TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

Duolingo , a Pittsburgh-based language learning business last valued at $2.4 billion, has officially filed to go public. It’s a route to monetization as a then rare edtech consumer business based outside of Silicon Valley. Its multi-part business model appears to be paying off. billion price tag.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As reported earlier today by the WSJ: “To protect itself from a continued slide in Amazon’s stock price, Better.com will charge a higher rate on the mortgages of employees pledging stock — between 0.25 The closing cost, when the loan is secured, ranges between 2% and 5% of the loan, Better said on its website. There is a catch, however.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

News from Insider indicates that TripActions, a unicorn in the corporate travel and expense category, has filed confidential paperwork to go public. Per the publication, the company is targeting a Q2 2023 public debut at around a $12 billion price tag. Instacart clears path to IPO. Hell yeah, we’re excited.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The eight-year-old Indian budget hotel giant has filed the paperwork (PDF) with the local market regulator for an initial public offering, in which it is seeking to raise about $1.16 SoftBank plans to sell stakes worth over $175 million, Oyo said in the filing. The startup plans to deploy over $330 million to repay its debt.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

As Roblox began to trade Wednesday, the company’s shares shot above its reference price of $45 per share. Seeing Roblox trade so very far above its direct listing reference price and final private valuation appears to undercut the argument that this sort of debut can sort out pricing issues inherent in more traditional IPOs.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

When you file to go public, you want folks to like the numbers. It filed, everyone found its results to be ridiculous , and the IPO eventually got yanked. A more recent example from the folks not liking the numbers much category is Rent the Runway’s IPO filing. Pricing Rent the Runway. First, a bit of an apology.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Today marks the expansion of the platform into Microsoft Syntex, a set of new products and capabilities including file annotation and data extraction. ” Syntex offers backup, arc1hiving, analytics and management tools for documents as well as a viewer to add annotations and redactions to files.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

My definition of an entrepreneur is someone who actually owns a business. To own a business means you have formed a legal entity. There are four primary types of legal entity business structures in the United States. A name gives your business life. In all honesty, this is the easiest part of starting a business.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Kaltura , a software company focused on providing video technology to other concerns, has filed to go public. The Kaltura S-1 filing only partially surprised. The company’s IPO documentation details a business that did more than merely accelerate its growth in 2020, and more specifically, during the COVID-19 era.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Hello and welcome back to Equity , the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Vice has filed for bankruptcy , again highlighting how hard the media game can be. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

SentinelOne, a late-stage security startup that helps organizations secure their data using AI and machine learning, has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE ). In an S-1 filing on Thursday , the security company revealed that for the three months ending April 30, its revenues increased by 108% year-on-year to $37.4

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Ola Electric said on Thursday it has raised over $200 million in a new financing round at a valuation of $3 billion, up from $1 billion two years ago , as it looks to scale its electric vehicle manufacturing business in the South Asian market. billion value it had been priced at in its previous funding round in April.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Ola Electric is in advanced talks to raise between $250 million to $500 million in a new financing round as the Indian firm looks to scale its electric vehicle manufacturing business in the South Asian market, according to two sources familiar with the matter. billion to $3.5 Indian media first wrote about the IPO talks.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Many Gen Zers are also watching businesses make significant pivots with their business models and may be inspired to make similar moves. Why wait for a dream job when you can start your own dream business? Starting a business, no matter which industry, means setting the necessary foundation for the company’s success.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Alex Wilhelm keeps a close watch on the public markets in his column The Exchange, but this week, he branched out to look at some of the metrics underpinning soaring cryptocurrency prices and turned his gaze on StockX , the consumer reseller marketplace that just raised $275 million in a Series E that values the company at approximately $2.8

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

SOCAR , a south Korean car-sharing startup, has filed for an initial public offering, announced on Wednesday by Korea Exchange. The details – the number of shares to be offered in the IPO and the price range – have not yet been determined, said a spokesperson at SOCAR. . million (60 billion won) in October 2020. valuation

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

Stripe bought TaxJar, a provider of a cloud-based suite of tax services, in April 2021 to help its customers “automatically calculate, report and file sales taxes.” At that time, Stripe told TechCrunch that all 200 employees of the Massachusetts-based business were joining the company. billion raised across 1,287 deals in Q2 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For those of us who prefer to read IPO filings to funding announcements, new S-1 documents from Udemy , Rent the Runway and others just touched down. This morning, we’re going to dig into the core business results of each company, discussing how they make money and the state of their recent results. But is it a good business?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

Affordability: I eliminated some apps because of the high price. Day One pricing : Free version available; $2.92/month You can attach an audio file, inked drawing, or any other type of file to your entries, as well as multiple photos. Diarium pricing : Free version available on Android ($4.99 for Pro), iOS ($4.99

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Some private companies that raised large sums of capital last year have struggled to hold onto their valuation — or even their business — in the ensuing quarters. This raises an interesting question about Stripe: Did the company raise at a price that it cannot defend, as many other startups and unicorns did last year?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 30, 2020

They’re not so regular as to be predictable and they cause real economic damage, but they don’t halt business and entrepreneurship entirely. That’s because, contrary to what you might think, recessions can be a good time to start a business or a side hustle. Then, what starts as a side hustle may evolve into a fully-fledged business.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This morning, DoorDash filed a new S-1 document , this time updating the market about the price it expects to command during its public offering. Notably, there are no shares set aside for its underwriting banks to buy at its IPO price. How COVID-19 accelerated DoorDash’s business. Valuations, ranges.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

DoorDash filed to go public today, publishing numbers that showed rapid growth , enhanced profitability and an improving cash flow record which helped explain how the company had grown to a $16 billion valuation while private. We’re not being pessimistic; we merely want to better understand the company.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Now, months later, Harry’s filed paperwork indicating that it has raised another nine-figure cash tranche. SEC filings show that Harry’s has raised $139.9 The same filing listed the co-founders alongside Zola’s co-founder Shan-Lyn Ma, Addition Capital founder Lee Fixel, Campbell Soup Co. billion valuation.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Packaging and pricing We’ve seen a range of packaging and pricing strategies from companies selling AI solutions into the enterprise, largely driven by the nature of the job-to-be-done (JTBD), and how buyers have paid for services in that domain historically.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Continuing our series of interviews with leading technology luminaries , The Exchange recently caught up with Visionary Founder/CEO at Large Unicorn as its IPO priced and began to trade this week. The Exchange: Kicking off, your company priced above expectations. So, I’m not looking at the share price today. A milestone.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Instead, Uber is handing over its equity in ATG and investing $400 million into Aurora, which will give it a 26% stake in the combined company, according to a filing with the U.S. stake (on a fully diluted basis) in Uber ATG, according to filings with the SEC. Securities and Exchange Commission. (As As a refresher, Uber held an 86.2%

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

In a new S-1/A filing , Coursera set an initial IPO price range between $30 and $33 a share, signaling the market views its edtech business warmly ahead of its impending public offering. At its most generous share count and highest projected price, Coursera’s valuation could reach $5.56 million, $13.9 million, $11.9

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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. The home-sharing startup had a tumultuous year, with the COVID-19 pandemic harming its business in the first and second quarters of the year, and Airbnb later recovering on the strength of more local bookings.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Rent the Runway is expected to price its IPO later today and trade tomorrow morning, provided that all things go as planned. So, let’s take a dive into its IPO filing, working to both understand the company’s business and its results. Does Sweetgreen’s business generate sweet amounts of green?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Business Insider quickly filled in details surrounding the round, that it could be around $200 million at a valuation of $1.2 With a focus on social , and a recent move away from generating payment for order flow (PFOF) revenues that have driven Robinhood’s business model, and attracted criticism, Public has laid its bets.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Udemy files to go public on back of growing B2B incomes. Udemy filed to go public this week in the wake of Duolingo’s successful flotation earlier this year, and Alex Wilhelm’s read of its S-1 is that the edtech firm will likely price above its final private-market valuation. And its consumer business has value as well.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

million at today’s share price, per a regulatory filing. Freedom Photonics’s staff will also be acquired by Luminar, and its executive team will continue to lead the business upon close of the transaction. Luminar’s share price is down about 2% in after-hours. Lidar startup Luminar to go public via $3.4

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Incredibly, I was able to work out a sale price my wife and I were comfortable with, but we still purchased the car in a seller’s market. Related: Business Owner’s Policy: Why Your Startup Needs This Type of Insurance Now. That is not often the case with business owners. Why would they file a lawsuit? You need insurance.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

Oscar Health priced its IPO above its raised range , which was good for it in terms of fundraising. However, since its debut the company has lost pricing altitude. Compass filed its S-1 , which triggered a debate on how its different than OpenDoor. And sticking to the insurtech beat, Hippo is going public via a SPAC.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Thus, the global PCB market is big business, expected to grow from a $60 billion industry in 2020 to $75 billion by 2027. “Traditionally, humans have had to consume and interpret many files used in circuit board design, but AI can make that type of data truly digital and interpreted by machine learning,” Pohl added. .

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Every day, countless new businesses emerge, each vying for attention, customers, and a share of the market. To merely exist without a clear growth plan can quickly spell the end for a budding business. You’ve probably heard this term thrown around in business circles or read it right here in Entrepreneur’s Handbook.

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