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
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- Episodes
- 3558
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Bolt launches electric bike-sharing service in Paris
Like other ride-hailing companies, Bolt has been suffering from the coronavirus-related lockdown and economic downturn around the world. But the company is trying to find another revenue stream by la…
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Wed 01 Jul 2020
Oculus co-founder and games industry vets form Mountaintop Studios
Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell is heading up a new game development house called Mountaintop Studios, joined by colleagues from around the gaming industry. The company aims to leave the crunch and t…
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Wed 01 Jul 2020
Personal Capital sells to Empower Retirement in deal worth up to $1B
Today Personal Capital, a fintech company that had attracted over $265 million in private funding, announced that it is selling itself to Empower Retirement, a company that provides retirement servic…
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Tue 30 Jun 2020
After losing Grubhub, Uber reportedly hails Postmates
Uber has reportedly made an offer to buy food delivery service Postmates, according to The New York Times. According to the Times, the talks are still ongoing and the deal could fall through. For tho…
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Tue 30 Jun 2020
Agora starts life as a public company by more than doubling to $50 a share
Shares of Agora, a China and U.S.-based “real-time engagement” API company, soared today after it went public. Yesterday Agora priced 17.5 million shares at $20 apiece, up from its target range of $1…
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Mon 29 Jun 2020
TuSimple seeking $250 million in new funding to scale self-driving trucks
TuSimple, the self-driving truck startup backed by Sina, Nvidia, UPS and Tier 1 supplier Mando Corporation, is headed back into the marketplace in search of new capital from investors. The company ha…
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Mon 29 Jun 2020
Karat launches a credit card for online creators
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00:04:12 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Private equity firm Great Hill Partners acquires stock media service Storyblocks
Storyblocks, the subscription-based stock media service, today announced that it has been acquired by private equity firm Great Hill Partners. The firm previously backed companies like Wayfair (and t…
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Fri 26 Jun 2020
IPOs that could happen soon, cannot happen soon enough
Earlier today we took a look at two companies that have filed to go public, nCino and GoHealth. The pair join Lemonade in a march toward the public markets. But those three firms are hardly alone. We…
00:06:41 |
Thu 25 Jun 2020
Privacy assistant Jumbo raises $8 million and releases major update
A year after its initial release, Jumbo has two important pieces of news to announce. First, the company has released a major update of its app that protects your privacy on online services. Second, …
00:07:13 |
Thu 25 Jun 2020
Zopa granted full UK bank license as it gears up to launch savings account and credit card
Zopa, the 15-year-old peer-to-peer lending company, is announcing that it has been awarded its full U.K. bank licence, as it gears up to launch a fixed-term savings account, followed by a credit ca…
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Wed 24 Jun 2020
Prices increase in four days for founder workshops at TC Early Stage
The countdown clock is running, and you have just four days left to score the lowest price on passes to TC Early Stage 2020, which takes place on July 21-22. We’ve packed this two-day virtual event w…
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Wed 24 Jun 2020
Ampere announces latest chip with a 128 core processor
In the chip game, more is usually better and to that end, Ampere announced the next chip on its product roadmap today, the Altra Max, a 128 core processor, the company says is designed specifically t…
00:04:20 |
Tue 23 Jun 2020
ServiceNow to acquire Belgian configuration management startup Sweagle
With more companies moving workers home, making sure your systems are up and running has become more important than ever. ServiceNow, which includes an IT Help Desk component in its product catalogue…
00:03:42 |
Tue 23 Jun 2020
HashiCorp to offer managed versions of its developer tools starting with Consul
HashiCorp is well known in the developer community for offering a slew of open source tools to help build and manage modern applications. Today the company announced a new cloud platform and plans to…
00:03:47 |
Mon 22 Jun 2020
After IPO delays, DoorDash confirms $400M raise
DoorDash has confirmed that it is raising “approximately $400 million” in a Series H round of funding. Earlier today, Axios reported that the company was looking for roughly $400 million round at a p…
00:03:21 |
Mon 22 Jun 2020
Who’s writing first checks into startups?
The TechCrunch List will publish the most recommended “first check” writers across 22 different categories ranging from D2C & e-commerce brands to space, and everything in between.
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00:08:10 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
Intercom announces the promotion of Karen Peacock to CEO
Three years ago almost to the day, Intercom announced that it was bringing former Intuit exec Karen Peacock on board as COO. Today, she got promoted to CEO, effective July 1st. Current CEO and compan…
00:05:56 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
Software shares set new records as tech rallies
In another up for technology shares, software companies saw their values reach new heights today. The days trading comes after a selloff last week eased some of technology companies’ rebounds from th…
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Thu 18 Jun 2020
Credit-focused fintech startup Upgrade raises $40M after reaching $100M run rate
This morning Upgrade, a credit-focused fintech startup, announced that it has raised a $40 million Series D round that the company says gives it a $1 billion valuation. The Upgrade round slots neatly…
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Thu 18 Jun 2020
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