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Last week, California-based space company AstroForge launched what it claimed was the first "commercial deep space mission in history." A number of space companies have raised huge amounts of funds with the promise of turning errant space rocks into a lucrative source of money. Its followup Odin mission,though, is looking rough.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. New York-based Latch sells “LatchOS,” a hardware and software system that works in buildings where access and amenities matter. million on a post-money basis, according to PitchBook data. It has a history as an operating entity. Let’s find out.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

He repeatedly points out that he reinvests a lot of the money he makes back into his own companies and is relatively cash poor. But he also borrows against his Tesla holdings and puts that money into his companies as well, so the more of the company he owns, the more money he could have access to in the future.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The company’s shares will be listed as DASH on the New York Stock Exchange. There are some interesting tidbits in DoorDash’s prospectus, including its history of net losses, a warning that it may struggle with profitability, and its future plans to use drones and autonomous vehicles. Its valuation has gone from $1.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

New York-based Pillar helps consumers optimize their debt payments by focusing first on student loans. Prior to that, he had led the New York and California regions for DoorDash, growing them to $100 million in revenue. It launched in May 2019 with $5.5 million in seed funding led by Kleiner Perkins.

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The Verge

APRIL 14, 2021

Amazon, Apple, Google parent company Alphabet, and Facebook have joined hundreds of corporations, executives, and celebrities in signing a public letter today supporting voting rights and condemning legislation that would “restrict or prevent any eligible voter from having an equal and fair opportunity to cast a ballot,” The New York Times reports.

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The Verge

AUGUST 3, 2020

On Friday Graham Ivan Clark was charged along with two others for the most serious hack in Twitter’s history , where numerous high-profile accounts including those of Elon Musk, Barack Obama, and Bill Gates were taken over to promote a bitcoin scam.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

And it’s partnered with the ASPCA, Animal Care Centers of New York and L.A., While Shadow is free to use, it makes money through a virtual tipping mechanism when it makes a successful match and the dog is found. Despite the complicated Zocdoc history, the work Shadow is doing is solving a problem many people do care about.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

Today, Socure has more than 350 customers including three top five banks, six top 10 card issuers, a “top” credit bureau and over 75 fintechs such as Varo Money, Public, Chime and Stash. The company plans to use its new capital to also enhance its product offering as it continues to develop patents. . Which neobanks will rise or fall?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

The global startup community is currently enjoying a period of fundraising success that may be unprecedented in the history of technology and venture capital. city is a traditional venture capital hub, but one that seemed to fall behind its domestic rivals Silicon Valley and New York City in recent years. The well-known U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

When co-founders Songe LaRon and Dave Salvant first began barbershop tech platform Squire in 2016, they leaned in: The duo bought a barbershop in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood to see firsthand how the business worked. Off of 300% year-over-year revenue growth, the New York startup is now valued at $750 million.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Breyer Capital, General Catalyst, Naval Ravikant and others also put money in the round, which brings B12’s total funding to $28.1 New York-based B12 markets itself as an “all-in-one solution that helps professional services firms establish, run, and grow their business online.” million in funding led by Tola Capital. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Olo , the New York-based fintech startup that provides order processing software to restaurants, shared its initial IPO price range this morning. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. If you’d like to follow along, you can read the new S-1 filing here. million in its public offering.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

We argue that this benefits the home country in three ways: Remittances: Entrepreneurs will send money home to their families. On the other hand, these entrepreneurs often encounter entrenched attitudes, resentment from non-migrants, and administrative barriers in bringing money, materials and equipment from abroad.

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The Verge

JULY 26, 2021

Unlike Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, a stablecoin ties its value to another asset — which, in this case, is one US dollar — backed by actual money or other holdings. However, as many have documented , going back to 2014 when Tether was introduced, there are parts of its history that don’t add up to the story it’s telling. “It

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Uptrust raises new money to fight mass incarceration with technology. There’s a “very significant history of well-intended companies in this space causing unintended consequences,” he said. We are trying to prove that you can make money and do good and have real impact.”. That’s on top of a $1.3

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The Verge

AUGUST 11, 2020

In a statement, Rawlinson called it “a landmark in the history of EV” and thanks the company’s engineering team. “I a landmark in the history of EV”. Lucid was planning to unveil the Air at the New York International Auto Show in April, but that event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

Sue Fennessy emerged from Australia but took her advertising data startup to New York in 2009. A couple of years ago she became incensed at the amount of money going into social media platforms like Facebook, where platforms like it were being used to spread mis- and dis-information about everything from politics to the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

The Castle Lab has long had industry partners, and it has raised tens of millions of dollars in grants from industry over its history. million in new funding last week from Bessemer led by Mike Droesch, who recently was promoted to partner earlier this year with the firm’s newest $3.3 The company raised $18.4 billion fundraise.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

New York-based NS1 designs highly redundant DNS and internet traffic performance tools for web applications. The New York City-based company peaked at some 60 employees before it was acquired in December 2011 by Internap Network Services for $35 million. Yet, take a look at how the two companies were founded.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In this case, that would be the offer that costs you the least money but gets you the iPhone you want. The specifics of your carrier plan are influenced by many personal factors, like your credit history, your local tax rate, how many lines you need, and any special discounts that you’re eligible for (e.g., military/veteran).

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

These established companies have a lot of market share and a lot of money to quash the competition. Cockroach Labs has a bright future, compelling technology, a lot of money in the bank and has an experienced, technically astute executive team. All it needed to do was grab a share of a market that also happened to be growing rapidly.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As of late, I’m receiving more and more outreach from VCs based in San Francisco, New York and beyond interested in deal flow here in Nashville and the Southeast. In short, they demand to be seen, and the founders who recognize this are the ones thriving in this new climate. Follow the money. and into Canada.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history. Twenty startups competed this week on the TechCrunch virtual stage for $100,000 in equity-free prize money and last night, we announced the finalists: Adventr , Cellino , Koa , Nth Cycle and Tatum.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Existing backer Core Innovation Capital also put money in the round. The capital infusions bring the New York-based startup’s total funding to $50 million in equity and $330 million in debt financing since its 2019 inception. Unlike raising venture money, the working capital is non-dilutive.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

But Draper Esprit co-founder Stuart Chapman told TechCrunch in an interview that he finds it shocking “that venture capital backs some of the most mind-blowing tech advances in our history over the last 70 years, using the same legal structure as a 1958 property vehicle in New York.” It’s a reasonable point.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The deal is a coup not only for companies that eschew venture capital backing — Mailchimp is famous for its bootstrapping history — but also for the city of its founding, Atlanta. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Mailchimp is selling itself to Intuit in a transaction valued at $12 billion.

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DipJar

MARCH 17, 2022

Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. It is a great example of a storied institution finding new ways to support the community it serves and provide new ways – including DipJar – for the community to support its good work. One of the most iconic churches in America – if not the world – is St.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

And the way we ultimately think about that is that people can easily move money between various applications between various geographies and institutions.”. The platform’s data, and identity products allow businesses to access customer transaction histories and balance data, verify account information, and perform fraud checks.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

“I didn’t ever try to commit fraud on anyone, I was shocked by what happened this month,” Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder and former chief executive of the fallen FTX, said at The New York Times’ annual DealBook summit in an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin. It’s still not clear if those people will see their money again.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Depending on who you ask, you may get a different history of PBCs, but in the dominant narrative, they came out of a certification program created by a nonprofit called B Lab. Unpacking what the company likely means by "structural bespokeness" requires a short history lesson. OpenAI also faces a ticking clock.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

The New York-based startup, which offers three Visa credit card products aimed at underserved consumers, has said its goal is to help people “build credit, not debt.” A majority of consumers approved for Petal credit cards since its 2018 launch had either thin or no credit history when they were first approved, according to Rosen.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. “My market, choosing New York and L.A. If a bank is partly about corralling enough users on to your platform to pay money in and out, Klarna is well on its way. over San Francisco for its American offices. But first, let’s go back to the beginning.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

To get a sense of how much Amazon owes to Bezos, here’s a look back at Bezos’ history with the company, and an idea of the scope of what he’ll be leaving behind: The beginning. Amazon was still losing money at the time, despite an 800 percent increase in revenue that year. Shaw & Co. to found an internet-based bookstore.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

They expanded their audience reach and tried new channels. Produced beautiful creative to engage and inspire, and raise money for lots of incredible causes that are doing good in the world. Johanna Levy is an Account Supervisor at M+R based in New York City, but not in Brooklyn. They worked smarter and harder.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It was not born out of a marketing plan, it's just a reflection of what we wanted to be." - Robert Wolfe This month's Big Vision Podcast guest is Robert Wolfe, the co-founder of Crowdrise , an online fundraising website that's all about, "raising money for charity and having the most fun in the world while doing it."

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Horowitz’s check, reportedly upwards of $350 million, values the not-yet-launched company at over $1 billion, according to The New York Times. If we look at the history of entrepreneurs, of successful tech founders, many of these founders’ largest outcomes aren’t their first thing.

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