TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

“We found it counterintuitive that billing tools often constrain and dictate what teams can try out,” Morales told TechCrunch in an email interview. Orb today revealed that it’s raised $19.1 “The trend towards usage-based pricing has accelerated in recent years, and so has the hype around it.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In an interview, the startup described Brazil as a hostile market for payments, with a quarter of transactions failing and merchants paying a multiple of what they pay in other markets to process payments. Why LatAm’s fintech boom is more than hype and superlative venture investment. The company first hit the market in April.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Did the awareness raising and engagement around the importance of giving to charity push the needle on charitable giving? ” Tom Watson interviewed Steve McLaughlin to take a deeper look at these numbers in his Forbes Column. But was all this “noise” a bad thing for giving as some nonprofit observers feared ?

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Amy Sample Ward

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" [Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation – Here is a terrific interview with my friend and colleague Danielle Brigida of the National Wildlife Federation – she discusses both the tools she uses and the lessons she's learned from managing the social media presence for the NWF.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

“Observability has also only become more important during the pandemic,” Sharp told TechCrunch in an email interview. ” Cribl’s total raised stands at $400 million with the latest tranche. . ” Cribl’s total raised stands at $400 million with the latest tranche. That’s up from $1.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Get super stoked, because we are hype. Ambi Robotics raised new capital , as did Byju’s , and the Chinese chip industry is in turmoil after the United States kicked it in the shins. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto , a show that interviews founders , one that details how our stories come together , and more!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

” A decade of fintech failures: 4 innovations that didn’t live up to the hype A Black YC alum explains how he raised $107M Image Credits: Andrew T. People see the headline, ‘$107 million raised.’ In an interview, he broke down his fundraising strategy and shared several tactics for connecting with investors.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2023

I also launched an entire new show for Equity, TC’s flagship podcast, interviewing guests about their hottest takes and career paths. Plus, I interviewed Kevin Hart on the Disrupt stage. The startup recently raised $25 million to help caregivers feel less overwhelmed through a product it describes as “tech-enabled care concierge.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

“We are seeing an explosion in what customers are doing using PubNub,” PubNub’s CEO and co-founder Todd Greene said in an interview. “From the time we started PubNub the vision was what software is needed to power virtual spaces. trillion messages in 2019 — a figure it’s not updating this time around.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2021

I’m not talking about hype machines or weekly luncheons on specific topics, I’m talking about more elusive services. Mobility reporter Rebecca Bellan recently published a nuanced interview with Ample co-founder John de Souza, who was born and raised in Ethiopia. Gift Guide: The best tech gifts for plant geeks. Across the week.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Startups and VC Highbeam, a startup that provides banking features, credit and cash flow insights to e-commerce customers, today announced that it raised $10 million in debt from TriplePoint as it looks to expand the reach of its digital product portfolio, Kyle reports. A Black YC alum explains how he raised $107M Image Credits: Andrew T.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Swiss companies, like almost all European companies, tend to raise lower early-stage rounds than U.S. These are the investors we interviewed: Jasmin Heimann, partner, Ringier Digital Ventures. I also think that femtech is a hyped category but funding as well as renown exits are still missing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

A long-promised treadmill arrives: Startup Virtuix — which has long been promising a mass-market omnidirectional treadmill, raising more than $1.1 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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Audio startup Syng has been building on quite a bit more hype than the average fresh hardware startup, largely because of the team behind it. The company has now raised $50 million to date to build out an audio hardware startup with a hefty focus on design and advanced tech. Syng has closed a $48.75

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

There was also a mega-raise, and an acquisition too. I had the opportunity to interview Vishal Garg, Better.com CEO and co-founder, a couple weeks ago in anticipation of the company’s going public via a SPAC merger with Aurora Acquisition Corp. The de-SPAC was a way to raise $565M. billion accumulated deficit.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

For this morning’s column , Alex Wilhelm interviewed Dave Girouard, CEO of Upstart, an AI-powered fintech lender that expects to see growth increase 114% this year. Many employers are failing to identify viable job candidates, much less interviewing or hiring them. billion they raised in 2020. Can it outlive the hype?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

3D printing has garnered a lot of hype, much of it for good reason: The technology has unlocked new kinds of object shapes and geometries, and it uses materials that tend to be much lighter weight than their traditionally manufactured counterparts. Six years later, they’ve raised a total of $14.2 million Series A to get there.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The book features candid interviews with Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alexis De Veaux and many more, highlighting the practices and critical linkages between the work and lived experiences of Black women writers whose work laid the foundation for many who have come after. Christine has more.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But while the chip company is bullish on the possibilities of the metaverse in abstract, Intel raises a key issue with realizing any metaverse ambitions: there’s not nearly enough processing power to go around. Crucially, Koduri doesn’t even think we’re close.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Alex Wilhelm keeps a close watch on the public markets in his column The Exchange, but this week, he branched out to look at some of the metrics underpinning soaring cryptocurrency prices and turned his gaze on StockX , the consumer reseller marketplace that just raised $275 million in a Series E that values the company at approximately $2.8

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Mitiga today announced that it raised $45 million in a Series A round led by ClearSky Security with participation from Samsung Next, Blackstone, Atlantic Bridge and DNX. ” It’s not strictly hype, necessarily. Cloud security startup Wiz raised $300 million at a $10 billion valuation just in February.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

With plans to raise a $25 million fund and more than $15 million already invested, PsyMed Ventures focuses on early-stage startups developing psychedelic therapeutics. Because so many deep tech startups operate on the bleeding edge, founders in this space have a harder time raising funds, acquiring customers and reaching product-market fit.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Every now and again, startups raise money for missions that make me worry about the current timeline we are on. I loved this interview Aria did with high-flying (geddit …) startup Astra. Lucas ’ interview with the startup veteran is fascinating. It raised a Series D at a $1.3 Startups and VC. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Even if round counts didn’t set all-time highs, “the general vibe of Q2 venture capital data was clear: It’s a great time for startups looking to raise capital.” ” Anna and Alex are interviewing VCs in different regions to find out why they’re feeling so generous and optimistic.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Companies like electric scooter providers Lime and Bird have raised tons of capital to change how the urban population gets around, but that growth has come at the cost of a bottom line still in the red. I think because of the VC money and also the hype in the industry, a lot of people just forget how easy and simple the business should be.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

While the tranche is a fraction of the startup’s previous raise ($70 million), Mythic claims that the tranche will enable it to bring its “next-generation” product — an improved energy-efficient AI processor — to market. attempts to gain an upper hand against threats from adversaries, including China and Russia.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2021

How StockX became the stock market of hype. How Pilot charted a course of raising not too much money. billion raised for its latest fund. The next Silicon Valley is a tired narrative, when in reality startups look, innovate and create differently all over the world. In 2020, the firm closed $3.75 billion in capital commitments.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Rali_cap was first a collective before a fund, Hayden Simmons , the general partner who launched the firm in 2020, told TechCrunch in an interview. Last year, rali_cap raised $2 million, money it has since deployed. It’s a deal execution software for venture investors that raised $8.3

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

If you hear about a venture firm or startup winning, raising, flailing or, oh I don’t know, booting an executive because of internal happenings, tell me. No thanks Some venture capital firms are doling out surprising advice these days: raise capital from our firm, but don’t pay yourself. Pitch decks and term sheets welcome too.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

The founder disclosed in a recent interview the team had 100% of Artifact’s funds at SVB prior to the bank’s failure. Systrom also acknowledged in the interview the fortunate position he and Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger were in with regard to SVB’s failure and its impact on their new business.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check. How has it managed to not raise money for so long? Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Unicorn exits augur poorly as Justworks delays IPO, citing ‘market conditions’ Blockchain gaming survey: 7 investors discuss regulation, opportunities and NFT hype. Blockchain gaming survey: 7 investors discuss regulation, opportunities and NFT hype. And for pricey unicorns still bleeding cash, that’s terrible news.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

“They’re really difficult, they break all the time and getting to a stable product is really hard,” Seltz-Axmacher said in a recent interview. But Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, who previously founded and led the now shuttered autonomous vehicle startup Starsky Robotics, is trying to make a point.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Varjo describes the latter two as strategic: It’s not clear how the Swiss finance and banking giant is working with Varjo, but Foxconn is a potential manufacturing partner for its devices, CEO Timo Toikkanen said in an interview. “We have never been a ‘hype’ company,” he said in his understated, Finnish clip.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

We have your full news digest below, but stay hype about TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility , because it’s looking increasingly lit. Sorenson Ventures raises $150M fund : The Utah-based firm has made it to a second fund, raising a new vehicle that is 50% larger than its last. Oh boy was that a week. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

One of my favorite interviews from TechCrunch Disrupt last week was with Clubhouse CEO and co-founder Paul Davison. We jumped on the TC+ stage to talk about competition and, of course, what happens when the beginning of your company is defined by hype and celebrities. . How to raise funds when you aren’t in the Bay Area.

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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. . For one, a consumer fintech raising in this environment is a bit counter to the narrative that startups in the space are generally struggling.

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