TechCrunch Live is a weekly event designed to help founders build better venture-backed businesses. The event series records live every Wednesday at 11:30 am Pacific, and features industry-leading founders and venture capitalists as they talk through different parts of their business.
With TechCrunch Live, it’s free to join, ask questions and apply for Pitch Feedback, a segment of the event where the audience can pitch their startup to the event’s guests and get feedback on how to improve their storytelling, presentation and company messaging.
Upcoming Episodes
March 29
Kiran Joshi co-founded Oma Fertility after learning of several friends who went into debt after six rounds of unsuccessful cycles of IVF. Now, three years after its founding, the company raised $71 million in venture capital funding including from Root Ventures’ Chrissy Meyer. Hear how Joshi pitched Meyer, and why Meyer is a great partner in Oma Fertility’s quest to improve in vitro fertilization.
April 12
Brynne McNulty Rojas founded Habi to bring modern home buying tools to low- and middle-class home buyers in her home country of Colombia. Now, with a valuation above $1 billion USD, Habi is a serious player in the LatAm home buying market where the majority of the homes for sale are not listed online. Alexa von Tobel of Inspired Capital invested in Habi in its Series A, B, and C. Hear from Brynne and Alexa on the growth of Habi, and what it was like to work with US-based investors.
April 26
Sam Chaudhary co-founded ClassDojo in 2011, and he’s still at the helm. The mission remains the same: revolutionize education by building a classroom community. Chaudhary raised $221.12M to support this mission including from SignalFire’s CEO and founder, Chris Farmer. Hear from the two as they talk through ClassDojo’s latest efforts and fundraising.
Previous Episodes
February 1
This TechCrunch Live features Sameer Shariff, CEO, and co-founder of Cambly, and Sarah Tavel, a long-time investor at Benchmark and previously Greylock.
Cambly’s Series B fundraise went wildly different from its Series A. Watch this TCL event to hear the lessons Sameer learned from both rounds. Sarah Tavel led Benchmark’s investment and will speak to what made Cambly a perfect fit for the firm – and you’ll hear from Sameer on why Benchmark was an ideal fit for Cambly too.
February 8
On this event, Cube and Mayfield Partners speak on selling product before the product is built. How? According to Christina Ross, co-founder and CEO of Cube, the best product comes from deep conversations with users. And that’s what she did after leaving her role as a CFO.
Joining Christina is Rajeev Batra, a long-time investor at Mayfield. He’s on Cube’s board of directors and knows just about everything about building and managing startups.
February 22
A startup lives or dies by its board of directors. Sagi Eliyahu co-founded Tonkean in 2015 and has since raised money from some of the top investors including Joanne Chen from Foundation Capital. Chen joined Tonkean’s board of directors in 2019, and the two are set to discuss the best ways for founders to work with their board of directors including how to handle disagreements, prepare for fundraising events, and how to hire (or fire) senior management.
February 27
TechCrunch is headed to Boston! We’re thrilled to shine a spotlight on one of North America’s most important startup ecosystems. The Boston area has long been at the forefront of technological innovation, and home to countless robotics, biotechnology, and engineering companies.
Attended this extended TechCrunch Live event to hear from local startup leaders, investors, and government leaders on how startups can take advantage of Boston’s extensive resources.
March 1
Successful startups need a solid founding team of like-minded people. But how do you find and hire others to help build, sell, and manage your product? Tanis Jorge and David Blumberg are speaking about the importance of co-founders.
March 15
Arrianna Huffington’s latest company aims to improve employee well being because everyone gets burnt out. Since Thrive’s founding in 2015 the startup has raised $155 million through four rounds of financing. Join this TechCrunch Live event to hear from Huffington and Kleiner Perkins’ Mamoon Hamid on building Thrive.
March 16
Christina Cacioppo co-founded Vanta to help companies stay up-to-date with ever-changing compliances. And the industry responded enthusiastically. The company quickly raised over $200m in venture capital, becoming a unicorn with its $150m Series B in October 2022. Hear from Cacioppo and Sequoia Capital General Partner Andrew Reed on Vanta’s radical growth trajectory and fundraising strategy.
March 22
Eric Tarczynski started Contrary Capital in 2016 with the thesis of investing in people rather than companies. The idea took off, and now in 2023, there are several firms following Tarczynski’s lead. In 2019, Harshita Arora started AtoB following selling her first venture, an early cryptocurrency iOS app. Now three short years later, AtoB is worth over $800m and leading an industry shift. Hear from Tarczynski and Arora on why venture capital should look at people before businesses.