Jorge Calderon Contributor Jorge Calderon is managing director at San Francisco–based Inicio Ventures, an initiative of Hispanics in Philanthropy. Over the last 25 years, I’ve been a tech investor, founder,…
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Garry…
Joshua Wöhle Contributor Joshua Wöhle is CEO at Mindstone, transforming daily learning from articles, podcasts, and videos into a quantifiable skills profile, much like LinkedIn. He personalizes your learning experience…
Last week, at our first StrictlyVC evening of the year, prominent AI investors Elad Gil and Sarah Guo joined us in San Francisco to talk about how they think about…
They say don’t shoot the messenger, but what if The Messenger shoots itself? Media startup The Messenger burst on the scene last May with $50 million dollars in hand, aggressively…
StreamAlive, an audience engagement application for livestreams, virtual meetings and in-person events, secured $1.58 million in pre-seed funding, the company announced today. From webinars, live-streamed town halls and virtual work…
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca flew solo with Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, the co-founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm, a…
As companies start relying more on AI-powered tools to help increase productivity and efficiency, they need to think about creating policies that can address any ethical, practical or legal issues,…
SaaS needs a new data system. That’s the driving idea behind Nile, a startup that aims to create this data system with serverless Postgres at its core. Co-founded by Sriram…
With over 39 years of C-level global experience in the tech sector, Ivan is a seasoned and experienced investor, entrepreneur, advisor, board member, operator, and educator focused on helping teams…
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Last week, NASA held its annual day of remembrance to commemorate all those who lost their lives in the pursuit of human space…
Media streamer Plex has raised new capital. The company, which began as a media organization startup, has morphed over the years to become a one-stop shop for all your media,…
Garry Tan, whose success in Silicon Valley has likely inspired many of the founders he mentors, is once again attracting attention for his posts on the social platform X. On…
Of all enterprise departments, product and engineering spend by far the most on AI technology. Doing so effectively stands to generate huge value — developers can complete certain tasks up…
Losing stuff sucks. It’s even more frustrating when something isn’t really lost, but rather left behind in a location, like an airport or sports stadium, which makes it hard to…
Now that 2023 is in our rearview mirror, the startup winter is behind us, but we’re not quite out of the woods yet. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For…
“It’s the single best time to invest in [crypto] companies,” according to 10T Holdings and 1RoundTable Partners’ CEO, Dan Tapiero. Crypto reporter Jacquelyn Melinek has the inside scoop on why…
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur…
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Ben Goodwin, the co-founder and CEO of Olipop, a soda…
There is good news and just “OK” news. The good news is that the venture capital market is showing signs of stabilizing. The bad news is that raising a series…
We haven’t heard much from the edtech sector ever since the pandemic forced students out of the classrooms and in front of their computers. But, as Anna Heim writes in…
Artisse, one of the many AI photo creation apps that let users generate photos of themselves using uploaded selfies combined with prompts, has raised $6.7 million in seed funding, following…
Beijing has quietly pulled the proposed curbs on the video game industry from the official website, weeks after the draft guidelines wiped tens of billions of dollars off the market…
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! In this edition, I’m going to look at a fintech being sold in a fire sale, a group of startup raises, and more!…
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. The…
Ten years ago, Cowboy Ventures founder Aileen Lee coined the term “unicorn” to describe startups that reached $1 billion valuation. At the time, there were only 39 startups on the…
Media streamer Plex’s long-delayed plans to launch a marketplace for TV and movie rentals are finally being realized after multiple false starts. The media startup originally announced its plan to…
When TechCrunch’s former editor-in-chief Matthew Panzarino joined a startup, we knew it was one that would pique our interest. Panzarino, well-known among TC staff as an avid collector of everything…
Prashant Mahajan Contributor Prashant Mahajan is a veteran product manager-turned-entrepreneur and is the founder and CEO of Zeda.io. Prashant has worked with hundreds of product leaders and has built some…
A new luxury goods e-commerce startup dubbed Long Story Short has a provocative concept: it’s $1,000 per month to join for the privilege of shopping its curated collection. Shocking as…
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Gabi Lewis, the co-founder and CEO of the cereal company Magic Spoon. Lewis…
Virtually every application today relies on dozens — and sometimes hundreds — of open-source components. Many of those get updated at a rapid clip in order to introduce new features…
Tomasz Tunguz Contributor Tomasz Tunguz is the Founder of Theory Ventures. More posts by this contributor Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz unveils 2024 predictions: AI dominance, resurging web3 and the new…
In 2021, it felt like every startup was able to raise at an inflated valuation no matter its size, sector or underlying business model. Today, things look a lot different.…
Christine Edmonds Contributor Christine Edmonds is a General Partner at ICONIQ Growth. She was the founding member and now leads the ICONIQ Growth Analytics team, supporting our portfolio companies with…
Rodrigo Fernandes Contributor Rodrigo Fernandes is a professor at Fundação Dom Cabral and is the CFO at Pingback, a Brazilian startup that provides a comprehensive solution for digital creators. Daniel…
Consolidation can be complicated Earlier this week, European micromobility companies Tier and Dott said they had agreed to merge. The companies, which offer scooters and bikes to rent, also plan…
Chaitra Vedullapalli Contributor Chaitra Vedullapalli is the co-founder and CMO of Meylah and the president of Women in Cloud. With tech and leadership experience spanning over 26 years, Chaitra has…
Erik Wikander Contributor Erik Wikander is the CEO and co-founder of Zupyak, a content marketing platform designed for startups, simplifying the process of creating SEO-optimized marketing content through generative AI.…
Artifact, the news aggregator-turned social network from Instagram’s founders, is shutting down. On Friday, the startup announced via a blog post it had made the decision to “wind down operations”…