How 2 startups scaled to $50M ARR and beyond
Today, we're discussing OwnBackup and Assembly, two middle-late startups that are entering unicorn territory. The current list of venture-backed private companies we expect to go public — and the number of companies that might say yes to.....»»
India roundup: Twitter loses immunity over user"s content; TikTok ban benefits local startups
Twitter loses immunity over user's content in India: A high court in India has ruled that Twitter, unwilling to follow the country's new IT law passed at the end of May, 2021, has lost immunity over user-generated content, suggesting that the social.....»»
Philippines" Globe Telecom ventures into startups to generate revenue from value-added services
The Philippines' Globe Telecom created revenue growth of more than 60% of revenue in seven years, with its almost 9% in average annual growth higher than the average of 6.53% for 16 telecom firms that NYU Stern School of Business tracks around the wo.....»»
Dovetail, the venture studio that has worked with startups like Afterpay, is raising a new fund
Based in Sydney and Auckland, Dovetail is a full-service venture studio that works closely with founders who have a great idea, but may lack technical backgrounds. Dovetail helps them build companies from the ground up, preparing them for growth and.....»»
Trillion-dollar horses, surfeit funding rounds and Future’s future
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.....»»
Beyond ‘Netflix Party’: startups and their VCs bet we’ll browse more of the web together
Last year, during the pandemic, a free browser extension called Netflix Party gained traction because it enabled people trapped in their homes to connect with far-flung friends and family by watching the same Netflix TV shows and movies simultaneousl.....»»
The Artemis Fund focuses on women founders in underserved communities
The Artemis Fund is a Houston-based firm built by three women with the goal of encouraging more women-led startups. The company launched in 2019 and has raised a $15 million initial fund, which closed earlier this year. Diana Murakhovskaya, who launc.....»»
Startups have never had it so good
The venture capital market is racing ahead, foot on the gas, middle finger out the window, hair on fire. That’s our read of the Q2 2021 data released thus far. The venture capital market is racing ahead, foot on the gas, middle finger out.....»»
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.....»»
Kurly, the Korean grocery startup, raises $200M on a $2.2B valuation after shifting IPO plans away from the NYSE
Online grocery startups around the world continue to pull in major investment, underscoring how much they have all grown especially in the last year of pandemic living. In the latest development, Kurly — a startup in South Korea that provides n.....»»
Germany’s VC industry is ready to take off, but bureaucrats need to release the handbrake
Germany is choking on bureaucracy, which threatens innovation. Bureaucratic processes slow everything down and reforms on employee stock option plans are needed so workers benefit from their startups. Uwe Horstmann Contr.....»»
Investing in innovation: Q&A with Taiwania general partner Cheng Wu
Cheng Wu, a general patner at Taiwania Capital Management, has founded several high profile companies with total market value of NT$180 billion (US$64 billion). Wu has been embracing a different approach to investing in startups......»»
Daily Crunch: Indian startups raised a record $10.46 billion in the first half of 2021
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day a.....»»
Osso VR raises $27 million to turn surgery into a video game
Virtual reality did not turn into the ultimate office replacement telepresence machine during the pandemic — and it wasn’t for lack of trying — but some startups focused on employee training in VR have found added validation in the.....»»
Investors find European unicorns reluctant to join SPAC boom
European SPAC creation is modest compared to what’s been going on in the U.S, but it still represents material growth and a new avenue for European tech startups still hungry for exit opportunities. The U.S. SPAC market kept rolling along.....»»
Will Didi’s regulatory problems make it harder for Chinese startups to go public in the US?
For China-based companies hoping to list in the United States, the market likely just got much, much colder. Shares of Chinese ride-hailing business Didi are off 22% this morning after the company was hit by more regulatory activity over th.....»»
Wagmo raises $12.5M to offer pet insurance (and a lot more)
The pet care industry has boomed over the past several years. From Chewy’s IPO to the various veterinarian startups that have sprung up, VC money (and consumer cash) is flowing into the space. Wagmo is no different. The pet insurance and perks.....»»
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto speaks on Duolingo’s IPO and luring venture capital to the Steel City
Pittsburgh is known as the Steel City, but these days, the city is turning to startups rather than steel. Mayor Bill Peduto lead this charge since taking office in 2014. He recently spoke at TechCrunch’s City Spotlight: Pittsburgh event, where.....»»
White label fintech platform Toqio secures $9.4M Seed led by Seaya and Speedinvest
The upside of the Open Banking regulations which have swept jurisdictions like the UK and the EU is that many more challenger banks have appeared. The headache for either incumbent banks or for upstart startups is the very proliferation of these new.....»»
MAGIC Fund raises $30M to scale its global founders-backing-founders fund
Influential entrepreneurs like Paul Graham and Naval Ravikant always preach the need for startups to have founders-turned-investors on their cap table. As Ravikant puts it, “founders want to know that the people they are taking money from have firs.....»»
The mmWave opportunity: Q&A with MixComm CEO Mike Noonen
Mike Noonen has witnessed the vicissitudes of the semiconductor industry over the past 20 years. With a vision to lower the threshold of innovation for semiconductor startups, he co-founded the world's first semiconductor startup accelerator, Silicon.....»»