TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Click the links below to see the top founders, VCs, builders, researchers and policy makers who will share their insights on the hot topics, current trends, future technology and more across seven breakthrough sectors on seven stages. AI Stage Fintech Stage Hardware Stage SaaS Stage Security Stage Space Stage Sustainability Stage 3.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

TechCrunch is excited to announce the six companies pitching in person and onstage at TC Sessions Mobility 2022. Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. Startups pitching on the main stage.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Heavily VC-backed salad chain Sweetgreen heads toward public markets. ” Heavily VC-backed salad chain Sweetgreen heads toward public markets. How to root out shadow IT and maximize SaaS investments. Just shine a light on your SaaS portfolio, according to CEO and co-founder of Zylo, Eric Christopher. Any advice?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It turns out that while later-stage investors, mostly international VC firms, grabbed headlines by writing immense checks, pre-seed and seed-stage investors were instrumental to the growth of the continent’s tech ecosystem. The most active African investors were involved in 15-20 deals, according to a report on African VC activity in 2022.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ukraine’s startup ecosystem was thriving before the war and making great progress, with Ukrainian startups raising $832 Million in VC funding in 2021. VC Funding was steadily growing before the war and there are more than 50 VC firms continuing to operating in the country. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

In April we hosted the inaugural TC Early Stage Pitch-Off with 10 top companies from around the globe. TC is on the hunt to feature a new batch of 10 companies this summer to pitch in front of TC editors, global investors, press and hundreds of attendees. Nervous to pitch onstage in front of thousands? Apply here by June 7th.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. VC investors: Rokas Peciulaitis (Contrarian Ventures). Deep tech, SaaS, sustainability.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck. Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck. Veo CEO Candice Xie has a plan for building a sustainable scooter company, and it’s working. for nearly two years.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Several months later, we’ve since learned that cutting marketing budgets doesn’t make early-stage startups healthier, but it is a great way for VCs to reduce burn rates across their entire portfolio. As Rebecca Szkutak reported this week, SaaS startups that ignored this advice outperformed the ones that followed it. NGO program.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

Giving the same pitch, sending the same email, and answering the same questions over and over again. The head VC guy seems a little bit… weird. In this stage, startups can choose to raise their seed round from early-stage VCs and angel investors. Business #3 (Scale): The only job is to create a growing but sustainable business.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Hear them pitch live from the Showcase Stage. You receive the same benefits of a General Admission Pass plus access to our exclusive investor/founder networking lounge, VC roundtables and VC Office Hours. Check out their cutting-edge technologies, strike up conversations and make meaningful connections. Price now: $45.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Sustainability Stage Fintech Stage AI Stage SaaS Stage Hardware Stage Security Stage Why people go to TechCrunch Disrupt Wondering whether Disrupt is right for you? Soak up the pitch deck teardowns and the VC presentations. Click on the individual links to learn more about each stage.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Mentors are immensely helpful, but they’re not a requirement: We run articles regularly that explain how to create pitch decks and reach out to investors. Most of them are so open to pitches, they’ve provided their contact information below. Tell us how you’d like to be approached by a founder with their initial pitch.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

virtual events platform Hopin serves as another example, rising from a seed-stage upstart at the pandemic’s outset to become a $6 billion juggernaut in just 12 months — before laying off a huge chunk of its staff in pursuit of more sustainable growth. In the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Quality of life (personal health, sustainability, proptech, transportation). Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets. What we can see in Confluent is nearly an old-school, high-burn SaaS business. Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

Edtech investors are flocking to SaaS guidance counselors. Natasha Mascarenhas explores a new crop of edtech SaaS startups that function like guidance counselors, helping students with everything from study-abroad opportunities to swiping right on a captivating college (really!). Somasegar reveal what sings in Coda’s pitch doc.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

And it just closed on $15 million in a Series A funding round led by proptech-focused VC firm Fifth Wall to grow its business. Rather, he describes the startup as a SaaS-enabled marketplace for residential construction, starting with custom ADUs. Czarnecki emphasizes that Cottage is not a prefab homebuilder.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Startups and VC There are some people on the internet who don’t want to be found. Call me on my fair phone : Natasha L also covers that Fairphone nabs $53 million in growth capital for “sustainable” consumer electronics. Let’s roll that back a bit : Eldar Tuvey explains how you can cut your SaaS spending by 30% in 2023.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2021

We got into two different businesses and their approaches on how to serve farm robots, from SaaS leases to selling the robots one by one. Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups. Announcing the Early Stage Pitch-Off judges. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

In order to determine one, you should ask fundamental questions: What’s the long-term, sustainable reason that the company will stay in business? Meanwhile, read on for highlights from our chat with Olson, Grooms Lee and Adler, and then stay tuned at the end for a recording of the full session, including our live pitch-off.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics?

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