On cloud marketplaces, nobody knows you’re a startup

W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday?... Read more »

Watch Relativity attempt to launch Terran 1…again

https://www.youtube.com/live/9Tv6pbDCmLk?feature=share Relativity Space is gearing up for its second launch attempt of the Terran 1 rocket, wasting no time after scrubbing the first attempt earlier this week. The company... Read more »

SVB contagion: UK arm shuts down, government scrambles and startups brace for the worst

As of late Thursday night and Friday morning, the fallout from the shutdown of Silicon Valley Bank in the US had reached the shores of the UK and Europe.... Read more »

For fintechs in 2022, the bigger the exit, the larger the decline in value

While the public market correction has been widespread, tech and fintech stocks have seen the largest declines, according to a recent report. Specifically, the Fintech Index — which tracks... Read more »

Roku, Roblox and others disclose their exposure to SVB in SEC filings

The fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is impacting a range of startups and larger firms including, as we know now from SEC filings, publicly traded companies... Read more »

Bitcoin and the Lightning Network are moving payments globally

Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast diving deep into the stories, backgrounds and latest news with the biggest names in crypto. For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Jack... Read more »

Silicon Valley Bank collapse is impacting many Indian startups

The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which served as lifeblood for startups, is also impacting firms 8,000 miles away. Dozens of young Indian startups backed by the likes... Read more »

Flutterwave’s troubles in Kenya yet to end as second case proceeds

Africa’s most valuable unicorn Flutterwave is still not off the hook in Kenya. About $3 million of its money that was confiscated in the second government seizure over money... Read more »

Investor Mark Suster says a “handful” of bad actors in VC destroyed Silicon Valley Bank

Yesterday at around noon in Los Angeles, investor Mark Suster of the venture firm Upfront Ventures began urging “calm” on Twitter. Silicon Valley Bank had bungled its messaging on... Read more »

Microsoft bets on algae to mitigate its growing carbon footprint

Like all of its peers in the tech industry, Microsoft has a carbon pollution problem. The software giant’s emissions are on the rise, in spite of a pledge from... Read more »
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