Good morning! Before being known as the bank that collapsed, Silicon Valley Blank made a name for itself as a bank that helps support underrepresented founders. Eight months […]
Spill toasts one year with a 2.7M seed extension, Kerry Washington and champagne
At midnight last Friday, Alphonzo Terrell held up a glass of Dom Perignon and toasted his one-year anniversary of being laid off at Twitter. If it weren’t for […]
Yellow, a new VC firm from Glovo founders and Atomico investor, is betting on Southern Europe
It’s always interesting when a new VC firm with a fresh team of partners emerge. And with Yellow, it’s interesting in multiple ways. Founded by Oscar Pierre and […]
Pitch Teardown: The CancerVAX crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine
For this edition of Pitch Deck Teardown, I figured I’d try something new: We’re taking a close look at the CancerVAX campaign on the equity crowdfunding platform, StartEngine. […]
TC+ Roundup: What happened to the Adobe-Figma deal?
Good morning, and welcome to Tuesday! It’s been more than a year since Adobe announced that it intended to buy Figma for $20 billion, yet the two companies […]
Super Smash Bros. Fans Freak Out About New Nintendo Rules
Nintendo’s relationship with the grassroots competitive scene around its Super Smash Bros. games has never been great, But today it may have hit an all-time low. Fans of the company’s enormously popular fighting game franchise are collectively freaking out about a new set of tournament guidelines that some believe…
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How founders should approach TAM when venture capital is scarce
Autumn on planet Earth didn’t start until the equinox a few weeks ago, but the axis shifted months ago in Startupworld, where VC winter has desperate founders smashing […]
How to pitch me: 7 investors discuss what they’re looking for in September 2023
Last week at TechCrunch Disrupt (recaps coming soon), I spent less time than usual in the green room where staff and speakers work behind the scenes and walked […]
Banish cumulative graphs from your pitch deck
You know what’s really awesome? Watching founders pitch on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage as part of Startup Battlefield 200. The pitches are world class, and the founders do […]