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Looking at how GenZ has changed fundraising - Equity
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week we had the full crew around once again, Natasha Mascarenhas, Danny Crichton, Chris...
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Turning hype into VC dollars. On this week's @equitypod, @nmasc_, @dannycrichton and @alex look at how Gen Z is changing fundraising. Listen to the full episode here: spoti.fi/3kGCdE1 pic.twitter.com/hIctJZNccE
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Edtech exits are increasing, but by how much? – TechCrunch
Before the coronavirus made edtech more relevant, companies in the sector were historically likely to see slow, low exits. Despite successful IPOs by 2U, Chegg and Instructure in the United States, public markets are not crowded with edtech...
Looking at how GenZ has changed fundraising – TechCrunch
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we had the full crew around once again, Natasha Mascarenhas, Danny Crichton, Chris Gates,...
Amazon launches online pharmacy in India – TechCrunch
Amazon has launched an online pharmacy in Bangalore, the capital of India’s southern Karnataka state, as the e-commerce group looks to spread its tentacles in more categories in one of its key overseas markets. The company said on Friday its new...
Facebook users are pretty bad at telling how much time they spend on it – TechCrunch
A lot of studies and discussion of social media use time spent on the platforms as evidence for various theories and conclusions — but it turns out that people are actually super bad at telling how long they spend on them, according to research from...
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Facebook users are pretty bad at telling how much time they spend on it tcrn.ch/33TOA9L | by Devin Coldewey
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We’re exploring the future of SaaS at Disrupt this year – TechCrunch
It’s been a wild year for modern software companies, often called software-as-service (SaaS) firms due to how they deliver their product. From a strong start to the year, to a rapid devaluation in the face of a global pandemic, and a return-to-form...
A stampede of unicorn news – TechCrunch
With a hot IPO market and a world accelerating its shift to digital technologies amidst a pandemic, it’s a busy time for late-stage startups. Happily, the current moment is generating a wave of leaks and news. So much so, it’s actually been pretty...
Omaze raises $30M after expanding beyond celebrity campaigns – TechCrunch
Omaze, the startup that became famous for its celebrity-centric fundraisers, is announcing it has raised $30 million in Series B funding. Some of the company’s best-known campaigns include opportunities to meet Michelle Obama, meet “Star Wars” cast...
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Omaze raises $30M after expanding beyond celebrity campaigns tcrn.ch/3kHeALy by @anthonyha
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Uber faces temporary shutdown in California – TechCrunch
Uber could be forced to shut down its ride-hailing app in California for several months if a court doesn’t overturn a recent ruling that classifies its drivers as full-time employees, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an interview with MSNBC. “It’s hard...
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It’s hard to believe we’ll be able to switch our model to full-time employment quickly" - Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
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The race to building a fully functional quantum stack – TechCrunch
As we approach the age of quantum computing, it is no longer a question of ‘if,’ but rather one of ‘when’ this technology finally matures and ‘who’ will lead this emerging industry.
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The race to building a fully functional quantum stack tcrn.ch/3gPqf8I by @davidcowan and @TomerDiari
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New Jersey court says police can force you to give up your phone’s passcode – TechCrunch
The court said compelling a suspect to turn over their phone's passcode does not violate of the Fifth Amendment.
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New Jersey's Supreme Court says police can compel suspects to turn over their phone's passcode, and that it doesn't violate the Fifth Amendment.
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Duck Creek seeks $3B valuation for its software IPO – TechCrunch
American software company Duck Creek has upped the stakes in its impending IPO, raising its price target from a range of $19 to $21 per share to $23 to $25 per share. The bump comes as software and cloud stocks have fallen more than 10% from recent...
Conduit launches to help founders find actually useful angels and VCs – TechCrunch
The bar for being a successful VC just keeps getting higher. With more and more capital sloshing around and not enough founders and startups to invest in, founders are getting the opportunity to be choosier and choosier about who they want to work...
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Conduit launches to help founders find actually useful angels and VCs tcrn.ch/3isj8Do by @dannycrichton
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Kamala Harris brings a view from tech’s epicenter to the presidential race – TechCrunch
Joe Biden’s decision to name California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate in the quest to unseat President Trump means that the next vice president could be not only the first Black and Asian American woman on a presidential ticket in the...
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Kamala Harris brings a view from tech's epicenter to the presidential race tcrn.ch/3kyt7Jb by @tayhatmaker
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With former Misfit founder Sonny Vu at the helm, Arevo raises $25 million for its 3D printing tech – TechCrunch
Sonny Vu, the former founder and chief executive of the wearable technology company Misfit, has had a busy summer since he was named the new chief executive of 3D printing technology company Arevo. Vu’s new startup brought on a new executive...
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With former Misfit founder Sonny Vu at the helm, Arevo raises $25 million for its 3D printing tech tcrn.ch/2DNsb2N by @jshieber
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Reddit CEO defends allowing Trump ads ahead of presidential election – TechCrunch
Reddit is gearing up to run ads for President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential election despite concerns from employees, TechCrunch has learned. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman addressed some of these employee concerns during an all-hands...
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Reddit CEO defends allowing Trump ads ahead of presidential election tcrn.ch/2XLKUD9 by @meganrosedickey
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Seed funding tips and tricks from Uncork Capital founder Jeff Clavier – TechCrunch
Angel funding, seed investing and generally focusing on earlier stage investing is a huge business in the world of startups these days — it helps investors get in early to the most promising companies, and (because of the smaller size of the checks)...
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Seed funding tips and tricks from Uncork Capital founder Jeff Clavier tcrn.ch/33MoCVq by @ingridlunden
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Unpacking Duck Creek Technologies’ IPO and hoped-for $2.7B valuation – TechCrunch
Tech stocks retain their highs as the second quarter’s earnings season begins to fade into the rearview mirror, and there are still a number of companies looking to go public while the times are good. It looks like a smart move, as public investors...
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Unpacking Duck Creek Technologies' IPO and hoped-for $2.7B valuation tcrn.ch/2XKRl9x by @alex
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Mux raises $37M Series C as its API-based video-streaming service scales – TechCrunch
This morning, Mux, a startup that provides API-based video-streaming tooling and analytics, announced that it has closed a $37 million Series C round of capital. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, which included participation from Accel and Cobalt....
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Mux raises $37M Series C as its API-based video-streaming service scales tcrn.ch/3fKMWcD by @alex
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‘The Umbrella Academy’ returns for a delightful season two – TechCrunch
The first season of “The Umbrella Academy” had its flaws, but empathetic portrayals of its seven superhero siblings (all adults bearing the emotional scars of an upbringing under their strict adoptive father Reginald Hargreeves) more than made up...
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Original Content podcast: 'The Umbrella Academy' returns for a messy-but-delightful second season tcrn.ch/33UnQpJ by @anthonyha, @jordanrcrook and @etherington
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