TC+ roundup: Silicon Valley Bank fails, fintech VC survey, B2B growth tools

No one can predict the follow-on effects of a moment like this. We are in uncharted territory. I write this twice-weekly newsletter on a tight deadline, so when I... Read more »

For startup competition, SVB’s nightmare is a win and a dare

Sometimes, leaving stealth isn’t your own choice: It’s a force function of two of your largest competitors evaporating from the business, and the third triggering clients so much that... Read more »

Rethink rethinks mobility and logistics with new €50M fund

Rethink Ventures just announced a €50 million specialist fund focused on mobility, automotive and logistics. With keywords “clean, safe, and digital,” the Munich-based firm is focusing especially on Europe-based... Read more »

Silicon Valley Bank is being shut down today by regulators

Silicon Valley Bank has been closed by regulators, which are now in charge of the bank’s deposits, according to a release sent out by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation... Read more »

Secure messaging apps line up to warn UK’s Online Safety Bill risks web security

Secure messaging apps are lining up to opposite measures in the UK government’s Online Safety Bill (OSB) they argue will do the opposite of promoting online safety by undermining... Read more »

US strengthens tech ties with India but doesn’t seek decoupling from China, Raimondo says

The U.S. government is not seeking to “decouple” from China, nor is it seeking “technological decoupling,” but Washington “would like to see India achieve its aspirations to play a... Read more »

Prelaunch assembles a pre-seed round to help hardware founders pre-build the right pre-products

Hardware startups are hard, the saying goes, but it isn’t always obvious why they are hard. One of the core challenges is that it has traditionally been hard to... Read more »

Roku partners with Best Buy and its advertising business to get first-party shopper data

Roku and Best Buy announced today that as part of their new first-to-market partnership, Roku gets access to Best Buy’s advertising platform. Also, Best Buy customers have exclusive access... Read more »

The long goodbye at Salesforce continues with more layoffs reported today

It would be easy to think that when Salesforce announced that it was laying off 10% of the workforce in January that it would let those folks know, and... Read more »

Flat is the new up, down is the new flat, dead is the new down

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week Mary Ann Azevedo, Natasha Mascarenhas and Alex Wilhelm gathered... Read more »
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