When will NFTs really live up to their promise? Alex Wilhelm 8 hours Quickly dismissing a nascent technology or tech company is an excellent way to get dunked on in […]
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Back to news homeBig hopes for the upcoming Ethereum Merge
It’s going to be a big week for the crypto market. On Thursday, the Ethereum system upgrade dubbed “the Merge” will occur, moving one of the largest and most important […]
Has France cracked the YC recipe?
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Open source startups have a natural growth model: PLG
Tracking the growth and frequency of open source startups has been a long-running project at TechCrunch. This column joined the fun in the last few years, noting what seemed to […]
It’s not just you: The freemium bar is shifting
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Venture capital appears to slow its web3 funding rush
Venture capital data thus far in the third quarter indicates that investment into blockchain-focused startups is on pace to contract dramatically compared to recent quarters and the heady 2021 period. […]
As US SPACs flounder, did Europe largely dodge a bullet?
Blank-check companies may be little more than a quick way to de-horn unicorns Alex Wilhelm Anna Heim 7 hours Yesterday, we asked how low SPAC-led public debuts could go, and […]
Is there no bottom to the SPAC mess?
For a brief moment earlier in the ongoing pandemic, it appeared that there was a solution for the backlog of richly priced startups that needed to provide their backers with […]
More venture funds are betting on Central and Eastern Europe
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Will M&A bring relief to media startups amid a public-market hangover?
There are several categories of business that venture investors often avoid. Gaming was one, historically, because game-based revenues can be hit-driven and episodic. Media was another. The Exchange explores startups, […]