online events
Webinar: Redpanda tells us how WebAssembly can benefit your startup
Don’t miss your chance to learn how WebAssembly can simplify and increase real-time application performance (and more) in your business.
Don’t miss this online event for devs, engineers and architects
Developers, engineers and architects, lend me your ears! Whether you’re focused on the cloud or infrastructure, whether you’re ensuring site reliability, or whether you’re a full-stack or platform developer, this…
Sign up for free and tune in today for TC Sessions: Robotics
TC Sessions: Robotics is finally here, and we can’t wait to get things started! If you don’t have your free pass yet, no worries — sign in here to register.…
Who’s ready for robots? Tomorrow, July 21, is the big day when the global community of people who live, breathe and build robots gather to talk about the latest developments…
This Week in Apps: Twitter Notes, Instagram age verification, Spotify’s Live Events
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues…
We’re just about to wrap up a terrific in-person day at TC Sessions: Climate, but then we’re gearing up for plenty of online climate action and opportunity on June 16.…
Social app IRL lays off 25% of team, says it has enough cash to last well into 2024
“We have all seen the state of the market,” IRL CEO and co-founder Abraham Shafi wrote in a company-wide memo where the social app announced it would be dramatically cutting…
Hong Kong’s offline and virtual events platform EventX closes $18M Series B
As countries ease up on COVID restrictions, activities are going back in person. But the virtual event space continues to attract investors, at least in Asia. Hong Kong-based events management…
Watch Edward Snowden launch Global Encryption Day, live today
Marginalized communities, survivors of abuse, politicians, law enforcement — they all use encrypted communications to keep their information safe. But the encryption of the kinds of services you and I…
Online events platform Delegate Connect gets $10M AUD led by AirTree
Delegate Connect is the latest virtual/hybrid events platform to land funding. The Melbourne-based startup announced today it has raised $10 million AUD (about $7.3 million USD) in seed funding led…
Virtual events startups have high hopes for after the pandemic
Virtual events have been a temporary measure during the pandemic. But what will their value be as more of the world attempts to return to life before the pandemic?
Norby raises $3.8M for an all-in-one creator marketing platform
Norby rolls together everything that creators need: a link-in-bio service, referral tracking, SMS, ticketing and other marketing tools necessary to keep a small brand or creator community humming.
Twine raises $3.3M to add networking features to virtual events
Twine, a video chat startup that launched amid the pandemic as a sort of “Zoom for meeting new people,” shifted its focus to online events and, as a result, has…
Messaging social network IRL hits unicorn status with SoftBank-led $170M Series C
Social calendar app IRL has been busy building a messaging-based social network, or what founder and CEO Abraham Shafi calls a “WeChat of the West.” Following its pandemic-fueled growth and…
Instagram adds affiliate and shop features for creators
As Apple hosts their annual Worldwide Developers Conference, Instagram and Facebook chose this moment to pilot their first-ever Creator Week. This three-day event is geared toward aspiring and emerging digital…
After another canceled year in the desert, Burning Man plans for a virtual event
Last month, the organization behind Burning Man announced that the festival/experience would not be returning to the desert of Nevada this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and would instead…
Event networking app Grip raises $13M, as pandemic forces events to stay virtual
With offline events now firmly moved to online for the foreseeable future, startups in the networking space had to pivot fast in the face of the pandemic. One of those…
Pinterest adds favorites, notes and a new toolbar after increased use of boards during pandemic
Pinterest today is adding a few new features — notes, favorites and a board toolbar — aimed at helping those who use their boards for making lists of gift ideas,…
Pinterest tests online events with dedicated ‘class communities’
Pinterest is getting into online events. The company has been spotted testing a new feature that allows users to sign up for Zoom classes through Pinterest, while creators use Pinterest’s…
Apple announces “One More Thing” before the holiday season, Uber lets you reserve rides 30 days in advance and Spotify makes another podcast acquisition. This is your Daily Crunch for…
Hopin raises $125M for its online events platform on the back of surging growth
This morning Hopin, a startup that provides online events software, announced that it has closed a $125 million Series B round of capital. The new funds come mere months after…
