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TouchCast raises $55M to grow its mixed reality-based virtual event platform

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Events — when they haven’t been cancelled altogether in the last 12 months due to the global health pandemic — have gone virtual and online, and a wave of startups that are helping people create and participate in those experiences are seeing a surge of attention — and funding.

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Twine raises $3.3M to add networking features to virtual events

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Twine , a video chat startup that launched amid the pandemic as a sort of “Zoom for meeting new people,” shifted its focus to online events and, as a result, has now closed on $3.3 So the company shifted its focus to the familiar events space, with a specific focus on online events which grew in popularity due to the pandemic.

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Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market

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Yet, to a growing number of entrepreneurs in the Valley, when one physical door closes, a virtual one opens. With the goal of making remote work more spontaneous, there are dozens of new startups working to create virtual HQs for distributed teams. Succulents and spatial technology. The biggest challenge ahead?

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5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem

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City Spotlight: Boston Register for the free event here! Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify Boston has had a thriving tech startup ecosystem for a while, but things can change fast. Register for the free virtual event here.

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Reap big benefits when you attend both TC Early Stage 2021 events

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Head to TechCrunch Early Stage — a two-day virtual bootcamp that gives early founders (pre-seed through Series A) access to the leading experts across a range of essential entrepreneurial skills. That’s exactly why we’re hosting two Early Stage events this year. That’s a lot of ground to cover, amirite? Note: In a hurry?

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Is this the year that we get our dream back channeling platform?

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Some investors still scoff at the idea that their portfolio companies may be asked to review what it’s like to work with them; similarly, founders are surprised when stories, not Cultureamp surveys, are where honest feedback truly lives. Wordle is tech born of love that asks nothing in return.

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The week an Apple event and YC Demo Day collided

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Welcome back to Week in Review , the newsletter where we very quickly sum up the most read TechCrunch stories from the past week. This week saw two big events running in parallel: an Apple hardware announcement and Y Combinator’s Demo Day. Happy Saturday, friends. Want it in your inbox every Saturday AM? Get it here. techcrunch+.