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  • Clubhouse proves that time is a flat circle

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.First, a big thanks to everyone who took part in the Equity survey, we really appreciated your notes and thoughts. The crew is chewing over what you said now, and we’ll roll up the More

    Clubhouse proves that time is a flat circle
  • API startups are so hot right now

    Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.A cluster of related companies recently caught our eye by raising capital in rapid-fire fashion. TechCrunch covered a few of them, and I read coverage of others. Looking back through my More

    API startups are so hot right now
  • Human Interest tacks on $10M more to its Series C

    The COVID-19 pandemic is making life worse for many startups, but not all. Those benefiting are often taking advantage of the market updraft to add more capital to their accounts. Robinhood, for example, saw usage of its consumer fintech product rise rapidly. Then the company raised a Series F worth More

    Human Interest tacks on $10M more to its Series C
  • Bevy.com raises $15M to power virtual events and community

    This might seem like the worst time to be building an event software business, but it seems to be working for Bevy.com, which just announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding.Co-founder and CEO Derek Andersen explained that the company had already started moving into virtual events when More

    Bevy.com raises $15M to power virtual events and community
  • Cathay Innovation raises $550M for its second global VC fund

    With the global economy still sorting itself out in the face of the pandemic, we’re hearing about fewer new venture capital funds these days. However, today is an exception, as Cathay Innovation has raised a $550 million second fund, which is about double the size of its first fund and, More

    Cathay Innovation raises $550M for its second global VC fund
  • What’s up with tiny checks at giant valuations?

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.Are you a regular Equity listener? Take our survey here! We talk about it on the show, and it’s embedded below in case you don’t want to click a link.From home once again this More

    Whats up with tiny checks at giant valuations?