Upload Ventures, a SoftBank LatAm spin-out, seeks to raise a $250 million fund

Less than one year after Upload Ventures spun out of SoftBank’s investment arm, the Latin American-focused investment arm is seeking to raise a $250 million fund, filings show. TechCrunch... Read more »

Arbitrum co-founders see opportunity for continued layer-2 growth through DeFi, gaming

As we segue into March, the Ethereum layer-2 space is continuing to see strong demand: One of its largest scaling solutions, Arbitrum, is seeing renewed exponential growth through subsectors... Read more »

Honeycomb’s yoke and throttle let you take your flight sim experience to the next level

When Microsoft, after a decade-long hiatus, relaunched its now 40-year-old Flight Simulator series in 2020, it reignited interest in a genre that had long been a mainstay of PC... Read more »

Medium launches a ‘premium’ Mastodon instance as a membership perk

Publishing platform Medium is opening up its debut Mastodon instance, me.dm, to its members, the company announced today. Last month, Medium first teased its plans around the Fediverse — the group... Read more »

Vinod Khosla’s advice for top VCs? Don’t sit on your founders’ boards

Serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor Vinod Khosla has some strong, contrarian advice for the venture capital industry: don’t sit on your founders boards. Khosla, who spoke on stage at... Read more »

Twitter images and links are currently broken

Twitter is experiencing issues once again. Multiple users, including folks on the TechCrunch team, are currently unable to view links and images on the social network. Twitter says the... Read more »

Qualtrics has $12B offer on the table to go private

Qualtrics was once a hot startup before SAP bought the company in 2018 for $8 billion. It was a fine exit, making the founders rich, but it never was... Read more »

Inside Startup Battlefield: Say Hello to the Startup Battlefield Winner

Welcome to the final episode of Inside Startup Battlefield. Thank you so much for listening to our miniseries all about TechCrunch’s pitch competition. Now, it’s the moment we’ve all... Read more »

Tweet, tweet, pass: Twitter unlocks a budding growth opportunity for cannabis startups

Cannabis startups have to navigate some rough waters: They can’t access federal funds or work with traditional banks, and they have to find customers across a fragmented market while... Read more »

SoundCloud is testing a TikTok-like feed for music discovery

A lot of music streaming services and discovery apps have followed a formula for introducing new artists and songs to their users: an AI-powered vertical feed that highlights clips... Read more »
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