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Meet the startups participating in Hardware Battlefield 2017 at CES

We are thrilled to introduce the participants in the Hardware Battlefield 2017. These startups represent what we at TechCrunch feel are the most interesting, most promising early-stage hardware compan

Announcing the Startup Battlefield of Disrupt London 2016

TechCrunch is pleased to announce the startups selected to participate in the Disrupt London 2016 Startup Battlefield. Over the next two days, these companies will compete on tech’s biggest stage fo

Female founders, apply now for Include Office Hours with Accel

Include Office Hours are coming to London! On Friday, December 2 from 4-6 p.m, partners from Accel will join TechCrunch to provide advice and feedback to startups. Apply now! Unlike previous sessi

Website-creation platform PageCloud raises $4M Series A

Browser-based website-creation service PageCloud announced that it has closed a $4 million Series A, bringing the company’s funding total to date to about $8.5 million. Participants in the roun

Ava, the fertility wearable, raises $9.7M to help families conceive

Ava, a medical technology company focused on women’s reproductive health, announced today that it has raised a $9.7 million Series A. The investment was led by European VC firm Polytech Ventures wit

GoodLands partners with ESRI to launch the Catholic Geographic System

Religion and technology are not two phrases that often go hand in hand. Molly Burhans is looking to change that. Growing up Catholic in upstate New York, Burhans had the intention of becoming a nun.

Watch Acceleprise’s Demo Day here

TechCrunch is pleased to bring you Acceleprise’s Cohort 5 Demo Day, today, November 9th, starting at 10:00am PT. Acceleprise is a SaaS-focused accelerator based in San Francisco led by partners

Underrepresented founders: Apply now for Include Office Hours with NEA

TechCrunch Include Office Hours are happening in SF on November 15th! Vanessa Larco, Pete Sonsini and Rick Yang of NEA will join TechCrunch to provide advice and feedback to startups. Launched in 201

Hardware Battlefield application deadline extended

We get it. You’re busy building a robot that can eat human food. That’s why we’ve extended the deadline for applications for TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield for a few more days. Submit your

Watch Pitch@Palace 6.0 Demo Day here

TechCrunch is pleased to bring you the Pitch@Palace 6.0 Demo Day, live from St. James’s Palace, starting at 5:30pm BST, 9:30am PT. Established by The Duke of York, Pitch@Palace offers entr

Watch 500 Startups’ Demo Day here

TechCrunch is pleased to bring you 500 Startups’ Batch 18 Demo Day, also known as Demo-ween, today, October 28th, starting at 12:00pm PT. 500 Startups is a global seed fund and startup accelerator

Underrepresented founders: apply now for Include Office Hours with Venrock

TechCrunch Include Office Hours are happening in NYC on November 3rd! Richard Kerby and David Pakman of Venrock will join TechCrunch to provide valuable advice and feedback to startups. Launched in

Applications are open for Hardware Battlefield at CES

We’re back. Hardware Battlefield is TechCrunch’s premier hardware startup event and is returning to the world’s largest consumer electronic show. Applications are now open until November 3

The 2016 TechCrunch Include Progress Report

Diversity is central to TechCrunch’s mission. We believe that everyone, regardless of background, should have access to the immense possibilities of the tech world. We also believe that a diversifie

Watch Pitch@Palace’s Demo Day here

TechCrunch is pleased to bring you Pitch@Palace’s Demo Day today, Friday 14 October, from 09.30 GMT+1, live from the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. Pitch@Palace was set up by The Duke

Watch the Disney Accelerator Demo Day here

TechCrunch is pleased to bring you Disney Accelerator’s Demo Day today, October 13th, from 2:30pm – 3:50pm PT. This marks the first time that Disney has run its accelerator fully in-hou

You have less than 24 hours to apply to the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt London

Yes, you read that right. Applications for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt London close tomorrow, Thursday at noon PT! Time to get going. You can do it. Startups should note that teams from across

Teachers and mentors: apply to have your students attend Disrupt London

Applications are now open for student groups to attend Disrupt London at The Copper Box Arena on Tuesday, December 6th. The program is part of Include, TechCrunch’s diversity program aimed at f

Only two days left to submit your Startup Battlefield application!

Yes, you read that right. Applications for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt London close this Thursday! Time to get going. You can do it. We loved being in London so much that we’re bringing Disru

Lessons from Shippo’s Series A

Closing a Series A is notoriously hard — so much so that it has been coined the “Series A Crunch.” It’s estimated that only about 25 percent of startups that raise a seed round
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