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Plant-based leather pushes Allbirds’ new silhouette into classier territory
The company is bringing its sustainability-informed ethos to a new style, the Pacer.
EnquireLabs aims to pull back the curtain on consumer behavior
EnquireLabs is uncoupling questions from each other so they can be asked over time, post-purchase.
Actual, which renders company ESG data in a SimCity-like platform, raises $5M seed
Trying to deal with the huge amount of data associated with how companies are going to transition to a “net zero” economy is an uphill task. The interface of numbers would tax even the gee
Another huge funding round gives Veho room to deliver
This latest round gives the company $300 million in total funding raised in the past two years and a $1.5 billion valuation.
RudderStack raises $56M for its customer data platform
RudderStack, a platform that focuses on helping businesses build their customer data platforms to improve their analytics and marketing efforts, today announced that it has raised a $56 million Series
Tiger Global backs Accrue Savings’ ‘save now, pay later’ approach to consumer purchases
When the consumer opens an account and hits savings milestones for products they want to buy from their favorite brands, they can receive cash contributions from the brands.
Investors bet that Sweetgreen will make sweet amounts of green
Getting a nearly 9x revenue multiple for running a food business is wildly good. That's what, 2015 software prices for salads? How can we call it anything but a win?
Sweetgreen’s IPO pricing guidance illuminates valuation range for tech-enabled companies
Sweetgreen's IPO pricing is fascinating because it fits neatly into our budding thesis regarding the value of tech-enabled companies when they go public.
As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra of the future
Allbirds started with a humble, natural wool shoe, but it is not merely an apparel company today. It has become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made.
Allbirds prices IPO above range, putting more points on the board for DTC startups
Allbirds' IPO pricing backs up our view that tech-enabled unicorns going public can hope for an upper-single-digit revenue multiple provided they can make a good case to public market investors.
Backblaze’s IPO a test for smaller tech concerns
Backblaze's IPO is a harkening back to the time when it was somewhat difficult to convince private-market investors to value your company in the nine-figures, let alone 10.
TechCrunch+ roundup: BNPL competition heats up, Bowery Farming TC-1, Silicon Valley dreams
Is Southeast Asia about to hit an inflection point for tech startups? Four hundred million people in the region already use the internet, but by year’s end, one estimate suggests that 80% of the
Allbirds flotation should help the market sort the value of tech-enabled IPOs
Allbirds gave us pricing information for its IPO this week, providing another window into the world of tech-enabled valuations.
General Catalyst, Tiger Global lead $25M investment into Blank Street’s micro specialty coffee shops
The company now operates 14 locations in a mix of 700-square-foot brick-and-mortar spaces and mobile street carts. Each location hit profitability within two months after opening.
Marc Lore-backed ‘conversational commerce’ startup Wizard raises $50M Series A from NEA
Marc Lore, who earlier this year stepped down from his role as Walmart’s head of U.S. e-commerce, is now backing a new startup in the e-commerce space called Wizard. Lore has taken on the roles
48 hours left to save $100 on passes to TC Sessions: SaaS 2021
If you’re a savant in the world of SaaS, pay close attention; you have just 48 hours left to save $100 on the price of admission to TC Sessions: SaaS 2021. The early-bird price expires on October 1
Beat the early-bird deadline and save $100 on passes to TC Sessions: SaaS 2021
Is it just us or has everyone’s calendar hit warp factor 9? We can’t believe there are only 34 days left before TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 kicks into high gear on October 27. If you don’t have your
Private equity giveth, and private equity taketh away
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Alex and Grace and Chris gathered to dig through
Allbirds is investing in a plant-based leather substitute, plans faux-leather shoe drop in December
The sustainability focused shoe maker Allbirds has taken another step to green its supply chain with a small $2 million investment in a new company called Natural Fiber Welding. Announced this morning
Allbirds CEO Joey Zwillinger on the startup’s $100 million round, profitability and SPAC mania
As people spend less time out in the world and more time daydreaming about when a vaccine will arrive, lifestyle shoes are only gaining traction. One obvious beneficiary is Allbirds, the San Francisco