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7 04, 2021

Acorns’ new fintech target is debt management with acquisition of Pillar – TechCrunch – Evotik
Acorns’ new fintech target is debt management with acquisition of Pillar – TechCrunch – Evotik

Acorns’ new fintech target is debt management with acquisition of Pillar – TechCrunch – Evotik

By Evotik| 2021-04-07T14:10:24+00:00 April 7th, 2021|acorns, Artificial Intelligence, Bank, debt, Exit, finance, financial services, financial technology, Fundings & Exits, Kleiner Perkins, loans, M&A, Mergers and Acquisitions, New York, Pillar, Startups, student debt, Student loan, Uncategorized|

Popular saving and investing app Acorns has acquired Pillar, an AI-powered startup built to help manage student loan debt, in its second acquisition [...]

17 11, 2020

Spacemaker, AI software for urban development, is acquired by Autodesk for $240M – Evotik
Spacemaker, AI software for urban development, is acquired by Autodesk for $240M – Evotik

Spacemaker, AI software for urban development, is acquired by Autodesk for $240M – Evotik

By Evotik| 2020-11-17T12:09:06+00:00 November 17th, 2020|Atomico, autodesk, Ben Blume, Europe, Exit, Fundings & Exits, M&A, Northzone, Norway, Spacemaker, Startups, TC, Uncategorized|

Autodesk, the U.S. publicly listed software and services company that targets engineering and design industries, has acquired Norway’s Spacemaker, a startup that has [...]

18 10, 2019

Airbnb’s WeWork problem – TechCrunch – Evotik
Airbnb’s WeWork problem – TechCrunch – Evotik

Airbnb’s WeWork problem – TechCrunch – Evotik

By Evotik| 2019-10-18T05:17:44+00:00 October 18th, 2019|Airbnb, Artificial Intelligence, brian chesky, business, citigroup, economy, entrepreneurship, Exit, Fred Wilson, Fundings & Exits, jpmorgan, Lyft, machine learning, morgan stanley, neologisms, Private Equity, Real Estate, sharing economy, Softbank, spotify, Startups, TC, Uber, Uncategorized, vacation rental, WeWork|

Airbnb may be another overvalued “unicorn,” but it’s no WeWork. The Information this morning reported new Airbnb financials — indicating a massive increase [...]

27 07, 2019

Muzmatch adds $7M to swipe right on Muslim-majority markets – TechCrunch – Evotik
Muzmatch adds $7M to swipe right on Muslim-majority markets – TechCrunch – Evotik

Muzmatch adds $7M to swipe right on Muslim-majority markets – TechCrunch – Evotik

By Evotik| 2019-07-27T16:11:26+00:00 July 27th, 2019|Apps, dating apps, Europe, Fabrice Grinda, Fundings & Exits, Luxor Capital, matchmaking, Muzmatch, Recent Funding, Social, Startup company, Startups, Tinder, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, video conferencing, Y Combinator|

Muzmatch, a matchmaking app for Muslims, has just swiped a $7 million Series A on the back of continued momentum for its community-sensitive [...]

20 07, 2019

Medallia stock up 76% following first day trading on the NYSE – TechCrunch – Evotik
Medallia stock up 76% following first day trading on the NYSE – TechCrunch – Evotik

Medallia stock up 76% following first day trading on the NYSE – TechCrunch – Evotik

By Evotik| 2019-07-20T04:05:24+00:00 July 20th, 2019|Exit, Fundings & Exits, initial public offering, IPO, Medallia, sequoia capital, Startups, Uncategorized|

Customer experience management platform Medallia (NYSE: MDLA) rose more than 70% in its New York Stock Exchange debut Friday. The nearly two-decades-old business [...]

14 07, 2019

How Roblox avoided the gaming graveyard and grew into a $2.5B company – TechCrunch – Evotik
How Roblox avoided the gaming graveyard and grew into a $2.5B company – TechCrunch – Evotik

How Roblox avoided the gaming graveyard and grew into a $2.5B company – TechCrunch – Evotik

By Evotik| 2019-07-14T03:58:31+00:00 July 14th, 2019|Activision, APPLE, Apps, Atlassian, Club-Penguin, Computer games, dave baszucki, David Sze, EC-1, engineering, Facebook, Friendster, Funding, Fundings & Exits, fundraising tactics, Gaming, Google, Greylock Partners, Growth, growth tactics, Habbo-Hotel, IMVU, king.com, Kongregate, Mark Zuckerberg, Media, Metaplace, Mojang, MySpace, Roblox, Second-Life, Startups, TC, Uncategorized, video games, Virtual Reality, Windows|

The Roblox EC-1, Part I: The Origin Story There are successful companies that grow fast and garner tons of press. Then there’s Roblox, [...]

6 07, 2019

PayU, Naspers’ global fintech firm, enters Southeast Asia with acquisition of Red Dot Payment – TechCrunch – Evotik
PayU, Naspers’ global fintech firm, enters Southeast Asia with acquisition of Red Dot Payment – TechCrunch – Evotik

PayU, Naspers’ global fintech firm, enters Southeast Asia with acquisition of Red Dot Payment – TechCrunch – Evotik

By Evotik| 2019-07-06T15:54:44+00:00 July 6th, 2019|africa, Asia, eastern europe, economy, Europe, Facebook, finance, financial services, financial technology, Funding, Fundings & Exits, Google, india, Israel, Japan, latin america, MDI Ventures, money, Naspers, Payments, payu, red dot payment, series B, skype, Southeast Asia, Toivo Annus, Uncategorized|

PayU, the Naspers-owned fintech firm that specializes in emerging markets, is broadening its global reach into Southeast Asia after it announced a deal [...]

23 06, 2019

Slack’s IPO, the VCs behind Facebook Libra, founder salaries and trouble in scooter-land – TechCrunch – Evotik
Slack’s IPO, the VCs behind Facebook Libra, founder salaries and trouble in scooter-land – TechCrunch – Evotik

Slack’s IPO, the VCs behind Facebook Libra, founder salaries and trouble in scooter-land – TechCrunch – Evotik

By Evotik| 2019-06-23T03:42:17+00:00 June 23rd, 2019|Andreessen Horowitz, bird, breakthrough initiatives, direct listing, Equity podcast, Equity transcribed, Facebook, Funding, Fundings & Exits, initial public offering, IPO, Libra, lime, Lyft, Plaid, podcast transcript, revel, Ribbit Capital, Scooter, slack, Startups, TC, Thrive Capital, transcript, Uber, Uncategorized, Union Square Ventures, Venmo, venture capital, WeWork|

Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity. This week, TechCrunch’s Danny Crichton filled in for co-host Alex Wilhelm – who was out [...]

14 06, 2019