How investors are valuing the pandemic – TechCrunch
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Storm Ventures promotes Pascale Diaine and Frederik Groce to partners – TechCrunch
Storm Ventures, a venture firm that focuses on early stage B2B enterprise startups, announced this week that it has promoted …
6 Copenhagen investors share their outlook on investing in 2021 – TechCrunch
While Denmark and Copenhagen don’t often come up as a destination for European startups, it has a thriving local tech …
Facebook launches rap app – TechCrunch
Facebook unveils another experimental app, Atlassian acquires a data visualization startup and Newsela becomes a unicorn. This is your Daily …
What the NFT? VC David Pakman dumbs down the digital collectibles frenzy and why it’s taking off now – TechCrunch
Non-fungible tokens have been around for two years, but these NFTs, one-of-one digital items on the Ethereum and other blockchains, …
Yelp puts trust and safety in the spotlight – TechCrunch
Yelp released its very first trust and safety report this week, with the goal of explaining the work that it …
Relativity Space unveils plans for a new, much larger and fully reusable rocket – TechCrunch
3D-printed rocket company Relativity Space has just revealed what comes after Terran 1, the small launch vehicle it hopes to …
How to land startup funding from real estate giant Brookfield, which manages $600 billion in assets – TechCrunch
There are big investment firms, and then there are big investment firms. Brookfield Asset Management, the Toronto-based,122-year-old outfit whose current …
Singapore-based Raena gets $9M Series A for its pivot to skincare and beauty-focused social commerce – TechCrunch
Raena’s team, from left to right: chief operating officer Guo Xing Lim, chief executive officer Sreejita Deb and chief commercial …
Bessemer Venture Partners closes on $3.3 billion across two funds – TechCrunch
Another major VC firm has closed two major rounds, underscoring the long-term confidence investors continue to have for backing privately …