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TechCrunch Startup News

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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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3:27

Bustle Digital Group shuts down The Outline as part...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/06

Bustle Digital Group, owner of a portfolio of digital media properties including Bustle itself, says it laid off two dozen staffers today. That includes eliminating the entire staff ofÂ The Outline, a culture site that it acquired a year ago. In a statement, a BDG spokesperson said the company will continue to host The Outline’s archives, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:07

IRL pivots into virtual event calendar In Remote Life

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/03

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4:04

Activity-monitoring startup Zensors repurposes its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/03

Computer vision techniques used for commercial purposes are turning out to be valuable tools for monitoring people's behavior during the present pandemic. Zensors, a startup that uses machine learning to track things like restaurant occupancy, lines, and so on, is making its platform available for free to airports and other places desperate to take systematic measures against infection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:39

Hio wants to put networking events back on your...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/02

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines and the COVID-19 pandemic has surged event cancellations across the country. Tech workforces have found ways to stay productive: back-to-back Zoom calls, work-from-home happy hours and more Twitter threads than anyone asked for. But Jason Craparo, the founder of events platform Hio, wants to put organic, face-to-face networking […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:53

Take your shot: Apply to TC Top Picks at Disrupt SF 2020

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/02

TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco is known around the world as the place where the early-stage startup community gathers to learn and launch, connect and collaborate. We know COVID-19 has created challenges, but Disrupt SF is still on schedule (keep tabs on our updates here). Like startup founders everywhere, we quickly learn where, when and how […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:33

Dining and takeout startup Allset raises $8.25M as it...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/01

Even though this might seem to be the absolute worst time to try to round up funding for a restaurant-related startup, Allset is announcing that it’s raised an $8.25 million Series B. It was not, to be clear, an easy process. CEO Stas Matviyenko (who founded the company with COO Anna Polishchuk) admitted that when […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:59

Substack offers $100K in grants for independent writers

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/04/01

Substack is taking several steps to support the writers and publications using its newsletter platform. After all, just as writers and newsrooms are starting to build real businesses on Substack, the COVID-19 pandemic is dealing a huge financial blow to the media industry. In response, the startup says it will donate $100,000 in grants — […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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