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Palantir’s S-1 alludes to controversial work with ICE as a risk factor for its business
6:28 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
Palantir’s mysterious work and its founding origins with Trump ally and anti-press crusader Peter Thiel have inspired a number of controversies in recent years, none as divisive as its ongoing business…
Startups
As losses expand, Asana is confident it has the ticket for a successful public listing
4:31 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
Asana, the project management software developer, dropped its filing for a direct listing on one of the busiest days of a surprisingly busy late summer. The task management toolkit provider…
Transportation
Xwing plans short, regional flights for its autonomous cargo planes
4:06 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
The path to deploying commercial aircraft that can handle all aspects of flight without a pilot is long, winding, expensive and riddled with regulatory and technical hurdles. Marc Piette, the…
Here are the 98 companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 Demo Day 1
3:31 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
Today was part one of Y Combinator’s two-parter Summer 2020 Demo Day, where nearly 100 companies debuted their efforts to the world for the first time. The Summer 2020 batch…
Enterprise
Palo Alto Networks to buy digital forensics consulting firm for $265M
3:28 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
It’s been quite a day in the tech world, with a bushel of S-1s being filed to go public. Not to be left out, the ever acquisitive Palo Alto Networks…
Startups
Our 11 favorite companies from Y Combinator’s S20 Demo Day: Part 1
3:14 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
Startup incubator and investment group Y Combinator today held the first of two demo days for founders in its Summer 2020 batch. So far, this cohort contains the usual mix…
TikTok fights its U.S. ban, Twitter takes action against another Trump tweet and Unity files to go public. This is your Daily Crunch for August 24, 2020. The big story:…
Fintech
Sutter Hill strikes ice-cold, $2.5B pre-market return with Snowflake’s IPO filing
3:01 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
Today is the day for huge VC returns. We talked a bit about Sequoia’s coming huge win with the IPO of game engine Unity this morning. Now, Sequoia might actually…
Snowflake filed to go public today joining a bushel of companies making their S-1 documents public today. TechCrunch has a longer digest of all the IPO filings coming soon, but…
Unity, the company founded in a Copenhagen apartment in 2004, is poised for an initial public offering with numbers that look pretty strong. Even as its main competitor, Epic Games,…
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Media & Entertainment
TikTok-rival Triller inks deal with Reliance’s JioSaavn in India push
1:56 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
Triller, an app that functions similarly to TikTok, has inked a strategic partnership with a platform owned by India’s richest man to cash in on the Chinese app’s ban in…
Startups
Mastercard acquired and shut down IfOnly, an experiences marketplace hit by COVID-19
1:04 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
Travel has undoubtedly been one of the industries hardest hit in the coronavirus pandemic, constrained by restrictions on how people can move between and within countries, many venues closing, new…
Startups
With $11 million in fresh capital, Bolt Bikes rebrands to Zoomo
12:17 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
Bolt Bikes, the electric bike platform marketed to gig economy delivery workers, has a new name and a fresh injection of $11 million in capital from a Series A funding…
Startups
Extra Crunch discount now available for military, nonprofits and government employees
12:11 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
We’re excited to announce that government, nonprofit and military employees can get an Extra Crunch membership at a discounted rate of $50 per year, plus tax. If interested in claiming…
Startups
Earn the best backlinks with high-quality content and digital PR
12:08 pm PDT • August 24, 2020
A lot is debated in the SEO world, but nearly everyone can agree that links are and will continue to be vitally important to the health and rankability of a…
Startups
Startup Alley exhibitors: Register for VC-led Fundraising & Hiring Best Practices webinar
11:50 am PDT • August 24, 2020
It’s a classic “last but not least” moment for the all the savvy early-stage startup founders exhibiting in Digital Startup Alley at Disrupt 2020. The final webinar in our three-part…
Media & Entertainment
Ever, once accused of building facial recognition tech using customer data, shuts down consumer app
11:23 am PDT • August 24, 2020
Cloud photo storage app Ever is shutting down, citing increased competition with the default services offered by Apple and Google as the cause. The company, however, had other issues beyond…
Media & Entertainment
Facebook to pay $125 million in back taxes in France
10:31 am PDT • August 24, 2020
Facebook France is going to pay $125 million (€106 million) in back taxes. Business magazine Capital first reported the agreement. French tax authorities raided Facebook’s offices in Paris in 2012…
A big payday is on the way for Sequoia and its partners, assuming they beat the final boss. Today after much anticipation, video game engine Unity filed its Form S-1…
Startups
Red Antler’s Emily Heyward explains how to get people obsessed with your brand
9:56 am PDT • August 24, 2020
If you’re currently building a startup, you know what product you want to build. But do you know if people are actually going to notice you? That’s the question I…
