TechCrunch Startup News
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Y Combinator Demo Day to remain virtual and will be streamed live
After feedback from the investor and founder communities, Y Combinator is making a change to how it does Demo Days in a remote world. The accelerator announced today that it will keep its two-day Dem…
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Wed 29 Jul 2020
YC alum Paragon snags $2.5M seed for low-code app integration platform
Low-code is a hot category these days. It helps companies build workflows or simple applications without coding skills, freeing up valuable engineering resources for more important projects. Paragon,…
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Wed 29 Jul 2020
ClimaCell raises $23M Series C for its weather intelligence platform
ClimaCell, the weather forecasting and intelligence service that is using a number of interesting new techniques to gather weather data, today announced that it has raised a $23 million Series C roun…
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Tue 28 Jul 2020
Investments in bioproducts surge as Geltor nabs new money
The manufacturer of a vegan collagen, Geltor, has raised a new round of financing — $90 million, according to people familiar with the company. It’s another sign of the newfound viability of sustaina…
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Tue 28 Jul 2020
cargo.one gets $18.6M to take its air freight booking platform over the pond
Berlin -based cargo.one, which runs a marketplace for booking air freight, has closed an $18.6 million Series A round of funding led by Index Ventures. Next47 and prior backers Creandum, Lufthansa Ca…
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Mon 27 Jul 2020
Revolut extends Series D round to $580 million with $80 million in new funding
Fintech startup Revolut just announced that it has raised $80 million as part of its Series D round that it had already announced in February. The new influx of funding comes from TSG Consumer Partne…
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Mon 27 Jul 2020
This startup reworked its privacy-friendly sensors to help battle COVID-19
One little-known home and retail automation startup might seem like an unlikely candidate to help combat the ongoing pandemic. But its founder says its technology can do just that, even if it wasn’t …
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Fri 24 Jul 2020
iObeya raises $17M to digitize management planning processes like Agile
As we move deeper into the pandemic, companies are looking for ways to digitize processes that previously required in-person meetings with manual approaches. Investors appear to be rewarding companie…
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Fri 24 Jul 2020
YC-backed Glimpse helps Airbnb hosts make money through product placement
Glimpse is giving Airbnb hosts a way to make extra money while also supplying their accommodations with new products. The startup was founded by CEO Akash Raju, COO Anuj Mehta and CPO Kushal Negi, wh…
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Thu 23 Jul 2020
Don’t let VCs be the gatekeepers of your success
I assumed most investors were jerks in pitch meetings, but my white colleagues told me the level of disrespect and dismissiveness I received was not typical.
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Thu 23 Jul 2020
Chef Marcus Samuelsson teams up with Sage Digital to launch Project Bento fundraising platform
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the ongoing protests for racial justice, people have been looking for different ways to contribute, which in turn has led tech companies to launch new…
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Wed 22 Jul 2020
Rakuten will not renew its contract with WeWork, says report
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has decided not to renew its contract with WeWork when it expires next month, according to a report in the Japan Times. Rakuten had leased about 700 desks in Tokyo, …
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Wed 22 Jul 2020
How to approach your IPO stock
Part one of a three-part series that offers a framework for objectively considering post-IPO or concentrated stock holdings.
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Tue 21 Jul 2020
Jamf ups its IPO range, now targets a valuation of up to $2.7B
Today Jamf, a software company that helps other firms manage their Apple devices, raised its IPO price range. The company had previously targeted a $17 to $19 per-share range. A new SEC filing from t…
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Tue 21 Jul 2020
Ready, set, network! CrunchMatch is now open for Early Stage 2020
Call it what you will — startup bootcamp, founders’ masterclass or the mother of all how-to events — we’re just days away from TC Early Stage 2020. But you don’t have to wait another minute to start …
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Mon 20 Jul 2020
Federal court rules WhatsApp and Facebook’s malware exploit case against NSO Group can proceed
A U.S. federal court judge ruled on Thursday that WhatsApp and parent company Facebook’s lawsuit against Israeli mobile surveillance software company NSO Group can go forward. Phyllis Hamilton, Chief…
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Mon 20 Jul 2020
Sign up next week’s Pitchers and Pitches competition on 7/23
Can one minute really make a difference in your startup success? If we’re talking about your 60-second pitch (and we are), then heck yeah! A crisp, concise and compelling pitch opens doors to oppor…
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Fri 17 Jul 2020
Qumulo scores $125M Series E on $1.2B valuation as storage biz accelerates
Qumulo, a Seattle storage startup helping companies store vast amounts of data, announced a $125 million Series E investment today on a $1.2 billion valuation. BlackRock led the round with help from …
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Fri 17 Jul 2020
Waldo is a ‘no code’ automated mobile testing service that anyone can use
Meet Waldo, a new product that wants to make mobile testing both faster and easier. The New York-based startup lets you record tests in your browser by interacting with your app like you’d normally d…
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Thu 16 Jul 2020
UIPath reels in another $225M as valuation soars to $10.2B
Last year, Gartner found that Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the fastest growing category in enterprise software. So perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that UIPath, a leading startup in the…
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Thu 16 Jul 2020
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