Oct 28th
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
San Francisco, CA
The Latest
To scale subscription startups, obsess over what your customer wants next
8:47 am PDT • October 24, 2019
The crowded world of subscription businesses offers ongoing opportunities to screw up your relationship with subscribers. At Disrupt San Francisco 2019, I spoke with Forerunner Ventures’ Eurie Kim, Lola CEO…
Startups
Looking to become the central hub for logistics management, Shipwell raises $35 million
8:46 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Shipwell, the software platform for managing trucking logistics, has raised $35 million and is expanding its suite of services to become a full-service hub for logistics management. The new round…
Media & Entertainment
Spotify now lets artists buy a full-screen ‘recommendation’ promoting their new album
8:09 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Spotify recently added a feature that will occasionally pop up a full-screen recommendation of a new album the service thinks you’ll like, based on a combination of your listening taste…
Media & Entertainment
Apple TV app comes to Amazon’s Fire TV Stick and other devices
7:28 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Ahead of the launch of Apple TV+ on November 1, Apple’s Apple TV app has begun to roll out to other platforms beyond Apple’s own streaming media player, Mac computers…
Biotech & Health
Newly launched pet health startup Gallant wants you to bank your dog’s stem cells for $990
7:20 am PDT • October 24, 2019
With $11 million in funding and a mission to open up the doors of regenerative therapies to dogs across the nation, the Los Angeles-based startup Gallant is now opening its…
Startups
Mobile banking app Current raises $20M Series B, tops half a million users
7:10 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Mobile banking app Current, which began as a teen debit card controlled by parents, expanded to offer personal checking accounts earlier this year. Now the company says it has grown…
Transportation
Virgin Galactic becomes the first public space tourism company on Monday
7:04 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will find out on Monday what the public markets think of its ambitious plan to make commercial space tourism a reality. The company’s shareholders have approved…
Security
By tweeting from a SCIF, House lawmakers put national security at risk
6:55 am PDT • October 24, 2019
If you thought storming into a highly secured government facility with your electronics but without permission was a smart idea, you’d be wrong. But that didn’t stop Rep. Matt Gaetz…
Randori, a Boston-based startup from a former Carbon Black executive and a former red team consultant, announced its first product today. Called Randori Recon, this service is designed to act…
Startups
Helping banks refine sales pitches and customer service, Minneapolis-based Total Expert raises $52 million
6:23 am PDT • October 24, 2019
It’s no secret that the art of customer service in the modern era is something that banks desperately need help with. One of the reasons challenger banks have been able…
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Fintech
Real estate broker HelloOffice expands to Los Angeles after closing on $6.5 million
6:06 am PDT • October 24, 2019
HelloOffice, a new real estate brokerage business out of San Francisco, has nabbed $6.5 million in new financing and is absconding down to Los Angeles to open its first regional…
Startups
Verve, an events platform based around influencers, raises $60M and rebrands as Pollen
5:28 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Influencer marketing and the related area of sponcon have become a cornerstone of how the internet’s wheels spin: personalities attract traffic and buzz, and help shift not just sentiment but…
Startups
Grafana Labs nabs $24M Series A for open source-based data analytics stack
5:13 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Grafana Labs, the commercial company built to support the open-source Grafana project, announced a healthy $24 million Series A investment today. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from…
Startups
Very Good Security raises $35M in Series B in ‘zero data’ push
5:00 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Data security startup Very Good Security has raised $35 million in its latest round of funding. Its Series B, announced Thursday, was led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from existing…
Disrupt Berlin is right around the corner. And there is plenty to look forward to. Join us December 11 and December 12 to hear from industry leaders, investors and bright…
Media & Entertainment
Twitter Q3 misses big on revenues of $824M and EPS of $0.05 on the back of adtech glitches
4:19 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Twitter today reported its earnings for the quarter that ended September 30, and the numbers delivered a big surprise, falling on both sales and earnings per share. Revenues came in…
Security
Alexa, where are the legal limits on what Amazon can do with my health data?
3:46 am PDT • October 24, 2019
The contract between the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and ecommerce giant Amazon — for a health information licensing partnership involving its Alexa voice AI — has been released following…
Security
Millions downloaded dozens of Android apps from Google Play that were infected with adware
2:30 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Security researchers have found dozens of Android apps in the Google Play store serving ads to unsuspecting victims as part of a money-making scheme. ESET researchers found 42 apps containing…
Media & Entertainment
Netflix launches $4 mobile-only monthly plan in Malaysia
1:11 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Netflix is ready to take its lower-cost, mobile-only plan beyond India as it looks to expand the reach of its service in other international markets. The American on-demand video streaming…
Enterprise
Cybersecurity automation startup Tines scores $4.1M Series A led by Blossom Capital
1:00 am PDT • October 24, 2019
Tines, a Dublin-based startup that lets companies automate aspects of their cybersecurity, has raised $4.1 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is Blossom Capital, the venture capital firm…
