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Startup layoffs, the art of reinvention and a MasterClass in change
Just as one company’s success shouldn’t cast a halo on its vertical’s brethren, one company’s layoffs don’t quite mean that…
Daily Crunch: Months after rejecting a $17B bid, Zendesk sells to private equity group for $10.2B
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Late-stage tech companies must do right by their employees: Reassess your 409A valuations
Frederik Mijnhardt Contributor Share on Twitter Frederik Mijnhardt is the CEO of Secfi, an equity planning platform for startup executives…
VCs shouldn’t confuse risk management with not funding diverse founders
The news that funding for Black founders is falling was no shock to the Black community, much of which was raised with…
TechCrunch+ roundup: Non-dilutive biotech capital, long-term angel investing, WayRay’s $80M pitch deck
As a veteran startup worker who has been laid off during economic downturns, it’s dissonant to hear investors say this…
How I navigated my pregnancy as a Series A founder
Kelsey Mellard Contributor Share on Twitter Kelsey Mellard is the founder and CEO of Sitka. The news of Emily Weiss…
Wondermed pulls $4,600K out of a hole to ply you with ketamine
For those of us who’ve been a little bit wobbly on the mental health front over the past couple of…
Daily Crunch: London-based SumUp pins $8.5B valuation with $624M debt-equity round
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Security-as-code startup Jit comes out of stealth with $38.5M in seed funding
Jit, a startup that helps developers automate product security by codifying their security plans and workflows as code that can…