On-demand grocery delivery giant Instacart has finally dropped its much anticipated S-1. The company, actually named MapleBear, is one of the best-known unicorns on the IPO shortlist. Instacart’s public-offering filing […]
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Back to news homeUber is now a profitable, cash-generating machine
If you look at the market’s reaction to Uber’s quarterly results, out this morning, you might think the company performed poorly. The stock is down about 6%, most likely because […]
Pitch Deck Teardown: GoodBuy Gear’s $5M Series A extension deck
They grow up so fast. Babies, toddlers and kids will grow out of literally everything you get for them, probably well before it wears out. And then what do you […]
Designers hated Figma’s collaborative design tool at first, but grew to love it
It took guts to build such a complex app in the browser at the time Ron Miller 9 hours Back in 2012 when Dylan Field was a student at Brown […]
What happens if regulators nix the $20B Adobe-Figma deal?
When Adobe announced it was putting up $20 billion to buy Figma in September 2022, it didn’t take long before people began assuming it was a blatant attempt to take […]
Turo’s Q1 2023 results indicate it may be a while until we see its IPO
Late last week, car rental marketplace Turo dropped an updated S-1 filing featuring its first-quarter results. TechCrunch+ previously covered the company’s full-year 2022 results, noting at the time that Turo […]
Tepid investor reaction clouds Lyft’s new strategy
The company’s bet on a slimmer, more-focused business echos tech’s trend of doing more with less Alex Wilhelm Anna Heim 8 hours Shares of Lyft are off sharply this morning, […]
Here’s why Uber investors are cheering its Q1 earnings results
It’s tempting to assume that the ride-hailing model is going the way of moribund businesses, especially in the wake of Lyft’s well-publicized layoffs and executive turnover. But Uber’s earnings results […]
How technology unlocks business models: The story of Netflix
“Usually the best way to figure out if your crazy idea is any good is simply to try it. So that’s what we did,” Marc Randolph, Netflix’s co-founder and original […]
A Vine mess: The choice between rebooting and reviving old software
Marcus Merrell Contributor In October 2022, after completing the acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk asked his team to work toward bringing Vine back to market. The team is likely now […]