? A fresh version comes out every other Friday with new ideas of tech and networking events to check out. Here's a list of great tech, business and networking events in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, to hit up in the next... |
| 18.04.2017 | Midas Brink List Lookback -- Where Are They Now? | Since 2011, when TrueBridge Capital Partners first collaborated with Forbes to produce the Midas List, we’ve created a complementary list of venture capital investors, the Brink List, which recognizes those who haven’t quite made it to Mida... |
| 15.12.2016 | Zola Secures $25M Series C Funding | Zola, a NYC-based wedding registry, secured a $25m Series C funding round.
The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Comcast Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Thrive Capital, BBG Ventures, Female Founders Fund, and c... |
| 14.12.2016 | Confirmed: Zola wedding registry raises $25 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners | Zola, the online wedding registry for engaged couples, has confirmed that it raised $25 million in Series C funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to Re/code.
We first reported on the round in late November, at which time sou... |
| 23.11.2016 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, November 23 | ET CETERA
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| 22.11.2016 | Zola wedding registry lands $25 million led by Lightspeed | Zola, the smarter wedding gift registry, has signed term sheets on a $25 million Series C round of funding, according to sources close to the matter. Sources say that Lightspeed led the round, and that Zola’s pre-funding valuation was at $2... |
| 07.01.2016 | Female Founders: The State Of The Union | Shan-Lyn Ma Contributor
Shan-Lyn Ma is co-founder and CEO of Zola.
Building a tech company from the ground up and having it succeed is an ambitious goal. Doing that as a female founder and CEO is another beast, entirely.
When my co-founders... |
| 13.11.2015 | Zola Raises $10M in Series B Funding | Zola Inc., a New York-based provider of an online wedding and gift registry platform, raised $10m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Canvas Ventures with participation from Thrive Capital, BBG Ventures, Female Founders Fund and Forer... |
| 13.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 13, 2015 | White Star Capital closed $70M funding; GetYourGuide bagged $50M; Zola raised $10M
WriteLab, a browser-based tool that provides feedback on writing, has raised $2 million in a series A round led by Reach Capital with participation from Kapo... |
| 06.05.2015 | CMO for Zola — the breakthrough wedding registry startup — speaking at GrowthBeat Summit | We’re excited to announce that Laura Holliday, recently-named CMO of Zola, will be a featured speaker at GrowthBeat Summit in Boston June 1 and 2. Holliday is the online wedding registry’s first CMO since it burst onto the scene just 19 mon... |
| 06.05.2015 | CMO for Zola — the breakthrough wedding registry startup — speaking at GrowthBeat Summit | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We’re excited to announce that Laura Holliday, recently-named CMO of Zola, will be a featured speaker at GrowthBeat Summit in Boston Ju... |
| 17.04.2014 | Zola Debuts Its iPhone App To Allow Couples To Manage Their Wedding Registries On The Go | Zola, the new wedding registry startup emerging from Gilt And AlleyCorp founder Kevin Ryan, has launched an iPhone app to allow couples to create and manage their Zola registries from anywhere.
Zola, led by former Gilt employees Shan-Lyn Ma... |
| 07.11.2013 | Mobile Marketing Tech Player Appboy, Kevin Ryan’s Zola Nab Funding | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A pair of funding deals hit New York this week in mobile marketing technology and online wedding gifting.
On Wednesday, mobile relationship manager Appboy said it raised $7.6 ... |
| 05.11.2013 | What is love without a blender? Zola helps newlyweds get the gifts they want | $19 billion is spent on wedding gifts a year. Zola helps couples get stuff they actually want
Zola has raised $3.25 million in its first round of funding to grow its wedding registry for the “modern couple.”
Zola’s marketplace features a ra... |
| 05.11.2013 | Gilt Founder’s New Wedding Registry Startup Zola Raises $3.25M From Thrive Capital | Zola, the new wedding registry startup emerging from Gilt And AlleyCorp founder Kevin Ryan and a group of former Gilt employees, has raised $3.25 million in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital. Joshua Kushner, founder and managing partne... |
| 05.11.2013 | Funding Daily: Gambling, casual gaming, & e-commerce | There was literally so much funding news announced today, we didn’t actually have time for a properly goofy introduction paragraph before we launch into all the deals. (You’ll just have to settle for the adorable puppy/kitty photo above.)
H... |
| 05.11.2013 | What is love without a blender? Zola helps newlyweds get the gifts they want | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
$19 billion is spent on wedding gifts a year. Zol... |
| 05.11.2013 | Funding Daily: Gambling, casual gaming, & e-commerce | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There was literally so much funding news announce... |
| 09.10.2013 | Forget cake and love: Zola focuses on most important part of a wedding — gifts | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Love, marriage, and commitment are great, but let... |
| 09.10.2013 | Forget cake and love: Zola focuses on most important part of a wedding — gifts | Love, marriage, and commitment are great, but let’s be honest — getting married is really about the gifts.
Today, Gilt Groupe founder Kevin Ryan and Gilt alumni Shan-Lyn Ma and Nobu Nakaguchi launched Zola — a wedding registry for the “mode... |
| 02.10.2013 | Gilt Founder Kevin Ryan’s New Startup Zola Wants To Reinvent The Wedding Registry | We’ve been wondering what stealthy startup Gilt, AlleyCorp and 10Gen founder Kevin Ryan has been working on after he revealed that he was expanding his empire a few months ago at Disrupt NY. We’ve learned Ryan is staying in the e-commerce s... |
| - | Какими будут следующие 50 стартапов-единорогов — обзор CB Insights | Какими будут следующие 50 стартапов-единорогов — обзор CB Insights
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| - | 37% of couples use cash wedding gifts for the down payment on a new home, report says | More couples than ever before, 87%, reported including cash funds in their wedding registry, according to recent data from Zola. Of couples collecting cash, 37% are putting that money toward purchasing a house.
With today’s housing market, ... |
| - | A $50,000 wedding for free: What it’s like to win an all-inclusive wedding giveaway | Couples spend a lot of time planning a wedding — and paying for it.
The average cost of a wedding in 2023 rose to $29,000, up slightly from the year prior, according to a survey of more than 4,000 couples from wedding registry site Zola.
We... |
| - | We used ChatGPT as our wedding planner — it saved us $5,000 | Perhaps their vows should read, “AI do.”
Maria Cortese’s jaw dropped after receiving a $5,000 rate from a New York wedding planner.
The penny-wise Poughkeepsie, New York native feared the inflated fee would blow the $34,000 budget she and f... |
