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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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3:35

Healthcare co-op Savvy snags venture funding from...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/20

Savvy, a healthcare cooperative, has just raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Indie.vc. Established as a cooperative that shares profits with its users, Savvy connects patients with healthcare companies and other providers looking to better serve people through products and services. Patients can take paid gigs that include tasks like interviews, focus groups and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:17

Impossible Foods rolls out to nearly 1,000 new...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/17

Starting tomorrow, 777 supermarkets in California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Nevada will begin stocking the Impossible Foods plant-based meat substitute. Fueling the increased distribution and a push to expand its product suite and geographic footprint domestically and internationally is a $500 million round of funding the company closed in March. Some of that money is […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:50

Everee raises a $10M Series A to scale its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/17

This morning Everee, a Utah-based software as a service (SaaS) startup focused on payroll, announced that it has closed a $10 million Series A. The funding event was led by Origin Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures. Previously, Everee had raised a $3.7 million Seed round in mid-2019. The company is therefore as well capitalized as […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:17

Unicorn layoffs keep piling up as the economy gets worse

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/16

Earlier today a grip of new data presented a sharply negative picture of the American economy. And this afternoon, news broke that a trio of well-known, heavily-backed unicorns were cutting staff. With stocks down as well, we’ve received negative signals from the private market, the public market and the economy as a whole in the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:43

Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/16

Disrupt San Francisco 2020, the OG of startup tech conferences, takes place at Moscone West on Sept. 14 – 16. It’s an event you don’t want to miss, and we’re here to tell early-stage founders one of the best ways to get the most out of the Disrupt experience. Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:24

Rocket Lab inks deal to carry Japanese startup...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/15

The well-funded Japanese space startup Synspective has tapped launch provider Rocket Lab to take its first Earth observation satellite to orbit. Launch is planned for late 2020, and the company’s StriX–Î± craft will be the sole payload. Synspective was founded in 2018 and by mid-2019 had raised about $100 million, making it one of the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:20

UK tech job vacancies fall 31% in less than 4 weeks,...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/15

As the coronavirus crisis continues, hiring data is emerging that paints a mixed picture for U.K. tech, which, in the preceding months and years has been stuck on a growth trajectory of up and to the right. That appears to have changed almost over night. According to numbers shared exclusively with TechCrunch from job sites […]Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:30

Layoffs are disproportionately impacting startup...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/14

Layoffs have struck the startup world swiftly, hurting hospitality and travel startups, as well as recruitment and scooter companies. New data shows that some of those layoffs, brought on by COVID-19, might be disproportionately impacting satellite campuses. By nature, satellite offices are secondary to a startup’s headquarters. Opening smaller offices is a strategic move when […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:59

Frank raises $5M more in its quest to get students...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/14

Frank, a New York-based student-facing startup, has raised $5 million in what the company described as an “interim strategic round” led by Chegg, a public edtech company. According to Frank founder and CEO Charlie Javice, previous investors Aleph and Marc Rowan took part in the round alongside new investor GingerBread Capital. The education funding-focused startup […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:25

Pangea.app raises $400K pre-seed round to help...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/13

Pangea.app, a Providence, Rhode Island-based startup has raised a $400,000 pre-seed round, it told TechCrunch this week. The company’s new capital, raised as a post-money SAFE, comes from PJC, a Boston-based venture capital firm and Underdog Labs. Previously, Pangea.app raised money from angel investors. The company links “remote college freelancers,” per its website, to businesses […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:23

Instacart’s hiring spree continues as it faces...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/13

Instacart is adding more support roles to help its shoppers, customers, and retail partners, as the company faces unprecedented demand for its grocery delivery services due to COVID-19 shelter in place orders. Today Instacart announced that it has doubled its Care team, from 1,200 agents to 3,000 agents. Care team employees will work on answering […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:18

Apply today to be a TC Top Pick at Disrupt SF 2020

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/10

Opportunity’s a hot currency, and every early-stage startup founder’s on the lookout for it. Anything and everything that can help bring the dream to fruition, right? You’ll find three days packed with opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2020Â on September 14-16. Care to know how you can super-size your Disrupt opportunity? We’ll get to that […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:28

Stocks gain despite 6.6M new US unemployment claims

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/10

Domestic stocks rose today in the United States, with all major indices opening higher. TechCrunch has slowed its daily coverage of the US stock market as volatility has receded. We try to avoid covering the stock market too much, but there are days when doing so would be derelict. The value of public companies impacts […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:47

Esports One launches its fantasy esports platform

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/09

Esports One is a startup betting that there’s a big opportunity in bringing a fantasy sports approach to the world of esports — particularly at a time when traditional pro sports are on pause. Co-founder and COO Sharon Winter told me that the company’s platform, which is leaving beta testing today, is the first “all-in-one […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:19

Mom-focused content startup Motherly raises $5.4M as...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/09

Motherly CEO Jill Koziol admits that it was a tough pitch when she and her co-founder Liz Tenety first tried to get investors on-board in 2015. “We wanted to create a brand first and foremost,” Koziol told me. “We did not want to go and build a media company or a [direct-to-consumer] company or Facebook […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:31

Move fast, make things – UK fintech’s response to the...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/08

The U.K.’s fintech’s response to the coronavirus pandemic so far might best be described as “move fast, [and] make things,” as multiple and sometimes impromptu teams roll out financial technology solutions to help combat the crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:13

Utah’s Podium raises $125M Series C led by YC after...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/08

This morning, Utah-based SaaS startup Podium announced that it has closed a $125 million Series C led by Y Combinator’s Continuity fund, with participation from Sapphire Ventures. Prior investors Alkeon, IVP, GV, Summit, Accel and Recruit Co. also took part in the funding event. The new capital values Podium at around $1.5 billion, and brings […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:16

Blossom Capital’s ‘Cultivate’ is an angel program...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/07

Just a few months after closing a new $185 million fund to continue backing early-stage European startups, Blossom Capital, the VC firm founded by Ophelia Brown, is announcing a new angel investment program seeking to back European unicorn alumnus. Dubbed “Cultivate,” the new program looks to create a 30-strong angel network made up of founders […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:27

BounceX cuts staff, reduces salaries in wake of...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/07

TechCrunch confirmed today that BounceX (the firm is rebranding this year) has executed layoffs and salary cuts in the wake of recent COVID-19-led economic disruptions. Many startups are undergoing staff cuts as the domestic and global economies slow, making individual reductions less newsworthy as the layoff tally rises. However, as BounceX is a company we’ve […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:35

Cultivating adaptability is a pandemic coping skill

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/06

It’s clear that the people who can let go of their past plans and embrace the new environment ahead will thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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