Although iconic founders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg famously didn’t finish college, multiple studies showthat the vast majority of successful startups had…
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Tade Oyerinde and Teddy Solomon talk about building engaged audiences at Disrupt |
TadeOyerindeand Teddy Solomon know a few things about building communities that last. Afterall, Oyerinde is the founder and chancellor of the online school Campus, while…
The 10 top government, legal startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield |
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the…
The dumbest things that happened in tech this year |
The tech industry moves so fast that it’s hard to keep up with just how much has happened this year. We’ve watched as the tech…
Almost 80 European deep tech university spinouts reached $1B valuations or $100M in revenue in 2025 |
Universities and research labs have long been Europe’s deep tech treasure trove. Now, academic spinouts have consolidated into a solid startup funnel worth $398 billion…
VCs predict enterprises will spend more on AI in 2026 — through fewer vendors |
Enterprises have been piloting and testing different AI tools for the past few years to figure out what their adoption strategy will look like. Investors…
The top 26 consumer/edtech companies from Disrupt Startup Battlefield |
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the…
Investors share what to remember while raising a Series A |
11:00 AM PST · December 27, 2025 What does it take to raise Series A in today’s market? The goalposts have moved, the stakes are…
How to make your startup stand out in a crowded market, according to investors |
At TechCrunch Disrupt, three investors took the stage to dissect what makes — and breaks — a pitch deck. Jyoti Bansal, a founder-turned-investor; Medha Agarwal…