One Of Tesla'S Biggest Investors Upped Its Stake By More Than $30M
Athenascope nabs $2.5M seed led by First Round to bring gamers AI-edited highlight reels: Lucas Matney
As massive cross-platform gaming titles become even larger time-sucks for a lot of people, it’s probably worth reflecting on how to savor your in-game accomplishments. Streaming of eSports celebrities on sites like Twitch has taken off like no one imagined, b…
'Amazon Live' is the retailer's latest effort to take on QVC with live-streamed video: Sarah Perez
Amazon is taking on QVC with the launch of Amazon Live, which features live-streamed video shows from Amazon talent as well as those from brands that broadcast their own live streams through a new app, Amazon Live Creator. On the live shows, hosts talk about …
One of Tesla's biggest investors upped its stake by more than $30M: Kirsten Korosec
Baillie Gifford & Co., the second-biggest shareholder of Tesla stock and the , has increased its stake in the electric automaker and energy storage company. A regulator filing posted Friday shows Baillie increased its stake in Tesla from 7.64 percent at the …
OakNorth raises $440 million from SoftBank and Clermont: Romain Dillet
British startup OakNorth has raised a $440 million funding round from SoftBank’s Vision Fund as well as the Clermont Group. The company is creating a digital bank and focuses on loans for small and medium enterprises and the technology behind those loans. Tod…
Carbonite to acquire endpoint security company Webroot for $618.5M: Ron Miller
Carbonite, the online backup and recovery company based in Boston, announced late yesterday that it will be acquiring Webroot, an endpoint security vendor, for $618.5 million in cash. The company believes that by combining its cloud backup service with Webroo…
Amazon may be rethinking its New York City headquarters: Brian Heater
Amazon’s decision to open HQ2 in New York City has been a controversial decision since day one. The company has been championing the estimated 25,000 jobs the move could bring to the metropolitan area, while citizens and local government officials have balked…
Daily Crunch: Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmail: Anthony Ha
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here: 1. Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmailing him — and pu…
Item tracking startup Adero is laying off 45% of staff, just weeks after it pivoted: Ingrid Lunden
Pivots can be the making of a startup, helping teams refocus on a good idea when previous things haven’t worked. But sometimes, they are just one more step on a difficult track. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Adero — an Amazon-backed maker of Bluet…
Uber's JUMP bikes are seeing high utilization rates: Megan Rose Dickey
In the past year, more than 63,000 people took 625,000 rides on JUMP bikes in San Francisco, JUMP announced today. Each JUMP bike in San Francisco saw an average of seven rides per bike day compared to the docked bike industry average of one to two per day. J…
How to prepare for an investment apocalypse: Micah Rosenbloom
Micah Rosenbloom Contributor Micah Rosenbloom is a venture partner at Founder Collective. More posts by this contributor Business school grads and quants are winning the battle to create the next P&G Startups need to respect the laws of retail physics Unlike …
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