A vanishingly small number of investors will look at any pitch. For most investors, though, you’ll need to get your foot in the door to be heard.
How to get warm introductions to investors by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
When he was 10 years old, Patrick Gilligan’s childhood struggle with food began. Placed on a caloric-restrictive diet by a doctor, the regime left him feeling ashamed and alone and triggered what would become a more than decade-long eating disorder. “I still look back on all the time that I spent as a teen, crushed […]
Youth mental health startup Somethings launches with a $3.2M raise led by General Catalyst by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch
One of the largest pharmacy service providers in the United States has confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of almost six million patients. PharMerica operates over 2,500 facilities across the U.S. and offers more than 3,100 pharmacy and healthcare programs. In a data breach notification filed with Maine’s attorney general, PharMerica said it learned […]
US pharmacy giant says hackers accessed personal data of almost 6 million patients by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Normally in the music industry, it’s more or less impossible for ordinary investors to buy music rights. Thus, Web3 startups saw an opportunity to tokenise music assets, allowing fans access to music rights in a wholly new fashion. Of course, this garnered a lot of interest during the Crypto boom a couple of years ago. […]
Success with Rihanna’s music rights helps Web3 marketplace raise fresh VC round by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
Chances are you don’t like wasting time in useless meetings. People often say that this meeting should have been an email. But what about one-to-one calls? Could they be a series of voice messages and quick text replies? Meet Async, a new productivity startup based in New York that wants to replace quick calls with […]
Async replaces work calls with asynchronous voice messages by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
I’m not sure I’d call this the golden age of humanoid robots, but they sure have been coming out of the woodwork since Tesla announced its intentions to build one back in the summer of 2021. It’s difficult to compare the progress of various systems at the moment (they’re all fairly early stage), but Sanctuary […]
Sanctuary AI’s new humanoid robot stands 5’7″ and lifts 55 lb by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch