startups News of 06/17/19

Shyp Is Preparing For A Comeback Under New Management

Fifteen months after shutting down, Shyp is getting ready to launch again. The startup tweeted today that “We are back! We’re hard at work to rebuild an unparalleled shipping experience. Before we begin operations again, we’d love to hear ...

Startups Weekly: #CodeCon, The ‘Techlash’ And Ill-Prepared CEOs

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a newsletter published every Saturday that dives into the week’s noteworthy venture capital deals, funds and trends. Before I dive into this week’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week, I wrote about ...

VCs Are Failing Diverse Founders; Elizabeth Warren Wants To Step In

Elizabeth Warren, who earlier this year confirmed her intent to run for president in 2020, has an ambitious plan to advance entrepreneurs of color. In a series of tweets published this morning, the Massachusetts senator proposed a $7 billion ...

How To Make Remote Work Work

Every time I see a “the future of work is remote” article, I think to myself: “How backwards! How retro! How quaint!” That future is now, for many of us. I’ve been a fully remote developer-turned-CTO for a full decade. ...

Get 2 Months Of Extra Crunch For $2

We’re excited to announce a special promotion for Extra Crunch. Starting today, new users signing up for Extra Crunch will get a trial rate of $2 for the first 2 months. After the trial period ends, you’ll be moved over to our monthly plan ...

Apply To The TechCrunch Hackathon At Disrupt SF 2019

The TechCrunch Hackathon is shaping up to be a huge battle royale, but we still have room for a few more creative coders, hackers and outright webmonsters to join us at Disrupt San Francisco 2019 on October 2-4 for a chance to win $10,000. It ...

Last Day To Save $100 On Tickets To TC Sessions: Mobility 2019

This is it. The final call for all the mobility and transportation startuppers who want to save a solid Benjamin on their ticket to the TC Sessions: Mobility 2019 conference in San Jose, Calif. on July 10. The early-bird ticket price disappears ...

How To Negotiate Term Sheets With Strategic Investors

Alex Gold Contributor Share on Twitter Alex Gold is co-founder of Myia , an intelligent health platform employing novel biometric data to predict and prevent costly medical events. Previously, Alex ...

VMware Announces Intent To Buy Avi Networks, Startup That Raised $115m

VMware has been trying to reinvent itself from a company that helps you build and manage virtual machines in your data center to one that helps you manage your virtual machines wherever they live, whether that’s on prem or the public cloud. ...

24 Hours Left To Score Early-Bird Tickets For TC Sessions: Mobility 2019

The switch has been flipped on the 24-hour shot clock, which means there’s only one day left to save $100 on your pass to TC Sessions: Mobility 2019 in San Jose, Calif. on July 10. Early-bird savings ends on Friday, June 14 at 11:59 p.m. (PT), ...

Demo Your Early-Stage Startup At The TechCrunch Summer Party

Nothing says summer in Silicon Valley better than the TechCrunch Summer Party . In its 14th year, we’re celebrating the startup spirit and culture at the Park Chalet , San Francisco’s coastal beer garden, on July 25. Who doesn’t love ocean ...

Pioneering Private Space Explorer Anousheh Ansari Welcomes ISS Commercialization

XPRIZE CEO and Prodea founder Anousheh Ansari dreamt of being an astronaut as a child growing up in Iran, but understandably most people around her were skeptical about her ambitions. Yet in 2006, she made that dream come true when she became the ...

Why Is Andreessen Horowitz (And Everyone Else) Investing In Latin America Now?

Investments by U.S. venture capital firms into Latin America are skyrocketing and one of the firms leading the charge into deals is none other than Silicon Valley’s Andreessen Horowitz . The firm that shook up Silicon Valley with potentially ...

Neurobehavioral Health Company Blackthorn Pulls In $76 Million From GV To Treat Mental Disorders

There are numerous challenges to finding effective treatments for mental disorders. However, Blackthorn Therapeutics , a neurobehavioral health company using machine learning to create personalized medicine for mental health, is betting its ...

Verified Expert Growth Marketing Agency: Right Side Up

Right Side Up is not your typical growth marketing agency. As a former entrepreneur and in-house growth marketer for startups like Eventbrite, founder Tyler Elliston says he created RSU as a way to help his former self. RSU recruits a collective of ...

Monzo, The UK Challenger Bank With Over 2 Million Users, Expands To The US

Monzo , the U.K. challenger bank with more than two million customers and a unicorn valuation to go with it, has formally announced its U.S. expansion. The tentative move — which TechCrunch exclusively reported was underway five months ...

Calendar Influencers? Event Social Network IRL Raises $8m

Why is there no app where you can follow party animals, concert snobs, or conference butterflies for their curated suggestions of events? That’s the next phase of social calendar app IRL that’s launching today on iOS to help you make and ...

Emma, The London-Based Money Management App, Launches In The US And Canada

Emma , the U.K. money management app (now calling itself your “best financial friend”), has launched in the United States and Canada — and is now one of a plethora of London fintechs venturing states-side. Competing banking app Cleo ...

Airbnb Launches ‘Adventures’ For Tourists Seeking More Thrills

Airbnb has debuted a new extension of its growing business in providing travel experiences in addition to temporary housing – it’s called Airbnb Adventures , and it’s effectively a collection of tours and trips lasting between ...

Target Circle And TapHeaven Team Up In A Mobile Marketing Merger

Target Circle and  TapHeaven  have announced that they’re merging into a single company under the Target Circle brand. TapHeaven co-founder and CEO Chris Hoyt, who is becoming chief growth officer at the combined organization, said the ...