News broke yesterday that Substack, the popular newsletter publishing tool, called off fundraising plans for a Series C after a raise at its price target failed to materialize. The company’s […]
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Back to news homeScammers snatch up expired domains, vexing Google
The web is a living thing — ever-evolving, ever-changing. This goes beyond just the content on websites; whole domains can expire and be taken over, allowing corners of the internet […]
Unpacking music streaming economics through the lens of Deezer’s SPAC
The smaller European service projects growth on the back of B2B partnerships Alex Wilhelm 9 hours In an expected move, European music streaming company Deezer announced plans yesterday to go […]
Our favorite startups from YC’s Winter 2022 Demo Day, Part 1
Day one of Y Combinator’s Demo Day confab for the Winter 2022 batch is over. We shook up our coverage this year, divvying things up by sector and geography. Our […]
What’s worth more: Unicorns or the biggest US tech companies?
New data collected by Crunchbase News indicates that the value of global unicorns has crested the $4 trillion mark. The valuation milestone is notable not merely for its scale, but […]
For startups, the message is clear: Grow fast or die
News that Databricks crossed the $800 million annual recurring revenue (ARR) threshold last year was impressive, but more notable was its growth rate of greater than 80% during the same […]
Netflix’s dismal results are more evidence that the pandemic trade is over
TechCrunch got its teeth into the pandemic trade and its possible conclusion yesterday. As a refresher: After the initial onset of COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdowns, changes to work environments […]
First we SPAC, then we take down AWS
If Donald Trump can do it, surely it’s easy. Right? Alex Wilhelm 10 hours The plan is simple: First, we create a knockoff of a popular digital service. Second, we […]
4 analysts break down Bret Taylor’s pretty sweet week
For even a casual observer of the tech industry, it’s been a good week for Bret Taylor: He was named board chair at Twitter on Monday, and yesterday, he became […]
NerdWallet’s IPO proves you can write your way to a unicorn valuation
If you make some software and sell it online, you can make lots of money. Thanks to low-cost distribution, it’s possible to write one bit of code and sell it […]