Natasha Mascarenhas

Senior Reporter, TechCrunch

Natasha Mascarenhas was a senior reporter at TechCrunch covering early stage startups and venture capital trends.

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Startups

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Venture

The debate happening inside of every VC firm
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Venture-backed everything for real-world problems, please
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Startups

The Mint, started by Better Tomorrow Ventures, wants to be the accelerator fintech needs
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May 10, 2023
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Startups

This app, backed by Marissa Mayer and Peter Thiel, is making texts more expressive
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May 8, 2023

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Mayfield raised just shy of $1B to avoid unicorn hype
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May 8, 2023
Startups

This week in tech acronyms: FRB and GPT
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AI

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is shaking up the edtech markets
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May 5, 2023
Startups

Aaron Burr’s tech angle, blue skies and no photos at this time
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May 5, 2023 35 Min

Venture

The outside advantage that your investor may be interested in
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Startups

As another startup bank partner collapses, tech feels the gap
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May 2, 2023
Startups

Ann Lai says she was fired from Bullpen Capital after helping deliver a $145M fund
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May 1, 2023
Startups

Pitch for the check you want
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Apr 29, 2023

Startups

Is First Republic just a victim of SVB’s collapse?
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Apr 28, 2023 30 Min
Startups

Clubhouse needs to fix things, and today it cut more than half of staff
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Apr 27, 2023
Startups

Chief, a professional network for women leaders, cuts staff amid restructuring effort
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Apr 27, 2023
Featured

Founders change their pitch
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Apr 27, 2023

TechCrunch Live with SignalFire and ClassDojo

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Apr 26, 2023
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A modern take on what an entrepreneur can, and should, spend their time on
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Apr 26, 2023 29 Min
TechCrunch Live with SignalFire and ClassDojo

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Apr 19, 2023
Crypto

Despite regulatory concerns, the US is far from losing its venture crown
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Apr 19, 2023

Startups

Yep, ‘Learning Man’ is becoming a thing
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Apr 15, 2023
Startups

Unicorns are rare, but what about real?
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Apr 14, 2023 32 Min
Venture

Founders shouldn’t have to choose between mental health and grit
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Apr 12, 2023 42 Min
Fintech

This fintech startup ideally wants to be ‘a lot more boring’ than Robinhood
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Apr 12, 2023

Startups

Silicon Valley Bank’s chief risk officer is out, months after taking the job
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Apr 11, 2023
Venture

In edtech, history matters: Reach Capital just closed its largest fund to date
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Apr 10, 2023
Startups

We’re still talking about Y Combinator valuations
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Apr 8, 2023
Startups

Don’t ever leak data, but especially if you’re building this
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Apr 7, 2023 38 Min