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Founders change their pitch
Now that it has been over a year since tech’s current period correction first began, founders are getting more innovative in how they approach tweaking their pitch.
Banking isn’t the only ‘single point of failure’ entrepreneurs should be rethinking
Silicon Valley Bank's collapse reminds us of the entrepreneurial art of balancing ambitious risk and necessary caution.
Firewalla launches the Gold Plus, its new 2.5 gigabit firewall
Firewalla, maybe the only company that can say that its hardware firewalls have something of a cult following, today announced the latest addition to its portfolio: the $569 Firewalla Gold Plus. The G
Mad Realities’ Devin Lewtan is onboarding crypto users through reality television
Web3 doesn’t have the most inclusive reputation, yet so many crypto founders talk about onboarding the next 100 million users into the space. Statistically speaking, the next 100 million canR
Safeheron secures $7M to make private keys safer for crypto wallets
Crypto enthusiasts promise to build a decentralized money system that allows people to freely trade without any intermediary intervention. It’s a rosy picture, but recent events of security vuln
Mark Cuban, Mavericks in hot water over Voyager ‘Ponzi scheme’
Lawsuits from disgruntled investors are beginning to stack up after crypto prices plummeted over the past few months, leaving them with steep losses. Billionaire Mark Cuban is the latest celebrity on
A new ‘institutional angel’ fund is an example of the UK’s continuing ability to innovate in venture
The U.K.’s Enterprise Investment Scheme has been a powerhouse for startups out of the U.K. because it allowed angel investors to invest in a very tax-efficient manner. Launched in 1994, it was desig
If you think Instagram is bad now, you won’t like Zuckerberg’s plans
From meme creators to the Kardashians, Instagram users have been vocal this week that their feeds are too saturated with irrelevant content. As Instagram’s parent company Meta chases TikTok̵
Only five days left to save up to $1,300 on passes to Disrupt
Building a startup takes money. Not exactly a newsflash, is it? At a time when every dollar counts, this is a reminder that you have only five days left to take advantage of early-bird pricing on pass
Here’s everything you missed at TC Sessions: Robotics 2022
In case you missed it, robots took over TechCrunch on Thursday, July 21. We played host to the robotic industry’s leading startups, researchers and academics at TC Sessions: Robotics. The event
Robotics scene continues to be bullish, but layoffs are looming
“In an economic downturn, the customers will be less willing to be experimental, so they're thinking about cutting costs and then economics just becomes so much more important.”
Casavo, an Opendoor-style proptech from Italy, raises $410M to expand its instant buyer platform across Europe
Opendoor opened the door, so to speak, to the idea of applying technology to the concept of house flipping to both scale the opportunity and make it considerably more efficient. While its share price
Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states
Few know the threats that journalists face better than Sandvik, a native Norwegian. She defended The New York Times newsroom from hackers and nation-state adversaries, trained reporters to cloak their
With maiden $42M fund, Bonfire Union wants to invest in web3 like Tencent does in Web 2.0
Mask Network, a Binance-backed startup that enables users to send cryptocurrencies and encrypted messages on established internet platforms like Twitter, has an ambitious goal: to become the corporate
Understanding the not-so-fine print of 2022 term sheets
This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha asked: What’s in the fine print for term sheets these days, and wha
It’s time for LPs to take more responsibility in the fight for economic equality
On an institutional level, the onus for change lies on those with the power to make it happen.
TechCrunch+ roundup: Downturn strategy, recycling startup boom, better board meetings
Because the stakes are so high, we’re only interested in posts offering actionable advice that are written by authors who have experience working under adverse economic circumstances.
Mobility marketplaces and auto repair on TechCrunch Live
Walker Drewett founded NuBrakes in May 2019. According to Mike Ghaffary, GP at Canvas Ventures, Drewett is building a high-growth business powered by a marketplace model, which is why Ghaffary led the
Crypto’s emphasis on community could lead followers off a cliff
The idea of the "family" culture that businesses push for is seeping deeper into the crypto world as communities are formed on a toxic, cultish stance to unwaveringly back projects they're invested in