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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- every day
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- Episodes
- 3557
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
DoorDash will change controversial tipping model
DoorDash CEO Tony Xu announced via Twitter that the company will be changing its model for compensating Dashers (a.k.a. DoorDash drivers and other delivery people). The companyfaced criticism this y…
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Thu 25 Jul 2019
WeWork accelerates IPO plans, plots September listing
WeWork chief executive officer Adam Neumann is already rich, but soon all of the early employees and investors of the co-working giant will be too. The business, now known as The We Company, has acc…
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Wed 24 Jul 2019
Almost sold out! Buy a ticket to the 14th Annual TechCrunch Summer Party
Last call, startuppers! TechCrunch’s Silicon Valley summer soiree — a.k.a. the 14th Annual TechCrunch Summer Party — is nearly sold out. If you want to join the brightest members of the startup comm…
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Wed 24 Jul 2019
Meet 500 Startups’ 25th batch of startups
It’s that time of year again. When startup founders fret for weeks on end as the long-awaited Demo Day approaches. Investors pore through lists of startups participating in various accelerator progra…
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Tue 23 Jul 2019
Serverless, Inc expands free Framework to include monitoring and security
Serverless development has largely been a lonely pursuit until recently, but Serverless, Inc has been offering a free framework for intrepid programmers since 2015. At first, that involved developme…
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Tue 23 Jul 2019
Deadline extended! Apply to the All Raise female founder program at Disrupt SF 2019
We’ve got great news for all the time-strapped female founders out there. Yeah, we’re looking at you, sister. We’re extending the application deadline to apply for the All Raise “ask me anything” (A…
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Mon 22 Jul 2019
Hardware startups take center stage for Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhen
Software grabs so much attention that it even has its own catchphrase — there’s an app for that. It’s not a bad thing, but we know nothing happens without hardware. That’s why we’re hunting for the b…
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Fri 19 Jul 2019
Last chance! Apply for the All Raise female founder program at Disrupt SF 2019
Newsflash for all female founders of the early-stage startup variety. Your chance to meet with leading women VCs atDisrupt SF 2019on October 2-4 ends on July 19 at 5 p.m. (PT).Apply for an AMA sessio…
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Fri 19 Jul 2019
3 lessons from Roblox’s growth to gaming dominance
Our recently published EC-1 on Roblox recounts the origin story and growth prospects of the company. But there’s one more piece to the story: what Roblox’s impact will be on gaming and the broader st…
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Thu 18 Jul 2019
AlphaSense, a search engine for analysis and business intel, raises $50M led by Innovation Endeavors
Google and its flagship search portal opened the door to the possibilities of how to build a business empire on the back of organising and navigating the world’s information, as found on the interne…
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Thu 18 Jul 2019
Social chat app Capture launches to take a shot at less viral success
At first glance launching a new social app may seem as sensible a startup idea as plunging headfirst into shark-infested waters. But with even infamous curtain-ripper Facebook now making grand claims…
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Wed 17 Jul 2019
Final ticket release to the 14th Annual TechCrunch Summer Party
One of Silicon Valley’s most fun and enduring traditions — the14th Annual TechCrunch Summer Party — takes place on July 25. If you don’t have a ticket yet, know this: We just released the last batch …
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Wed 17 Jul 2019
India’s budget hotel startup Oyo enters co-working business with $30 million Innov8 acquisition
India’s Oyo has expanded its hotel chain business to over 80 countries and entered co-living spaces segment in recent years. The firm, which has raised about $1 billion in the last two quarters from …
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Tue 16 Jul 2019
Brave Care, backed by Y Combinator, is an urgent care clinic just for kids
Brave Care is an urgent care facility for pediatric care that costs, on average, about 80% less than a pediatric ER visit. Darius Monsef and his co-founder came up with the idea shortly after a fatef…
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Tue 16 Jul 2019
Sage Plus for Experts gives travel experts a central place to share their content
Sage is giving reviewers, chefs and other experts and publishers a central place to share all their content. To do this, the startup has created a new product called Sage Plus for Experts, which isn’…
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Mon 15 Jul 2019
With so much late-stage money available, why are tech companies going public now?
Ajay Chopra Contributor Ajay Chopra co-founded Pinnacle Systems in his living room and grew it to a multi-billion dollar public company before becoming a venture capitalist with Trinity Ventu…
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Mon 15 Jul 2019
This new autonomous startup has designed its delivery robot to conquer winter
This new autonomous startup has designed its delivery robot to conquer winter Refraction, a new autonomous delivery robot company that came out of stealth Wednesday at TC Sessions: Mobility, sees opp…
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Fri 12 Jul 2019
3 reasons startups should exhibit at Disrupt SF 2019
Early-stage startup founders, you’re searching for opportunities to take your company to greater heights, amirite? Then allow me to direct your attention to Disrupt San Francisco 2019, TechCrunch’s f…
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Fri 12 Jul 2019
N26 launches its challenger bank in the U.S.
European fintech startup N26 is now accepting customers in the U.S. The company is launching a bank account with a debit card that should provide a better experience compared to traditional retail ba…
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Thu 11 Jul 2019
Bankrupt Maker Faire revives, reduced to Make Community
Maker Faire and Maker Media are getting a second chance after suddenly going bankrupt, but they’ll return in a weakened capacity. Sadly, their flagship crafting festivals remain in jeopardy, and it’…
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Thu 11 Jul 2019
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