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Startups Weekly: Uber’s headline-grabbing week and sextech at SXSW

sudshr47March 16, 2019 Startups

In this week’s newsletter: The college admissions scandal engulfs TPG, Accel raises $2.5B for three funds and investing app Stash brings in $65M.

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HotelTonight, Slack stakeholder Accel stays on top with $2.5B fund

sudshr47March 14, 2019

Sources confirm Accel has nabbed $2.5 billion — its largest pool of capital yet — for three new funds.

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This VC went long on HotelTonight and it paid off; here’s how.

sudshr47March 10, 2019

Brian O’Malley has enjoyed a lot of success as a venture capitalist, thanks to bets on Bazaarvoice before it went public, and Dollar Shave Club before it was acquired by Unilever, and many other companies that have sold or gone public. It’s one reason that O’Malley, who began his venture career with Battery Ventures and […]

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Startups Weekly: What’s up with YC? Plus, mobility layoffs and Airbnb’s grand plans

sudshr47March 9, 2019 Startups

In this week’s startups newsletter: Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down, Marie Kondo is raising VC and Munchery has finally filed for bankruptcy.

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Daily Crunch: Airbnb is acquiring HotelTonight

sudshr47March 8, 2019

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Airbnb agrees to acquire last-minute hotel-booking app HotelTonight Once the deal is complete, the HotelTonight app and website will continue to […]

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Changes at YC, $1.5B more for ride hailing, and Airbnb buys HotelTonight

sudshr47March 8, 2019 Startups

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.

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Airbnb agrees to acquire last-minute hotel-booking app HotelTonight

sudshr47March 7, 2019 Startups

Airbnb to purchase HotelTonight, a hotel-booking app last valued at $463 million.

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HotelTonight is revamping their rewards program with infinite levels

sudshr47December 12, 2017

Last year HotelTonight launched HT Perks, their own twist on a hotel loyalty program. The program is level-based, meaning user “level up” as they meet certain tiers of lifetime spend in the app. It was generally well received but maybe a little under ambitious – it maxed out at level 4 – which granted a user as much as 20% off in extra savings after spending a… Read More