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To get a roundup of \u2019s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT,<\/em> subscribe here<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n With almost a hundred new stories on the site since the last Daily Crunch, we\u2019re having a hard time picking the cream of the crop, but that\u2019s what we dooooo. It\u2019s been an Amazon and Google extravaganza over the past 24 hours, in addition to all the regular news stories our crack team of tech news sleuths have been ferreting out from the underbrush. There shall be no<\/em> further ado \u2014 let\u2019s do this! \u2014 Christine<\/a> and Haje<\/a><\/p>\n First up is Romain<\/a>, who invites you to meet Roundtable. It\u2019s a new startup backed by eFounders that wants to bring community-driven, AngelList-style angel investments to European startups. The company has built a platform that simplifies the administrative, legal and financial challenges that come with angel investments.<\/p>\n Money continues to flow into new venture capital funds. In the past month, Runa Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Razor\u2019s Edge Ventures, First Star, OurCrowd, Northzone, Janngo Capital and Kapor Capital all announced new funds. Now it\u2019s Scale Venture Partners\u2019 turn, announcing it secured $900 million in committed capital for its eighth fund, also its largest since forming in 2000, Christine<\/a> reports. The fund was raised in 120 days over the summer, partner Rory O\u2019Driscoll said.<\/p>\n More more more, always more:<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Westend61 (opens in a new window)<\/span> \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Investors have embraced \u201casset-light\u201d companies like Rent the Runway, Uber and Airbnb that don\u2019t own the hardware that generates their revenue.<\/p>\n Companies that generate billions from assets they don\u2019t own \u201ctypically require less capital \u2014 and therefore less dilution for their investors,\u201d writes Daniel Hoffer, managing director of Autotech Ventures.<\/p>\n \u201cBut some asset-light marketplaces struggle to satisfy their customers because not all the assets they can make available are equally appreciated by their demand-side customers.\u201d<\/p>\n Three more from the TC+ team:<\/p>\n +<\/em> is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack.<\/em> You can sign up here<\/em>. Use code \u201cDC\u201d for a 15% discount on an annual subscription!<\/em><\/p>\n Boy, do we have a treat for you today: Our team was busy covering both Google\u2019s Search On event and Amazon\u2019s fall event, which means we have all the Amazon and Google news that\u2019s fit to print, er, post. There\u2019s a lot to choose from, but here are some of our favorites:<\/p>\n And we have four more for you:<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Top 3<\/h2>\n
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Startups and VC<\/h2>\n
The unbearable lightness of being asset-light<\/h2>\n
Big Tech Inc.<\/h2>\n
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