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…
If you accept that VMware is in play, the prospective price tag means that the number of firms that could afford such a purchase are few and far between.
Why it’s not surprising to see nine-figure AI rounds
1:00 pm PDT • April 17, 2021
This week Scale AI raised a $325 million Series E. The company, as TechCrunch has written, works in the data labeling space. And it has been on a fundraising tear…
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Hear how StockX brought the sneaker scene to Detroit
At TechCrunch’s Detroit City Spotlight this week, I sat down with Rae Witte, the journalist behind the StockX EC-1. TechCrunch’s EC-1 push allows individual authors to go deep on a particular company. And as StockX has been headquartered in Detroit since its inception, we took the chance to dig into our reporting in front of…
8:30 am PDT • April 17, 2021
Today Squarespace, a well-known software-and-hosting provider for SMB websites, released its S-1 filing. The company is pursuing a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE. It will…
If you only stayed up to date with the Coinbase direct listing this week, you’re forgiven. It was, after all, one heck of a flotation. But underneath the cryptocurrency exchange’s…
Robotic process automation platform UiPath filed its first S-1/A this week, setting an initial price range for its shares. The numbers were impressive, if slightly disappointing because what UiPath indicated in…
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the…
Fintech
Should Dell have pursued a more aggressive debt-reduction move with VMware?
1:55 pm PDT • April 15, 2021
The spin-out generates a large slug of cash Dell can use for debt relief, but could it have squeezed more money out of the deal?
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Coinbase’s direct listing alters the landscape for fintech and crypto startups
Is there less risk and more opportunities for VCs who are looking to back crypto and fintech startups?
9:47 am PDT • April 15, 2021
Fintech
Dell is spinning out VMware in a deal expected to generate over $9B for the company
1:34 pm PDT • April 14, 2021
Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition…
Startups
Coinbase opens at $381 per share, valuing the crypto exchange at nearly $100B
10:36 am PDT • April 14, 2021
Today shares of Coinbase began to trade after the company executed a direct listing. From a reference price of $250, Coinbase shares opened at $381 today, a change of around…
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Inside the US’ epic first-quarter venture capital results
We’re diving into the data with help from Sarah Kunst of Cleo Capital, Jenny Lefcourt of Freestyle Capital, Iris Choi of Floodgate and Laela Sturdy of CapitalG.
8:39 am PDT • April 14, 2021
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this week’s deep dive Natasha and Alex wanted to…
Startups
Coinbase sets direct listing reference price at $250/share, valuing the company at as much as $65B
2:30 pm PDT • April 13, 2021
Coinbase, the American cryptocurrency trading giant, has set a reference price for its direct listing at $250 per share. According to the company’s most recent SEC filing, it has a…
Grab is going public via a SPAC, so let’s talk through key points from the investor deck — we’ll discuss growth, segment profitability, aggregate costs and COVID-19.
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Expect an even hotter AI venture capital market in the wake of the Microsoft-Nuance deal
In light of the Microsoft-Nuance deal, we dug into the AI venture capital market. What’s happening on the startup side in the artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) space?
8:40 am PDT • April 13, 2021
Startups
UiPath’s first IPO pricing could be a warning to late-stage investors
9:29 am PDT • April 12, 2021
A few months back, robotic process automation (RPA) unicorn UiPath raised a huge $750 million round at a valuation of around $35 billion. The capital came ahead of the company’s…
Transportation
Ride-hailing’s profitability promise is in its final countdown
7:50 am PDT • April 12, 2021
Last month was Uber’s best in history in terms of gross sales on its platform. That’s good, but not as good as you might think.
Startups
Equity Monday: Microsoft buys Nuance, Uber isn’t dead and Austin has a new unicorn
7:00 AM PDT • April 12, 2021
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…
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Startups
Spend management startup Ramp confirms $115M raise at a $1.6B valuation
5:00 am PDT • April 8, 2021
This morning, Ramp, which provides corporate cards and spend management software, announced that it has closed $115 million across two investments, the latter of which valued the company at $1.6…
Startups
Building and leading an early-stage sales team with Zoom CRO Ryan Azus
10:45 am PDT • April 7, 2021
Zoom Chief Revenue Officer Ryan Azus gives tips on when founders should step aside from leading their startup’s sales org, how to build a working sales culture, hiring diversely and…
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this week’s deep dive, the Equity team…
Startups
Plaid raises $425M Series D from Altimeter as it charts a post-Visa future
4:00 am PDT • April 7, 2021
Plaid, a unicorn that helps connect consumers’ bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $425 million Series D, it announced this morning. TechCrunch understands that the new capital infusion,…
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Coinbase’s monster Q1 in context
In the first quarter of 2021, American consumer cryptocurrency trading giant Coinbase grew sharply, generating strong profits at the same time. For Coinbase, the disclosure of its preliminary Q1 2021 results comes a week ahead of its direct listing, an event that will see the company begin to trade publicly. As it is both cash…
2:16 pm PDT • April 6, 2021
Twitter is abuzz with the news that Topps, a company perhaps best known for making collectible trading cards, is going public via a SPAC. The reverse merger with its chosen…
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Digging into the Alkami Technology IPO
Let’s learn about Alkami and its software, dig into its backers and final private valuation, pick apart its numbers, and then check out its impending IPO valuation.
8:55 am PDT • April 5, 2021
Startups
Equity Monday: Edtech consolidation, and Amazon continues to make you like it less
6:54 AM PDT • April 5, 2021
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…
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and…