Amit Anand is a founding partner of Jungle Ventures and an early pioneer and leader in the development of Southeast Asia’s venture capital industry. More posts by this contributor Startups are evolving to manage growth alongside profitability Predicting the next wave of Southeast Asia tech giants The recent IPOs of several tech companies in Southeast […]
Netflix’s real-life ‘Squid Game’ competition will feature the biggest cash prize and largest cast in reality TV history – TechCrunch
Yesterday, Netflix greenlit “Squid Game: The Challenge,” a reality competition series based on the popular South Korean drama that, luckily, doesn’t have people killing each other “Hunger Games” style, and will offer a cash prize of $4.56 million. (That’s a lifetime of dalgona candies right there!) Not only will this be the largest cash prize […]
Instacart renames its subscription service to Instacart+, adds new family shopping features – TechCrunch
Instacart announced today that it’s introducing Instacart+, a revamped version of its subscription service previously called Instacart Express. The subscription service costs $9.99 per month or $99 per year and will give customers access to new family shopping features and free delivery on orders over $35. As with Instacart Express, subscribers will also get 5% […]
Twitter now allows local businesses to display location, hours and contact info on their profiles – TechCrunch
Twitter’s expanding its suite of offerings for businesses with a new feature called Location Spotlight for professional accounts, the company announced on Tuesday. Now, local stores can display details on their profiles such as the location of their business or shop, contact info, and operational hours. The new feature is available for Twitter Professional account […]
We’re entering an era of, um, creative accounting in startups – TechCrunch
Down rounds, recaps, extensions…what’s the truth? Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha and Alex brought […]