5 fundraising imperatives for robotics startups
There's never been a better time to pursue funding for robotics startups, but you are more likely to succeed if you build a strategy marked by the same sophistication you bring to your business. Lidiya Dervisheva Contrib.....»»
Evernote ex-founder and mmhmm CEO Phil Libin makes remote working less boring
Remote work becomes the norm and will continue to change very single aspect of our life even in post-pandemic. Phil Libin, ex-founder of Evernote and currently CEO of mmhmm shared his insights on post-pandemic trends and advised startups on how to fi.....»»
BNPL everywhere
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment. Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by what the weekday Exchange co.....»»
The next big startup may just help venture back more startups
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Oper8r, built by Winter Mead and Welly Sculley, wants to help new entrants in the VC world scale. The accelera.....»»
Egyptian startup Capiter raises $33M to expand B2B e-commerce platform across MENA
Funding startups that help manufacturers and sellers distribute products and merchants access them on a single platform keeps increasing across Africa. Today, Cairo-based B2B e-commerce startup Capiter continues that trend by raising a $33 million Se.....»»
Arm, Taiwan"s ITRI join force to help IC design startups grow
Arm is partnering with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to develop an ecosystem platform available for international IC design startups looking to invest in Taiwan......»»
Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Plug and Play invest in Odiggo’s $2.2M seed round
Servicing one’s car personally is a time-consuming, expensive and painstaking process. It’s a cycle that can lead to more expensive repairs and safety issues down the line, and no car owner likes that. Egypt and Dubai-based auto tech star.....»»
Tracking startup growth rates
This week was more than hectic, so we have a lot of ground to cover. Below are more notes on the Brazilian IPO market, more coverage of the Chicago startup scene and a host of numbers from startups concerning their recent growth results. We.....»»
‘How to hire’ is the new ‘how to conserve runway’
Thanks for reading Startups Weekly. Want the weekly digest in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. When COVID-19 first began to infect the world, my interviews with venture capitalists all somewhat fit into the same mold. Investors would tell m.....»»
Tesla Bot is the company’s troubled Autopilot system in humanoid form
CEO Elon Musk says prototype should be ready "sometime next year." Enlarge / Not sure how those joints will work... (credit: Tesla) Not content to be an automaker or even an energy company, Tesla now wants people to think of it as a robotics c.....»»
Extra Crunch roundup: Corp dev handbook, Chicago startups, Brazil’s e-commerce landscape
If you're a founder who finds yourself in a meeting with a VC, try to remember two things — you're the smartest person in the room, and investors are looking for a reason to say "yes." If you’re a founder who finds yourself in a mee.....»»
TXOne Networks finishes largest fundraising amid cybersecurity solution developers in Taiwan
Adaptive ICS (industrial control system) cybersecurity solution developer TXOne Networks has completed Series A funding to raise NT$360 million (US$12.9 million), so far the largest fund-raising amount among cybersecurity solution developers and/or s.....»»
A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs
The success of a fundraising process is entirely dependent on how well an entrepreneur can manage it. Here are five pointers that founders should consider while pitching to venture capitalists. Kunal Lunawat Contributor.....»»
When VCs turned to Zoom, Chicago startups were ready for their close-up
Chicago is an outlying benefactor from accelerating venture capital activity and the rise of remote investing. Chicago’s startup scene is finally getting the attention it long felt it deserved. By now it’s common knowledge that 2021 is.....»»
4 common mistakes startups make when setting pay for hybrid workers
Regardless of your startup’s stance on the topic, having a consistent compensation philosophy that you apply to your evolving workplace has a unicorn-sized influence on important growth metrics. Thanh Nguyen Contributo.....»»
Actuator: Stop making sense
First of all, we’ve got a fancy new name. While “Robotics Roundup” was nothing if not very technically accurate, it lacked the kind of panache one ought to strive for when rounding up robotics. Actuator, on the other hand — that’s a mov.....»»
Launch House raises millions to launch houses (and the next big startups)
Launch House raises millions to launch houses (and the next big startups).....»»
Rapid Robotics raises another $36.7M
Rapid Robotics announced a $12 million Series A all the way back in April 2021. Four months later, the Bay Area-based robotic manufacturing firm is back with a $36.7 million Series B, led by Kleiner Perkins and Tiger Global. The round, which also fea.....»»
Will Google ever lose its throne as king of search? Here are its main contenders
Google has been the king of search for decades and has worked hard to keep competitors down. But there's a small group of startups that refuses to back down......»»
Building a growth community in India with Ayush Srivastava of Growth Folks
To hear more about the strategies that are boosting Indian startups, we interviewed Ayush Srivastava, co-founder of growth marketing group Growth Folks (and a growth marketer at Zynga by day). Indian startups of all sizes are raising record.....»»
Growth roundup: Storytelling for startups, early-stage influencers, retail media spend
“I like to think of successful brand-building as creating a company that customers would be upset to separate from their identity,” growth marketing expert Julian Shapiro told us earlier this week. “For example, they’d cease to be the man wit.....»»