by Alex Wilhelm | Sep 24, 2020 | Business Enhancements, Startups, Venture Capital
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Natasha Mascarenhas, Danny Crichton and your humble servant gathered to chat through a host of rounds and...
by Alex Wilhelm | Sep 24, 2020 | Business Enhancements, Startups
During the week’s news cycle one particular bit of reporting slipped under our radar: Root Insurance is tipped by Reuters to be prepping an IPO that could value the neo-insurance provider at around $6 billion. Coming after two 2020 insurtech IPOs, Root’s...
by Alex Wilhelm | Sep 23, 2020 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Last night Robinhood, the American fintech unicorn that provides free securities trading services to consumers via an app, announced that it raised an additional $460 million in its previously-known Series G. That round is now worth $660 million at an $11.7 billion...
by Alex Wilhelm | Sep 22, 2020 | Business Enhancements, Startups
TransferWise, a European fintech unicorn, announced the financial results of its fiscal year ending March, 2020. The company posted strong growth, continued profit and new customer records. TransferWise was most recently valued at $5 billion during a secondary sale...
by Alex Wilhelm | Sep 22, 2020 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Last week at TechCrunch Disrupt, TechCrunch media and advertising reporter Anthony Ha sat down with Blavity CEO Morgan DeBaun and The Shade Room CEO Angelica Nwandu to chat about their respective media companies, 2020 in the media world and how they view a recent...
