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In this week’s newsletter: India’s growing pains, Brazil’s latest venture funding and how to pitch journalists.
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Kate and Alex and the ever-intrepid man…
Startups
In the shadow of Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle startups are having a moment
1:59 pm PST • December 30, 2019
Companies in Seattle raised a record $3.5B in VC funding this year.
In this week’s newsletter: Munchery, Scaled Inference, Unicorn and the other startups that folded this year.
Featured Article
Remembering the startups we lost in 2019
All manner of startups fail for all manner of reasons. But there’s one constant: this is an incredibly difficult business. Launching a successful company isn’t just a matter of drive and finding the right people (though both, clearly, are important). Doing well in this business requires the stars to align…
8:59 am PST • December 26, 2019
Every year, the tech industry experiences moments that serve as guideposts for future entrepreneurs and investors looking to profit from the wisdom of the past. In 2017, Susan Fowler published…
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Kate was in SF, Alex was…
Bird, Coinbase backer Tusk Venture Partners secures $70M.
Venture
#ANGELS founding partner raises $25M for debut fund Moxxie Ventures
5:00 am PST • December 18, 2019
Katie Jacobs Stanton plans to invest in “underrepresented and underestimated” founders.
Enterprise
SAP spinout Sapphire Ventures raises $1.4B for new investments
5:00 am PST • December 18, 2019
Sapphire Ventures invests in Series B to pre-IPO enterprise tech companies.
Startups
New media investment firm Attention Capital acquires Girlboss
5:01 am PST • December 17, 2019
Sophia Amoruso will join Attention Capital as a founder partner as part of the deal.
In this week’s newsletter: The moments that defined venture capital and startups in 2019.
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Disrupt Berlin 2019
Price insurance platform Stable protects farmers from price volatility
4:56 am PST • December 11, 2019
From a Southwest England farmer’s son comes a risk-management platform, Stable, a solution as simple as car insurance designed to protect farmers around the world from pricing volatility. Using Stable,…
Rylo had raised roughly $38 million in VC funding at a $120.25 million valuation.
Female founders raised 2.8% of venture capital this year.
In this week’s newsletter: Vroom nabs $254M, the Away scandal and “inevitable takedown of a female CEO” and American investment overseas.
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
“The S-1 is going to be MOST disrupted FASTEST in the next 3 YEARS? Caps for effect.”
One month after Airbnb confirmed plans to verify all of its listings, the home-sharing giant has announced additional efforts to protect its hosts and guests.
Featured Article
Inside VSCO, a Gen Z-approved photo-sharing app, with CEO Joel Flory
Long before Instagram toyed with removing “likes,” VSCO, an Oakland-based photo-sharing and editing app, built a community devoid of likes, comments and follower counts. Perhaps known to many only because of this year’s “VSCO girl” meme explosion, the company has long been coaxing the creative community to its freemium platform.…
10:29 am PST • December 5, 2019
Learn from top European and U.S. venture capitalists at Disrupt Berlin next week.
Startups
Setting politics aside, Sequoia raises $3.4 billion for US and China investments
4:16 pm PST • December 3, 2019
Noted Silicon Valley venture capital fund Sequoia Capital has raised nearly $1 billion for later-stage U.S. investments and roughly $2.4 billion for venture and growth deals in China, according to…
Harlem Capital has upgraded from angel syndicate to full-fledged venture capital fund, closing its debut effort on an oversubscribed $40.3 million. The firm was launched by managing partners Henri Pierre-Jacques…
Startups
Startups Weekly: Chinese investors double down on African startups
5:00 am PST • November 30, 2019
In this week’s newsletter: China’s pivot to Africa, another big scooter funding and a new entry to the unicorn club.
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Companies may soon be able to raise capital through a direct listing.
Ryan Hoover’s Weekend Fund closes second fund.
Venture
Equity Dive: Poshmark’s origin story with co-founder & CEO Manish Chandra
6:00 AM PST • November 22, 2019
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
In this week’s newsletter: Airbnb’s new safety measures, Coveo’s unicorn round and the TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin agenda.
