Natasha Mascarenhas
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A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs
Here you’ll find a complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2023. → Read More
A pivot, in this market‽
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter Natasha Mascarenhas. → Read More
The debate happening inside of every VC firm
Clearly, VC firms are landing on different conclusions while debating how to jump into AI during its nondebatable watershed moment. → Read More
Venture-backed everything for real-world problems, please
Equity is a TechCrunch podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. → Read More
A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs
Here you’ll find a complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2023. → Read More
The Mint, started by Better Tomorrow Ventures, wants to be the accelerator fintech needs
Better Tomorrow Ventures is launching a fintech accelerator, this time under its own roof, called The Mint. → Read More
How do you know when it’s time to shut down?
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, Natasha spoke to Kristen Anderson, the co-founder and CEO […] → Read More
A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs
Here you’ll find a complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2023. → Read More
This app, backed by Marissa Mayer and Peter Thiel, is making texts more expressive
“The medium is the message” is the common phrase, but entrepreneur Alexis Traina believes that messages, themselves – text messages to be exact – deserve attention, too. Traina is the CEO and co-founder of HiNOTE, an app that helps people create messages, set over personalized backdrops of anything from a tipped-over wine glass to a […] → Read More
Mayfield raised just shy of $1B to avoid unicorn hype
Mayfield Fund's Navin Chaddha announced today that it has raised a total of $955 million across two venture capital funds. → Read More
This week in tech acronyms: FRB and GPT
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. It’s been a big week for tech acronyms. I woke up on Monday to news that First Republic Bank has been closed down by regulators — and JP […] → Read More
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is shaking up the edtech markets
Chegg’s dramatic post-earnings valuation flop will not be the last time that we see new AI tooling run headlong into existing enterprises. → Read More
Aaron Burr’s tech angle, blue skies, and no photos at this time
Alex, Natasha and Mary Ann talk about Finix's Stripes, blue skies and paparazzi all in the realm of a busier-than-usual tech cycles. → Read More
A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs
Here you’ll find a complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2023. → Read More
A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs
Here you’ll find a complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2023. → Read More
As another startup bank partner collapses, tech feels the gap
In the wake of FRB's collapse, founders and investors continue to wonder: where is the best place to protect important assets? → Read More
Ann Lai says she was fired from Bullpen Capital after helping deliver a $145M fund
Ann Lai, a general partner at Bullpen Capital, has been fired from the firm, she says. She had just become an equal GP partner. → Read More
A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs
Here you’ll find a complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2023. → Read More
Pitch for the check you want
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Tech’s guiding principles these days aren’t too difficult to find: discipline, focus and cash conservation. But I’ve always found those same focuses to be especially in conflict with […] → Read More
Is First Republic just a victim of SVB’s collapse?
We're talking AI. We're talking layoffs. And we're talking coffee. → Read More