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Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and unpack the rest. This week, Mary Ann interviewed Hans Tung, prolific investor and managing […]

Be relevant, or get downturned by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Tim Flannery, Alex Laplante and Ben Doran were working together at Carta’s investor services team when they realized that onboarding funds to invest in startups was a taxing (no pun intended) process. It required manually creating subscription agreements — agreements that investors fill out to invest in a fund — by piecing together unstructured data […]

Passthrough raises $8.4M to simplify the process of investor onboarding by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Treasury Prime co-founder and CEO Chris Dean believes that the best outcomes for consumers will result from traditional banks and fintechs working together. The banking-as-a-service startup has worked to build relationships with both banks and fintechs. And Dean believes Treasury Prime’s ability “to keep both sides happy” has contributed to its ability to grow its […]

Proving that banking as a service is hotter than ever, Treasury Prime raises $40M Series C by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Today, Netflix announced that Premium members can now download content on more devices and use spatial audio for over 700 titles. Both upgraded features are available at no extra cost. Premium subscribers are able to download Netflix titles to watch offline on six devices at a time. Previously, the plan would only allow downloads on […]

Netflix gives Premium members more download devices and spatial audio on 700+ titles by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Many people will assume that the important metrics for companies like Uber and Coinbase will be new riders and traders. They would be wrong.

Teach yourself growth marketing: Which metrics really matter? by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix is now detailing how it aims to maintain password sharing within a household while cracking down on outside usage. The company aims to curtail account sharing this year by asking people to pay extra money to use the streaming service outside the household for extended periods of time. The streaming giant has shared terms […]

Netflix lists rules and exemptions to prevent account sharing outside household by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter announced Tuesday that it is discontinuing CoTweeting, a feature that let two users co-author a tweet. The company said that the feature will immediately cease to exist. Users will be able to view the set of co-tweets for a month. After that, they will be automatically converted to retweets on the co-author’s profile. “For […]

Twitter discontinues CoTweets, says will debut text attachments next week by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

If you’ve ever made an Amazon order with a particular seller because the estimated delivery for the item appears to match when you need it, only to be frustrated when a different (later) delivery estimate appears after you’ve completed the payment process, this action by Poland’s competition and consumer watchdog may be of interest: It’s […]

Amazon’s sales terms and delivery ‘dark patterns’ face probe in Poland by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch