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The TechCrunch Top 3 Glamping may not be so bad with this at your campsite: A battery the size of a cooler, that has wheels, plugs and air conditioning? Yes please. Being in Mother Nature may be fun for some, but battery maker EcoFlow is going after those who only occasionally have to do it. Factor in, too, a great origin story where the company went from a Kickstarter project to a $1 billion company in five years. Open gets its horn: Weâre not sure, but when your business is mentioned as having âdramatically changed the relationship between banks and fintechs,â we think thatâs a sign you are doing well. Indeed, India-based neobank Open was rewarded with a $1 billion valuation. This is also taking place in a country where Manish reported, âjust a few years ago, most banks in India were skeptical of neobanks and it was very difficult to persuade any of them for a partnership.â Raise a glass Open! What happened at UiPath: By all accounts, the robotic process automation company had been doing well, bringing in investment dollars and a high valuation. It even did well on its first day as a public company last year. Since that time, share price is down, and so is valuation, prompting Alex and Ron to dive into why that might be. |
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Startups and VC Over on Lucas and Anitaâs shiny new Chain Reaction podcast, Sequoiaâs Shaun Maguire is predicting that a lot of VCs are going to pull back; and exploring the regulatory challenges that are opaque to a lot of crypto investors. Meanwhile, Alex posits that no one told the crypto world that startup megadeals aren’t as plentiful anymore, and Natasha throws up her arms in frustration about all the weird shapes investors are wrappening themselves into in an effort to avoid calling spades spades. Folks, a rose is a rose, and it smells as sweet by any other name. And a seed round is a seed round, no matter its olfactory qualities. Can you smell what the Rock is cooking: Much to learn, you still have: Bodhi Tree is taking a $600 million stake in Allen Career Institute as James Murdoch and former Disney executive Uday Shankarâs investment platform expands its bet on Indiaâs growing edtech market. Swept away: TikTok Social media exec wants to make social media more social, with a shiny new social media dating app for the media socials among you. Signed, sealed, delivered, itâs yours: Mary Ann takes a deeper look at what the skinny is across the one-click checkout space. Accern lands $20M for AI that analyzes financial documents on the web | TechCrunch Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane. Ain’t got time to lose a points gain: It used to be a royal pain in the airline to create co-branded credit cards, but Concerto added $21.2 million to its bank account to bring new brands to your wallet. |
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2022 cybersecurity product-led growth market map To paint a detailed picture of the competitive landscape for product-led growth cybersecurity companies, investor Ross Halieliuk tracked over 800 products in a market map that includes more than 600 vendors. His map uncovered several trends redefining PLG adoption right now in the cybersecurity industry, and some of it is bad news for early-stage startups. In this environment, most CISOs are experiencing “vendor overload,” which means small players that lack a robust network and fat marketing budgets can’t participate in the same sales channels. If your investors wonât approve a series of invitation-only dinners with your target clients, what are your options? (TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. You can sign up here.) |
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