Category: new york
SpaceX’s spin-outs are helping build LA’s startup ecosystem
During the days when Snapchat’s popularity was booming, investors thought the company would become the anchor for a new Los Angeles technology scene. Snapchat, they hoped, would spin-off entrepreneurs and angel investors who would reinvest in the local ecosystem and create new companies that would in turn foster more wealth,…
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Expanding its women’s health benefits offerings for employers, Mayven raises $45 million
Over the past twelve months, Mayven, the benefits provider focused on women’s health and family planning, has expanded its customer base to include over 100 companies and grownits telehealth services to include 1,700 providers across 20 specialties — for services like shipping breast milk, finding a doula and egg freezing,…
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Zero Motorcycles unveils new SR/S — a full-fairing 124 mph sport EV
California-based mobility startup Zero Motorcycles has a new e-moto in its lineup — the fully-faired SR/S, unveiled today in New York. The company’s CEO Sam Paschel pulled the cover off the two-wheeled EV, which is based on the platform of the company’s SR/F, released last year. The new SR/S has…
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The Station: Lucid Motors spy shot and the birth of an AV startup
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. Hello again — or perhaps for the first time. This is Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch and your host here…
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Reset Button is approaching student debt from a new angle
Student loan debt in the U.S. totals $1.5 trillion, and more than 44 million Americans have outstanding student loan debt. According to research by Jason Iuliano, Villanova law professor, a million student loan debtors have filed for bankruptcy in the past five years. However, 99.9 percent of them did not…
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California Senator proposes tighter regulations on direct-to-consumer genetics testing companies
A state senator in California is introducing legislation designed to provide more direct oversight over direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies. The new regulations, introduced by Santa Ana’s Democratic Senator Thomas Umberg, builds on attempts in the California Consumer Privacy Act to regulate the ways data collected from genetic testing can be…
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