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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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4:28

Hardware startups: Pitch to the world’s top investors...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/10

Early-stage hardware startupfounders, it’s your turn to step into the spotlight and launch your innovative inventions to the world’s top investors. We’re inviting you to apply to compete in our hardware-focused pitch competition,Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhenon November 11-12. You might even walk away with $25,000 and a whole new business trajectory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:10

Fresh tickets to our 14th Annual TechCrunch Summer Party

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/10

Our 14th Annual TechCrunch Summer Party is a mere two weeks away, and we’re serving up a fresh new batch of tickets to this popular Silicon Valley tradition. Jump on this opportunity, folks, because our previous releases sold out in a flash — and these babies won’t last long, either. Buy your ticket today. Our summer soiree takes place on July 25 at Park Chalet, San Francisco’s coastal beer garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:52

Glitch is bringing remix culture back to the web with...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/09

Building apps and tools on the web shouldn’t just be for the technically inclined. In the early days of the web, it was easy to make your MySpace account, for example, unique to your personal aesthetic. Glitch is doing that for the modern era. Glitch, formerly known as Fog Greek Software, is an online community where people can upload projects and enable others to remix them. Dash likens coding on Glitch to working together inside Google Docs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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11:49

A 23-year-old B2B company has shown how keen India is...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/08

Away from the limelight of the press and the frenzy of fundraising, a tech startup in India has achieved a feat that few of its peers have managed: going public. IndiaMART, the country’s largest online platform for selling products directly to businesses, raised nearly $70 million in a rare tech IPO for India this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:07

Karamel is an app to find activities for your kids

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/08

Karamel is an app to find activities for your kids French startup Karamel wants to help you find things to do for your kids. The company is launching a mobile app that lets you find and book kid-friendly activities around you. The startup also just raised a $450,000 round (€400,000) from Kima Ventures, Roxanne Varza and Thibaud Elzière. Varza participates in the Atomico Angel Programme, which means that Atomico handed out $100,000 to invest in multiple early-stage companies. Learn more about your ad

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9:46

Why you should naturalize — now, not later

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/05

It’s no secret that America thrives on tech-savvy immigrants who put down permanent roots: Three in five of the country’s biggest tech companies —Apple, Facebook, and Google among them — were founded by first- or second-generation immigrants. Those giants combined boast a market cap of over $4 trillion and employ nearly two million workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:19

HQ Trivia lays off ~20% as it preps subscriptions

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/05

HQ Trivia is struggling after a mutiny failed to oust its CEO. Downloads per month are down 92% versus last June according to Sensor Tower. And now four sources confirm that HQ laid off staff members this week. One said about 20% of staff was let go, and another said six to seven employees were departing. That aligns with Digiday reporter Kerry Flynn’s tweet that 7 employees were let go bringing HQ to under 30 (shrinking from 35 to 28 staffers would be a 20% drop). Learn more about your ad choices

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4:31

Pod Foods gets VC backing to reinvent grocery...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/04

Larissa Russell and Fiona Lee founded a cookie startup called Green Pea Cookie in 2014. The cookies were 100% natural, vegan and “handcrafted with love.” The company failed but not because the cookies weren’t selling. The business couldn’t keep up with the antiquated wholesale food distribution system’s steep costs. Two incumbent players, United Natural Foods Inc. and KeHE Distributors, essentially controlled its only pathway to grocery stores across the country. Learn more about your ad choices

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5:32

Fast Forward raises new war chest to fight Silicon...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/03

San Francisco is a city of extremes, with multi-billion dollar glass-cladded obelisks piercing the SoMa sky while thousands of the city’s long-term residents fail to find even the basic rudiments of housing and other social services. The tech industry has created the world’s greatest inequality machine, solving every one of our problems except the ones like housing affordability, education access, and healthcare availability that might lead to greater agency and equality. Learn more about your ad

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3:08

TikTok is being investigated in the U.K. for how it...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/03

TikTok is being investigated in the U.K. for how it handles children’s data and safety TikTok is being investigated in the U.K. for how it handles the safety and personal data of underage users. According to the Guardian, information commissioner Elizabeth Denham told a parliamentary committee that the probe started in February, after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission levied a $5.7 million fine against TikTok for breaking children’s privacy law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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5:02

AR headsets promise new enterprise productivity, but...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/02

Just as the bluetooth headset ushered in an era of hands-free calling, AR startups are trying to convince manufacturing startups that AR headsets will bring new efficiencies with hands-free computing. As Magic Leap and Microsoft have dropped hundreds of millions trying to spend their way into new tech modalities for enterprise customers, smaller players are relying on less ground-breaking hardware and hoping that easy-to-use software can drive new customers into their arms. Learn more about your ad

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8:11

Tara.ai, which uses machine learning to spec out and...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/01

Artificial intelligence has become an increasingly important component of how a lot of technology works; now it’s also being applied to how technologists themselves work. Today, one of the startups building such a tool has raised some capital, Tara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:07

Google finance head joins Postmates board ahead of...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/07/01

Google’s vice president of finance, has joined Postmates’ board of directors, the latest sign that the on-demand food delivery startup is prepping to take the company public. Postmates announced Friday that Kristin Reinke, vice president of Finance at Google, will join the San Francisco startup as an independent director. Reinke has been with Google since 2005. Prior to Google, Reinke was at Oracle for eight years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:57

DoorDash double downs on controversial pay model

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/06/28

There’s seemingly no end in sight for DoorDash’s compensation model where it subsidizes driver wages with customer tips. The mildly bright side, however, is that DoorDash is now providing more transparency after each completed delivery, DoorDash CEO Tony Xu wrote in a blog post today. “With our current pay model, Dashers see a guaranteed minimum — including tips — prior to accepting a delivery,” Xu wrote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:04

Wedding dress customizer Anomalie raises $13M as...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/06/28

David’s Bridal once owned 50% of the $36 billion wedding gown market before it filed for bankruptcy last year. Brides were growing sick of the lack of styles and sizes plus high prices at expensive brick & mortar shops. The industry was destined for disruption by software that would replace overhead costs and inflexibility with direct-to-consumer personalization. That’s why I profiled a new custom wedding dress startup back in 2016 called Anomalie despite little funding or traction. Learn more about

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3:24

Station F launches a co-living space for 600 startup...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/06/27

Startup campus Station F is expanding beyond its original building in Paris with a co-living space called Flatmates. 600 people will be able to rent a room in shared apartments. Compared to traditional accommodation in Paris, it’s much easier to get a room as you don’t need a French full-time work contract, guarantors and all the stupid stuff that landlords and professionals ask you — trust me, it’s a nightmare in Paris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:42

New tickets available to the 14th Annual TechCrunch...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/06/27

Could you use a little summer startup fun? We’re rolling out our next round of tickets to theTechCrunch Summer Party at Park Chalet, San Francisco’s coastal beer garden. If you want to join your startup peers to eat, drink and be merry, don’t delay. These limited-release tickets will be snapped up before you can say “hold my beer.” Buy your Summer Party ticket today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:25

Millennials don’t want to get drunk. What do they...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/06/26

Gen Z doesn’t want to get drunk. Millennials are tired of the obligatory after-work drinks. Haus, a new startup selling apéritifs online, has a solution for them. The company’s beverages have a lower alcohol content than standard hard liquors on the market, which means you can drink one, even a few, without getting wasted. Made from distilled grapes, fresh herbs and botanicals, its natural ingredients and A-plus branding are sure to appeal to the younger demographic. Learn more about your ad

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3:42

Dirty Lemon parent Iris Nova will fund and distribute...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/06/26

Iris Nova, the Coca-Cola-backed startup that createsDirty Lemonbeverages, is announcing plans to spend $100 million over the next three to five years to expand its offerings. Founder and CEO Zak Normandin said the money will go towards launching new beverage brands developed internally at Iris Nova, as well as investing in beverages created by other companies, which will then distributed via the Iris Nova platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:40

SpaceRyde wants to make access to space more...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/06/25

Life can be tough for a small satellite operator – it may be relatively cheap and easy to build small sats (or CubeSats, as they’re sometimes called), but arranging transportation for those satellites to get to orbit is still a big challenge. That’s why SpaceRyde is pursuing a novel way of launching light payloads, that could help small sat companies skip the line, and save some cash in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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