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Jul 19, 2019 • 4min
Hardware startups take center stage for Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhen
Software grabs so much attention that it even has its own catchphrase — there’s an app for that. It’s not a bad thing, but we know nothing happens without hardware. That’s why we’re hunting for the best early-stage hardware startups to take center stage at Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhenon November 11-12 in China. Apply here to compete in TC Hardware Battlefield 2019, our hardware-focused pitch competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 19, 2019 • 4min
Last chance! Apply for the All Raise female founder program at Disrupt SF 2019
Newsflash for all female founders of the early-stage startup variety. Your chance to meet with leading women VCs atDisrupt SF 2019on October 2-4 ends on July 19 at 5 p.m. (PT).Apply for an AMA sessionbefore the deadline expires. We’re serious when it comes to supporting women in tech, which is why we partnered with All Raise — a startup nonprofit dedicated to accelerating female founder success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 18, 2019 • 6min
3 lessons from Roblox’s growth to gaming dominance
Our recently published EC-1 on Roblox recounts the origin story and growth prospects of the company. But there’s one more piece to the story: what Roblox’s impact will be on gaming and the broader startup industry, if the company manages to multiply its current 90 million users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 18, 2019 • 6min
AlphaSense, a search engine for analysis and business intel, raises $50M led by Innovation Endeavors
Google and its flagship search portal opened the door to the possibilities of how to build a business empire on the back of organising and navigating the world’s information, as found on the internet. Now, a startup that’s built a search engine tailored to the needs of enterprises and their own quests for information has raised a round of funding to see if it can do the same for the B2B world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 17, 2019 • 26min
Social chat app Capture launches to take a shot at less viral success
At first glance launching a new social app may seem as sensible a startup idea as plunging headfirst into shark-infested waters. But with even infamous curtain-ripper Facebook now making grand claims about a ‘pivot to privacy’ it’s clear something is shifting in the commercial shipping channels that contain our digital chatter. Whisper it: Feeds are tiring. Follows are tedious. Attention is expiring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 17, 2019 • 3min
Final ticket release to the 14th Annual TechCrunch Summer Party
One of Silicon Valley’s most fun and enduring traditions — the14th Annual TechCrunch Summer Party — takes place on July 25. If you don’t have a ticket yet, know this: We just released the last batch of tickets. Once they’re gone, that’s it. No party for you. Don’t miss out on a night of fun and opportunity — buy your ticket today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 16, 2019 • 4min
India’s budget hotel startup Oyo enters co-working business with $30 million Innov8 acquisition
India’s Oyo has expanded its hotel chain business to over 80 countries and entered co-living spaces segment in recent years. The firm, which has raised about $1 billion in the last two quarters from several big names including Airbnb, has now identified a new business to target: co-working spaces. The Gurgaon-headquartered firm on Tuesday announced Oyo Workspaces that is already operational across 10 cities in India with over 20 centres. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 16, 2019 • 5min
Brave Care, backed by Y Combinator, is an urgent care clinic just for kids
Brave Care is an urgent care facility for pediatric care that costs, on average, about 80% less than a pediatric ER visit. Darius Monsef and his co-founder came up with the idea shortly after a fateful week for the Monsef family, during which their four-year-old dove off a bike ramp and their one-year-old started having breathing problems. For both visits, he went to a pediatric urgent care facility where his kids were thoughtfully and patiently treated by Dr. Corey A. Fish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 15, 2019 • 4min
Sage Plus for Experts gives travel experts a central place to share their content
Sage is giving reviewers, chefs and other experts and publishers a central place to share all their content. To do this, the startup has created a new product called Sage Plus for Experts, which isn’t open to the public yet, but is accepting signups from those aforementioned travel experts — the kinds of experts who can share content around things to do, food, drinks, experiences and shopping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 15, 2019 • 10min
With so much late-stage money available, why are tech companies going public now?
Ajay Chopra Contributor Ajay Chopra co-founded Pinnacle Systems in his living room and grew it to a multi-billion dollar public company before becoming a venture capitalist with Trinity Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
