Thatch raises $40M to give employees more control of their health care choices

Thatch, a startup that aims to transform the health insurance experience for employers and employees alike, has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding, it tells TechCrunch exclusively. Index Ventures led the financing, which included participation from existing backers Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), General Catalyst, SemperVirens, PeopleTech Partners, The General Partnership, and new [...]

Call for speakers: Showcase your knowledge at TechCrunch All Stage

Calling founders, VCs, and startup experts — share your scaling strategies! TechCrunch All Stage 2025 is assembling top minds in startups and venture capital on July 15 in Boston. If you have valuable insights on scaling, now’s your chance to share them with 1,200+ founders, investors, and entrepreneurs. Lead thought-provoking sessions, interactive roundtables, and actionable [...]

14 end user domain sales up to $55,000

Hyundai, a UN organization, and an identity management company bought domain names. It looks like carmaker Hyundai bought the top public domain sale at Sedo this past week. It will be interesting to see if AI platform Claude was the buyer of clau.de for €40,000, but the domain doesn’t resolve yet. Here’s a list of [...]

Startup Battlefield winner Salva Health is changing the game in breast cancer detection

Six years ago, while researching for a college entrepreneurship competition, Valentina Agudelo identified a troubling gap in breast cancer survival rates between Latin America and the developed world: women in her native Colombia and the rest of South America are dying at higher rates due to late detection.  Today, Agudelo is the co-founder and CEO [...]