Without the Stripe and OpenAI deals, global VC results would have been even worse in Q1 2023

Even as Y Combinator reveals the latest startups in its cohort for this winter, we have poor news for founders: the global venture capital market shrank in Q1 2023,... Read more »

HeatTransformers turns up the dial on heat pumps with new funding

In the Netherlands, central heating boilers will be banned by 2026 and its government has incentivized the installation of heat pumps. Meanwhile, the U.K. government estimates that heating buildings... Read more »

Disney+ ad-supported plan is now available on Roku devices

Roku has announced that the ad-supported Disney+ tier, Disney+ Basic, is now available to its users. When the ad-supported plan launched four months, many users were surprised to find... Read more »

Pitch Deck Teardown: Smalls’ $19M Series B deck

Smalls has raised a total of $34 million for its cat food subscription business. But in a competitive pet food market, how does the company set itself from its... Read more »

Discover the SaaS Stage at Disrupt 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt, the premier event for startup investors and founders, is coming back September 19–21, 2023 — and we’ve mixed up the format. This year, we’re rethinking TC Sessions,... Read more »

SoftBank LatAm sees past recent losses, remains bullish on region

When SoftBank announced in 2019 that it had allocated $5 billion to investing in Latin American startups, it felt like an inflection point for the region. And then when... Read more »

Nestle takes a big swig of Yfood in a deal that values the meal replacement startup at $469M

Yfood, one of the direct-to-consumer food tech startups that has emerged over the last decade around the concept of meal replacement drinks, is bulking up. Nestle, the food and... Read more »

Legal powerhouse Proskauer exposed clients’ confidential M&A data

A security lapse saw Proskauer Rose, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, expose sensitive client data for more than six months, TechCrunch has learned. A person... Read more »

Forme Financial launches out of beta as Earned to help physicians manage wealth

Forme Financial, a wealth management platform for physicians, is emerging from beta with a new name and $12 million in Series A funding. Now called Earned, the New York-based... Read more »

How hard was it to raise venture capital in Q1?

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where... Read more »
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