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Enterprise

Employers, Ease Up: Bereave Urges Improved Sensitivity Towards Death

If death and taxes are inevitable, why are companies so prepared for taxes, but not for death? In the immediate aftermath of Linder’s loss, founding a company would have been a long shot. So Bereave built a B2B product to sell to employers, which they can offer their employees in times of need. The platform catalogs resources for people experiencing loss, walking them through the steps of closing out a loved one’s affairs. Tall Poppy, a company that offers digital safety guidance for employees navigating online harassment and hacks, also uses step-by-step checklists.

Zara Khan
June 8, 2024

Gadgets, Venture

“Closing the Gap: Trellis Climate’s Mission to Overcome the ‘Commercial Valley of Death’ for Climate Technology”

Some call it the “commercial valley of death,” and it’s the point at which many climate tech startups struggle. Climate nonprofit Prime Coalition is hoping to bridge the valley with a new program, Trellis Climate. Trellis Climate follows the latter model with a focus on middle stages, where capital has grown scarce. “There are more and more philanthropists that are really interested in solving the climate problem,” Lara Pierpoint, director of Trellis Climate, told TechCrunch. “It is the most flexible and potentially risk-forward set of dollars that are out there.”For founders in climate tech, that sort of funding is likely welcome news.

Dylan Williams
April 18, 2024

Uncategorized

“Unleashing the Thirst for Innovation: Vying VC-Funded Beverage Brands Set to Revolutionize the Market Against Coke and Pepsi”

Liquid Death is just one of many VC-backed beverage startups ready to disrupt Coke and Pepsi Venture-backed beverage startups continue to popOn March 11, a fizzy startup announced that it had raised $67 million at a $1.4 billion valuation and reached $263 million in sales in 2023. Did you guess that this startup is Liquid Death, a canned water company? (Liquid Death declined to comment.) It also rose to be the 11th fastest-growing beverage brand in the last month, besting brands like Monster Energy, Gatorade and Liquid Death. Olipop and Liquid Death seem well on their way.

Ava Patel
March 23, 2024

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Dispute between Tumblr CEO and transgender user breaks out in public, exposing confidential account identifiers.

Instead, he’s arguing with Tumblr users over an individual content moderation decision, which has sparked communitywide outcry and accusations of transphobia. Aside from Elon Musk since he took over Twitter (now X), it’s uncommon to see the CEOs of social platforms commenting directly on individual content moderation decisions. But no one on the trust and safety team was reassigned, so these moderation decisions likely weren’t impacted by the company shake-up. However, Tumblr has a bad track record for content moderation decisions, especially those involving trans people. “We did have an external contract moderator last year that was making transphobic moderation (and also selling moderation, criminally),” Mullenweg wrote on his blog.

Max Chen
February 22, 2024

Apps, Startups

Tech Innovator Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in Tragic Incident

Bob Lee, creator of Cash App and former CTO of Square, stabbed to death

Bob Lee was an extraordinarily talented product officer and a respected member of the MobileCoin team. His death is a tremendous loss for the company and the cryptocurrency community as…

Zara Khan
April 5, 2023

Startups, Venture

Stepping Off the Unicorn Death Cliff: Examining When Enough Is Too Much

When do we reach the unicorn death cliff?

Some observers are concerned that high burn rates among tech startups could spell trouble for the industry in the future. While startup activity surged in late 2019 and early 2020,…