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Jul 20, 2020 • 4min
Ready, set, network! CrunchMatch is now open for Early Stage 2020
Call it what you will — startup bootcamp, founders’ masterclass or the mother of all how-to events — we’re just days away from TC Early Stage 2020. But you don’t have to wait another minute to start making essential connections. CrunchMatch, our AI-powered networking platform, is now open for business. Wait up. You don’t have […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 20, 2020 • 3min
Federal court rules WhatsApp and Facebook’s malware exploit case against NSO Group can proceed
A U.S. federal court judge ruled on Thursday that WhatsApp and parent company Facebook’s lawsuit against Israeli mobile surveillance software company NSO Group can go forward. Phyllis Hamilton, Chief Judge of the United Stated District Court of the Northern District of California, denied most of the arguments NSO Group made when it filed a motion […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 17, 2020 • 3min
Sign up next week’s Pitchers and Pitches competition on 7/23
Can one minute really make a difference in your startup success? If we’re talking about your 60-second pitch (and we are), then heck yeah! A crisp, concise and compelling pitch opens doors to opportunity, and we’re here to help you pump up your pitch. Join us online for the next Pitchers & Pitches competition on […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 17, 2020 • 4min
Qumulo scores $125M Series E on $1.2B valuation as storage biz accelerates
Qumulo, a Seattle storage startup helping companies store vast amounts of data, announced a $125 million Series E investment today on a $1.2 billion valuation. BlackRock led the round with help from Highland Capital Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Kleiner Perkins and new investor Amity Ventures. The company reports it has now raised $351 million. CEO […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 16, 2020 • 4min
Waldo is a ‘no code’ automated mobile testing service that anyone can use
Meet Waldo, a new product that wants to make mobile testing both faster and easier. The New York-based startup lets you record tests in your browser by interacting with your app like you’d normally do. Every time you compile a new build, Waldo runs the same tests you previously recorded on multiple software and hardware […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 16, 2020 • 5min
UIPath reels in another $225M as valuation soars to $10.2B
Last year, Gartner found that Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the fastest growing category in enterprise software. So perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that UIPath, a leading startup in the space, announced a $225 million Series E today on an eye-popping $10.2 billion valuation. Alkeon Capital led the round with help from Accel, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 15, 2020 • 5min
Mighty Health created a wellness app with older adults top of mind
Virtual classes might make it easier to work out anywhere, anytime, but not for anyone. Mainstream fitness tech often targets the young and fit, in advertisements and cardio-heavy exercises. It effectively excludes aging adults from participating. This gap between mainstream fitness and elders is where Mighty Health, a Y Combinator graduate, comes in. Mighty Health […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 15, 2020 • 4min
BlueOcean uses automation to deliver affordable brand audits in seven days
BlueOcean is a new startup offering companies a relatively fast and affordable way to see how their brands are performing and what they can do to improve. CEO Grant McDougall and COO/President Liza Nebel (the pair founded BLueOcean with Chief Data Scientist Matthew Gross) told me that they’ve been developing the technology for two years. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 14, 2020 • 6min
BigCommerce files to go public
As expected, BigCommerce has filed to go public. The Austin, Texas, based e-commerce company raised over $200 million while private. The company’s IPO filing lists a $100 million placeholder figure for its IPO raise, giving us directional indication that this IPO will be in the lower, and not upper, nine-figure range. BigCommerce, similar to public […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 14, 2020 • 3min
Robinhood raises $320M more, bringing its latest round to $600M at an $8.6B valuation
The stakes keep getting higher for American discount brokerage Robinhood, which today disclosed that it has added hundreds of millions of dollars to its previously disclosed funding round. Including the $280 million that the company had already announced, Robinhood said that it was “pleased to share” that it “raised an additional $320 million in subsequent […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
