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The tide has shifted for solo GPs
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. It’s hard to be proactive after the tide has...
Ticketmaster sucks. Can blockchain be the cure?
Is there still hope for concertgoers? Ticketmaster sucks. Can blockchain be the cure? by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
Rounds that matter: Fintech’s fortunes, DAO dreams...
Here are the venture rounds and other startup-related financial news from the past week that you need to know about. Rounds that matter: Fintech’s fortunes, DAO dreams, Asia’s reseller revival by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
Daily Crunch: Binance reopens after bug forces pla...
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: Binance reopens after bug forces platform to suspend spot trading, deposits and withdrawals by Christine...
Snap quietly acquired 3D scanning startup Th3rd la...
Snap quietly acquired Amsterdam-based 3D scanning studio Th3rd in the second quarter of last year, at a time when the company was looking to bolster its AR-powered commerce ambitions. A spokesperson for the company confirmed to TechCrunch that four...
Threading the needle: Exploring 5 ideas with the f...
Silicon Valley’s full of people from all walks of life, but very little of its wealth is distributed evenly, especially so when it concerns the LGBTQ+ community. Threading the needle: Exploring 5 ideas with the founders of LGBT+ VC...
Just 7 days until the TC Early Stage early bird fl...
Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. We have only 7 days left of early-bird pricing to TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 in Boston on April 20. Don’t wait…the early bird gets...
TechCrunch+ roundup: 20 questions VCs ask, crypto ...
There are a ton of barriers to launching a startup, but impostor syndrome need not be one of them. TechCrunch+ roundup: 20 questions VCs ask, crypto compliance tips, Indian investor survey by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Today’s cost-conscious business climate could give...
One way to make your staffing cheaper is to reduce it. Another is to make it more productive. That's where robotic process automation comes in. Today’s cost-conscious business climate could give RPA a boost by Anna Heim originally published...
Not-so-fake dry powder, AI and the future of DAOs
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. We had the whole gang together this week, which was fitting given the sheer number of...
How to use the secondary market to find clues abou...
Tracking secondary deals gives us insight into how investors are thinking about a company's valuation and exit timeline. How to use the secondary market to find clues about who will IPO first by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
Daily Crunch: In SEC filing, Accenture reveals pla...
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: In SEC filing, Accenture reveals plans to dismiss 19,000 workers over the next 18 months...
Pragma Bio is searching for cancer remedies hidden...
The natural world has produced many of our most important medicines, but instead of looking under a leaf or rock for the next big cancer drug, Pragma Bio is searching within the human body — its swarm of resident...
Indian edtech giant Byju’s says not acquiring Unac...
Indian edtech giant Byju’s said on Thursday the firm and any of its subsidiaries are not engaging with rival Unacademy to explore an acquisition or merger, refuting a media report at a time when weakening global market conditions have...
OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet
OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can now browse the internet — in certain cases. OpenAI today launched plugins for ChatGPT, which extend the bot’s functionality by granting it access to third-party knowledge sources and databases, including the worldwide web....
Now is the time to invest in Black-owned banks
It's essential to consider this moment as an opportunity to start banking with some of the few Black-owned banks. Now is the time to invest in Black-owned banks by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch
Former Stripe engineer raises $4M for Beam, a fint...
Beam, a five-month-old startup out to more easily help general contractors pay subcontractors and get paid themselves, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Accel. Both the startup’s founder and lead investor previously spent years...
Pitch Deck Teardown: Prelaunch.com’s $1.5M seed de...
Prelaunch.com has quite a few wins in its pitch deck, but it's missing some fundamentals as well. Pitch Deck Teardown: Prelaunch.com’s $1.5M seed deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Daily.dev is like Reddit meets Stack Overflow
If Reddit and Stack Overflow were ever to create an offspring, it might look a little something like Daily.dev, perhaps with a little bit of Hacker News somewhere in the genetic makeup too. Founded out of Tel Aviv, Daily.dev...