Subscribe here to receive TechCrunch's top stories and the roundup delivered straight to your inbox each day at 3:00 PDT.Welcome to Daily Crunch July 1, 2021. Robinood IPO Day! This is the headline. The American consumer fintech company filed today to go public. This will be a strong contender for the title of third quarter's most important IPO. There are tons of other startup news we can share with you. Don't forget the TechCrunch next week event! Let's get started! AlexTechCrunch Top 3Robinhood is going public. In our first glance at Robinhood's IPO filing, we saw a rapidly growing consumer fintech firm that made money in 2020. TechCrunch reports that the company suffered a loss in its first quarter 2021. However, this loss is not significant. Robinhood ended Q1 2021 with an annual run rate exceeding $2 billion. Hot damn.We saw a rapidly growing consumer fintech company in our first glance at the company's IPO filing. It made money in 2020. TechCrunch revealed that the company suffered a loss in its first quarter 2021. However, this loss is not significant. Robinhood ended Q1 2021 with an annual run rate exceeding $2 billion. Hot damn. Apple's software rollout continues. Apple released macOS 12.0 Monterey, the public beta version of iOS 15, and iPadOS 15. If you're a brave soul and want to test it, you can download it right now. The rest of us can download it now if you are a brave soul who wants to do some testing.Apple has released macOS 12.0 Monterey public beta, after dropping betas for iOS 15 yesterday and iPadOS 15. If you're a brave soul and want to test it, you can download it right now. The rest of us can download it now, if you are a brave soul who wants to do some testing. Articulate raises $1.5B Series A: Corporate edtech company Articulate has raised $1.5 billion Series B round at a valuation of $3.75 billion. This massive, presumptively early-staged round was the main story until Robinhood came along and made it third.Startups/VCLet's go back to some of the topics TechCrunch has been extensively covering in recent weeks. There is new news from Karat. This neobank is geared towards the creator economy. It seems that everyone wants to make money from creators making money. TechCrunch, a global startup market analyst, has new notes about the future European IPOs.The days are now:Nowports raises $16M for Latin American freight automation: Supply chain software startups have become a major business. Nowports is keen to get in on this boom. Mouro Capital led the latest round of funding for Nowports, which has received $24 million in capital.Nowports is keen to get in on this boom of supply chain software startups. Mouro Capital led the latest round of funding for Nowports, which has received $24 million in capital. To build the Plaid for businesses, Codat raises $40M: APIs are very popular. APIs for fintech are extremely popular. Plaid is a fintech API that allows individuals to transfer money to other businesses. Codat is working to create Plaid, but it will be used for financial data from SMBs. Tiger now supports it.APIs are very popular. APIs for fintech are extremely popular. Plaid is a fintech API that allows individuals to transfer money to other businesses. Codat is working to create Plaid, but it will be used for financial data from SMBs. Tiger has now backed it. Mercado Bitcoin raises $200M to its bitcoin market: With Coinbase's direct listing and the apparent strong crypto trading volumes during the second quarter, it is not surprising that fintech companies that allow consumers to buy bitcoins are attracting attention. It is not surprising that Brazil's Mercado has raised such a large check.It's not surprising that fintech companies offering consumer bitcoin purchase facilitation have been attracting attention in the wake of Coinbase's direct listing. It is no surprise that Brazils Mercado has raised such a large check. TechCrunch reports that Rohlik, a Czech startup which has created an online grocery ordering and delivery service selling groceries, just raised 100million in a round that values it at 1 billion.Rohlik, a Czech startup, is now available to order groceries online. TechCrunch reports that Rohlik has raised 100 million in a round valued at 1 billion. Ghost raises $100M to prevent crashes: How much can self-driving car technology collect? We have learned at least nine-figures additional thanks to the Ghost round. Ghost is also the name for a web content CMS. But this is not the case. TechCrunch calls this Ghost's universal collision avoidance technology to autonomous driving systems.The cybersecurity conversation must evolve in order to guard against data loss or misuseThe organization's security responsibilities include the protection of data centers and networks from intruders. However, cloud services, collaboration tools, and APIs can extend security perimeters. The systems designed to protect sensitive data from misuse or mishandling often rely heavily on the help of trusted friends.Sid Trivedi (a partner at Foundation Capital and seven-time CIO Mark Settle), says IT managers should replace DLP frameworks that are currently in place with one that focuses on DMP data misuse protection.These solutions will give data assets more sophisticated self-defense mechanisms than traditional surveillance perimeters. Many startups are already in this market.(Extra Crunch) Our membership program that helps founders and startups get ahead. Sign up hereBig Tech Inc.In our Startup section, we revisited themes that we've covered before. This is also true for Big Tech. The government-and tech side of things:Part 47: India doesn't appreciate Big Tech Companies. Manish Singh reports that India's central bank identified Big Techs push in financial services as a threat to banks in the South Asian region. It also stated that India has other grievances with various tech companies.Manish Singh reports that India's central bank identified the Big Techs push into South Asian financial services as a problem for banks in that market. It also stated that the increasing presence of these companies has prompted concerns about the creation of an unfair playing field. Paris fines Airbnb The Daily Crunch would like the City of Light to be congratulated on this important regulatory victory.Airbnb was hit today with an 8 million penalty. This is a fine of 0.14% of $6.6 billion of cash that the company had at the end the first quarter. According to its latest earnings report, Airbnb. The Daily Crunch would like the City of Light to be congratulated on this important regulatory victory. A ban on weight-loss advertisements was also a highlight of the day's news. Many people struggle with issues such as eating disorders, body image, and other related issues. Pinterest will no longer allow any type of advertising that could cause harm to these people. We don't want to be too kind to the company involved in this decision as we don't know the amount of money it has left on the table. However, the move could indicate that there will be more active regulation of social media owned platforms in the future. At least, when it comes to advertising.TechCrunch experts in growth marketingWe reached out to founders of startups to find out who they go to for the best growth marketing practices. Please complete the survey.Below are some of our recommendations.Amy Konefal is the name of the marketerName of recommender: Dan Reardon (formerly of vudu.com).Recommendation : Amy was instrumental in bringing scale to our company as it grew to half-billion dollars. She discovered and capitalized on efficiencies and created a rich portfolio.CommunityThe Pittsburgh City Spotlight was hugely successful! We are grateful to everyone who attended and to the more than 80 companies that participated in our pitch-off. If you were unable to attend the event, you may still view the interview with Pittsburgh's Mayor, the conversation with CMUs President, and the latest news on Duolingo, as well as the video of the interview with their Director of Engineering.Are there any cool things happening in your area? Send us a tweet to let us know where you would like us to spotlight next.TC EventfulWe are rolling into the long holiday weekend in the States and were offering a fourth of July sale on tickets for not only one but FOUR TechCrunch event in 2021: TechCrunch early stage (July 8-9), TC Disrupt(Sept 21-23), TC sessions: SaaS (October 27), and TC sessions: Space (December 14-15).From today to July 6, our 4th of July ticket sales kicks into action. You can purchase two tickets for the cost of one at any of these TechCrunch events that will soon be available on a virtual platform near your location. Techcrunch.com/events allows you to search all our events and reserve your tickets for two.
