October 19, 2020
VCs reload ahead of the election as unicorns power ahead
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October 17, 2020
Solve the ‘dead equity’ problem with a longer founder vesting schedule
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Three views on the future of media startups
The Equity crew this week chewed through a trio of media stories, each dealing with private companies and their successes. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Axios…
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Pear hosted its invite-only demo day online this year; here’s what you might have missed
Pear, the eight-year-old, Palo Alto, Calif.-based seed-stage venture firm that has, from its outset, attracted the attention of VCs who think the firm has an eye for nascent…
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Lawmatics raises $2.5M to help lawyers market themselves
Lawmatics, a San Diego startup that’s building marketing and CRM software for lawyers, is announcing that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. CEO Matt Spiegel used…
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Daily Crunch: Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack
Stripe makes a big acquisition, Google rolls out search improvements and Snapchat adds a TikTok-y feature. This is your Daily Crunch for October 15, 2020. The big story:…
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Startup founders set up hacker homes to recreate Silicon Valley synergy
In Y Combinator’s early days, founders would move to Palo Alto, split a two-bedroom with five others to save money and trade notes around the clock with their…
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Audio learning startup Knowable switches to a $9.99-per-month subscription model
Knowable, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup focused on audio learning, is switching business models. When the company launched last year, it charged users on a per-class basis. Starting today,…
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Small business payments and marketing startup Fivestars raises $52.5M
It’s a difficult time for small businesses — to put it mildly. And Fivestars CEO Victor Ho said that many of the big digital platforms aren’t really helping. Ho…
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When was the last time you worked out your soul?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. The whole crew was back today, with Natasha…
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