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DNA companies should receive the death penalty for getting hacked Personal data is the new gold. The recent 23andMe data...

It appears that investors have even less patience for long, rambling pitch decks. The name of the game now is "Short and...

It appears that the allure of complex pricing models and business strategies often proves too tempting to resist. © 2023...

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We're going to put the deck Scalestack used to raise its $1M seed round under the microscope to see what it got right, a...

If you care about equity, sustainability, parental leave — pick your poison — you have a chance to make a difference. © ...

Keep the machines in mind; they are more pervasive than you might think. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For per...

If I map myself against the standards of fundraising today, none of those startups would’ve had a gnat’s shadow’s chance...

If there’s anything I’ve learned from building companies, it’s that you’ve got to be straight and honest with your board...

Startups are made or broken by product-market fit. Immediately before a funding round, founders know they need to show t...

Who knows what GamePlanner does, but Airbnb just bought the company. Let's dive in to this and other news from startup l...

What if a little bit of investment, a splash of mentoring and practical support, a slew of introductions, and a whole lo...

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. If you’ve been following along with this ...

Phospholutions' pitch deck embodies the essence of an effective pitch. But it's also riddled with small issues that add ...

The heady, futuristic world of artificial intelligence brings us a new promise: The ability to be perfectly average. © 2...

If you're looking to make a significant difference in the world, your startup could be the vehicle that drives that chan...

The key to a successful startup lies in its team and their ability to answer pivotal questions about the startup's purpo...

For this edition of Pitch Deck Teardown, we're taking a close look at the CancerVAX campaign on the equity crowdfunding ...

Most obvious problems that have obvious solutions don’t need startups. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For perso...

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. For my column this week, I told the story...

This pitch deck makes for some really interesting reading and storytelling, so let's dive in and see if we can spot what...

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, it's becoming more adept at generating human-like text. © 2023 TechCrunc...

AI-powered photo-sorting app GoodOnes raised $3.6 million in seed funding earlier this year and dropped into the Apple A...

There are, in fact, people out there raising lots of capital without employing a deck at all. I was really intrigued to ...

Generative AI — is there anything it won’t do? Well, truthfully, most of the time you’re not going to be able to c...

Signos, a metabolic health platform that utilizes a unique AI-engine with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to offer re...

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. For VCs, market size is crucial, because ...

There are some major, fundamental problems with this deck that makes the company pretty much impossible to invest in. © ...

If you think Musk is ruining Twitter, then yeah, he is. That’s because he’s not in it for Twitter. He’s in it for X, and...

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. A few months ago, Alexis Ohanian, the co-...