TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Pine Labs is looking to go public in the United States , China venture capital data is looking pretty strong , Assent Compliance raised a huge round and Arive is apparently a thing. All that and we are just getting ready for earnings season, so stay hype as there is a lot of data coming in short order. Welcome to the week!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. It was yet another week of startups that became unicorns going public, only to see their valuation soar. Already marked up by their IPO pricing, seeing so many unicorns achieve such rich public-market valuations made us wonder who was mispricing whom. Now Affirm is worth $116.58

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

The current wave of AI hype has two main flavors that I’m interested in. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Given our remit as a publication — we focus on startups and their backers — that’s not surprising. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

TripActions , a corporate travel and expenses company, has raised a combination of equity and debt at a post-money valuation of $9.2 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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Robinhood filed privately to go public ! We’re hype, you’re hype, and we had some jokes. That’s a lot of money. Could this set precedent or have a chilling effect on celebrity-startups ? So, it’s happening everyone. Or around half a percent. Danny, however, has some doubts.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This reminded us of Alloy , another neat company in e-commerce automation that also recently raised money. Public raised $220 million , OutSystems raised $150 million and Ally.io Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. In very good Show News , Chris is back!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

Mara snagging $6 million for a business that had us all hype , and the Public-Otis tie-up from earlier in the week was also on the docket. And we closed on a grip of news from Africa, where startups are raising more money , more quickly , and taking part in more accelerators than ever before.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. We’ve compiled notes from Accel ’s Sameer Gandhi about views concerning Public as one of its backers and Index ’s Jan Hammer about Robinhood and its market, as well as comments from Public.com and M1 Finance about what they see regarding consumer trading interest in the future.

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2022

It looks like needing money for drugs makes you creative! But the fact that listed cannabis companies — many of which went public with nascent revenues more reminiscent of startup metrics than mature-company results — have seen their market caps crash is likely no coincidence. TechCrunch+ is having an Independence Day sale! ”

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2022

When a pop-cultural icon like Ozzy Osbourne announces an NFT collection, you can count on the project getting publicity. Tim Silman, a nonprofit employee, is one person who lost money through the scam. Even as the fake link remained present in a prominent tweet, the CryptoBatz project continued to hype the public token mint.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

We are beyond hyped about it. So, here’s what made the cut: Coinbase filed to go public. Hopin is raising more money, at an even larger valuation. Reddit also picked up more money. Shippo raised more money after a big 2020 ; can the company double again in 2021? And then it happens again.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Robotics has always been a tricky sector for investors, after all: It requires a lot of money and continued commitment to bring things to market at scale. 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.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In Y Combinator’s early days, founders would move to Palo Alto, split a two-bedroom with five others to save money and trade notes around the clock with their new, like-minded roommates. He put $21,000 of non-refundable money on his credit card and invited friends and people he met on the internet before hopping on a plane.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. billion valuation and is far superior to the $18 billion, post-money valuation that it raised at during its troubled period early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Expectations, hopes and hype. Read it every morning on Extra Crunch , or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. Note: Adyen’s results are required reading if you care about Stripe’s valuation and future public offering.). There was more money for OKR startups , leading to our question about VCs putting capital into related companies in the future. Sign up here. Can data fix healthcare?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Companies built atop the burgeoning cryptocurrency space could be enjoying a boom as the price of bitcoin advances; as trading activity and consumer interest tend to rise along with the price of bitcoin, and companies like Coinbase make money from trading activity and consumer use, 2021 is starting off strongly.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

It’s hard to say that a company looking to go public at a valuation north of $25 billion is a letdown, but compared to preceding levels of hype, the numbers were a bit of a shock. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. . Read it every morning on Extra Crunch or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

Hear how Poshmark went from Series A to the public markets with Manish Chandra and Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha. Okay, the GPT-3 hype seems pretty reasonable. Okay, the GPT-3 hype seems pretty reasonable. Pregame Y Combinator Demo Day with Equity. The lightning-fast Series A (that was 3 years in the making). A seedy asset class.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

AI is riding high on a curve of hype, which means some of the practical questions that might grow louder over time — the many costs (financial and social), the business models — may not be the most front of mind right now. Today a startup called Fetch.ai is announcing $40 million in funding in anticipation of when that shifts.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

A solution to our money problems, perhaps? In some meetings, it felt as if VC money had dried up completely. Startups were bypassing IPOs and going public via SPACs and direct listings. Factoring in the amount of hype that was permeating the market (something I’ve never been a fan of), the “wise” decision felt elusive.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

million funding round and described it as “a New York startup that helps online creators and media companies make money and manage their customer data.” After hearing Kim hype up the possibilities for grocery and digital for a half decade or so, to see the company that came out of his hopes and planning land a major partner is fun.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

Lauren reports that’s why an increasing number of Gen Zers are jumping on Fanfix — a Patreon competitor that only allows clean content and enables influencers to earn money directly from their followers. The hype started to reach a crescendo this week as the U.S. But Post doesn’t want to be just another Twitter clone.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Every CEO I speak to still thinks that the COVID-19 bump to digital services demand has room to run, and that the digital transformation’s acceleration that has been a regular point of optimism for VCs, founders and public company leaders, will continue. Let’s take a look.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

And when available treatment options showed their limits , both the general public and regulators became more willing to look into alternatives – including psychedelics. While there has been a lot of focus on mental health and the promise of psychedelics to be truly disruptive, not all the hype is warranted or justified.

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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

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Amidst all the hype that Lemonade ( IPO ), Root ( IPO ), Metromile ( SPAC-led debut ) and other insurtech players have generated in the last year, it’s been easy to forget about Oscar Health. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on Extra Crunch , or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

There has been significant hype around Latin America’s startup success. VCs have more money than ever, and it’s getting increasingly expensive to invest in North America. These incoming investors must bring more than money to ensure that entrepreneurship continues to grow in a healthy manner, rather than set it off balance.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

While the Wikimedia Foundation accepts donations in Bitcoin, he says the money raised through that “hasn’t been massive.” But Wales sees potential for NFTs to supplement the traditional ways artists make money, especially around internet culture. Wales has an ambivalent overall relationship with blockchain technology.

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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. Slower food : Manish reports that Indian food delivery giant Swiggy is about to cut 380 jobs. billion over the next 10 years,” she reports.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. The company follows Lemonade to the public markets, setting a strong valuation mark again for the neo-insurance startup market. But to see public shareholders take such a growth-and-valuation flyer on an insurtech player is notable.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

And more bids often means more money raised! While it won’t always result in you raising more money, working with corporate sponsors can cut event costs and make your event more profitable. If you open or close the bidding on certain items too early or too late, your organization could leave money on the table.

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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. The options for financing are seemingly endless: syndicates, public crowdfunding, VC firms, accelerators, debt financing, rolling funds, and, for the profitable few, bootstrapping.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2022

Listening between the cracks, the public conversation about a startup pullback may actually be somewhat late. From falling tech stocks to retreating unicorns and infinite early-stage hype, we are in a strange period, but one that I think we can now put a bow atop and move on from. — Alex.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Israeli consumer stock-trading service eToro is going public in the United States via a SPAC. Companies that help farmers raise money for agricultural development projects are revolutionizing the way farm and forestland are acquired, developed and commercialized across the United States. Can it outlive the hype?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Gogoro’s public debut could supercharge EV battery swapping across the globe. Gogoro’s public debut could supercharge EV battery swapping across the globe. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. “Our engineers are excited about this move,” said Pellisé. .” Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, a company that wants to keep tabs on its supply chain partners can use Sesamm to track anything related to those partners that hits the public domain, such as emerging fraud litigation or other lawsuits.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Since Monday, hundreds, if not thousands, of people have darted between talks, galleries, hangouts, parties, and other events assembled for and by the usually all-online NFT community to talk about the future of art, hype the space, and discover new and potentially soon-to-be-explosive projects. Some were animated; some were still.

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