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Mi Terro takes agricultural waste and processes it into proteins that can be used as a plastic replacement, fed as food to animals and much more. Here’s the teardown of…

Pitch Deck Teardown: Mi Terro’s $1.5M seed deck

The last few days have been fairly quiet, so far as CES is concerned — no doubt owing to the holiday. The last major dropout came from Microsoft, which confirmed…

More companies bow out of in-person CES presence

Speaking as an unvaccinated urban dweller: I’d rather speak to a nurse or doctor via my laptop than try to remain physically distanced on a bus or hailed ride traveling…

Extra Crunch roundup: Digital health VC survey, edtech M&A, deep tech marketing, more

The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Procter & Gamble’s acquisition of Billie, a NY-based startup that sells razors and body wash. In the notice, the FTC alleged that…

FTC sues to block P&G’s acquisition of Billie, a razor startup for women

Chris Sacca is a billionaire today, and he credits his success to having an “unfair advantage” 10 years ago when he first launched his fund. He thinks women and people…

Chris Sacca advises new fund managers to strike right now

Toronto-based startup Luna Design and Innovation is a prime example of the kind of space company that is increasingly starting up to take advantage of the changing economics of the…

Luna is a new kind of space company helping biotech find its footing in microgravity

Yesterday at TechCrunch’s Enterprise event in San Francisco, we sat down with three venture capitalists who spend a lot of their time thinking about enterprise startups. We wanted to ask…

Top VCs say the landscape for enterprise startups is changing

One of the most-discussed plot twists in recent advertising has been the pivot of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) brands to linear TV. These data-driven, digital-first players are expanding well beyond Facebook and…

What we can learn from DTC success with TV ads

It was only a matter of time, folks. According to a report from CNBC, Amazon is in talks with brands and advertisers to include ads on the Echo through via…

Amazon’s Alexa may eventually serve up ads