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How Zoox turned a failed Series C into the future TechCrunch 12/19/2020 Natasha Mascarenhas I often begin calls with founders by asking why they’re willing to bet their livelihoods on an idea that will most likely fail. It’s a small hack that lets me see how vulnerable a founder is, and how much conviction they have behind their ideas. Sometimes, if they answer, it’s the lede of my story. And sometimes, if they don’t answer, it’s the reason I don’t write the story. As blunt as the question sounds, it can spark the best answers -- especially when the founder is wo...

The Venn diagram between crypto and OnlyFans Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For the first time in donkey’s years, we didn’t have our full crew this week. Instead, we had just Natasha and Chris and myself — we had to survive without Danny while he took the week “off” to “relax.” But our depleted ranks did not mean that news was waiting for us to reassemble. Indeed, there was a mass of stuff to get through: Atlanta-based Presso raised $1.6 million for its in-unit...

Investors double down on tech stocks in massive DoorDash, Airbnb, C3.ai IPOs Editor’s note:  Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. PT). Subscribe here. Maybe it is a stock market bubble, or a tech-stock bubble at least. And maybe DoorDash, Airbnb and C3.ai and their bankers should have priced higher regardless to take advantage of all of the enthusiasm. It’s hard to avoid reactions like that, after DoorDash, for example, doubled its final private share price to $102 for its public debut on Wednesday — only to see...