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    Schools are closing their doors, but OpenDoor isn’t – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Natasha Mascarenhas, Danny...

    Ron Howard and Brian Grazer say that their accelerator can help diversify Hollywood – TechCrunch

    Impact Creative Systems (formerly Imagine Impact) is bringing a startup accelerator-style approach to finding fresh creative talent, and it announced this morning that, with...

    Does early-stage health tech need more ‘patient’ capital? – TechCrunch

    New fund Crista Galli Ventures is led by consultant radiologist Dr. Fiona Pathiraja Steve O'Hear @sohear / 10 hours Crista Galli Ventures, a new early-stage health tech...

    Cloudflare’s Michelle Zatlyn on getting funding for crazy ideas – TechCrunch

    It’s not easy getting funding for any startup, but when Cloudflare launched at one of our early events ten years ago, most investors...

    Canix aims to ease cannabis cultivators’ regulatory bookkeeping – TechCrunch

    Growing cannabis on an industrial scale involves managing margins while continually adhering to compliance laws. For many growers, large and small, this consists of...

    Amazon makes Alexa Routines shareable – TechCrunch

    Amazon is making it easier for Alexa devices owners to use Routines. The feature, which has been around for years, allows Alexa users...

    Fabletics eyes what’s next for its activewear empire – TechCrunch

    Like plenty of other modern direct-to-consumer companies, influencer marketing has been an essential part of Fabletics’ journey. Actress Kate Hudson co-founded the company...

    Jennifer Doudna sees CRISPR gene-editing tech as a Swiss Army knife for COVID-19 and beyond – TechCrunch

    Jennifer Doudna, one of the pioneers of the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR, thinks the biotech tool could be an essential one for...

    Here are the 19 companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator Demo Day XXV today – TechCrunch

    When Alchemist Accelerator shifted its Demo Day to virtual earlier this year, Alchemist director and founder Ravi Belani told me it was a...

    Twitter tightens account security for political candidates ahead of US election – TechCrunch

    Twitter is taking steps to tighten account security for a range of users ahead of the US presidential election, including by requiring the...

    Startup founders must overcome information overload – TechCrunch

    Entrepreneurs share their tips for weighing advice and data Mercedes Bent Contributor Mercedes Bent is a partner at Lightspeed where she invests in consumer, edtech and fintech...

    Why hasn’t digital learning lived up to its promise? – TechCrunch

    The fall semester is off to a rocky start. When schools were forced to close in the spring, students (and parents) struggled. As the...

    Mozilla shutters Firefox Send and Notes – TechCrunch

    Mozilla today announced that it will shutter two products: Firefox Send, the free file transfer service it already put on hiatus in July,...

    ClearFlame Engine Technologies takes aim at cleaning up diesel engines – TechCrunch

    Diesel engines are the workhorses of freight transportation and agriculture — and by extension keep the economy fed and well supplied. They also have...

    UrbanKisaan is betting on vertical farming to bring pesticide-free vegetables to consumers and fight India’s water crisis – TechCrunch

    Severe droughts have drained rivers and reservoirs across parts of India, and more than half a billion people in the world’s second-most populous nation...

    Perigee infrastructure security solution from former NSA employee moves into public beta – TechCrunch

    Perigee founder Mollie Breen used to work for NSA where she built a security solution to help protect the agency’s critical infrastructure. She spent...