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Dec 24, 2020 • 16min
Remembering the startups we lost in 2020
Even in a non-hell year, running a successful startup is a tremendous lift. After the events of 2020, however, no doubt many already lean businesses are hanging on by the skin of their teeth. For every company that saw increased interest in their offerings during the pandemic, there were several that simply couldn’t make it […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 24, 2020 • 6min
Fluent Forever raises $4.9M for its language learning system
Fluent Forever, a startup that uses a novel learning system to help its users master a new language faster, has raised a $4.9 million funding round led by Denver-based Stout Street Capital. Other investors in this round include The Syndicate, LAUNCH, Mana Ventures, Noveus VC, Flight.VC, Insta VC, UpVentures, Firebrand Ventures, Cultivation Capital, Spero Ventures […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 23, 2020 • 5min
StepZen snares $8M seed to build data integration API
StepZen, a new startup from the crew who gave you Apigee (which was sold to Google in 2016 for $625 million) had a different vision for their latest company. They are building a single API that pulls data from disparate sources to help developers deliver more complex customer experiences online. Today, the startup emerged from […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 23, 2020 • 7min
Bolt adds $75M to its Series C, as the battle to rule online checkout continues
Bolt, a startup that offers online checkout technology to retailers, announced this morning that it has added $75 million to its Series C round, bringing the financing to a total of $125 million. WestCap and General Atlantic led the new tranche, which Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow told TechCrunch was raised at around twice its Series […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 22, 2020 • 5min
OneTrust nabs $300M Series C on $5.1B valuation to expand privacy platform
OneTrust, the 4-year old privacy platform startup from the folks who brought you AirWatch (which was acquired by VMWare for $1.5B in 2014), announced a $300 million Series C on an impressive $5.1 billion valuation today. The company has attracted considerable attention from investors in a remarkably short time. It came out of the box […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 22, 2020 • 5min
Silicon Valley should reward zebras, not unicorns
Unlike unicorn companies, zebras are lean, efficient and consistent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 21, 2020 • 4min
Tap Network raises $4M for its customizable rewards program
Tap Network is providing a new approach to loyalty rewards programs that it describes as “rewards as a service.” You may recognize the Tap Network name, as well as its co-founder and CEO Lin Dai, from Hooch, a startup that offered a drink-a-day subscription service before shifting focus to a broader rewards program. Dai told […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 21, 2020 • 5min
BigID keeps rolling with $70M Series D on $1B valuation
BigID has been on the investment fast track, raising $94 million over three rounds that started in January 2018. Today, that investment train kept rolling as the company announced a $70 million Series D on a valuation of $1 billion. Salesforce Ventures and Tiger Global co-led the round with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 18, 2020 • 4min
Social gaming platform Rec Room scores $20 million Series C
Against Gravity, the startup behind the social gaming platform Rec Room, has scored some new funding as it brings its once VR-centric platform to every major gaming platform out there. The startup has closed a $20 million Series C led by Madrona Venture Group . Existing investors including First Round Capital, Index, Sequoia and DAG […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 18, 2020 • 7min
Ramp raises $30M as the battle to own corporate spend heats up
Corporate spend management startup Ramp has raised $30 million more in a new round, it announced today. TechCrunch covered Ramp’s launch earlier this year, when it also detailed that it had raised around $23 million up to that point. The startup raised its latest round in August of 2020, with conversations about the deal kicking […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
