Jordan Crook
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ClassPass introduces a corporate wellness program
ClassPass has set up yet another revenue stream, signing to a corporate wellness program partners like Facebook, Glossier, Google, Morgan Stanley, Under Armour, Etsy, Southwest Airlines and Gatorade.
Quirk wants to make cognitive behavioral therapy more accessible
Quirk, a YC-backed company, is looking to bring cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to more people suffering from anxiety or depression. CBT aims to lessen or stop harmful behavior by changing the way
Esports org 100 Thieves raises $35 million in Series B
100 Thieves has today announced the close of a $35 million Series B funding round. Artist Capital Management led the round, with ACM’s Chief Investment Officer Josh Dienstag joining Mike Sepso,
Brave Care, backed by Y Combinator, is an urgent care clinic just for kids
Brave Care is an urgent care facility for pediatric care that costs, on average, about 80% less than a pediatric ER visit. Darius Monsef and his co-founder came up with the idea shortly after a fatefu
Original Content podcast: Netflix thriller ‘Point Blank’ underwhelms
“Point Blank,” a new Netflix original film, stars Frank Grillo and Anthony Mackie as a criminal and a nurse thrown together by circumstances — Abe (played by Grillo) is struck by a car w
Anvyl, looking to help D2C brands manage their supply chain, raises $9.3M
Growing D2C brands face an interesting challenge. While they’ve eliminated much of the hassle of a physical storefront, they must still deal with all the complications involved in managing inven
Original Content podcast: ‘Stranger Things 3’ has more monsters and more nostalgia
While “Stranger Things” is one of Netflix’s biggest hits, we’ve remained immune to some of its charms. On the latest episode of the Original Content podcast, we review the thir
Pax Labs CEO Bharat Vasan and serial founder Keith McCarty are coming to Disrupt SF
The legalization of cannabis and hemp for medicinal and recreational use in states across the U.S. and in Canada has opened up a huge vein of green, green cash for startups. Two entrepreneurs tantaliz
Stranger Things portals have appeared in Fortnite
This summer has blessed us with a wealth of awesome television options, from Big Little Lies to Chernobyl to The Handmaid’s Tale. And the good times keep rollin’. Tomorrow, Stranger Things
Hear about how to exit from Jess Lee, Justin Kan and Michael Marquez at Disrupt SF
All startup founders want to steer to a successful outcome the business they started. Sometimes the goal is an initial public offering. Sometimes it’s an acquisition. Though acquisitions often r
Original Content podcast: ‘I Think You Should Leave’ brings deranged laughs to Netflix
A sketch on Netflix’s “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” doesn’t just settle for one funny idea. As soon as you start to get comfortable and assume that you know wher
Zola founder and CEO Shan-Lyn Ma is coming to Disrupt SF
Many, many startups have tried to work their way into the U.S.’s $76 billion wedding market. But Zola is one of the few that’s truly carved a path in this massive industry. That’s wh
HER, the dating app for queer women, revamps profiles
HER, the app that provides safe space for queer women to meet, has today revamped the app’s profiles. The updated profiles allow users to express themselves more fully in the categories of gende
Tundra, the zero-fee wholesale marketplace, picks up $12 million
Tundra, a new zero-commission wholesale marketplace, has today announced the close of $12 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Redpoint’s Annie Kadavy, with participation from inves
Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘When They See Us’ is difficult-but-essential viewing
“When They See Us,” a new miniseries on Netflix, can be so infuriating that it’s hard to watch — especially its first hour, which depicts the arrest of the teenaged boys who became
TechCrunch is back in New York next week!
TechCrunch is headed back to NYC to find the next wave of early-stage startups tackling big ideas! Last time we held an event in New York it was 2017, so we are overdue for a visit. Hear about what Te
GirlGaze Network looks to connect brands with female creatives
It started with a hashtag. Amanda de Cadenet, photographer, author and TV host, was spending time with her sister, a director and photographer in her own right, when an ACLU study on the lack of diver
Text IQ, a machine learning platform for parsing sensitive corporate data, raises $12.6M
Text IQ, a machine learning system that parses and understands sensitive corporate data, has raised $12.6 million in Series A funding led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Sierra Ventures.
Focals by North review: The future is (almost) here
The concept of an IRL heads-up display has been a part of science fiction since basically the beginning. Big players have tried their hand at it with less than stellar results — most notably Google
Annie Kadavy, Russ Heddleston and Charles Hudson will tell us how to raise seed money at Disrupt SF
Just about anyone can come up with a good idea. Fewer people can execute on that idea and turn it into a prototype or MVP. But there is still one final challenge for most entrepreneurs that can prove