News aggregator SmartNews raises $230 million, valuing its business at $2 billion – TechCrunch techcrunch.com SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that’s grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Appl...

Here are all the companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day, Part 1 – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Today Y Combinator kicked off the Demo Day cycle for its Summer 2021 cohort. The collection of early-stage startups on day one-of-two alone numbered in the hund...

Council Post: Five Steps For SaaS Companies To Build A Successful Product-Led Growth Model forbes.com SaaS brands are now leaning into product-led growth (PLG), using the product to continuously engage customers and drive more efficient acquisition, retention an...

Two years after launching, Inspired Capital has closed its second fund with $281 million – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Inspired Capital, the New York-based early-stage venture firm that was founded in 2019 by entrepreneurs Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker, is today announcing ...

52 Women-Led Startups Driving The Future Of HealthTech And FemTech forbes.com To all the VCs and angel investors who have been missing out on funding the next generation of women-led startups driving the future of healthcare and FemTech, ...

Men’s health startup Manual raises $30M Series A from US and European investors – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Men’s health and well-being startup Manual has raised a $30 million Series A round from U.S.-based Sonoma Brands and Waldencast, and Manual’s existing Europ...