Christine Magee

Market research
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VCs Put A Ring On Wedding Companies

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Venture capitalists love markets where consumers spend exorbitantly for services that are extortionately priced, and no market exemplifies...

Christine Magee

Market research
3 min read

Investors Swing For The Fences With $1B In Sports Tech Deals

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. From wearable activity trackers to fantasy e-sports, technology is transforming the way athletes train for the game and fans...

Christine Magee

Market research
4 min read

Underwear Startups Have Investors Hot and Bothered

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. After taking the runway at New York Fashion Week, fashion tech is making a play for the bedroom. A new collection of underthings and intimates startups...

Christine Magee

Market research
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Atlanta’s Southern Hospitality Is Winning Venture Investors

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Atlanta is home to the world’s largest drive-in, some of rap music’s greatest minds, and 71 streets named...

Christine Magee

Market research
4 min read

VCs Stop, Collaborate And Listen To Teamwork Tech

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. While we struggle to set up a group Skype chat and create Google Sheets to organize our list of Google Docs, a...

Christine Magee

Market research
5 min read

Venture Investors Put $2 Billion Into The Blackboard Jungle

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Venture capitalists really hit the books in 2014. Edtech companies stockpiled nearly $2 billion in venture funding — a 50% jump from...

Christine Magee

Market research
1 min read

VCs Hold Back On Drone Tech Deals

On Sunday, the FAA issued the long-awaited set of regulations around unmanned aerial vehicles. Four years overdue and two weeks after a drone crashed on the White House lawn, the new rules are not...

Christine Magee

Market research
1 min read

The Rise Of The “Uber For X” Startup

You know you’ve made it big when the name of your company inspires an entirely new startup terminology. We’ve seen the Uber for boats, the Uber for lawn care, and the Uber for cannabis...

Christine Magee

Market research
3 min read

Bitcoin Blazes New Trail In Emerging Markets

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. While the tech world is busy speculating about bitcoin’s volatile value, cryptocurrency is making arguably its biggest impact in countries where the current price...

Christine Magee

Market research
1 min read

Japan’s TechTsushin Features CrunchBase

We were excited to see CrunchBase featured in Japanese business magazine TechTsushin this week: Our president, Matt Kaufman, explains the vision behind the Business Graph and urges Japanese entrepreneurs to take advantage of the CrunchBase platform....

Christine Magee

Market research
2 min read

VCs Battle For A Spot In The Parking Market

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. As Uber continues on its quest to corner the global ride-hailing marketplace, venture investors in search of the next billion dollar...

Christine Magee

Market research
5 min read

Clean Tech Stages A Comeback In The Smart Building Space

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. After the clean tech boom went bust, the industry seemed to disappear from the tech world’s focus as quickly as the billions of dollars...

Christine Magee

Market research
2 min read

Will Tech IPOs Set New Records In 2015?

VC-backed startups set a high bar for exits in 2014, but a handful of unicorns have the potential to surprise us all again in 2015. Beating current records is going to be tough. Alibaba holds the trophy for the largest...

Christine Magee

Market research
3 min read

Female Founders Fare Much Better In 2014

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. In a place where having a penis is referred to as the sine qua non of the startup founder, it’s easy to jump...

Christine Magee

Market research
2 min read

Seed Investments Take A Hard Hit in 2014 — Globally

So the seed bubble has popped in the U.S. — but what about the rest of the world? After finding that the number of U.S. seed rounds raised in 2014 went...

Christine Magee

Market research
1 min read

Prices Plunge But Investors Are Still Bullish On Bitcoin

Bitcoin has taken a major hit in the past year, now trading at just over $200 from a peak of roughly $1,200 at the end of 2013. But VCs are undeterred....

Christine Magee

Market research
5 min read

Ask A VC: Rock Health’s Halle Tecco

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Halle Tecco is the founder and managing director of Rock Health, a digital health-focused seed fund. Rock...

Christine Magee

Market research
3 min read

Start-Up Chile Launches Follow-On Fund To Boost Local Growth

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Shortly after launching Start-Up Chile, the state-backed accelerator program designed to spur the development of a startup ecosystem in Chile, the...

Christine Magee

Market research
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Israeli Entrepreneurs Drive Transportation Tech

With a fresh $50 million in Series C funding announced yesterday, Israeli public transportation startup Moovit has sped into 5th on a list of Israel’s top venture-backed startups. Israeli entrepreneurs have been winning in the transportation market lately —...

Christine Magee

Market research
2 min read

As CES Frenzy Dies Down, Sin City’s Local Tech Scene Thrives

The focus of the tech world shifted away from Las Vegas this weekend as CES came to a close, but a growing ecosystem of local entrepreneurs is giving investors something new to talk...

Christine Magee