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Founders are often told to follow the fit of the product market more than anything else, but what if the scale is too fast and too fast, actually hindering them? At TechCrunch All Stage 2025, held in Boston on July 15th, Jon McNeill, CEO and co-founder of DVX Ventures (and former president of Tesla and COO at Lyft), will take the scale stage to flip through scripts with traditional startup growth advice. His session, “Operators' Playbook for Building and Expansion of Sustainable Enterprises,” explores why the next generation of persistent companies are built differently by operators who test both their…

IceBlock is an iPhone app that allows users to anonymously report sightings of US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents, robbing the rocket at one of the coveted top spots in Apple's US app store rankings. Results: Criticism from US Attorney General Pam Bondi helped them get there. According to CNN, Ice Block has around 20,000 users, mostly in Los Angeles, and ice attacks have become a commonplace in recent weeks. Following Bondi's remarks late Monday, the app became a virus overnight. As of Tuesday afternoon, the app has now become one of the most downloaded free iPhone apps in…

Figma publicly shared its finances on Tuesday, bringing the design software company closer to IPOs. Additionally, this first S-1 lacks details such as the number of shares offered and the price, but regulatory filings provide the clearest view of its financial health and potential. IPO expert Renaissance Capital estimates Figma can raise up to $1.5 billion from the offer. If it meets or exceeds it, Figma's IPO matches or breaks CoreWeave's IPO, raising $1.5 billion, and was the biggest IPO of 2025 to date. There are several reasons why I believe Figma can pull it off. According to S-1 filing,…

Venture capital company Cataterio Capital Management today announced the closure of its $400 million Fund IV, as first reported by Bloomberg. The fund continues its paper on supporting healthcare and biotech companies. According to Pitchbook, the company was founded in 2020 and has invested more than 100. In particular, Catalio's Fund IV has already supported 16 companies, including diagnostic companies PinkDX and Drug Discovery Company Superluminal Medicines. The company previously raised $381 million Fund III in 2020 and $100 million Fund II in 2019 on a pitchbook basis. In particular, the biotech market has not been affected by the venture…

AI-Native startups are rewriting the rules of what early traction looks like. Glasswing Ventures partner Kleida Martiro will lead the breakout to cut straight to the core of this cutting at TechCrunch All Stage on July 15th in Boston. Her session, Capital in a competitive market: How to fund AI-Native startups, and how early AI founders can frame growth stories in ways that resonate with advanced investors, and rule out those still stuck in SaaS-era Metrics. And it's easier than ever to get the opportunity to learn from her expertise. A limited time ticket discount will result in the founder…

Apple's iPad comes with built-in productivity tools like notes, calendars, reminders, and more, but there are many apps to help you if you want to explore new ways to maximize productivity and organize your life. While the iPad started out as a device that could be used to stream content and browse the web on the go, Apple essentially turned the iPad into a computer, allowing it to handle a variety of tasks for individual, work and school use. As a result, there are many apps that can help you create a single place to organize your life, or block…

The growth stage fundraising is again speeding up, but it's not the same game as before. At TechCrunch All Stage 2025, held on July 15th in Boston, we invite people who know how the rules will change and how to win in today's market. Gao supports breakout startups such as Culture Amp, Gem, Sword Health, and Eliseai. She sat on either side of the table as an investor and operator. At Gusto, she helped scale the Post Series B. Now she helps founders get through noise and land deals in an increasingly competitive environment. Don't miss out on Cathy's insights…

Instagram threads have rolled out the most requested features of users to date. It's a feature that sends messages directly to people without switching to another app like Instagram. The company said Direct Messages (DMS) will be rolled out to users globally starting Tuesday, along with a new visual element called Highlighter. The latter emphasizes interesting perspectives and conversations, and the meta starts with trending topics. At startup, thread DM provides a basic set of features. They support one-on-one chat, preset emoji responses, the ability to report spam, and Mute DMS (like Instagram). Other features such as group messaging, inbox…

Instagram threads have rolled out the most requested features of users to date. It's a feature that sends messages directly to people without switching to another app like Instagram. The company said Direct Messages (DMS) will be rolled out to users globally starting Tuesday, along with a new visual element called Highlighter. The latter emphasizes interesting perspectives and conversations, and the meta starts with trending topics. At startup, thread DM provides a basic set of features. They support one-on-one chat, preset emoji responses, the ability to report spam, and Mute DMS (like Instagram). Other features such as group messaging, inbox…

Grammarly announced on Tuesday its acquisition of superhuman human email clients to build AI for its productivity suite. Neither company provided details regarding the financial terms of the transaction. The Superhuman was founded by Rahul Vohra, Vivek Sodera, and Conrad Irwin. According to data from Venture Data Analytics company Traxcn, the company has raised more than $114 million in funding from its patrons, including A16Z, IVP and Tiger Global. “In superhuman, you can deliver that future to millions of experts while still providing existing users with another surface for agent collaboration that doesn't exist anywhere else. Email is more than…