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The entire fintech industry is not in distress – here’s who is hiring
With so many fintechs laying off staff, it can be easy to assume that the entire industry is in distress. But that’s not the case. In fact, some companies are finding opportunity in the masses o
Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets
As generative AI like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 attract investor attention, startup entrepreneurs are looking to cash in with new business models built around them. One of the more interesting ventures to
NextView Ventures’ new $200 million fund comes with a slice of San Francisco
Adding a partner is no joke. Well, at least if you want it to be equal. NextView Ventures announced today that it has raised a $200 million venture fund, its largest to date, split between an early-st
Kahani wants to turn your e-commerce website into an interactive experience
Kahani’s first product is a “Stories-like” feature, for example, with a clothes model actively turning around to show how it fits.
Amid volatile markets, VCs and startups must embrace transparency
With venture coming off an incredible bull run right into a downturn, it's especially hard to keep up with what's fact and what's hype because the data hasn't matched the discourse.
Have you marked down your portfolio yet? You are running out of time to hide
To mark down your portfolio or not mark down your portfolio? That is a question many venture capitalists are grappling with right now.
Tive, a startup developing supply chain visibility tools, raises $54M
Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts pr
Legal tech startups bringing law, order to fragmented industry
A number of legal tech startups are eager to not only help lawyers, but automate some of the processes bogged down by pen and paper.
Fetch raises $3.5M for its self-service truck rental marketplace
Once upon a time, I had a truck. I loved that truck! I didn’t actually use the truck as a truck all that often, so eventually I sold it and bought something more in tune with my daily needs. Som
Product-led revenue startup Correlated launches with $8.3M seed
Today, customers start using products for free and either get value from it or not, but sales teams don’t have real-time data on their experience.
Expressable launches with millions for scalable speech therapy
Speaking isn’t simple for at least 40 million Americans, so a new Austin-based startup is scaling a solution. Expressable is a digital speech therapy company that connects patients to speech-languag
Level closes $1.5M to provide financial services to gig workers
This morning Level, a Seattle-based startup that offers credit to gig-economy workers, announced that it has raised a $1.5 million pre-seed round. Level intends to provide various services to gig-econ
NextView Ventures closes its fourth fund with $89 million
NextView Ventures, a Boston-based venture capital fund, has raised an $89.6 million fund, according to SEC filings. The firm’s fourth fund, its largest to date, is oversubscribed, with early documen
Carewell raises $5M for a vetted e-commerce platform aimed at family caregivers
Caregivers, both paid and unpaid, have been in the spotlight this year as one of the key categories of front-line workers helping cope with the coronavirus pandemic. On one hand, they have been in gre
Without desks and a demo day, are accelerators worth it?
As a result of the pandemic, accelerators have moved operations fully remote to abide by social distancing. The shift has forced well-known programs like 500 Startups, Y Combinator and Techstars to go
Mighty Health created a wellness app with older adults top of mind
Virtual classes might make it easier to work out anywhere, anytime, but not for anyone. Mainstream fitness tech often targets the young and fit, in advertisements and cardio-heavy exercises. It effect
13 Boston-focused VCs share the advice they’re giving portfolio companies
TechCrunch is focusing a bit more on the Boston-area startup and venture capital ecosystem lately, which has gone pretty well so far. In fact, we had originally intended on releasing this regional inv
Y Combinator’s Startup School relaunches to be ready when you are
About three years and more than 100,000 participants later, Y Combinator is relaunching its free online bootcamp Startup School as a continuous year-round program. “Over the last 15 years, startups
NextView Ventures is launching a remote accelerator for startups
Over the weekend, Silicon Valley leader Marc Andreessen broke his usual silence and gave some advice to Silicon Valley: It’s time to build. The famed investor urged CEOs, entrepreneurs and investors
Kencko chugs down $3.4M to help you get more fruit and vegetables in your diet
Kencko, a company that wants to help people eat more fruit and vegetables in their daily life, is entering feast mode after it announced a $3.4 million seed round for growth and product development. W