TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

It’s hard to believe it but TechCrunch Disrupt — only one of the most engaging, fun, well-attended startup events in the world — is around the corner, taking place September 19–21! Outsiders may not realize just how much work goes into planning Disrupt. billion during the same period in 2022. This is a first.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Welcome to the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt ! You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. Disrupt Stage | 10:00 am. Disrupt Stage | 1:40 pm.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

If you want to be considered for the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-20 in San Francisco, time is running out. If you make the cut, you’ll receive a full VIP experience at Disrupt that includes: Access to all the presentations, breakouts and roundtables at the show. Early-stage startup founders, listen up!

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a new and awesome opportunity available for early-stage startup founders at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on October 18-20. Full, free access to Disrupt: SBF 200 founders attend Disrupt for free and receive VIP access to all the presentations, breakouts and roundtables at the show.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Happy TechCrunch Disrupt eve! At Disrupt, Williams and her Serena Ventures partner Alison Rapaport will join us to discuss the next chapter of Serena’s career, swapping out the racket for several (hundred) inbound pitch decks. TechCrunch Disrupt starts tomorrow, October 18, and run through October 20 in San Francisco.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2023

But I’ve always found those same focuses to be especially in conflict with what it means to be an early-stage founder pitching your vision: You have to have Elon Musk-level ambition, big dreams and the ability to sell a company to investors before there are any real metrics behind it. What is this, revenue growth for ants?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

If you couldn’t make it to San Francisco to attend TechCrunch Disrupt in person, the next is the next best thing. With it, you can access all the sessions that went down on the Disrupt stage, the TechCrunch+ stage along with select presentations from both the Discovery stage and breakout sessions — today, October 21 only!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Welcome to day three of TechCrunch Disrupt , where the opportunities to learn, connect and grow your business just don’t stop. Remember, you’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. State of VC in 2022. Disrupt Stage | 10:00 am. Disrupt Stage | 10:30 am.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

This how-to begins here, and it ends onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt , which takes place in San Francisco on October 18-20. In other words, the selection process for Startup Battlefield , our legendary pitch competition, is new. Plus, all SB 200 founders get to flash-pitch in front of investors and TechCrunch editors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

This October, TechCrunch will host a curated cohort of 200 startups at TC Disrupt 2022. All selected founders will get the opportunity to flash-pitch in front of investors and TechCrunch Editors. Individual companies will only have one way to exhibit at Disrupt — apply for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Twenty of the most promising and creative early-stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will bring the heat for $100,000 in the world-renown Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. TechCrunch Disrupt takes place on October 18–20.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

It’s free to attend, and it’s free to submit your Minneapolis-area startup to the pitch-off competition. Register for the virtual event here , and apply for the pitch-off here. The pitch-off application deadline was August 24, but we extended it another 48 hours and it now closes on August 26. Have an MVP.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. Where are you looking for opportunities in construction tech in Q3 2022? “It is difficult to find a project manager who is willing to take the risk to implement bleeding-edge tech on their project.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

in the second quarter of 2022. In the second quarter of 2022, according to CB Insights, investment into fintech startups wasn’t too far behind that in the second quarter of 2022. In the second quarter of 2022, according to CB Insights, investment into fintech startups wasn’t too far behind that in the second quarter of 2022.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

One of the most popular activities at a TechCrunch conference is watching top-notch early-stage founders square off in a pitch competition. Seriously, who doesn’t love a pitch-off? And the Crypto Pitch-off is just one more compelling reason to go to TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 10, 2023

Existing investor WFC, along with iAngels Network, Sateeq Invest, and Impactful Pitch structured syndicates, and marquee industry mix global HNIs, also participated in the round. The company is projected to close the fiscal year 2022-23 at $9-10 million+ GMV ($1.7-1.8

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Swap Robotics , a company that manufactures electric grass-cutting and snow removal robots, presented today at TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield to detail how it’s making sustainable outdoor work equipment. Swap Robotics at TechCrunch Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on October 18, 2022.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Now that investing is cool again, upstarts like Staax , which pitched today at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield, are finding new ways to cash in on its cachet, particularly among young people. For better or for worse, Robinhood helped inspire a new generation of investors to enter the stock market.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

” Quddus Pativada, founder at DigestAI pitches as part of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on October 18, 2022. . “We want to put a teacher in every single person’s phone for every topic in the world.” Image Credits: Haje Kamps / TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022: Taking the BS Out of Your TAM. Next week at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, I’ll host a discussion with three investors to find out how they think about TAM and what they’re looking for during a pitch: Kara Nortman, managing partner, Upfront Ventures. TechCrunch Disrupt 2022.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. What were the biggest challenges your firm faced in 2022? How do you like to receive pitches?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

More posts by this contributor A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs 5 factors founders must consider before choosing their VC For artificial intelligence, 2022 was a year of breakthroughs. AI-powered chatbots that power real estate brokerages have great potential to disrupt this marketplace.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

I won’t be sending a TC+ newsletter on Tuesday, October 18, but will return a week from today with more resources for founders and early recaps from TechCrunch Disrupt. DIY: 5 ways disruptive component startups can win over OEMs. ” DIY: 5 ways disruptive component startups can win over OEMs. TechCrunch Disrupt 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts predict. Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding to a 2021 U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Configuring a robot to mix cement is easy, but delivering a CementTron 3000 to a job site, training employees on its use, and keeping it maintained are not the kinds of disruptions builders are looking for, especially when margins are so thin and experienced workers are hard to find. Pitch Deck Teardown: BoxedUp’s $2.3M

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If we could find a way to make it taste good, we felt like we had the potential to disrupt the entire energy drink market and really the caffeine market as a whole,” he added. Ultimately, that took VAE Labs into 2022, and then into 2023, but now the company has a new bottle and formula, and with the $2.1

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The innovation from Intropic, pitching in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022, is the additives are added to the plastic raw materials, which means that the materials dissolve through a process called depolymerization.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 2, 2022

I want to talk to people impacted by tech’s 2022 layoff wave and hear what next steps look like. TC’s Rebecca Szkutak wrote about how a pivot helped HopSkipDrive win a difficult pitch to parents: Trust your kids with our ride-sharing services. We’re less than one month away from TechCrunch Disrupt, and I’m already emotional.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

My ears perked up when I got this pitch, as it’s a concept that hasn’t come across my inbox in all my years of covering fintech. billion of financial fraud in 2022 to the Federal Trade Commission. over the same period in 2022. million, for the same period in 2022. Well, people in the U.S. reported $8.8

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Plenty of startups think they can put a dent in this world, and every year, I see dozens of pitches for companies that are “making speakers better” in various ways. We believe the latter, in particular, will really disrupt the market. Most likely, their products will be on the market by the end of 2022 or in early 2023.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 14, 2023

were made in 2022. Some thousands of pitch decks later, he looks for the following key questions and points to be addressed in founder pitch decks: Who is your customer? As angels we get pitched ideas from all over the place. According to CB Insights , over 4,670 angel or seed deals, totaling $36.2B Client segments?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Before you can deliver on any of the promises in your pitch deck, you’ll need to build a team. To help TechCrunch+ readers take on this challenge, we are looking for experts to participate in a survey about tactics and strategies for startup recruiting in Q1 2022. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2022

We heard from three founders at TechCrunch Disrupt last week: Amanda DoAmaral, co-founder and CEO of Fiveable; Arman Hezarkhani, founder of Parthean; and Sarah Du, co-founder of Alloy Automation, each of whom has raised in the extreme highs and lows of last 18 months.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

But Pando has a compelling sales pitch, judging by its momentum. He pointed to a Deloitte survey that found that more than 70% of manufacturing companies have been impacted by supply chain disruptions in the past year, with 90% of those companies experiencing increased costs and declining productivity. billion in 2019. billion in 2019.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

In a few months, TC Disrupt will kick off at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. Listen up founders! So, here is a chance to participate. Startup Battlefield 200 applications are closing soon. Apply today.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Just one gram of this absorbent material has a surface area equal to that of a soccer pitch, according to Sheeba Dawood, CEO and co-founder of Minerva, which should give you an idea of just how little you’d need to extract a large amount of minerals. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Startup pitching has become an existential drama, in part because so many founders exaggerate the size of the total addressable market (TAM) in which they hope to compete. At TechCrunch Disrupt, I spoke to three investors about how they use TAM to guide their decision-making. It’s either going to be too large or too small.”.

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