Hear Forethought AI's CEO talk through how the company found the best time to launch its service, win TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield, and navigate stiff competition.

Walker Drewett founded NuBrakes in May 2019. According to Mike Ghaffary, GP at Canvas Ventures, Drewett is building a high-growth business powered by a marketplace model, which is why Ghaffary led the company's Series A. The product is simple: On-demand vehicle brake repair services. Join this episode to hear how Drewett raised capital and built NuBrakes on the learnings from his previous startup, NuWash (it's on-demand car washes, of course).

On this week's TechCrunch Live, Matt Burns hosted the CEO of Natel Energy and Breakthrough Energy Ventures partner, Libby Waymen. The pair spoke on building technology to address climate change, funding startups with non-dilutive capital, and creating and maintaining relationships with venture capitalists.

Olive CEO and Drive Capital co-founder and managing partner sit with TechCrunch's Managing Editor Matt Burns, and talk through the company's not-so-straight path on becoming a unicorn. This event is just one session of TechCrunch's look at the Columbus, Ohio startup ecosystem.

Raquel Urtasun founded Waabi in 2021 after spending nearly three years as Uber's R&D head of Advanced Technology Group (ATG). Waabi's mission is to develop the an AI-first approach to speed up the commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles, starting with long-haul trucks. To do so, her company raised a $83.5 million Series A with Khosha Venture's Sven Strohband leading the round. Both will speak to Urtasun's unique (and commanding) perspective, and what allowed the company to raise the massive Series A.

QED incubated this auto financing company in 2016 and Kevin Bennett became CEO in 2018 and soon after raised its first seed round. It started as MotoRefi, and rebranded in November 2021 to Caribou. But the mission remains: Transforming consumers’ financial relationship with their cars. Since the founding, Bennett has raised $74 million for the company, including early angel funding from Rachel Holt. At the time, she was a rising executive in Uber — a post she left in 2020 when she co-founded Construct Capital. Hear how Bennett pitched early investors, and what investors like Holt can provide to mobility companies.

Okta's COO Frederic Kerrest and Front's Mathilde Collin speak on raising capital from non-traditional investors like operators. Throughout the episode, both Kerrest and Collin give actionable advice on fundraising, constructing pitch decks, and why a company should plan its next funding round based on confidence.

Welcome to the TechCrunch Live Podcast. This week, we hear from Alex Bouaziz, CEO of Deel, and Anish Acharya, Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) in this TechCrunch Live episode. This show is a little different, and it’s Alex’s fault. He doesn’t have a pitch deck, and TCL generally shows early pitch decks and pulls out insights. But Alex raised $629m without a pitch deck. In this episode, learn the strategies he used to pitch without a deck, and hear about the deck A16z used to pitch itself to Deel.

Introducing The TechCrunch Live Podcast. Every Thursday we'll share the audio from TechCrunch Live which helps founders build better businesses and attract venture backing. We do this by engaging with experienced entrepreneurs and investors on their past wins and losses — particularly the pitches that helped build the business at an early stage.