TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

It seems we’re entering yet another interesting and tumultuous year: The crypto market is hanging on by a thread; everyone is watching with popcorn in hand to see which unicorn will be the next to tumble; and the hype around AI continues to swell. Investors say web3 and hype are in for 2023, high valuations are out — maybe?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

There is a lot of hype around new digital channels, but little evidence is published to back this up. Here is the evidence from one global campaign in 2010 to demonstrate how different digital channels compared. This meant it was an amazing opportunity to run an integrated multi-channel global campaign.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The deal comes weeks after the Palo Alto-based company was said to have filed confidentially to go public in the second quarter of next year at a $12 billion valuation. TripActions didn’t comment on any public listing plans, but its not unique to see a company raise ahead of a financial event of that scale.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Right now, the “metaverse” is mostly an over-hyped branding exercise for a series of virtual worlds, some of which are dependent on VR headsets to access. It’s worth noting that Musk used to be a huge fan of The Onion but changed his mind when the publication made fun of him. That seems — no way.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

No one can accuse the category of being a hype bubble. It hasn’t entered the hype cycle the way things like crypto and generative AI have. Public sector support will be very important. The public sector is great at providing direction and focus. And there’s not a lot of gray area here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Note: Adyen’s results are required reading if you care about Stripe’s valuation and future public offering.). We suspected that CloudTalk probably had a pretty good year in 2020 thanks to global growth in remote work. As is Zolve , a globally themed neobank with a focus on helping expats have a working financial world.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2021

They include FiveAI, another hyped autonomous startup out of the U.K. “Helping to accelerate the global revolution in mobility is at the heart of bp’s strategy to become an integrated energy company focused on delivering solutions for customers.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

For years, Amadeus managed its own infrastructure, but as the pandemic slowed global travel to a trickle, its executive team realized that mounting technical debt was holding the company back. Gogoro’s public debut could supercharge EV battery swapping across the globe. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Global venture capital reached $156 billion in Q2 2021, a YOY increase of 157%. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. Lin found that the most important metric for a public API is time to first call (TTFC). Image Credits : olli0815/iStock.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

How to use it : Given the international scale of the report, getting a more global perspective of generosity can be informative as well as validating that you are not in this work alone. The post Decoding Nonprofit Research: Ensuring Authenticity Over Marketing Hype appeared first on Neon One.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Mass transit and shared mobility provider Swvl went public today in a landmark moment for Egyptian and Middle Eastern tech ecosystems. It’s also a test for the company going public despite a market that’s been unfriendly toward combinations with special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, of late. . SPAC merger. Swvl raised $121.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Will the public widely accept and use it? During his career, he has been recognized as an innovative executive with a reputation for transforming startups into global businesses. What role should it play — in existing cities and when designing future urban transportation systems? What are the costs and benefits?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

A publisher-focused alt to Twitter: Post , a Twitter alternative of sorts that’s rethinking how publishers should engage with social media, has opened its doors to the public. SpaceX hype machine: More and more hype is building for the first orbital flight test of Starship, SpaceX’s ultra-heavy launch system.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2021

How StockX became the stock market of hype. In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about Tiger Global, IPOs and a few exciting upcoming events. Tiger Global has a spending problem. This week on Equity , we talked about Tiger Global’s aggressive investment approach and what it could mean for early-stage firms and founders.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

According to the World Health Organization, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25% in the first year of the pandemic. And when available treatment options showed their limits , both the general public and regulators became more willing to look into alternatives – including psychedelics.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Mario Ciabarra, founder and CEO of Quantum Metric , is a computer scientist and tech entrepreneur helping organizations align the entire product lifecycle for many major global brands with a single version of customer-defined and quantified truth. Startups were bypassing IPOs and going public via SPACs and direct listings.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Israeli consumer stock-trading service eToro is going public in the United States via a SPAC. The global inequity in venture backing is staggering. ” The global inequity in venture financing is staggering. Can it outlive the hype? Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). One thing that points to?

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

For this morning’s edition of The Exchange, Alex Wilhelm studied information recently released by mobile gaming studio Jam City as it prepares to go public in a $1.2 The global pandemic has changed the way we work, including how and where we work. billion blank-check deal with DPCM Capital. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Ricardo Sangion previously launched operations for Facebook and Pinterest in Latin America, before joining operator-led global investors TheVentureCity as partner for first-ticket investments in the region. There has been significant hype around Latin America’s startup success. For good reason, too: Startups have raised $9.3

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

.’s ICO, Canada’s OPC and Hong Kong’s OPCPD, has urged mainstream social media platforms to protect users’ public posts from scraping — warning they face a legal responsibility to do so in most markets. Mass data scraping of personal information can constitute a reportable data breach in many jurisdictions.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

New CEO Imperative: Why You Need a Revenue-Governance Strategy Speaker: Andy Byrne, co-founder and CEO, Clari Building Early-Stage Products as a Nontechnical Founder: What to & Not to Do Speaker: Andy Powell, chief business officer, Oak’s Lab 5 Ways Companies Aren’t Just Analyzing Data — They’re Making Money With It Speaker: Barr Moses, co-founder (..)

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

In happier and better news, TechCrunch Early Stage is coming up in just a few months and not only am I hype about it, I’ll hopefully be there IRL. TechCrunch’s Tage Kene-Okafor has a great piece up on the site noting that “African cities have the fastest global urban growth rate,” which is leading to overcrowding. See you soon!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

According to The Register, global VC equity for semiconductor startups in 2022 declined 46% to $7.8 ” Beyond cost cutting, Mythic revamped its go-to-market strategy, returning to its roots with a “renewed focus” on defense (and to a lesser extent public safety, industry and consumer verticals), according to Fick.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

million global downloads, according to app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Poparazzi hypes itself to the top of the App Store. Like many apps now, it smartly leveraged the TikTok hype cycle to drive App Store preorders. With differentiated angles, they all claim to offer that opportunity. 1 position on the App Store.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

Entertainment company Fandom, which publishes content under Giant Bomb, GameSpot and Metacritic, laid off roughly 10% of its staff across those publications, Ivan reports. A summary of what we’ve done : TechCrunch+ roundup: 2023 unicorn slump, global VC slowdown, email marketing 101 , by Walter.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

“We’re at a tremendously exciting moment in the world of AI, but the lesson is to calm down and remain pragmatic in the face of extraordinary hype. But what if I can make a model that’s tuned to accounting, or public speaking?

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

As a trail blazer in the social impact space, Blackbaud had already been serving a wide array of nonprofit and public sector organizations. For our global audience, we have introduced form translation capabilities that can translate forms into 30 different languages, including French, Spanish, and Welsh just to name a few!

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

As he summarizes: “A startup that sold stock last year at a 50x ARR multiple would need to double and then double again before it would have a multiple that is similar to the current public-market standard.“. Lucas ’ interview with the startup veteran is fascinating.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

While there’s a lot more to come from the Builders Stage, we’ve already announced the must-see agenda for Disrupt 2023: How to Build a New Venture Firm in Public (Supply Change Capital, RareBreed Ventures, and Banana Capital) When to Follow the Hype and When to Ignore It?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

X1 , a consumer fintech startup which recently launched an income-based credit card to the public, has raised an additional $15 million in funding. . Very impressive for a company that only went live in private beta 13 months ago and launched its credit card to the public in mid-September – after amassing 600,000 people on its waitlist. .

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The most-hyped decentralized apps have typically been built for crypto speculators or decentralized finance acolytes, but a new breed of products are being crafted with the common internet user in mind. As crypto markets continue to gain mainstream adoption, regulators globally are watching the young industry with laser focus.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 8, 2021

Maybe you’ve heard about the hype and are eager to see how an event can drive your brand awareness. Depending on the goals of the virtual summit, you might think about hosting free sessions for the public, which could offer useful teasers promoting the value of the event. Virtual Happy Hours.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 8, 2021

Maybe you’ve heard about the hype and are eager to see how an event can drive your brand awareness. Depending on the goals of the virtual summit, you might think about hosting free sessions for the public, which could offer useful teasers promoting the value of the event. Virtual Happy Hours.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The sector exploded last year, seeing record investment — $132 billion globally, according to CB Insights — with many startups reaching lofty valuations, including Stripe at $95 billion, Klarna at $45 billion and Plaid at $13 billion. Rebecca Szkutak reports on just how hard fintech valuations have fallen this year. More by me here.

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

Customers on the plan use 70 percent more data than a typical LTE customer, and Sievert says they’re using their 5G data connection in situations when they might otherwise have looked for a public Wi-Fi network to join. That free 5G phone is just the start of what the carrier hopes will be a long and, ultimately, lucrative relationship.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Log4Shell exploit that gave bad actors the ability to execute malicious code on infiltrated servers made global headlines and ruined many cybersecurity professionals’ holidays. The public markets have gone downhill in the past few weeks, but early-stage investments in startups aren’t showing any signs of slowing.

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