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Startups Weekly: Part & Parcel plans plus-sized fashion empire
In this week's newsletter: Part & Parcel is bringing plus-sized clothing out of the dark corners of department stores.
WeWork and Uber are proof valuations are meaningless
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Kate and Alex were back to cover a lot of late-stage news
Max Levchin’s Affirm seeks capital amid surge in fintech funding
Fintech investment is expected to reach new highs in 2019.
Accel and Sequoia seed Middesk with $4M to background check businesses
Middesk helps financial entities identify business and regulatory risk in their customer base.
Kenshō, ‘the antithesis of Goop,’ launches a research-based guide to natural medicine
Kenshō wants to become a holistic health "medical journal" with input from credible natural healthcare providers.
Peloton plots $1.2B Nasdaq IPO
The developer of internet-connected stationary bikes has proposed a maximum price per share of $29.
Work Life Ventures raises $5M for debut enterprise SaaS seed fund
Brianne Kimmel on her debut fund: "I want to be mindful that I am a female GP and I feel honored to have that title."
Startups Weekly: Stripe’s grand plan
In this week's newsletter: A new car-sharing unicorn, WeWork's IPO expectations and an introduction to Stripe Capital.
Why Box is one of the most underappreciated companies
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week, we recorded on location at TechCrunch Sessions: Enterpri
SoftBank-backed Getaround is raising $200M at a $1.5B+ valuation
And the next car-sharing unicorn is...
Bellwether Coffee, ‘the fastest-growing company in coffee,’ raises $40M Series B
Bellwether Coffee plans to take its tech-enabled commercial roaster overseas with the fresh funds.
Startups Weekly: Peloton’s 29 secret weapons
In this week's newsletter: Peloton's going public, Boll & Branch raised another $100M and more.
Could Peloton be the next Apple?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Instacart CFO Ravi Gupta to exit for Sequoia Capital
Instacart's CFO will "return to his investing roots" as a growth-stage investor at the storied venture capital firm.
Ready, Set, Raise — the Y Combinator for female founders — announces second cohort
Ready, Set, Raise is a startup accelerator for women and non-binary founders.
Peloton files publicly for IPO
The maker of internet-connected stationary bikes approaches $1 billion in annual revenue.
Y Combinator graduate PredictLeads helps VCs hunt for unicorns
PredictLeads collects data to help venture capital firms and sales teams identify high growth companies.
Startups Weekly: Diamond-encrusted disruption
In this week's newsletter: Andreessen Horowitz's latest investment, Pietra, is tackling the $250 billion jewelry market.
The myth of ‘stage agnostic’ investing
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Watch YC CEO Michael Seibel chat startups, prices and tech’s center of gravity
YC's Michael Seibel joins us on a special episode of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast. Given that we had Seibel to chat with at YC Demo Day, we decided to drop the regular format