TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

Better.com finally went public last week, and the stock’s performance was worse than expected. Better.com finally went public The biggest fintech news of the week centered around Better.com’s no good, very bad public market debut. To sum it up, digital mortgage lender Better.com made its public debut on August 24.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

rang the opening bell on the NASDAQ stock exchange, signifying the start of their new chapter in life as a public traded company after successfully completing a merger with Novus Capital Corporation. Access to this type of accelerant capital can be the great equalizer so that more startups can scale to become public companies.

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Revolution

AUGUST 5, 2020

This morning, the Austin-based company raised its initial public offering. Revolution Growth-Backed BigCommerce Goes Public was originally published in Revolution on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

Elsewhere, we spotlight X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, slowing down access to rival websites; Better.com going public; and TC’s impressions of Baldur’s Gate 3. Better.com goes public: Digital mortgage lender Better.com ’s proposal to combine with Aurora Acquisition Corp.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 19, 2023

Register On the second day of their visit to South Korea, on July 18, the “Thailand Joint Public-Private Economic Delegation” visited South Korea’s Pangyo Techno Valley Startup Campus. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

The federal government has already taken many steps to capitalize upon this moment and ease the challenges associated with swift hiring into the public sector. Recent estimates cite that demand for public-sector cybersecurity employees grew 25% through 2022, with more than 45,708 new job postings.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Rigetti Computing , one of the most visible quantum hardware startups, today announced that it is going public through a merger with the Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II SPAC. ” Going public through a SPAC merger seems to be a bit of a trend for quantum computing companies right now.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 7, 2021

If the public equities market is any indication, passive investing is here to stay. In public equities, passive investment funds constitute 54% of total dollars in the market, according to Bloomberg Reseearch. Will venture capital investment dollars be split 50/50 as the public equities market is? It’s too early to say.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

billion, has officially filed to go public. Unless public-market investors are concerned that the edtech market’s growth is mostly behind it. Duolingo , a Pittsburgh-based language learning business last valued at $2.4 One of the most revealing bits of its story? billion price tag. How Duolingo became fluent in monetization.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 24, 2023

Nvidia’s surge reveals in public market the enthusiasm & euphoria over a new technology that could produce 1000x more GDP gains than the personal computer. The stock now trades at about 16x forward revenues, greater than any publicly traded software company, despite the transactional nature of chip sales.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Although the second-largest public offering of the year for J&T Express, The logistics service provider’s shares initially traded at HK$12, but started Friday’s morning session at HK$11.84, equivalent to $1.51. During its initial public offering (IPO), J&T Express experienced strong investor demand.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Less than a year after it raised a $15 million Series B, Public , a social-focused free stock trading service, has raised a $65 million Series C. Public’s Series C, therefore, fits into the trend of investors doubling down into startups that they think have potential. It also led Public’s Series A and B rounds.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Today, Amplitude, which was part of YC’s W12 batch, is going public. In the end, Amplitude managed to dominate their market and today’s public offering is a huge testament to the fearlessness and smarts which stood out nearly ten years ago. Their story of grit, determination, and creativity, is an epic one.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Airbnb filed to go public today , bringing the well-known unicorn one step closer to being a public company. ai themselves filed to go public in what could be a rush to the public markets by richly valued startups. The financial results show a company on the rebound, but smaller than it was.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Today Bloomberg reported , and Axios confirmed that Robinhood has filed privately to go public. Private IPO filings have become common in recent quarters, making Robinhood’s decision to file behind closed doors before showing its numbers to the public unsurprising. Robinhood has long been expected to have a 2021 IPO in its plans.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 31, 2021

As a new entrepreneur, you might overlook valuable sources of publicity for your business in favor of aiming for big press logos. There’s a good chance that the following unexpected sources of publicity will get you in front of the right target audiences. Related: How to DIY Your Public Relations Strategy During COVID-19.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As one of the prominent investors in the digital domain within emerging markets, particularly ASEAN, the group has had six IPOs in […] The post Six Strings of Success: Patrick Grove on Taking Companies from Startup to Public first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform.

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Venture Well

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Wyatt Dike of E-Team, VertX Advertising, is developing antimicrobial coatings for use in public transportation that double as advertising space. The post preventing the spread of germs in public transportation: q&a with Wyatt Dike from E-Team, VertX Advertising appeared first on VentureWell.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Public App, a location-based social network that connects individuals to people in their vicinity, has raised $41 million in a new round, just six months after securing $35 million as the hyper-local Indian startup looks to expand its presence in the world’s second-largest internet market.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Roblox, the child-friendly gaming company, filed to go public today. Its listing comes one day after the lending company Affirm initiated its own public offering and a mere two days after Airbnb’s filing. The company is not the first gaming platform company to go public this year, with gaming engine Unity debuting earlier this year.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 15, 2021

From celebrating local history to encouraging visitors, art can have a profoundly positive impact on our public and corporate spaces. For startups wishing to build their brand and cement their place in the local community, employing the skills of artists and supporting public art projects can be an excellent means of doing so.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

Circle has announced that it plans to become a public company. The cryptocurrency company will merge with Concord Acquisition Corp, a SPAC. Circle is better known as one of the founding members of the Centre consortium with Coinbase. Along with other crypto partners , they have issued USD Coin (USDC), a popular stablecoin.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Joby Aviation is now public, 12 years after JoeBen Bevirt founded the company at his ranch in the Santa Cruz mountains. That includes $835 million of private-investment-in-public-equity, as well as more than $500 million of capital on the balance sheet. Joby Aviation takes flight into the public markets via a SPAC merger.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Electric vehicle startup Rivian, which started deliveries of its R1T pickup truck in September, released its filing to become a publicly traded company in the United States. The S-1 document, which was filed Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, does not include terms for its offering.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 17, 2023

From spreading the word about your business to distributing an outline of your business’ purpose, here are 12 answers to the question, “How can I attract publicity to my startup?” This sort of offline promotion can be a fantastic way to attract meaningful publicity for your startup.

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Feedough

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It’s an element of public relations called publicity. But what is publicity, what are its types, and how it differs from other promotional mix elements? What Is Publicity? In simple terms, publicity is the movement of information to the public via media coverage and other non-paid mass media sources.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 18, 2020

For this reason, good old-fashioned public relations is a key component in many startup success stories. However, COVID-19 has impacted nearly every industry, including public relations. Related: Public Relations Strategies for Small Businesses During COVID-19. Look into virtual events and conferences within your industry.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Taboola is the latest company seeking to go public via special purpose acquisition corporation — more commonly known as a SPAC. To achieve this, it will merge with ION Acquisition Corp, which went public in 2020 with the aim of funding an Israeli tech acquisition ( Haaretz reported last month that Taboola was in talks with ION).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

That effort finally set a directional value of sorts on Roblox’s shares before it floated on the public markets. . Roblox, a gaming company aimed at children and powered by an internal economy and third-party development activity, has had a tumultuous if exciting path to the public markets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

This morning, Public , an investment app for the American market, announced the appointment of two new board members. TechCrunch spoke with Public co-CEOs Leif Abraham and Jannick Malling about the board additions. Public has supported equities and crypto assets since last October.). The savings and investing boom.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

After closing, the transaction will inject the lidar company with around $278 million in pro forma net cash, including $40 million in private investment in public equity (PIPE) funding. The news shot the company to unicorn status and incited talks of a potential initial public offering, Bloomberg reported. billion valuation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 15, 2024

Learning the secrets to becoming a captivating public speaker before that moment arrives can be a game-changer. How can you improve your public speaking skills or overcome a fear of speaking in public? What does it take to give a fascinating and engaging public talk? Audience research. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 7, 2022

This year, private equity firms have acquired five public software companies, totalling $38b in value. Since these transactions’ details are public, we can use them to infer how the private software market values companies. Acquirer.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Coursera, an online education platform that has seen its business grow amid the coronavirus pandemic, is planning to file paperwork tomorrow for its initial public offering, sources familiar with the matter say. The latest financing event brought its cash balance to $300 million, right around the money that Chegg had before it went public.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Public came to the market’s attention during the 2020-2021 savings and investing boom , a period of time that elevated Robinhood and Coinbase to the public markets. The mix of product and corporate decisions appears to be working for Public, at least in terms of leading indicators. Public x Otis. How does Otis work?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Aeva is the latest company to eschew the traditional IPO path and go public via a SPAC merger. It’s also the third lidar company, following Velodyne and Luminar, to take this route to the public markets. Lidar startup Luminar to go public via $3.4 Lidar, or light detection and ranging radar, measures distance.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This quarter, strong earnings results from public cloud companies were overshadowed by a seemingly endless IPO cycle. Another moment we somewhat missed over the last few weeks was the stock market pushing the value of public cloud companies to all-time highs. Public acceleration. These events are connected.

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