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As VC firms invest more in B2B startups, Intuition is a new VC fund focused on consumer tech
In 2024, it’s hard to wake up without reading about another big round of funding in an AI startup. IntuitionHowever, a new Paris-based VC firm is…
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we look at Ramp’s big jump in growth and valuation, Mercury’s move into personal banking, Klarna’s new credit card, global…
Consumer tech investing still hot for Maven Ventures, securing $60 million in Fund IV
When productive venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lerer Hippeau announced in early 2024 that they were moving away from consumer technology, sparked a discussion on…
Harvard Startup Whisperer Peter Gladstone Reveals Secrets to Validating Consumer Demand at TechCrunch Early Stage
Validating consumer demand is a critical step for any startup, and TechCrunch Early Stage offers a golden opportunity to learn how to do it right. Peter…
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) he said in an order Tuesday that BloomTech, the for-profit coding bootcamp formerly known as Lambda School, defrauded students…
Fintech Mercury, whose B2B business is under regulatory scrutiny, expands into consumer banking
Business banking startup Mercury, founded in 2017, is now launching a consumer banking product. Mercury currently serves more than 100,000 businesses, many of which are startups,…
Italy’s competition and consumer authority, AGCM, fined TikTok 10 million euros (nearly $11 million) following an investigation into algorithmic security issues. The authority opened an investigation…
Bumble, a once powerful force in online dating, is facing a reckoning. The company posted weak Q4 2023 results today, showing a net loss of $32…
The US Federal Trade Commission continued its crackdown on data brokers with a settlement that bars data aggregator InMarket from selling consumers’ precise location data. Texas-based…
The app economy rebounded in 2023, with consumer spending at $171 billion, but downloads were flat
After the app economy slowed down for the first time in 2022, things picked up again in the past year. According to app intelligence provider data.ai’s…