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Back to news homeSerena Williams will discuss her expanding focus on VC at TC Disrupt
Yes, you read that right. Serena Williams, widely recognized as the greatest of all time (GOAT) to ever step onto a tennis court — or any other playing field — […]
Y Combinator alumni raise $80 million for DAO to back crypto startups
Groups of people seeking to invest together have been turning to the crypto-native DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) structure for a collective decision-making framework. While an investment DAO typically can only […]
Crypto, where the fallen seek a fresh start
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we talked about privacy in crypto and how it’s sometimes at odds with regulation. This week, we’re covering a larger-than-life founder who is […]
Safeheron secures $7M to make private keys safer for crypto wallets
Crypto enthusiasts promise to build a decentralized money system that allows people to freely trade without any intermediary intervention. It’s a rosy picture, but recent events of security vulnerability indicate […]
Digital pensions platform Penfold raises $8.5M Series A led by Bridford Group
Penfold, a digital pensions platform, has closed a £7m ($8.49m) Series A funding round led by Bridford Group, an investment group. Also participating in the round was Jeremy Coller, Chief […]
Say hello to the kickass final agenda for the TechCrunch+ stage at Disrupt 2022
TechCrunch is bringing our flagship event, Disrupt, back to the real world this year, which means we’re hard at work on our big October 18-20 shindig. Founders, investors, tech denizens, […]
Upstream’s new vault could help NFT holders sleep at night
Imagine paying millions of dollars for a JPEG of a monkey just to have it stolen from your digital wallet. That’s exactly what happened to actor Seth Green, who ended […]
Can VCs game crypto out of this downturn?
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we looked at Musk holding onto doge. This week, we’re talking about where all of this crypto VC money is possibly gonna go. […]
Fundraising in turbulent markets: Why we moved up our Series B
Mahyar Raissi Contributor No matter the stage your company is in, raising growth funding is stressful, unpredictable and enormously distracting from actually running the business. And it’s become even worse […]