Veteran VC Mike Volpi discusses investing and fundraising in ‘a very difficult time’

Last week, I talked with Mike Volpi, longtime Index Ventures partner and the...


This startup got a meeting with Mark Suster by getting clever with Google ads

Startups have done some wild things to get the attention of VCs. In fact,...


Raising money in a bear market, and what happened with Sequoia and Finix?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture...


Why startups fail to work effectively with media

  There’s a great scene in HBO’s Silicon Valley that takes...


Equity Monday: Circuit breakers, seed rounds and startup valuations

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VCs warn coronavirus will impact fundraising for the next 2 quarters

As of this writing, COVID-19 has killed more than 3,400 people around the globe...


‘Thinking out loud’ with TechCrunch senior editor Alex Wilhelm

"TechCrunch as an organization is now doing three things at once. We've always...


Kleiner’s new fund, Atrium is kaput, and the latest data on Seed rounds

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Citing Star Wars, Kleiner Perkins closes a $700M fund for early-stage companies

After going “back to the future” with a $600 million fund last year,...


Oyo layoffs, Airbnb’s delayed IPO and the long-term quandary of investing in travel startups

It’s the best and worst of times for travel startups. Massive growth over...