Venture
As meal-kit melee stretches on, Sun Basket whips up $30M Series E
10:13 am PDT • May 21, 2019
Sun Basket, a provider of a healthy meal kit service, has raised another $30 million in venture capital funding.
The round represents the debut investment of Mary Meeker’s Bond.
Equity transcribed: Away’s $1.4B valuation and CrowdStrike’s S-1
4:39 pm PDT • May 18, 2019
Welcome back to another transcribed edition of Equity, the wildly popular TechCrunch podcast that digs deep into the week’s news about … equity. There were no IPOs this week so…
Startups
Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
5:00 am PDT • May 18, 2019
In this week’s newsletter: Amazon takes a bite of Deliveroo and Away packs on $100M
Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch’s Kate Clark sat down with…
Venture
Unpacking Away’s $1.4B valuation, the startup studio model and CrowdStrike’s S-1
5:00 AM PDT • May 17, 2019
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Venture
Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
1:48 pm PDT • May 16, 2019
Contrary Capital is raising $35 million to invest between $50,000 and $200,000 in students and recent college dropouts.
Pinterest delivers first earnings report as a public company
1:04 pm PDT • May 16, 2019
Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) posted revenues of $202M on losses of $41.4M for the three months ending March 31, 2019.
Ahrendts, the former senior vice president fo retail at Apple, joins as Airbnb’s third independent non-affiliated board member.
Venture
Madrona Venture Labs raises $11M to build companies from the ground up
7:59 am PDT • May 15, 2019
The startup studio model is taking off.
Venture
Trendy luggage brand Away packs on $100M, rolls past $1.4B valuation
4:45 pm PDT • May 14, 2019
Away’s new lofty valuation proves how far you can get with excellent branding.
The SaaS endpoint protection firm submitted documents to the SEC on Tuesday afternoon.
Venture
Early-stage investment firm Defy hires Eventbrite exec Brian Rothenberg as partner
6:30 am PDT • May 14, 2019
Defy, a Series A venture capital fund, has hired its first non-founding partner.
Startups
Slack aims to be the most important software company in the world, says CEO
10:54 am PDT • May 13, 2019
Slack discloses latest earnings, plans NYSE direct listing for June 20.
Equity Shot transcribed: Judging Uber’s less-than-grand opening day
4:46 PM PDT • May 12, 2019
Another day, another episode of Equity. This time it was an emergency episode, because Uber (finally) went public and a lot of financial folks were…
In this week’s newsletter: Uber goes public, Carta collects $300 million and a small team of eight shows VC isn’t always the answer.
Equity transcribed: Why Om Malik thinks ‘the VC subsidized life is over’
8:09 pm PDT • May 10, 2019
It’s time for another transcribed edition of Equity. This week for the regularly scheduled episode we had the whole crew pop into the San Francisco studio. Kate Clark, Connie Loizos…
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Uber (NYSE: UBER) closed down nearly 8 percent after a rocky debut Friday.
At long last, it’s lift-off for Uber.
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
The price, which falls at the low end of Uber’s planned range, values Uber at $82.4 billion.
Venture
Printify raises $3M to expand its marketplace for custom printing
12:38 pm PDT • May 9, 2019
Bling Capital, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin and several others have participated in the round.
Enterprise
Slack to live-stream pitch to shareholders on Monday ahead of direct listing
1:35 pm PDT • May 8, 2019
Slack will make its pitch to prospective shareholders on Monday at an invite-only event in New York City.
Media & Entertainment
Sextech company scorned by CES scores $2M and an apology
11:48 am PDT • May 8, 2019
Months after revoking its award, the CTA has decided to re-award Lora DiCarlo the same day it planned to announce a $2 million funding.
Startups
Rent the Runway just opened its largest brick-and-mortar store yet
8:00 am PDT • May 8, 2019
Rent The Runway’s newest store shows its more than just a designer gown rental service
In its first-ever earnings report as a public company, Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT) failed to display progress toward profitability. The ride-hailing business, which raised $2 billion in a March initial public…
Startups
Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
5:00 am PDT • May 4, 2019
In this week’s newsletter: WeWork files confidentially for IPO, Lyft loses scooter head and Magic Leap raises MORE money.
Startups
Unshackled Ventures has $20M to invest exclusively in immigrant founders
11:11 am PDT • May 2, 2019
With a new $20M fund, the Unshackled team will invest in immigrants and help them secure visas.
Andreessen Horowitz, the storied venture capital firm with investments in Airbnb, Buzzfeed and Coinbase, has reportedly closed on $2.75 billion for two new funds.
