It was the day after the Fall Equinox, and we were partying on a rooftop, pulling tarot cards about our love lives. The location might surprise you: a venture capital firm’s office overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Wait, what’s astrology got to do with venture capital? We were at a launch party for a social-astrology app
Another Y Combinator Demo Day took place on Thursday, but this batch looked a little different. While every cohort brings a fresh wave of founders, the startups presenting this week skewed far more toward deep tech than in past years. As we do every quarter, TechCrunch asked early-stage VCs to name the hottest startups in
Collaborative Fund, the 15-year-old, New York-based generalist venture firm that has roughly $1 billion under management and which made early bets on Lyft, Reddit, Sweetgreen, and Olipop, among others, is taking a stake in the soccer club D.C. United and its stadium, Audi Field. It’s the latest — and smallest — firm to try something
Europe could soon have its own equivalent of the Delaware C Corp, but its advocates aren’t releasing the pressure on lawmakers. In an open letter released on Thursday, a who’s who of Europe’s startup scene stressed that this new corporate status shouldn’t be watered down. The letter is the latest step of the EU Inc
Following a Bloomberg report that the Department of Justice is investigating venture firm Andreessen Horowitz for holding board seats with rival AI companies, VCs told TechCrunch that they were baffled. On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I were similarly puzzled by the news. Yes, VC conflicts-of-interest are worth
Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or waiting until you’re nearly out of cash to start fundraising can cost founders leverage, valuation, and even a term sheet. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Sasha Orloff, founder and CEO of Puzzle
