When predatory investors damage your chances of success

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. You know what isn’t a great idea for my energy levels? Enjoying a week of TechCrunch Disrupt and then getting straight on a plane to attend a startup event in Oslo, Norway. …

Pudgy Penguins’ approach may be the answer to fixing NFTs’ revenue problems

The company’s toy-focused expansion is its bet that NFTs should have a broader presence, one that’s not limited to the digital world.

VC Office Hours: How data can help improve social impact investing

Erin Harkless Moore talks about Pivotal Ventures’ investment strategy, and its future.

BeReal pushes back at report that it’s losing steam, says it now has 25M daily users

Just under a year ago, the buzzy new social app BeReal looked to be on the rise, with reportedly 20 million users launching the app every day to snap their candid photos. However, in the months since, BeReal’s traction has declined, according to …

How to pitch me: 7 investors discuss what they’re looking for in September 2023

If you’d like to know what investors are looking for, how they want to be approached and what they’re most likely to ask, keep reading.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Point.me’s $10M Series A deck

I like a good airline points flight just as much as the fuzzy feeling you get from knowing you’ve “beaten the system,” but does Point.me solve a “real” problem?

WestBridge seeks to buy stake in India’s Meesho

WestBridge Capital is in advanced stages of talks to purchase shares of Meesho in the secondary market, according to two people familiar with the matter, as the high-profile venture firm looks to broaden its bet on e-commerce. The investment firm, with…