Networking shouldn’t mean walking into a crowded room and hoping you happen to meet the right person. At TechCrunch Founder Summit, presented by Fidelity Private Shares, founders and VCs have several ways to make the connections they build beyond the sessions more intentional. On November 4 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, get ready for a
Here’s another early-stage, agent-management startup to watch because of the backgrounds of the founders and the sheer number of big names it has already attracted as investors: Mintive. Mintive has raised $11 million total, including a newly announced $7 million seed led by Cowboy Ventures. Additional investors include Coatue, Operator Collective, Hustle Fund, and angels
Re:Build, the Massachusetts-based manufacturing accelerator that spun out EV startup Slate Auto in 2023, has raised $2.1 billion The company said Tuesday that it will use the funding to “expand Re:Build’s capacity to manufacture hard tech products and launch new industrial startups,” which will “ensure the most innovative products can be made in America for
Building a startup means making decisions before you have all the answers. When should you scale? How do you know you really have product-market fit? What does it take to land enterprise customers? How do you build the right team? And when you finally get in front of an investor, how do you make sure
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With five days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, our countdown of the five reasons to join 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators at San Francisco’s Moscone West, October 13-15, continues. Grab your ticket savings before prices go up on September 25, 11:59 p.m. PT. Plus, get a second of