by Alex Wilhelm | Feb 26, 2021 | Business Enhancements, Startups
As the e-commerce market grows, startups are racing to help online retailers sell larger items to consumers with so-called “buy-now-pay-later” options. Via BNPL, consumers turn a one-time purchase into a limited string of regular payments. Terms vary, but...
by Mary Ann Azevedo | Feb 26, 2021 | Business Enhancements, Startups, Venture Capital
The murder of George Floyd last May ignited many things in the United States last year — one of which that was perhaps unexpected: a rise in the number of digital banks targeting the Black community. Some members of the Black community took their belief that big...
by Natasha Mascarenhas | Feb 26, 2021 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. Before we get into this...
by Mike Butcher | Feb 26, 2021 | Business Enhancements, Marketing
Online consumer intelligence and social media listening platform Brandwatch has been acquired by Cision, best known for its media monitoring and media contact database services, for $450 million, in a combined cash and shares deal. TechCrunch understands Brandwatch’s...
by Alex Wilhelm | Feb 25, 2021 | Business Enhancements, Startups
This morning DigitalOcean, a provider of cloud computing services to SMBs, filed to go public. The company intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “DOCN.” DigitalOcean’s offering comes amidst a hot streak for...
by Romain Dillet | Feb 25, 2021 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Anchorage has raised an $80 million Series C funding round led by GIC, also known as Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. Andreessen Horowitz, Blockchain Capital, Lux and Indico are also participating in today’s funding round. The thinking behind this funding round is...
