October 12, 2020
4-year founder vesting is dead
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October 12, 2020
Yotascale raises a $13M Series B to help companies track and manage their cloud spends
These days when you found a startup, you don’t go out and buy a rack of servers. And you don’t build an in-house data center team. Instead, you…
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Free-to-play gaming giant Roblox confidentially files to go public
The gaming company Roblox announced today that it had confidentially filed paperwork with the SEC to make its public debut. In February, the company, which operates a free-to-play…
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Seraphim Capital’s space tech accelerator releases details of its newest Space Camp cohort
The U.K.’s Seraphim Capital, the country’s only space tech accelerator, has released details of its newest cohort as part of its Space Camp programme, timed with the end…
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What to expect from Apple’s ‘Hi Speed’ iPhone event
For starters, iPhones, of course. That one was easy. The company skipped out on new mobile devices during its recent Apple Watch event, owing to COVID-19-related delays. And,…
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2020 IPO report card: Are tech’s newest public companies meeting expectations?
As the American election looms and the IPO cycle slows some, it’s a good time to review how well the public offerings we have seen thus far have…
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Snapdocs raises $60M to manage the mortgage process in the cloud
The U.S. economy may be in a precarious state right now, with a presidential election looming on the horizon and the country still in the grips of the…
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Quince launches out of beta with new ‘manufacturer-to-customer’ model
The retail landscape is shifting rapidly. While D2C brands have changed the way we shop, Quince is looking to change retail even more dramatically. The brand, which raised…
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Equity Monday: Twilio buys Segment, and Airkit raises $28M for its low-code platform
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest…
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Twilio is buying customer data startup Segment for between $3B and $4B
Sources have told TechCrunch that Twilio intends to acquire customer data startup Segment for between $3 and $4 billion. Forbes broke the story on Friday night, reporting a…
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