Mary Ann Azevedo
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Mary Ann Azevedo
@bayareawriter
Freelance writer @CrunchbaseNews, @ThisWeekinFintech, @CrainCurrency Ex-@TechCrunch. Believer in the power of kindness. [email protected].
Austin - before that, San Jose
Joined February 2011
Today I published my 200th story on TechCrunch. Time flies when you're having fun! 🎉- I'm super excited to announce that today is my first day as a reporter @TechCrunch...my first article below looks at @UiPath's latest massive raise at a $35 billion valuation. Plenty more stories to come!
- Today marks my one-year anniversary of joining the @TechCrunch team. Since then, I've become a co-host on @EquityPod, launched a fintech column and published over 400 stories. I have so much respect for my colleagues and truly love what I do. Can't believe it's been a year! 😊
- It's almost surreal to be writing about VC firms raising capital, startups raising 9-figure funding rounds and startup layoffs in the same week.
- Welcome to my new weekly fintech-focused column. 💃🏽
- I’ve been so distracted by our ice “storm” here in Austin that I almost forgot it’s my two-year anniversary of working at @TechCrunch! Time really does fly when you’re having fun.
- I finally got verified on Twitter. Only took me 10 years. 😂
- Feeling very sad for reasons I don’t feel comfortable sharing publicly on Twitter. Could use some extra good vibes today - thank you in advance ❤️
- I’m brokenhearted to say that my family is dealing with a huge loss right now. I’ll be taking a break for a little while, in case you try to reach me.
- Truist, the 6th largest bank in the U.S., just acquired a 12-person fintech startup called @longgame led by CEO and co-founder @lindskholden techcrunch.com/2022/05/03/ban…
- After 4+ years and over 1K stories, today is my last day as a staff writer at TechCrunch. I am so grateful for this experience. Working with amazingly smart, kind and funny people who I learned from on an almost daily basis has been a true privilege. The culture at TC is
- $70M SEED roundFormer Zillow execs raise $70M seed round for Tomo, which wants to simplify the mortgage process tcrn.ch/3hp7KcH by @bayareawriter
- My fintech-focused newsletter, The Interchange, launches on May 1 after three months of publishing weekly as a column. Thank @alex for helping me come up with the name. I'm so excited and would be honored if you signed up as a subscriber here 👇🏽😀
