Startups of the Week

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Coffee Meets Bagel, Imgur, Jetlore Jun 11, 2018

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San Francisco Chronicle reporter Trisha Thadani and Crunchbase News Editor in Chief Alex Wilhelm tell you about a dating app that just got a big round of funding, a GIF platform that's becoming a video platform, though Trisha and Alex still won't know how to pronounce its name, and a prediction platform that helps online retailers understand their customers. Theme music is "Bot Fest" by Alex Vaan.

Heroes, Proterra, and PepsiCo's acquisition of Bare Snacks Jun 04, 2018

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This week we'll tell you about a company that wants you to turn your cover letter and resume into a video, an electric bus startup that may have just raised a heap of money, and what PepsiCo acquired a healthy snack company.

Good Eggs, Eat Club May 28, 2018

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This week we'll tell you about the come back story of Good Eggs, and yet another food delivery startup Eat Club and why it acquired its competition.

Klout, Velostrata, Xapo May 21, 2018

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This week we mourn the death of Klout, a way to measure online importance that saw its own influence wane. Then we'll tell you about Google's latest cloud deal and why Xapo pulled in another $40 million.

ZeroCater, Cisco, HealthTap May 14, 2018

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This week we feature ZeroCater, a corporate catering service that just raised $12 million. Then we'll tell you about Cisco's recent acquisition and what happened to the CEO of HealthTap.

Jupiter, Zesty and Discord Apr 30, 2018

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Every week, The Chronicle and Crunchbase, a San Francisco firm that tracks key businesses in technology, analyze private Bay Area companies based on their financial backing, employees and activity on Crunchbase. This week we feature Jupiter, a San Mateo startup that hopes to reduce future devastation caused by floods and severe weather by helping developers and cities predict where the problem areas could be. We also discuss Square's purchase of Zesty and recent developments at Discord, a chat tool popular with gamers, that has received an extra $50 million in funding to make it easier for friends to talk online. The company also just teamed up with Microsoft's Xbox.

B8ta, Checkr and Verifone Apr 23, 2018

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This week we tell you about how one business is betting on demand for physical store locations, how Checkr raised $100 million and why an investor group made a bid for Verifone.

Instacart, Polyvore and Apptimize Apr 16, 2018

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This week we tell you about Instacart raising a huge new round of funding, why some Polyvore users are angry; and concerns about how companies handle user data.

Theme music is "Bot Fest" by Alex Vaan. Opening signature by Leah Garchik.

GetMyBoat, E8 and Neuralink Apr 09, 2018

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This week we tell you about a company that wants to be Airbnb, but for boats; why VMware is beefing up its security; and what Elon Musk's most secretive company might be up to.

Theme music is "Bot Fest" by Alex Vaan. Opening signature by Leah Garchik.

Voicery, KeepTruckin, and Lytro's talent deal Apr 02, 2018

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This week we tell you about a company that can imitate just about anyone's voice, a logistics company that landed a truckload of cash, and why acquisitions in Silicon Valley aren't always straightforward buyouts — especially when there are sought-after engineers involved.

Theme music is "Bot Fest" by Alex Vaan. Opening signature by Leah Garchik.

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