Givebutter started in a George Washington University dorm room in 2016 as a software solution to make nonprofit fundraising more transparent and fun. Eight years later, the company […]
Wiz is in talks to buy Lacework for $150-200M; security firm was last valued at $8.3B
Consolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework — a cloud security startup that was valued at $8.3 billion post-money in its last […]
Lina Khan, Steve Case & more join StrictlyVC in Washington, D.C.
Late last summer, TechCrunch joined forces with StrictlyVC to create smaller, more intimate evenings for our readers. Already this year, we’ve hosted these nights in San Francisco and […]
Loft Labs brings power of virtualization to Kubernetes clusters
It may seem like a paradox to have virtualized Kubernetes clusters. They are, after all, an abstraction in themselves of virtual machines made popular by VMware in the […]
Proton picks up Standard Notes to deepen its pro-privacy portfolio
Switzerland-based Proton, the privacy-focused firm behind end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) webmail ProtonMail and other apps, has acquired Standard Notes, a note-taking app founded back in 2017. It offers the […]
Proton picks up Standard Notes to deepen its pro-privacy portfolio
Switzerland-based Proton, the privacy-focused firm behind end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) webmail ProtonMail and other apps, has acquired Standard Notes, a note-taking app founded back in 2017. It offers the […]
Furnished rental startup Blueground defies proptech woes with $560M in revenue, a new $45M raise
Alex Chatzieleftheriou founded Blueground in 2013 after being frustrated with the dearth of short-term furnished apartments in Europe. He had been traveling as a consultant for McKinsey, living […]
African B2B e-commerce giant Wasoko marked down to $260M after VC halves stake
VNV Global, a Swedish investment firm that backs startups in mobility, health and marketplaces, slashed the value of its holding in Wasoko, an African B2B e-commerce startup, by […]
UK confirms in-depth antitrust probe into Three and Vodafone’s planned $19B merger
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed that it’s launching a formal “phase 2” investigation into the planned merger between Vodafone and Three UK. The CMA […]
Redis switches licenses, acquires Speedb to go beyond its core in-memory database
Redis, the popular in-memory data store, is switching away from the open-source three-clause BSD license. Instead, in a move that is clearly aimed to prevent the large cloud […]