November 2022

NASA has found a new launch provider for its extreme weather observation satellites. The agency announced Wednesday that it has selected Rocket Lab to launch its Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) satellites across two launches in late spring next year. The missions, which will take place […]

NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch TROPICS satellites by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

With a stated mission to “back the underdogs that traditional VC has overlooked,” early-stage investor Early Light Ventures has secured at least $10.6 million towards its next fund, TechCrunch has learned. Based in Baltimore, Early Light is still somewhat new to VC land with about four years and four exits under its belt, per Crunchbase. […]

Early Light Ventures plots a second, $15M fund for software ‘underdogs’ by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

TechCrunch spoke to over a dozen people who accuse boot camp MyTechBestFriend of hostility, bullying, and harassment of its students.

#MyTechFrenemy by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch

Lyft is partnering with Redwood Materials, a battery recycling company founded by ex-Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, to ensure the batteries from its fleets of shared electric bikes and scooters don’t end up in landfill at their end of life. The news, reported by The Verge, comes the same week that Lyft ended its dockless bike […]

Lyft, Redwood Materials partner to recycle shared e-bike and e-scooter batteries by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Things are bleak in the tech sphere as we close out a year defined by plummeting stocks, persistent mass layoffs and a fall from grace for major social media companies. Yet Stanford dropout Teddy Solomon’s story of co-founding Fizz is so reminiscent of Facebook that he was introduced to his investor and now-CEO Rakesh Mathur […]

College social app Fizz is growing fast – maybe too fast by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Startups serving startups feels a bit riskier in a post-FTX cryptocurrency era. Here’s how Ramp, Brex, and Rain are thinking.

FTX’s failure could be a stress test for corporate credit card startups by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

More than 150 startups received a lower 409a valuation in Q3, which prompted them to reprice their employee stock grants.

A wave of late-stage startups quietly marked down their valuations in Q3 by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch

Mark Cuban-backed streaming app Fireside, which today offers podcasters and other creators a way to host interactive, live shows with audience engagement, will soon expand to the TV’s big screen. Variety reported, and Fireside confirmed, it’s acquired the open streaming TV platform Stremium, which will allow Fireside’s shows to become available to a range of […]

Mark Cuban-backed streaming app Fireside acquires Stremium to bring live, interactive shows to your TV by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch