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Back to news homeTechCrunch+ roundup: The Kindbody TC-1, Glossier’s mistakes, calculating startup runway
Historically, people who have difficulty conceiving children have been stigmatized. A 2020 UCLA study found that approximately 15% of couples will have trouble getting pregnant, but Kindbody, which has spun […]
Fintech Roundup: How going Fast and furious can ruin your startup
Welcome to my weekly fintech-focused column. I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all […]
What Glossier got wrong
Evan J. Zimmerman Contributor Evan J. Zimmerman is the founder and CEO of Drift, a genomics software company, and chairman of Jovono, a venture capital firm. More posts by this […]
TechCrunch+ roundup: Psychedelic biotech, Gogoro’s SPAC, H-1Bs for Ukrainians
You may not have heard of Amadeus, but if you’ve taken a trip, you’ve probably interacted with its tech stack. Launched in 1987, the company provides hundreds of transportation and […]
VCs, unicorn founders back Truora, a startup that helps LatAm businesses onboard users via WhatsApp
Truora, a Colombian user authentication startup, has raised $15 million in Series A funding co-led by two Silicon Valley-based venture firms. Propel Venture Partners and Accel led the investment for […]
Better.com CTO steps down, agrees to voluntary separation in wake of mass layoffs
Diane Yu, CTO of Better.com, has agreed to a voluntary separation plan that the digital mortgage lender offered earlier this week, according to a report by Bloomberg and as seen […]
“We probably pissed away $200 million,” Better.com CEO told employees in layoffs meeting
When Better.com CEO Vishal Garg laid off 900 employees, or about 9% of the company’s staff, in early December, the startup world was shocked with his callous delivery. Now a video […]
Better.com offering employees 60-days severance, losing ‘tens of millions’ per month per sources
Less than one month after laying off 3,000 employees, digital mortgage lender Better.com is offering its corporate, product, design and engineering employees 60 days paid severance, or voluntary separation plans, […]
These Y Combinator-backed startups want to build the next Brex
Unsurprisingly, fintech startups were well-represented in Y Combinator’s W22 batch, with 35 international companies participating and 25 more tagged as crypto-focused. One trend that caught our eye was that at […]