The 22 top clean tech and energy 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 7 top space and defense tech startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield  |

7:00 AM PST December 27, 2025 Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top…

How reality crushed Ÿnsect, the French startup that had raised over $600M for insect farming |

French startup Ÿnsect shot into the spotlight when “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr. touted its merits on the “Late Show” during Super Bowl weekend…

The 9 top cybersecurity 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 European startup market’s data doesn’t match its energy — yet |

The excitement for the European startup market was hard to ignore at the annual Slush conference in Helsinki last month. But the actual data on…

The European startup market's data doesn't match its energy — yet |

The excitement for the European startup market was hard to ignore at the annual Slush conference in Helsinki last month. But the actual data on…

The 9 top biotech 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 14 top agtech, food tech 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 from them, the…

ServiceNow to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75B |

In Brief Posted: 12:40 PM PST · December 23, 2025 Enterprise software company ServiceNow agreed to acquire nine-year-old cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion in…

Marissa Mayer’s new startup Dazzle raises $8M led by Forerunner’s Kirsten Green |

The former Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer, refuses to sit on the sidelines of the generative AI revolution. After spending the last six years running Sunshine,…