Natasha Mascarenhas
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Great Resignation meets Great Reset meets (Great R…un down those valuations please)
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Instacart’s co-founder Apoorva Mehta checks out
A year ago, Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta left his role as chief executive of the grocery delivery unicorn and took on an executive chairman position. Now, as the company he started nearly a deca
SAP top exec retires as Q2 2022 earnings come out
As Q2 earnings send enterprise giant SAP’s stock down, President of SAP North America DJ Paoni is leaving the enterprise company, TechCrunch has learned from sources. SAP confirmed the news, saying
Thanks to Amazon, One Medical and Whole Foods are on the same dang shelf
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex, Natasha and Mary Ann got together with Grace once agai
Andreessen Horowitz ditches physical HQ in return for global outposts
For a long time, distributed work for VCs looked like a split-HQ between two cities in different parts of the world. Now, it may look like “the cloud.” Andreessen Horowitz, a venture firm
Robotics scene continues to be bullish, but layoffs are looming
“In an economic downturn, the customers will be less willing to be experimental, so they're thinking about cutting costs and then economics just becomes so much more important.”
Stripe’s new and lower internal valuation, explained
As one of the most richly valued startups in history, is Stripe's internal valuation cut as bearish as the big numbers might lead some to believe?
WTF is a 409A?
In the past few months, both Stripe and Instacart have seen their internal valuations updated in a 409A appraisal process. What is this all about, and why should startups consider a lower valuation?
OK, don’t fear: The long shots are still getting venture funding
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So. Many. New. Venture. Funds.
Further proving that venture investors have more dry powder than ever before, this week started with a flurry of venture capital fund close announcements across sectors and stages. It tells that LPs a
Digital health unicorns need a checkup
Digital health unicorns Ro, Cerebral, Calibrate and Forward's layoff stories share a through line that reveals the unique challenges of being a venture-backed healthcare business.
Better.com is still trying to proceed with its SPAC deal
Digital mortgage lender Better.com, which began making plans to go public via a SPAC in May 2021, has confirmed that it intends to move forward with its planned public debut, despite lackluster perfor
Market dissonance doesn’t always include an easy hot take
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Once a key driver of global venture activity, fintech investment slows around the world
New Q2 2022 data from CB Insights and PitchBook lay bare fintech’s retreat.
Wordle, hurdles and Sally’s early retirement
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex, Natasha and Mary Ann enjoyed yet another edition of E
Stripe is the latest fintech to falter, taking a 28% internal valuation cut
Stripe is the latest high-profile fintech company to experience a significant valuation cut as the market downturn begins to hit the sector especially hard. Last valued at $95 billion, the payments pr
Tonal just shed over a third of staff to help it become a ‘self-sustaining and profitable business’
Tonal, an at-home fitness company last valued at $1.6 billion, has laid off 35% of its workforce in what the company says was a “responsible” decision made in order to grow at a more susta
Roe’s reversal will shake up how startups are built
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This company just raised millions to make tech layoffs more humane
The broader goal of Continuum also hinges on early-stage startups getting more comfortable with the idea of part-time executives.
Hopin’s COO, CFO and chief business officer are out
As part of its second workforce reduction in a matter of months, virtual events platform Hopin has parted ways with its COO, CFO and chief business officer, TechCrunch has learned from multiple source