Browsing Category: Startups

  • Equity Monday: Heartbest and Acquire raise capital as tech turns to Apple’s WWDC

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our short-form week-starter in which we go over the weekend, look to the week ahead, talk about some neat funding rounds and dig into what is stuck on our minds. This morning, here’s what …

    June 22, 2020 | by Raheel
  • ServiceNow to acquire Belgian configuration management startup Sweagle

    With more companies moving workers home, making sure your systems are up and running has become more important than ever. ServiceNow, which includes in its product catalog an IT Help Desk component, recognizes that help desks have been bombarded during the pandemic. To help stop configuration problems before they start, the company today acquired Sweagle, …

    June 22, 2020 | by Raheel
  • HashiCorp to offer managed versions of its developer tools starting with Consul

    HashiCorp is well known in the developer community for offering a slew of open-source tools to help build and manage modern applications. Today the company announced a new cloud platform and plans to eventually offer managed versions of those tools, starting with Consul, a tool for connecting and securing services across platforms. HashiCorp CEO Dave …

    June 22, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Taiwanese startup Deep01 raises $2.7 million for its AI-based medical imaging software

    Deep01, a Taiwanese startup that develops software to help doctors interpret CT brain scans more quickly, announced today that it has raised $2.7 million. The funding was led by PC maker ASUSTek. Deep01’s product has obtained clearance from both Taiwan and the United States’ Food and Drug Administrations, and the company received its first purchase …

    June 22, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Startups Weekly: Which investor wrote the first check?

    Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here. Which startups investors are actually first to backing the best companies? If you know this information before fundraising, you can avoid pitching investors who were always going to tell you that you’re “too …

    June 20, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Startup Battlefield bonus: Application deadline extended one week

    This one goes out to all the early-stage startup founders. Whether you’re overwhelmed by the state of the world, overworked — or procrastination is simply an intrinsic part of your DNA — it matters not. Here’s reason to smile. We’re giving you an extra week to apply to compete in Startup Battlefield during Disrupt 2020. …

    June 20, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Only one week left to save on tickets to TC Early Stage

    Early-stage founders, July 21 – 22 is coming up fast and that means it’s time get ready for TC Early Stage — the virtual startup conference designed with you in mind. We’ve packed this two-day event with more than 50 breakout sessions covering topics and issues early-stage startup founders need to succeed — even more …

    June 19, 2020 | by Raheel
  • 4 months into lockdown, Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz sees ‘exciting signs of recovery’

    “Eventbrite is in the unique club that nobody wants to be in,” says CEO and co-founder Julia Hartz. “Which is the first affected and one of the most directly affected businesses of the COVID-19 era.” Hartz, who co-founded the company with her husband Kevin Hartz and Renaud Visage, joined ExtraCrunch Live recently to discuss moving …

    June 19, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Clockwise CEO Matt Martin: How we closed an $18M Series B during a pandemic

    Matt Martin Contributor Share on Twitter Matt Martin is CEO and co-founder of Clockwise, a San Francisco-based software company. More posts by this contributor Recession-proof your software engineering career It all started with an email from a customer: “Do you know why Bain Capital Ventures is reaching out to me about Clockwise?” That email would …

    June 19, 2020 | by Raheel
  • 5 resources Black entrepreneurs can leverage to build and grow

    Delali Dzirasa Contributor Share on Twitter Delali Dzirasa is CEO and founder of Fearless, a full-stack digital services firm in Baltimore, MD with a mission to create software with a soul — tools that empower communities and make a difference. Building a business is hard; about 50% of businesses fail in the first five years. …

    June 19, 2020 | by Raheel