Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. The whole team was back together this week, which was pretty d
Payments and software startup SpotOn has closed on $300 million in a Series F financing that values the company at $3.6 billion. Dragoneer Investment Group led the latest round, which included partici
Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. Fast-forward to almost exactly one year later and a lot has changed for
Certain industries were hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than others, especially in its early days. Small businesses, including retailers and restaurants, were negatively impacted by lockdowns and
Small and medium enterprises make up the vast majority of businesses globally, and today a startup building merchant services to help them operate is announcing a growth round to address that opportun
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/tcdisrupt_web-001-5.jpg" />There were a lot of stellar startups at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC last week, and unfortunately, there could only be on
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/tcdisrupt_web-001-1248.jpg" />The second round of presentations from our Startup Battlefield is here for you to enjoy, in case you missed them
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/screen-shot-2011-05-23-at-2-10-04-pm1.png" alt="" />Need to find an amazing Hatha Yoga class in the West Village? Want a press friendly resta
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/techcrunch-disrupt.jpg" class="shot2"/>We are only a few hours away from kicking off the third <a href="http://disrupt.beta.techcrunch.com/">T