TechCrunch Startup News
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 3558
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Mighty Health created a wellness app with older adults top of mind
Virtual classes might make it easier to work out anywhere, anytime, but not for anyone. Mainstream fitness tech often targets the young and fit, in advertisements and cardio-heavy exercises. It effec…
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Wed 15 Jul 2020
BlueOcean uses automation to deliver affordable brand audits in seven days
BlueOcean is a new startup offering companies a relatively fast and affordable way to see how their brands are performing and what they can do to improve. CEO Grant McDougall and COO/President Liza N…
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Wed 15 Jul 2020
BigCommerce files to go public
As expected, BigCommerce has filed to go public. The Austin, Texas, based e-commerce company raised over $200 million while private. The company’s IPO filing lists a $100 million placeholder figure f…
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Tue 14 Jul 2020
Robinhood raises $320M more, bringing its latest round to $600M at an $8.6B valuation
The stakes keep getting higher for American discount brokerage Robinhood, which today disclosed that it has added hundreds of millions of dollars to its previously disclosed funding round. Including …
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Tue 14 Jul 2020
Rackspace preps IPO after going private in 2016 for $4.3B
After going private in 2016 after accepting a $32 per share, or $4.3 billion, price from Apollo Global Management, Rackspace is looking once again to the public markets. First going public in 2008, R…
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Mon 13 Jul 2020
nCino sharply raises its IPO price range, boosting possible valuation to $2.6B
As expected, fintech company nCino has raised its IPO price range. The North Carolina-based banking software firm now expects to sell its shares for between $28 and $29 per share, far more than its i…
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Mon 13 Jul 2020
Yamo scores €10.1M Series A to offer healthier food choices for young children
Yamo, a self-described “foodtech” startup that produces and sells healthier food for babies and young children, has raised €10.1 million in Series A funding. Backing comes from European food and agri…
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Fri 10 Jul 2020
Creandum backs Amie, a new productivity app from ex-N26 product manager Dennis Müller
Amie, a new productivity app from ex-N26 product manager Dennis Müller, has picked up $1.3 million in pre-seed funding to “kickstart” development and hiring. Backing 23 year-old Müller is Creandum — …
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Fri 10 Jul 2020
Fintech startup nCino targets ~$2B valuation in impending IPO
As IPO season continues, another venture-backed tech company is moving closer toward going public. This week nCino filed an updated S-1 filing, providing an initial price range for its equity of $22 …
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Thu 09 Jul 2020
GoHealth eyes multibillion-dollar valuation as it sets its initial IPO price range
GoHealth, a Chicago-based company that provides consumers with a digital portal to help them select insurance products, set an initial price range for its IPO today. The firm intends to price its equ…
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Thu 09 Jul 2020
Nayya, bringing transparency to choosing and managing healthcare plans, raises $2.7 million
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator -backed Nayya is on a mission to simplify choosing and managing employee benefits through machine learning and data transparency. The company has raised $2.7 mill…
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Wed 08 Jul 2020
DocuSign acquires Liveoak Technologies for $38M for online notarization
Even in the best of times, finding a notary can be a challenge. In the middle of a pandemic, it’s even more difficult. DocuSign announced it has acquired Liveoak Technologies today for approximately …
00:03:20 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
Replenysh raises a $2 million seed round to streamline recycling for buyers and sellers
Replenysh has been kicking since 2016, but up til now, the Orange County, California startup hasn’t done much press. That changes today, as the company announces that it has raised a $2 million seed …
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Tue 07 Jul 2020
OwnBackup lands $50M as backup for Salesforce ecosystem thrives
OwnBackup has made a name for itself primarily as a backup and disaster recovery system for the Salesforce ecosystem, and today the company announced a $50 million investment. Insight Partners led th…
00:03:48 |
Tue 07 Jul 2020
Lydia expands credit offering in partnership with Younited Credit
French startup Lydia is announcing a new partnership with Younited Credit, which lets you borrow anything between €500 and €3,000 and pay back within 6 to 36 months. The feature will be released in F…
00:03:34 |
Mon 06 Jul 2020
Location data startup Bluedot raises $9.1M
Bluedot, a geofencing and location data startup used by companies like Dunkin’, KFC and McDonald’s, is announcing that it has raised $9.1 million in Series B funding. The San Francisco-headquartered …
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Mon 06 Jul 2020
Lemonade and Accolade open sharply higher as public markets rally
Despite today’s bucket of plus-and-minus economic data, stocks are heading higher in regular trading. And among the shares rising the most are today’s two venture-backed IPOs: Lemonade and Accolade. …
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Fri 03 Jul 2020
Science Inc. is getting into the music business with incubator Heavy Sound Labs
Jason Geter, who previously co-founded Grand Hustle Records, told me that he’s looking to “redefine what a record label is today” with his new startup Heavy Sound Labs. Geter said he sees Heavy Sound…
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Fri 03 Jul 2020
Vendia raises $5.1M for its multi-cloud serverless platform
When the inventor of AWS Lambda, Tim Wagner, and the former head of blockchain at AWS, Shruthi Rao, co-found a startup, it’s probably worth paying attention. Vendia, as the new venture is called, com…
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Thu 02 Jul 2020
Point launches new challenger bank with rewards on debit card purchases
Meet Point, a new challenger bank in the U.S. that has been available as a private beta for the past year. Today, the company is launching a major new version of its service and opening its doors to …
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Thu 02 Jul 2020
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