The TechCrunch Mafia

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Published

October 10, 2024

Founded by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch quickly became a prominent platform for technology news and startup coverage. Initially launched as a blog, TechCrunch focused on profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies, which garnered a significant following among tech enthusiasts and investors.

Michael Arrington's vision and deep involvement in the tech industry propelled TechCrunch to prominence, making it a go-to source for breaking news and insightful analysis on the latest in tech. Despite various changes in ownership and editorial direction, TechCrunch remains dedicated to covering the pulse of the startup ecosystem and providing valuable insights to its audience worldwide.

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The TechCrunch Mafia

The TechCrunch Mafia has founded 120 companies and raised $590M.

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List of All the Amazing Companies Covered:

Udemy
Yumi
Maven
Vantage
StartUp Health
Anyplace
Zengo
Kaden Health
Tilak Healthcare
Touchcast
EquityZen
SignalRank Corporation
Oncue
HD
Estimote
PandoDaily
KITE Scouting
UNXD
Tech.Co
Popularium
ProHabits
Soar Robotics
Traction Technology Partners
Mbrace

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Udemy

Founder: Gagan Biyani

TechCrunch Role: Mobile Writer

Capital Raised: $311.4M

Investors: Norwest Venture Partners

Stage: Public

Udemy is an online learning platform that helps students, companies, and governments gain the skills they need to reach their goals.

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Yumi

Founder: Evelyn Rusli

TechCrunch Role: Anchor Reporter

Capital Raised: $99.1M

Investors: FJ Labs

Stage: Series B

Yumi offers a science-based early childhood meal delivery program.

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Maven

Founder: Gagan Biyani

TechCrunch Role: Mobile Writer

Capital Raised: $25.1M

Investors: First Round Capital

Stage: Series A

Maven empowers the world’s experts to offer cohort-based courses directly to their audience.

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Vantage

Founder: Ben Schaechter

TechCrunch Role: Web Developer

Capital Raised: $25M

Investors: Scale Venture Partners

Stage: Series A

Vantage is a cloud cost management and optimization platform that allows developers to analyze, report on, and reduce cloud costs.

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StartUp Health

Founder: Unity Stoakes

TechCrunch Role: Contributing Writer

Capital Raised: $24.3M

Investors: Masimo

Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

StartUp Health is investing in a global army of Health Transformers to achieve health moonshots.

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Anyplace

Founder: Steve Satoru Naito

TechCrunch Role: Contributor

Capital Raised: $24.3M

Investors: LAUNCH

Stage: Series B

Anyplace is a housing platform built for the work-from-anywhere movement.

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Zengo

Founder: Ouriel Ohayon

TechCrunch Role: Founder

Capital Raised: $24M

Investors: FJ Labs

Stage: Series A

ZenGo is a developer of a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet, secure by default, with cutting-edge MPC cryptography and over 1 million customers and zero hacks.

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Kaden Health

Founder: Christopher Viagrande

TechCrunch Role: Invited Presentation

Capital Raised: $19.3M

Investors: National Science Foundation

Stage: Venture - Series Unknown

Kaden is a behavioral health company dedicated to solving the greatest healthcare challenges of our time with ground-breaking technology and unwavering humanity.

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Tilak Healthcare

Founder: Edouard Gasser

TechCrunch Role: TechCrunch France Writer

Capital Raised: $20.9M

Investors: Elaia

Stage: Series A

Tilak built a series of fun medical games to change the way we monitor chronic diseases.

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Touchcast

Founder: Erick Schonfeld

TechCrunch Role: Editor in Chief

Capital Raised: $55M

Investors: Accenture Ventures

Stage: Series A

Touchcast is building the complete stack for the Internet's next act. Offering companies a turnkey, cost-effective, lighting-fast, accurate and safe path for creating, publishing and distributing conversational, multimodal generative experiences.

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EquityZen

Founder: Shriram Bhashyam

TechCrunch Role: Contributing Writer

Capital Raised: $11.3M

Investors: Draper Associates

Stage: Series B

EquityZen is a marketplace that connects buyers and sellers of private company shares.

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SignalRank Corporation

Founder: Keith Teare

TechCrunch Role: Founding Shareholder

Capital Raised: $11.3M

Investors: Candou Ventures

Stage: Series A

SignalRank is a systematic investment platform with access to the best venture-backed early-stage companies.

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Oncue

Founder: Vineet Thanedar

TechCrunch Role: Lead Engineer

Capital Raised: $11.3M

Investors: Bowery Capital

Stage: Series A

Booking and software platform for moving companies - innovative technology and on-demand booking service helps moving companies scale faster, work smarter and create better futures.

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HD

Founder: Sheji Ho

TechCrunch Role: Contributing Writer

Capital Raised: $11.6M

Investors: SBI Ven Capital

Stage: Series A

HD offers healthcare financing solutions to increase access to affordable care and surgeries.

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Estimote

Founder: Steve Cheney

TechCrunch Role: Contributing Writer

Capital Raised: $14.5M

Investors: BoxGroup

Stage: Convertible Note

Estimote is a technology start-up, building a sensor-based Operating System for the physical world.

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PandoDaily

Founder: Sarah Lacy

TechCrunch Role: Senior Editor

Capital Raised: $4.2M

Investors: Greylock

Stage: Series A

PandoDaily is a web publication offering technology news, analysis, and commentary, focusing mainly on Silicon Valley and startup companies.

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KITE Scouting

Founder: Mark Hendrickson

TechCrunch Role: Project Manager, Designer and Writer

Capital Raised: $4.7M

Investors: Fresco Capital

Stage: Seed

KITE Scouting helps Global 5000 companies better locate potential partners, investment or acquisitions. With KITE, extend your team with venture quality recesses.

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UNXD

Founder: Nick Gonzalez

TechCrunch Role: Research Analyst/Writer

Capital Raised: $4M

Investors: Red DAO

Stage: Seed

UNXD is a curated marketplace for the best of digital culture. Founded in 2021, UNXD is focused on providing collectors with the best items and experiences for these culturally significant works.

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