Shares of edtech company Chegg still haven't recovered from their dive earlier this month. As you may recall, its stock fell off a cliff after the company reported its Q1 results.While Chegg beat anal...
Earlier this month, we noticed that several popular American fintech companies were seeing rapid revenue growth thanks to high interest rates. Basically, interest-driven revenue was helping offset dec...
Have you ever eaten at Cava? I have not, but fans of the fast-casual restaurant chain that serves Mediterranean food were quick to explain the company on Twitter after it filed a Form S-1 for its IPO ...
Inflation be damned: Americans are serious about their summer travel this year, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). In fact, in a recent news release, the organization estimates th...
News from Google's AI-soaked developer event this week makes it plain that we're on the cusp of a new era of search.Following Microsoft's moulding of OpenAI's tech into Bing, Google is experimenting w...
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as co...
While the banking world watches American lender First Republic publicly convulse after its earnings report detailed a widespread evaporation of its deposit base, the startup world of neobanks is takin...
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as co...
No-code startup Softr, which allows its customers to build apps from their existing data, announced Tuesday that it has added Google Sheets to its integration list.Previously, Softr focused on Airtabl...
When it became clear that the public market had forever descended from the peaks of 2021, venture investors decided to break camp and head downhill as well, advising their portfolio companies to focus...
Back when Silicon Valley Bank was still pitching a package of financial moves to its customers, it noted in a presentation to its own investors that "elevated client cash burn" was "pressuring [its] b...
The pace at which new billion-dollar startups are minted is in freefall.Given what we've seen recently concerning the late-stage funding market, we shouldn't be shocked. As late-stage dollars retreat ...
Investors are no longer minting nearly two unicorns per day. In fact, we're down to barely more than one new mythical horned horse per week.Welcome to the new venture normal, where it seems stories of...
Apple is planning two new Apple Watch activity challenges for Earth Day and International Dance Day, which are set to be celebrated on Saturday, April 22 and Saturday, April 29, respectively.Let's get...
Today, Y Combinator's latest startup cohort will kick off a two-day presentation cycle. The Exchange loves a demo day, so we keep an eye on accelerators as best we can. We recently covered the latest ...
What is a fair price premium for a quickly growing startup? The answer is constantly changing, but recent history teaches us that it's probably not more than 200% over public-market comps. It may even...
Welcome to the second quarter, friends. It's time to take stock of just what went down in the first three months of the year, which means a deluge of venture capital data and yet another earnings cycl...
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week's startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.Reporter's note: ...
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as co...
It turns out that if you have an active customer audience invested in the long-term viability and success of your platform, you can crowdfund a venture-sized extension round.Substack, a venture-backed...