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Most tech companies aren’t WeWork
Much attention has been focused on big-burn “software-enabled” startups, but most tech IPOs in the last few years have been SaaS startups.
6 VCs explain why seed investors now favor enterprise startups
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today we’re digging into seed-stage companies, the vanguard of the venture
CrowdStrike’s CEO on how to IPO, direct listings and what’s ahead for SaaS startups
A few days before Christmas, TechCrunch caught up with CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to chat about his company’s public offering, direct listings and his expectations for the 2020 IPO market. We
Seed investors favor enterprise over consumer for first time this decade
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. It’s the second to last day of 2019, meaning we’re very nearly out of
Where top VCs are investing in cybersecurity
Security is one of the toughest things to get right; a hacker only needs to win once, but businesses have to get it right every single time. Not every company faces the same field of threats. ThatR
CrowdStrike impresses with first earnings report
CrowdStrike sees revenue growth of more than 100% year-over-year in first earnings report.
Getting remote work working, A16Z in LatAm, transferring H-1Bs, and Uber Air taxis
How to make remote work work TechCrunch columnist Jon Evans has an Extra Crunch-exclusive look on what it takes to get remote work working within an organization. Evans, who has been the remote CTO of
Startups Weekly: #CodeCon, the ‘techlash’ and ill-prepared CEOs
In this week's newsletter: Epic Games throws a houseparty, CrowdStrike soars and a VR startup raises fresh funds.
Newly public CrowdStrike wants to become the Salesforce of cybersecurity
Q&A with CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz
Startups Weekly: The Peloton IPO (bull vs. bear)
In this week's newsletter: Bird gets acquisitive, Stripe puts on its VC hat and Thumbtack looks for new cash.
Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
In this week's newsletter: CrowdStrike readies its IPO, Brex eyes a $2B valuation and SoFi lands a whopping $500M.
Is the tech press too positive in its coverage of startups?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
CrowdStrike sets terms for $378M Nasdaq IPO
The cybersecurity unicorn plans to trade under the ticker symbol "CRWD."
Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
In this week's newsletter: Amazon takes a bite of Deliveroo and Away packs on $100M
Unpacking Away’s $1.4B valuation, the startup studio model and CrowdStrike’s S-1
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity unicorn, files to go public
The SaaS endpoint protection firm submitted documents to the SEC on Tuesday afternoon.
Unshackled Ventures has $20M to invest exclusively in immigrant founders
With a new $20M fund, the Unshackled team will invest in immigrants and help them secure visas.
HotelTonight, Slack stakeholder Accel stays on top with $2.5B fund
Sources confirm Accel has nabbed $2.5 billion -- its largest pool of capital yet -- for three new funds.
Going long on LA, India, AI, and tech infrastructure March Capital raises $300 million
March Capital Partners, the Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, has raised $300 million for its latest fund. It’s another indicator that the Los Angeles technology ecosystem is coming of age
Startups Weekly: Squad’s screen-shares and Slack’s swastika
We’re three weeks into January. We’ve recovered from our CES hangover and, hopefully, from the CES flu. We’ve started writing the correct year, 2019, not 2018. Venture capitalists ha