“Don’t read the comments” is one of those cliches that sticks around because it’s still good advice — maybe the best advice. But the team at Respondology is trying to change that. The company started out by helping brands find and respond to messages on social media. Senior Vice President of Sales Aaron Benor explained […]
View More Respondology helps brands and influencers hide toxic commentsTag: Startups
Lyft’s IPO is hot, YC demo day, two new unicorns, and what’s Boy Brow?
This week on Equity: Glossier and Rent The Runway enter the unicorn club and YC debuts 200 startups.
View More Lyft’s IPO is hot, YC demo day, two new unicorns, and what’s Boy Brow?Keatz, a European ‘cloud kitchen’ startup, raises further €12M
Keatz, one of a growing number of so-called “cloud kitchens” — delivery only restaurant brands running on the rails of Deliveroo and UberEats — has raised €12 million in new funding. Backing the round are existing investors Project A Ventures, Atlantic Labs, UStart, K Fund and JME Ventures, who are joined by RTP Global. It […]
View More Keatz, a European ‘cloud kitchen’ startup, raises further €12MTo fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day
Meet the startups that raised venture capital, or got acquired, before Demo Day.
View More To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo DayGig workers need health & benefits. Catch is their safety net
One of the hottest Y Combinator startups just raised a big seed round to clean up the mess created by Uber, Postmates, and the gig economy. Catch sells health insurance, retirement savings plans, and tax withholding directly to freelancers, contractors, or anyone uncovered. By building and curating simplified benefits services, Catch can offer a safety […]
View More Gig workers need health & benefits. Catch is their safety netRobotics process automation startup UiPath raising $400M at more than $7B valuation
The company, which is more than doubling its valuation, is expected to do $450 million in ARR in 2019, TechCrunch has confirmed.
View More Robotics process automation startup UiPath raising $400M at more than $7B valuationRent the Runway hits a $1 billion valuation
Rent the Runway just closed a $125 million led by Franklin Templeton Investments and Bain Capital Ventures. This round values the company at $1 billion. In total, Rent the Runway has raised $337 million in venture funding. “Shared, dynamic ownership is a movement that Rent the Runway has pioneered over the last decade and we’re […]
View More Rent the Runway hits a $1 billion valuationVeteran tech journalist Dan Frommer launches his own subscription publication, The New Consumer
Dan Frommer has worked at some of the best-known publications in tech and business journalism — he was editor in chief of Recode, an editor at Business Insider and he’s even done some writing and chart-making for TechCrunch. But he’s also started his own things, including the tech news site SplatF and the mobile travel […]
View More Veteran tech journalist Dan Frommer launches his own subscription publication, The New ConsumerEpic Games CEO says Apex Legends hasn’t made a dent in Fortnite
In the wake of Apex Legends, which has briskly grown to 50 million players, many have wondered whether Fortnite has felt the impact. But Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney told GamesBeat that Apex hasn’t really made a dent. Without being asked about Apex Legends, Sweeney said “an Apex Legends worth” of players have come over […]
View More Epic Games CEO says Apex Legends hasn’t made a dent in FortniteMoviePass co-founder’s new startup PreShow gives you free movie tickets for watching ads
As founding CEO of MoviePass, Stacy Spikes has already changed the way we think about paying for movie tickets. Now he’s pursuing a new approach — providing a free ticket to people who watch 15 to 20 minutes of ads. Spikes told me that when it comes to watching movies outside the theater, there are […]
View More MoviePass co-founder’s new startup PreShow gives you free movie tickets for watching adsLudlow Ventures raises $45m for third fund
Ludlow Ventures raised another $45 million to invest in young startups. The Detroit-based venture firm is today announcing it closed its third fund since the firm’s founding in 2010. Founding and managing partner Jonathon Triest tells TechCrunch the firm set out to raise another $45M and were immediately oversubscribed. Triest says Ludlow Ventures, with its […]
View More Ludlow Ventures raises $45m for third fundLogRocket nabs $11M Series A to fix web application errors faster
Every time a visitor experiences an issue on your website, it’s going to have an impact on their impression of the company. That’s why companies want to resolve issues in a timely manner. LogRocket, a Cambridge, MA startup, announced an $11 Million Series A investment today to give engineering and web development teams access to […]
View More LogRocket nabs $11M Series A to fix web application errors faster