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Vishal Joshi @spur

Co-Founder & CEO, Joy

Joined November 2012
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30 Nov 2022
Today, we're excited to share that we have raised $60m Series B funding led by @generalcatalyst @bonatsos @sbp04 @jcut to extend @joytheapp’s wedding planning platform to all life events. axios.com/pro/retail-deals/2… Thanks @kimberly @axios for the coverage!

Wedding platform Joy plans other live events

The company raised $60 million to move beyond weddings.

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Joy@JoytheApp
30 Nov 2022
We're thrilled to announce today our $60M in Series B funding led by @generalcatalyst to extend our wedding planning platform for all of life’s events. Thank you @MsKimberlyChin @axios for covering the news! axios.com/pro/retail-deals/2…
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30 Mar 2022
Climate change: Wind and solar reach milestone as demand surges bbc.in/3LkqXcK

Climate change: Wind and solar reach milestone as demand surges

Wind turbines and solar panels produced 10% of global electricity in 2021 but coal also had a resurgence.

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4 Oct 2021
Joe Montana on why he invested in events startup Joy: ‘The problem was personal to them’ trib.al/HytAQgD
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Vishal Joshi@spur
10 Feb 2021
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Mount Sinai study finds Apple Watch can predict COVID-19 diagnosis up to a week before testing |...

A new study from Mount Sinai researchers published in the peer-reviewed "Journal of Medical Internet Research" found that wearable hardware, and

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10 Dec 2020
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Squire, a barbershop tech startup, triples its valuation to $250M in latest round | TechCrunch

Squire, a startup that sells software to barbershops, has raised $59 million in a round led by Iconiq Capital. The raise is $45 million in equity capital,

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21 Nov 2020
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Wish files to go public with 100M monthly actives, $1.75B in 2020 revenue thus far | TechCrunch

This morning Wish, a well-known mobile e-commerce startup, filed to go public. It joins Affirm, Airbnb and Roblox in filing this week as many well-known

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19 Nov 2020
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Affirm files to go public | TechCrunch

Affirm, a consumer finance business founded by PayPal mafia member Max Levchin, filed to go public this afternoon. The company’s financial results show

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9 Nov 2020
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Long concerned about climate change, VC Steve Westly is feeling electrified | TechCrunch

A former CFO of the state of California, Steve Westly is passionate about government. The onetime eBay exec and early Tesla board member has also been a

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17 Oct 2020
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Future raises $24M Series B for its $150/mo workout coaching app amid at-home fitness boom |...

With thousands of gyms across the country forced to close during the pandemic, there's been an unprecedented opportunity for fitness companies pitching an

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10 Oct 2020
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Amazon debuts its first fully electric delivery vehicle, created in partnership with Rivian |...

Amazon has received delivery of its very first, custom-built EV delivery van -- a vehicle built through its partnership with electric transportation

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7 Oct 2020
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Trump Sends Mixed Messages Over Covid-19 Stimulus

President Trump pulled the plug on ongoing bipartisan coronavirus relief talks in an abrupt move that jolted Wall Street and surprised lawmakers of both parties, but hours later called on Congress to...

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2 Oct 2020
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Elon Musk says an update for its Starship spacecraft development program is coming in 3 weeks |...

SpaceX will provide an update about what's happening with their Starship spacecraft in roughly three weeks, according to CEO and founder Elon Musk.

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1 Oct 2020
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Allbirds CEO Joey Zwillinger on the startup's $100 million round, profitability and SPAC mania |...

As people spend less time out in the world and more time daydreaming about when a vaccine will arrive, lifestyle shoes are only gaining traction. One

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16 Sep 2020
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Here's everything Apple revealed at its September hardware event | TechCrunch

iPads, Apple Watches, iOS 14 — and more.

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10 Aug 2020
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New bidders reportedly emerge for TikTok in the US as powerful critics assail the process |...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that TikTok and Twitter have held talks about a potential merger, even as the video sharing company defends itself

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31 Jul 2020
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Amazon gains FCC approval for Kuiper internet satellite constellation and commits $10 billion to...

Amazon has received approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch and operate a planned constellation of 3,236 internet

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24 Jul 2020
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After ad revenue drop, Twitter tells investors it's eyeing subscription options | TechCrunch

After reporting Q2 earnings that showed a marked dip in ad revenue, Twitter has said its exploring alternatives -- dangling the possibility of a

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22 Jul 2020
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Elon Musk is one board approval away from another $2.1 billion in stock options | TechCrunch

Tesla's six-month average trailing market capitalization hit $150 billion on Tuesday after a four-month run up of the automaker's share price that

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14 Jul 2020
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Lattice, a people management platform, picks up $45M at a $400M valuation | TechCrunch

Working these days is not what it used to be. To enforce social distancing and slow the spread of the COVID-19 health pandemic, many of us have decamped

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