TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Substack , the five-year-old newsletter platform that has aggressively positioned itself as a disruptive force in media, has abandoned efforts to raise a Series C round, the New York Times is reporting today. It had earlier raised a $15.3 Andrew Chen, a general partner focused on consumer tech for a16z, led both deals.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

Well, the data indicates that web3 companies’ ability to raise private capital has flatlined to a fraction of its former pace (perhaps by as much as 80% in Q1 2023 if trends hold). We also sought to glean what we could from similar searches for AI-related startup fundraising. What did we learn?

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

We are really fortunate to be investing at this time regardless of the hype.” This continues the firm’s strategy from its first fund which raised $15 million and started deploying in 2019. Winfield isn’t fully avoiding the hype though. million and another that raised $2.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. It’s also worth noting that according to GivePanel , fundraisers who are thanked throughout the process raise 35% more than those who are not, and with a concerted effort, you’ll likely be able to capture their contact information as well.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

raises funding to allow us to monitor and affect our rate of aging. It has now raised yet another seed funding round, this time totalling $2.5 million, from 65 health-tech and consumer-tech investors, taking its total raised to $5 million. 3 golden rules for health tech entrepreneurs. Humanity Inc.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

But that’s ok, we dove deep into the hype and looked at what skeptics are worried about for the new application. federal courts FBI says North Korean hackers preparing to cash out after high-profile crypto hacks Friend.tech hype is skyrocketing, but will it actually reach the stars? federal agencies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Party Round is building software that it hopes will make the process of raising early-stage corporate capital far simpler than it is today. And the company just used its own service to raise $7 million. It then helps handle the requisite documents, signatures and capture of raised funds. His startup wants to work on the problem.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

A startup founded by ex-Apple design and engineering team Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, Humane , today raised another $100 million to build what it calls an “integrated device and cloud services platform” for AI. How could Humane’s tech find a fit both in the smart home and automotive spaces?

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. The process of raising money in Asia is very different from raising money in Silicon Valley and, frankly, it’s not nearly as easy.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Buzzy “social audio” app Clubhouse has raised a Series C funding round, reportedly valuing the company at $4 billion. But, unusually for such a late stage of funding, the company has not revealed the amount raised. Tech news site The Information first reported details on the Clubhouse funding on Friday.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The company is putting itself in the mix in the intersection between the car’s radar and its self-driving tech. “While showing lots of initial promise, lidar is failing to live up to all the hype, but the need for high-resolution systems hasn’t gone away. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

What emerged from the data is a startup market busy accelerating its ability to raise capital, mint unicorns and, increasingly, generate outsized exits. Gone are the days when the New York startup ecosystem, perennially in Silicon Valley’s shadow, was more hype than substance. (In billion was raised. billion was raised.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Failures are valuable IP: Protect your startup’s negative trade secrets A VC’s perspective on deep tech fundraising in Q1 2023 Image Credits: Xi Huo (opens in a new window) / Getty Images I learned something today: Successful deep tech startups and SaaS companies generally reach billion-dollar valuations in the same time frame.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

One such startup, Abodu , has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Earlier this week, we covered the recent raise of Mighty Buildings, another Bay Area-based startup building ADUs and other housing. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt.

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Care2

APRIL 25, 2011

During conference season, the tech and social media community gets really excited about “break out&# products and apps. In 2010 it was location based apps like Foursquare and Gowalla. This year the buzz is about group texting , which allows users to text up to about 25 people at a time via a mobile phone. million monthly users.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The startup has now raised a $3 million seed financing round led by Xploration Capital, which was joined by unnamed new strategic investors and existing investors. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. This is the argument of Brokrete , which bills itself as the “Shopify of construction.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

British autonomous vehicle startup Wayve has raised a $200 million Series B funding round from investors to scale its technology and expand its partnerships with commercial fleets. When we started the business in 2017, that was the peak hype cycle point of autonomous vehicles, with billions of dollars already invested.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Given the platforms young user base, about 25% of TikTok’s global users are between the ages of 10 and 19, this raises clear concerns. With their mostly PG Instagram and TikTok videos, the Bop House has built a following on social media to funnel viewers toward their OnlyFans content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

This year’s top auctioneers are driving impactful change, raising crucial funds and leveraging their expertise to make a difference for great causes worldwide. In fact, she will often offer a surprise song during fundraising to encourage more donations – her songs have raised up to an additional $10,000 for her beloved clients!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

The company has raised over $540 million in funding as a private company. And given some outsized first day pops from recent tech IPOs, it’s not too surprising to see a company like Coinbase opt for this path to public markets. Coinbase files to go public confidentially and we’re hyped.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

I like what you did here : Indent raises $8.1 Big Tech Inc. Choo choo : Natasha L has an additional morsel from Mobile World Congress, writing that the “ metaverse hype was hanging like a multicolored fog.” Looking beyond the Matrix : Prog.ai million of funding for its AI-powered customer video review tool , Kate reports.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

The company has now raised $121 million. . MIT professor wants to overhaul ‘The Hype Machine’ that powers social media. “At the heart of what we’re doing is building AI models that can help automate work that used to be manual,” said Kevin Guo, Hive’s co-founder and CEO.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

There’s been a lot of hype about “web3”, but the reality is that it’s still a largely nascent and fragmented concept, and that has led to web3 startups building platforms to engage with it more easily getting a lot of attention. Or, indeed, build a whole site using an engine like WordPress or Wix. ”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Bold , a technology company working to enable financial access to electronic payments in Colombia, has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. Our vision is to go beyond payments, and become their banking and tech partner to help them grow and thrive.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. We’re hype, you’re hype, and we had some jokes. Sticking to the $10 billion-and-greater category, Plaid could be raising $600 million at a valuation of $10 billion to $15 billion. Why, you ask?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2020

If you haven’t been immersed in smartphone tech discussions, you have blessedly avoided the complaining that previous iPhones didn’t even technically hit 1080p. This is a tech spec argument, but it is something that you can feel when you scroll or navigate around a phone. Apple has joined the 5G Hype Industrial Complex.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. And on the blockchain thing, Blockchain.com raised $120 million , proving that there are huge amounts of capital available for the guts-and-bolts tooling of the bitcoin world. raised $50 million. alternative.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Many tech workers have never experienced a job market like this one. I surveyed six seed- and early-stage investors to get their tactical advice for laid-off tech workers who are thinking about starting up. People see the headline, ‘$107 million raised.’ Losing a job unexpectedly is more than a financial shock.

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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

MAY 13, 2023

Tech has never been more newsworthy. The venture capitalist was one of many at an AI confab last month, but he — and many others — has not yet made a new AI investment during the current hype cycle. In my next role, I’ll be covering the same beat and the same city, focusing on deeply researched feature pieces and scoops.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Dapper Labs, which makes NBA Top Shot, recently raised at a reported $7.5 For DraftKings, which has raised some $720 million in funding since launch in 2012, the NFT expansion could offer an opportunity of funneling their existing audience into the new vertical. This week, investors gave NFT marketplace OpenSea a $1.5 ”

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

A Gartner Hype Cycle late last year characterized interest in observability solutions as at the “peak of inflated expectations,” with a market forecast for “cloudy with a high chance of disruption.” ” Cribl’s total raised stands at $400 million with the latest tranche. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

” He further cautioned that the bank crisis was only a hint of the “bad things” still to come for the Silicon Valley tech ecosystem, pointing to how every crisis has been precipitated by rising rates. On the latter, he reflected that the tech industry is much different now than when he started Instagram.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2022

But in the last couple of weeks, I have heard about several venture-backed deals into the subsector of health tech. Market corrections after a period of hype are part of the investing game. They got me curious: In which areas of mental health are VC firms still willing to invest? Let’s explore. Mood swings.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

If you’re new to WiR, it’s the newsletter where TechCrunch recaps the week in tech that was. A long-promised treadmill arrives: Startup Virtuix — which has long been promising a mass-market omnidirectional treadmill, raising more than $1.1 The hype started to reach a crescendo this week as the U.S. We all are.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Hello, it’s more funding calling : In PhonePe’s quest to raise $1 billion, an investor group that included Tiger Global and Ribbit Capital invested another $100 million into “India’s most valuable fintech startup,” which is valued at $12 billion, Manish writes. Big Tech Inc. Christine has more. billion , up from the $1.3

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