TechCrunch Startup News

Latest Episodes:

Sign up next week’s Pitchers and Pitches competition on 7/23 Jul 17, 2020

Show notes

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!Â 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

Qumulo scores $125M Series E on $1.2B valuation as storage biz accelerates Jul 17, 2020

Show notes

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

Waldo is a ‘no code’ automated mobile testing service that anyone can use Jul 16, 2020

Show notes

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

UIPath reels in another $225M as valuation soars to $10.2B Jul 16, 2020

Show notes

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

Mighty Health created a wellness app with older adults top of mind Jul 15, 2020

Show notes

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

BlueOcean uses automation to deliver affordable brand audits in seven days Jul 15, 2020

Show notes

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

BigCommerce files to go public Jul 14, 2020

Show notes

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

Robinhood raises $320M more, bringing its latest round to $600M at an $8.6B valuation Jul 14, 2020

Show notes

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

Rackspace preps IPO after going private in 2016 for $4.3B Jul 13, 2020

Show notes

After going private in 2016 after accepting a $32 per share, or $4.3 billion, price from Apollo Global Management, Rackspace is looking once again to the public markets. First going public in 2008, Rackspace is taking second aim at a public offering around 12 years after its initial debut. The company describes its business as […]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

nCino sharply raises its IPO price range, boosting possible valuation to $2.6B Jul 13, 2020

Show notes

As expected, fintech company nCino has raised its IPO price range. The North Carolina-based banking software firm now expects to sell its shares for between $28 and $29 per share, far more than its initial price range of $22 to $24 per share. At its $28 to $29 per-share price interval, nCino is worth $2.50 […]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected