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The investor experience at TechCrunch All Stage: One floor, infinite deal flow

TechCrunch All Stage isn’t a waiting room for warm intros — it’s a floor full of founders, ideas, and breakout potential. For VCs, it’s a rare chance to skip the filters and meet the future of tech in one place, on one day, with no layers between you and the next standout story. Whether you’re...

Clay secures a new round at a $3B valuation, sources say

AIMPWAJune 13, 2025

Clay, a sales automation startup, has raised a Series C round at an approximate $3 billion valuation, led by Capital G, according to three sources with knowledge of the deal. Clay and Capital G didn’t respond to a request for comment. The new round comes just a month after the New York startup announced that...

Zevo’s EV-only car-share fleet is helping Tesla owners make money

AIMPWAJune 13, 2025

Hebron Sher remembers daydreaming in 2019 when Elon Musk promised Tesla’s cars would become robotaxis, capable of going out in the world to make money for owners. Sher was already a user of the car-sharing platform Turo, and the idea of turning a Tesla into an even bigger moneymaker was an attractive proposition. But as...

Startups Weekly: No sign of pause

AIMPWAJune 13, 2025

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. You’d think WWDC would cause a lull in startup news. But not in June, when everyone is eager to announce their latest deals — or even to...

The founder experience at TechCrunch All Stage: Built for people building what’s next

AIMPWAJune 13, 2025

For a founder, time is the one resource you can’t raise. That’s why TechCrunch All Stage — happening July 15 in Boston’s SoWa Power Station — is designed to make every minute count. Whether you’re at the whiteboard sketching v1 of your product or figuring out how to lead a team of 50, TechCrunch All...