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, August 6, 2021. We made it to Friday. We are all able to give high-fives. You are finishing the week high if you have stocks or cryptos. While crypto prices are on the rise, some indices are breaking records.TechCrunch will be launching a new newsletter before we dive into the news. This Week in Apps, the first edition by Sarah Perez, launches Saturday morning. This newsletter is your place for all things app news. Sign up nowThe news is now. AlexTechCrunch Top 3SpaceX launches a 400-foot rocket. This rocket is very tall and powerful. This is the first meeting of Super Heavy and Starship.SpaceX has placed its Starship vehicle on top a Super Heavy booster, in case you were worried that the childish jokes about billionaire rocketry would die down. This rocket is very tall and powerful. This is the first ever time Super Heavy and Starship have teamed up. TechCrunch: The changing value insurtech startups: TechCrunch asked several weeks ago if there should be concern about insurtech valuations. They took another hit. After Hippos' public listing, we tackled the subject and found that most public insurtech firms are financially secure enough to handle the declines. Too much.TechCrunch asked the market a few weeks ago if it should be worried about insurtech valuations. They took another hit. After Hippos' public listing, we tackled the subject and found that most public insurtech firms are financially secure enough to handle the declines. Too much. Samsung's next hardware event is expected to be packed. There could be a new Galaxy Fold phone and new watches. We also might see wearables from the Google partnership. TechCrunch will cover the event on August 11. Keep checking the site for updates.Startups/VCDesignOps is now DevOps. This is zeroheight's take on the $10 million Series A round. According to CEO Jerome de Lafargue, the startup provides UX functionality similar to DevOps platforms such as GitHub for building and shipping code. It also documents and manages UX components.This is our review of zeroheight's new Series A round, which raised $10 million. TechCrunch's CEO Jerome de Lafargue stated that the startup provides UX functionality similar to DevOps platforms such as GitHub for building and shipping code. It also documents and manages UX components. 500 Startups supports Carta for Africa: Carta, an essential part of the U.S. startup tech stack, helps keep shares and cap tables in order. Africa's startup scene will require something similar as it expands. Raise is working on it. According to the startup, the majority of startup equity in Africa is still kept on paper. This needs to change.Carta is an integral part of the U.S. startup tech stack. It helps keep share and cap tables in order. Africa's startup scene will require something similar as it expands. Raise is working on it. According to the startup, the majority of startup equity in Africa is still kept on paper. This needs to change. API for healthcare provider raises $17M: APIs that help companies manage their providers don't seem new. AgentSync is creating something for brokers in the insurance industry. Verifiable has a similar approach, but it is focused on healthcare workers. Like Rapid, manual processes are being replaced. Software can do many things. However, software cannot alleviate humans from certain types bullshit work.APIs that allow companies to manage their providers are not a new concept. AgentSync is creating something for brokers in the insurance space. Verifiable has a similar approach, but it is focused on healthcare workers. Like Rapid, manual processes are being replaced. Software can do many things. However, software cannot alleviate humans from certain types bullshit work. Africa is getting card-issuing APIs: This is thanks to the first Zambian company that was accepted into Y Combinator. Union54 was originally launched as Zazu in 2015. It found card-issuing so difficult to use that it decided to tackle the problem and rebrand. The U.S. and Latin America are big markets for card issuing. Let's see how it does in the startup market on a new continent.Thank you to the first Zambian company that was accepted into Y Combinator. Union54 was originally launched as Zazu in 2015. It found card-issuing so difficult to use that it launched Union54, which was originally known as Zazu. The U.S. and Latin America are big markets for card issuing. Let's see how it does in the startup world on a new continent. TechCrunch gives a detailed look at Utrecht, the startup hub in the Netherlands, to close our coverage of startups today. Enjoy!Your pitch deck should be centered around the one thing that will really grab an investorWe often publish articles that offer advice to founders working on pitch decks. This is a crucial step in any startup's journey. There are many ways to approach it.Michelle Davey, telehealth services company Wheel, and Jordan Nof from Tusk Venture Partners recently appeared on Extra Crunch Live to discuss Wheels Series A pitch.Nof stated that entrepreneurs need to be honest with potential investors about what they believe in order to get funding for their startup.He said that it takes out a lot of guesswork from the equation for investors and reorients them so they can focus on the right problem set.This is your chance to influence their beliefs in order to obtain an investment. If you don't do this, we might be very off base.(Extra Crunch) Our membership program that helps founders and startups get ahead. Sign up hereBig Tech Inc.Amazon wins in India's Supreme Court. It may seem ironic or hypocritical to hear a U.S. tech company argue against consolidating players in a market, but it is better to remember that corporations are moral by nature.Amazon, which was unhappy about the planned sale of Indian warehouse and retail chain Future Group to Reliance Retail (the leader in its category), won a legal reprieve when India's Supreme Court ruled that the Singaporean ruling to stop the transaction was valid in India. It may seem ironic or hypocritical to hear a U.S. tech company argue against consolidating players in a market, but it is better to remember that corporations are moral by nature. The drama costs of Velodyne are rising: Lidar shop Velodyne is still paying to cover internal dramas and executive departures. TechCrunch has reviewed the company's most recent earnings.TechCrunch Experts: Growth MarketingWe reached out to founders of startups to find out who they go to for the best growth marketing practices. 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