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Ready to join Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2024?
Hey, early-stage founders, listen up!
Looks Like Overwatch 2 And Other Blizzard Games Are Coming Back To China
In 2022, game studio Blizzard and Chinese internet provider and gaming giant NetEase failed to come to an agreement, ending their 14-year relationship and effectively pulling the former’s marquee titles from Chinese markets.
Check out the complete roundtable lineup at TC Early Stage 2024
Among the highlights of Early Stage are its fan-favorite roundtable sessions.
Introducing the ScaleUp Startups Program at Disrupt 2024 for Series A to B startups
We are thrilled to unveil our latest innovation: ScaleUp Startups Exhibitor Program at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Xpanceo’s $40M seed deck
Xpanceo has shared its complete presentation deck, consisting of 19 slides.
TechCrunch Fintech: Meet PayJoy, a fintech operating at the intersection of doing good and making money
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Kickstarter launches preorders for completed campaigns
Once a Kickstarter campaign is complete, you need to turn to a creator’s own page to preorder the products — that is, until now.
Mastering finance essentials with Mercury’s VP of finance, Dan Kang, at TechCrunch Early Stage
TechCrunch Early Stage is gearing up for another insightful event on April 25, and one roundtable session promises to be particularly illuminating for early-stage founders.
Cape dials up $61M from a16z and more for mobile service that doesn’t use personal data
“You can’t leak or sell what you don’t have,” according to the company’s website.
a16z promotes Jennifer Li to help lead the new $1.25B Infrastructure fund
Silicon Valley powerhouse venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz just promoted Jennifer Li to general partner to help lead infrastructure investments.
Webflow acquires Intellimize to add AI-powered webpage personalization
Webflow, a web design and hosting platform that’s raised over $330 million at a $4 billion valuation, is expanding into a new sector: marketing optimization.
Equities platform Midas raises $45M Series A as fintech retains its sparkle in Turkey
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Post News, the a16z-funded Twitter alternative, is shutting down
Post was backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Scott Galloway, an NYU professor and tech commentator, but the platform never disclosed how much it raised.
Harvard’s startup whisperer, Peter Gladstone, reveals secrets to validating consumer demand at TechCrunch Early Stage
Validating consumer demand is a crucial step for any startup, and TechCrunch Early Stage is offering a golden opportunity to learn how to do it right.
Fintech startup Ramp sees 32% bump in valuation, Mercury expands into consumer banking
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Here’s a lab-grown diamond startup that’s attracted a16z’s attention
Throughout hip-hop’s long history, jewelry has served as an important vehicle for artists to convey their ideas and affluence, or simply to dazzle onlookers.
Speaker applications close tomorrow for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Hurry up!
Pitch Deck Teardown: NOQX’s $200K pre-seed deck
Aside from the crucial omission of an Ask and Use of Funds slide, just about every slide in the deck felt almost very good — but then stumbled by overlooking an important detail.
Disrupt 2024 speaker applications close at midnight
Act fast!
Investors won’t give you the real reason they are passing on your startup
“When an investor passes on you, they will not tell you the real reason,” said Tom Blomfield, group partner at Y Combinator.
Stripe’s big changes, Brazil’s newest fintech unicorn and the tale of a startup shutdown
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1 month left to submit nominations for Startup Battlefield 200
Here’s your shot across the bow — there’s a little over one month left to nominate your startup for Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt.
DocuSign acquires AI-powered contract management firm Lexion
As DocuSign reportedly explores a sale to private equity, it’s acquiring a company itself.
Samsung Medison to acquire French AI ultrasound startup Sonio for $92.7M
The French startup’s AI assistant is aimed at helping obstetricians and gynecologists with the evaluation and documentation of ultrasound exams.