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Despite VCs investing $75 billion in the fourth quarter, it’s still tough for startups to raise money, data shows
After two years of relatively muted investment activity, it looks like VCs are starting to pour capital into startups at pandemic-era levels once again. But a…
PowerSchool data breach victims say hackers stole ‘all’ of their historical student and teacher data
U.S. school districts affected by the recent cyber attack on tech giant PowerSchool told TechCrunch that the hackers had access to “all” of the historical student…
For years, Vyas Sekar would call Muckai Girish, an old friend from undergrad, to talk about potential startup ideas and get Girish’s opinion. The two usually…
A breach of Gravy Analytics’ vast trove of location data threatens the privacy of millions
An intrusion and data breach at location data broker Gravy Analytics threatens the privacy of millions of people around the world whose smartphone apps inadvertently exposed…
World(coin) must allow Europeans to completely delete their data, according to the privacy mandate
It took far longer than originally planned weeks to arrive, but a critical privacy decision that has been hanging over Sam Altman’s World (aka Worldcoin) for…
The counter’s customers are now being forced to hand over their data or risk losing it, they say
After accounting startup Bench abruptly shut down on Dec. 27 and was bought by Employer.com, Bench clients are now learning they can’t just take their financials…
Provocative is a new early-stage VC firm focused on B2B SaaS and fintech coming out of stealth on Thursday. Joseph Pizzolato (image right) and Cam Rail…
AI companies worldwide raised more than $100 billion in venture capital dollars by 2024, according to Crunchbase dataan increase of more than 80% compared to 2023.…
Popular online board game and RPG platform Roll20 announced Wednesday that it suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of some users. In a…
Newsletter writer covering Evolve Bank data breach says bank sent him cease-and-desist letter
The situation surrounding a data breach that has affected an ever-increasing number of fintech companies has gotten even stranger. Evolve Bank & Trust announced last week…