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Daily Crunch: Police search 2 Twitter offices in India after politician receives warning label To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Welcome back to Daily Crunch. It’s Monday, May 24, and all I can think about is how much I want a Surface Duo now that it can do two-screen gaming. And one of those new iMacs. I don’t need either, of course, but that doesn’t stop my coveting both of the gadgets. Alas. Regardless, it was a super busy start to the week, with lots of startup funding rounds, more i...

The huge sale of Utah-based startup Divvy to Bill.com is still bouncing around my head this week, not only because the $2.5 billion exit was huge for both the company and its local scene, but also because its target market is exciting to watch. Divvy competes in what we call the corporate spend market with a few other unicorns, including Ramp and Brex. This week Brex announced that it is rolling out IRL advertising in a few American cities.

Ready? Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. The huge sale of Utah-based startup Divvy to Bill.com is still bouncing around my head this week, not only because the $2.5 billion exit was huge for both the company and its local scene, but also because its target market is exciting to watch. Divvy competes in what we call the corporate spend market with a few other unicorns, including Ramp and Brex. Now with Divvy taken off the table, the pair of competitors are differentiating in a few ways that matter. And Brex is getting back on its billboard game.

As Zynga impresses, rival mobile-gaming shop Jam City looks to list via SPAC While it would be nice to write about something other than yet another tech company looking to list via a SPAC, the deals keep dropping, so our more traditional fare of covering startup trends will remain on hold for at least one day more. This morning, we’re looking at the Jam City deal to merge with DPCM Capital. Jam City is a bit like Zynga, but unless you are a mobile-gaming aficionado, you might not have heard of it. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. 

June 16 – 3pm ET/12pm PT Marlon Nichols is the founding partner at MaC Venture Capital and has invested in companies like Gimlet Media, MongoDB, Thrive Market, PlayVS, Fair, LISNR, Mayvenn, Blavity and Wonderschool. Chris Bennett, Wonderschool founder, will join Nichols on this episode of Extra Crunch Live to tell us about the Series A fundraising process and give feedback on live pitches from the audience.  REGISTER HERE FOR FREE! Extra Crunch Live: Emergence and Retail Zipline June 23 – 3pm ET/12pm PT Lotti Siniscalco has experience across the fintech landscape as both an operator and ...