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11:13 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Pittsburgh Google contractors ratify deal with HCL
Nearly two years ago, contractors for Googles Pittsburgh operations voted to join the United Steelworkers union in a bid to secure more labor rights representation. It was an early example of a buildi...
10:10 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: European privacy regulators fine Amazon $887M over targeted advertising practices
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:56 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Argo AI can now offer the public rides in its autonomous vehicles in California
Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Ford and VW, has landed a permit in California that will allow the company to give people free rides in its self-driving vehicles on the st...
08:53 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Deliveroo could leave Spanish market ahead of on-demand labor reclassification
Deliveroo said it is considering leaving the Spanish market, citing limited market share and a long road of investment with 'highly uncertain long-term potential returns' on the horizon....
08:42 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch For tech firms, the risk of not preparing for leadership changes is huge
A change of command is one of the most delicate moments in the life cycle of any organization. If mishandled, the transition from one CEO to the next can result in massive downsides....
08:40 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Extra Crunch roundup: Livestream e-commerce, growth marketing interviews, CEO for a day
Thanks very much for reading Extra Crunch this week; have a great weekend....
08:01 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Kodiak Robotics founder says tight focus on autonomous trucks is working
"We will need to raise more money, as you pointed out, that's certainly no secret, but I think that we have multiple options to do that."...
08:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Growth roundup: Investing in community, targeting developers, new marketer recs
“The best thing a startup can do, and Im seeing it happen more and more, is investing in community early on,” growth marketing expert Max van den Ingh of Unmuted tells us. “When I wa...
07:38 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Yat thinks emoji identities can be a thing, and it has $20M in sales to back it up
I learned about Yat in April, when a friend sent our group chat a link to a story about how the key emoji sold as an “internet identity” for $425,000. “I hate the universe,” sh...
06:45 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Calendly CEO Tope Awotona is joining us at Disrupt 2021
Early Bird Tickets to Disrupt end today, Friday, July 30. Book your tickets now!...
06:34 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch The best way to grow your tech career? Treat it like an app
What happens after a developer or engineer lands that sweet gig? Are they able to harness their skills and grow in interesting and challenging new directions?...
06:27 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch A Tesla Megapack caught fire at the Victorian Big Battery facility in Australia
A 13-tonne Tesla Megapack caught fire on Friday morning at a battery storage facility in south-east Australia. The blaze occurred during testing at 10 - 10.15am local time....
05:17 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Elon Musk calls Apples App Store fees a de facto global tax on the Internet
Elon Musk is siding with Epic Games in the App Store monopoly case, with the Tesla CEO firing off a tweet Friday morning that called Apple’s Store fees “a de facto global tax on the Intern...
05:08 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch US government watchdog rejects Blue Origins protest over lunar lander contract
The Government Accountability Office said that it was denying both Blue Origins protest and a separate challenge filed by Dynetics....
04:55 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Design expert Scott Tong outlines 4 concepts founders should consider when designing products
At Early Stage 2021, design expert Scott Tong walked us through some of the ways founders should think about design, what design means and the steps that come before focusing on the pixels....
03:45 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Robinhoods CFO says it was ready to go public
Robinhood says it went public because it was ready. And our read of the markets is that it's an appealing time for high-growth tech companies with a history of losses to do so. Yet it's underwater....
03:45 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Last day to snag early bird passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2021
Dont miss your chance to experience TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 the startup worlds must-attend event of the season for less than $100. Why not get the best ROI of your time while simultaneously learning...
03:45 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Last day to snag early-bird passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2021
Dont miss your chance to experience TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 the startup worlds must-attend event of the season for less than $100. Why not get the best ROI of your time while simultaneously learning...
03:40 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch White-label SaaS shipping startup Outvio closes $3M round led by Change Ventures
Outvio, an Estonian startup that provides a white-label SaaS fulfillment solution for medium-sized and large online retailers in Spain and Estonia, has closed a $3 million early-stage financing round ...
03:32 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Gillmor Gang: Social Climbing
Fear is back with the deadly combination of pandemic politics and a vicious variant. The good news is that if enough people took the shots we could cut the damage to something manageable. The other go...
03:06 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch EU hits Amazon with record-breaking $887M GDPR fine over data misuse
Luxembourgs National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) has hit Amazon with a record-breaking 746 million ($887m) GDPR fine over the way it uses customer data for targeted advertising purposes. Ama...
02:34 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Chilean fintech Xepelin secures $230M in debt and equity from Kaszek, high-profile angels
Xepelin is built on a SaaS model designed to give SMEs a way to organize their financial information in real time....
02:15 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Cheltenhams GCHQ to get a massive, cyber-oriented tech startup campus right next door
The development is projected to add 12,000 new jobs, 2 million square feet of offices and 3,700 new homes....
02:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Growth is not enough
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We were a smaller team this week, withNatashaandAlex together with Grace...
01:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Platform as a service startup Porter aims to become go-to for deploying, managing cloud-based apps
Any DevOps team can use Porter to manage applications in the cloud, delivering the full flexibility of Kubernetes through a Heroku-like experience....
01:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Gopuff confirms new $1B cash injection at a $15B valuation to expand its instant grocery delivery service
Gopuff, the startup that’s helped kickstart a new category of food delivery in the U.S. — “instant” delivery of essential groceries and other home goods for a flat fee of $1.95...
01:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Catch takes hold of $12M to provide benefits that arent tied to employers
Catch is working to make sure that every gig worker has the health and retirement benefits they need....
09:26 am GMT - Fri, July 30, 2021
Techcrunch Airtel Africa gets an extra $200M for its mobile money business from QIA
Three months ago, Mastercard invested $100 million in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (AMC BV) the mobile money business of telecom Airtel Africa. This was two weeks after it also received $200 million fro...
10:32 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Introducing the Open Cap Table Coalition
If this coalition gets all the relationships right, doesnt get greedy and understands that there is a social good component here, this could be as impactful as the SAFE was....
10:10 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Scarlett Johansson sues Disney, says streaming release of Black Widow breaches contract
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
10:08 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Another banner quarter as Chromebook shipments grow 75% YOY
Last quarter, Chromebooks saw 275% year-over-year growth up to 12 million units. The figure isnt quite as unwieldy for Q2, but a 75% year-over-year growth is still extremely respectable, with the cate...
09:40 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Varda Space Industries closes $42M Series A for off-planet manufacturing
Varda Space Industries has raised a $42 million Series A to bring to manufacturing a key capability that can only be found off-world: microgravity. The eight-month-old startup is looking to establish ...
09:20 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch 4 key areas SaaS startups must address to scale infrastructure for the enterprise
As companies grow, their security and reliability needs evolve. When working with large customers, having empathy for these needs will go a long way....
09:01 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Pinterest shares drop as company misses on user growthagain
Pinterest’s shares had popped last week when Snap posted its best quarter in four years, as investors were betting Pinterest’s image-based social app would also see a return in advertiser ...
09:01 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Pinterest shares drop as company misses on user growth again
Pinterest’s shares had popped last week when Snap posted its best quarter in four years, as investors were betting Pinterest’s image-based social app would also see a return in advertiser ...
08:36 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Robinhoods stock drops 8% in its first days trading
Once the U.S. consumer investing and trading app began to allow investors to trade its shares, they went down sharply, off more than 10% in the first hours of its life as a floating stock....
08:10 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Horizon Blockchain Games raises $4.5M for its NFT trading card game and wallet
Horizon Blockchain Games is as the name implies a company building games on the blockchain, along with tools to help others do the same. The company announced today that it has raised another $4.5M,...
08:04 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Biofourmis receives FDA breakthrough device designation for heart failure digital therapy
Kuldeep Singh Rajput, the founder of Boston-based Biofourmis, is imagining a future where heart failure patients go home with a prescription, a wearable sensor and an app. Today, a new FDA designation...
07:33 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Zm wins $150M from San Francisco schools to modernize and electrify student transport
The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) has awarded Zm, a startup that wants to upgrade student transportation, a five-year $150 million contract to modernize its transport service throughou...
07:01 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Microsoft in talks to back Indias Oyo
Indian budget hotel chain Oyo may have lost a significant portion of its business amid the pandemic,but it is inching closer to finding a new investor: Microsoft. Microsoft is in advanced stages of ta...
06:59 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Livestream e-commerce: Why companies and brands need to tune in
Livestreaming is a new pillar that brands must consider when building omnichannel marketing strategies, joining the trinity of in-store experiences, traditional e-commerce and social media....
06:58 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Scarlett Johansson files suit over Disney Black Widow release
With Scarlett Johanssons time as an Avenger seemingly in the rearview, the “Black Widow” star has filed a breach of contract suit against Marvel-owner Disney. The lawsuit, filed in Los Ang...
06:46 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Panic sells 20,000 Playdate handhelds in under 20 minutes
As we’ve known for about a week, today was the day Panic’s charming/whacky/curious/all-of-the-above Playdate gaming device (and its crank!) went up for pre-order. The buzz around the littl...
06:38 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Fortnites mystery superstar virtual music tour kicks off next week
Epic Games is teasing the biggest in-game event since Travis Scott psychedelically stomped through Fortnite’s virtual meadows. The mysterious new event, which Fortnite-maker Epic is calling the ...
06:36 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year
The union of talent and money is what startup markets need to thrive. But there are other reasons why LatAm startups are often in the news: strong digital penetration and quick e-commerce growth....
06:27 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Tenderly raises $15.3M to help Ethereum developers ship decentralized apps faster
Blockchain infrastructure startups are heating up as industry fervor brings more developers and users to a space that still feels extremely young despite a heavy institutional embrace of the crypto sp...
05:36 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Colombias Merqueo bags $50M to expand its online grocery delivery service across Latin America
Merqueo offers more than 8,000 products, including fresh foods, packaged goods, home essentials, beverages and frozen products. It currently operates in more than 25 cities and has over 600,000 users....
05:08 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Uber will offer free Rosetta Stone language courses to drivers
Uber wants to overcome the language barriers you'll sometimes encounter when hailing a ride. The Verge says Uber has partnered with Rosetta Stone to offer free language lessons through its Driver app....
04:46 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch True shift left and extend right security requires empowered developers
DevOps is fundamentally about collaboration and agility. Unfortunately, when we add security and compliance to the picture, the message gets distorted....
04:32 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Old Amazon Kindle devices will soon lose 3G access
If you have an older Amazon Kindle with 3G internet, take note that you may not be able to wirelessly access and download new content anymore starting in December....
03:53 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Amazons Fire TV Cube now supports Zoom calls on your TV
Late last year, Amazon launched support for two-way calling that worked with its Fire TV Cube devices. The feature allowed consumers to make and receive calls from their connected TV to any other Alex...
03:45 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Early-stage founders: Beat the clock & buy a $79 Founder pass to TC Disrupt 2021
If youre an early-stage founder, youd be wise to make TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23) your must-attend virtual destination. Its the OG of tech startup conferences, draws more than 10,000 att...
03:30 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Acrew Capital, Jeff Bezos back Colombia-based proptech La Haus $100M debt, equity round
La Haus, which has developed an online real estate marketplace operating in Mexico and Colombia, has secured $100 million in additional funding, including $50 million in equity and $50 million in debt...
03:21 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Facebooks next product will be its long-awaited Ray-Ban smart glasses
Facebook’sbooming businessis dominated by digital ads, but it also has hardware ambitions beyond VR. During the company’s latest earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said its next product re...
03:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Theyre programmed to work hard and play hard
Industrial robotics are big and heavy and in some cases, legitimately dangerous. Theyre also extremely difficult to train particularly if you plan to implement them for tasks outside of their purpos...
02:56 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Craft Aerospaces novel take on VTOL aircraft could upend local air travel
Air taxis may still be pie in the sky, but there’s more than one way to move the air travel industry forward. Craft Aerospace aims to do so with a totally new vertical-takeoff and landing aircra...
02:25 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch PayPals new super app is ready to launch, will also include messaging
PayPal’s plan to morph itself into a “super app” have been given a go for launch. According to PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, speaking to investors during this week’s second-quarter ...
02:25 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch PayPals new superapp, to include messaging, is ready to launch
CEO Dan Schulman revealed the superapp would include high-yield savings, early access to direct deposit funds and messaging functionality outside of peer-to-peer payments....
01:59 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Nikola founder Trevor Milton indicted on three counts of fraud
Trevor Milton, the fast-talking showman founder of Nikola and the electric truck startup’s former CEO and executive chairman, has been charged with three counts of fraud. Milton “engaged i...
01:51 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Talkiatry lands $20M Series A to go all in on in-network psychiatric care
Talkiatry announced today that it has raised a $20 million Series A to scale a strategy simple in theory yet potentially challenging in execution: bring psychiatry services in-network with insurance p...
01:30 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Draft.dev CEO Karl Hughes on the importance of using experts in developer marketing
Developer marketing came up in our conversation with strategic marketing firm MKT1, so we called on content marketing production company Draft.dev's CEO Karl Hughes to learn more....
01:04 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Swarm debuts $499 Evaluation Kit for consumers and tinkerers
Satellite connectivity company Swarm has come out with a new product that will give anyone the ability to create a messaging or Internet of Things (IoT) device, whether that be a hiker looking to stay...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Hello Divorce raises $2M so that couples can say good-bye easier
Divorce is messy and stressful, made even messier and stressful when a couple is unable to go through the legal process because of the cost....
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch ConverseNow is targeting restaurant drive-thrus with new $15M round
One year after voice-based AI technology company ConverseNow raised a $3.3 million seed round, the company is back with a cash infusion of $15 million in Series A funding....
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Nothing Ear (1) review
Its always exciting to see a new company enter the consumer hardware space and deliver a solid first product out of the game....
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Student labor marketplace Pangea closes $2M seed round
The startup runs a marketplace that links college-age talent to companies in need of their services. Social media and web developer work are popular on the Pangea platform....
12:06 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Summit invests $215M into Odoo, an open source business management software developer, at a $2.3B valuation
Open source has become a major force in the world of IT, and today a startup that has built a profitable operation by developing business management software on the priniciple is announcing a sizable ...
12:06 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Summit invests $215M into Odoo, an open-source business management software developer, at a $2.3B valuation
Odoo is the first unicorn out of Wallonia, the region in Belgium where it is based....
12:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch GGV Capital gave this real estate startup founder a term sheet 48 hours after meeting
Realm, which aims to help homeowners maximize the value of their property with its data platform, has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by GGV Capital....
11:12 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Rocket Lab returns to flight after failed May mission with successful launch for U.S. Space Force
Rocket Lab is back in business launching rockets, after an issue during its last launch in May caused a total loss of the payloads on board. The company was quick to investigate the issue, and announc...
11:00 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Employee engagement platform Culture Amp raises $100M at a $1.5B valuation
Culture Amp was founded in 2009 to let companies conduct anonymous employee surveys, but since then, its focus has expanded to helping employers turn the data they collect into action. The company ann...
11:00 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Exo secures $200M toward commercializing ultrasound device
Exo, pronounced echo, is commercializing its handheld ultrasound device and point-of-care workflow platform, Exo Works....
10:03 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Homebase raises $70M for a team management platform aimed at SMBs and their hourly workers
Small and medium enterprises have become a big opportunity in the world of B2B technology in the last several years, and today a startup that’s building tools aimed at helping them manage their ...
10:03 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Homebase raises $71M for a team management platform aimed at SMBs and their hourly workers
Small and medium enterprises have become a big opportunity in the world of B2B technology in the last several years, and today a startup that’s building tools aimed at helping them manage their ...
09:00 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch European Investment Fund puts $30M in Fabric Ventures new $120M digital assets fund
Despite their rich engineering talent, Blockchain entrepreneurs in the EU often struggle to find backing due to the dearth of large funds and investment expertise in the space. But a big move takes pl...
09:00 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch European Investment Fund puts $30M in Fabric Ventures new $130M digital assets fund
Despite their rich engineering talent, Blockchain entrepreneurs in the EU often struggle to find backing due to the dearth of large funds and investment expertise in the space. But a big move takes pl...
08:39 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Coralogix logs $55M for its new take on production analytics, now valued at $300-$400M
Data may be the new oil, but it’s only valuable if you make good use of it. Today, a startup that has built a new kind of production analytics platform for developers, security engineers and dat...
08:00 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Connected car insurance startup Flock raises $17M Series A led by Chamath Palihapitiya
Cast your mind back to that scene in Minority Report where all those autonomous cars are whizzing through the city. The more practically-minded of you may well have gone: Yeah, but what about the insu...
05:20 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Unmuted founder Max van den Ingh on success beyond the metrics
"You have to understand that working at a startup often feels like youre standing on the edge of a cliff. And thats also the moment youre at your most creative."...
01:00 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Japanese sneaker platform SODA raises $56.4M, accquires rival Monokabu
Just half a year after leading SODAs Series B, SoftBank Ventures Asia is raising its bet on the Tokyo-based sneaker resell platform. The early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group announced tod...
01:00 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Japanese sneaker platform SODA raises $56.4M, acquires rival Monokabu
Just half a year after leading SODAs Series B, SoftBank Ventures Asia is raising its bet on the Tokyo-based sneaker resell platform. The early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group announced tod...
12:34 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter shuttering NY, SF offices in response to new CDC guidelines
Just two weeks after reopening its New York and San Francisco offices, social media giant Twitter said Wednesday that it will be closing those offices “immediately.” The decision came R...
12:26 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch Zuckerberg is turning trillion-dollar Facebook into a metaverse company, he tells investors
Following the quarterly release of Facebook’s earnings numbers where the company’s CFO takes time to walk analysts through the nitty gritty of the company’s financials, CEO Mark Zuck...
12:00 am GMT - Thu, July 29, 2021
Techcrunch INKR draws in $3.1M to make more comics accessible to worldwide audiences
INKR is a digital comics platform that crosses cultural and language divides, enabling creators to reach global audiences with its proprietary localization technology. Previously bootstrapped, the com...
11:52 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Personalized menopause platform Vira Health raises 1.5M from LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures
A new trend is emerging in the world of startups and, to many, it couldnt have come too soon. Why are there so few women in senior roles? Women going through menopause are commonly known to drop out o...
11:42 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Spotifys Clubhouse rival, Greenroom, tops 140K installs on iOS, 100K on Android
Spotify’s recently launched live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom, has a long road ahead of it if it wants to take on top social audio platforms like Clubhouse, Airtime, Spoon an...
11:13 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Ford expects semiconductor rebound, new vehicle demand to increase 2021 profits
Despite semiconductor shortages peaking during the second quarter of 2021, Ford says it delivered better-than-expected operating results by leveraging strong demand for new vehicles, like its Bronco S...
10:38 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup reservations surpass 120,000
Ford and its F-150 pickup, the automaker’s best-selling vehicle, have consistently inspired brand loyalty from pickup truck owners. According to the J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Automotive Brand Loyalty...
10:10 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: $150M Series D vaults search-as-a-service provider Algolia to $2.25B valuation
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:50 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Dear Sophie: Should we sponsor international hires for H-1B transfers and green cards?
"My startup is desperately recruiting, and we see a lot of engineering candidates on H-1Bs. Theyre looking for H-1B transfers and green cards. What should we do?"...
09:15 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Facebook will require employees to be vaccinated before returning to campus
Earlier today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the company will require employees to be vaccinated before returning to work on-site. It was part of a larger letter sent to Google/Alphabet staf...
08:50 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Facebook warns of headwinds to its ad business from regulators and Apple
Facebook posted its second quarter earnings Wednesday, beating expectations with $29 billion in revenue. The world’s biggest social media company was expected to report $27.8 billion in revenue ...
08:48 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Ashirase, a Honda incubation, reveals advanced walking assistance system for visually impaired
The system aims to help users achieve more independence in their daily lives by allowing them to feel which way to walk through in-shoe vibrations connected to a navigation app on a smartphone....
08:29 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Egyptian ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go public in a $1.5B SPAC merger
Queen's Gambit Growth Capital, the women-led SPAC in charge of the deal, called Swvl 'a disruptive platform that solves complex challenges and empowers underserved populations.'...
07:37 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch The MKT1 interview: Growth marketing in 2021, hiring versus outsourcing, and more
Excerpts from our Twitter Spaces chat with MKT1 founders Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich on the growth marketing industry, when to hire a marketer and when a startup should consider outsourcing....
07:37 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch The MKT1 interview: Growth marketing in 2021, hiring versus outsourcing and more
Excerpts from our Twitter Spaces chat with MKT1 founders Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich on the growth marketing industry, when to hire a marketer and when a startup should consider outsourcing....
07:21 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch The Lilium electric Jet will use batteries manufactured by Germanys Customcells
Electric air taxi startup Lilium has tapped German manufacturer Customcell to supply batteries for its flagship 7-seater Lilium Jet. The battery IP is the result of “multiple players,” a L...
07:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Score a free month of Extra Crunch with your TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 pass
Whether youre just starting to build your SaaS empire or youre further along in your journey, you dont want to miss TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 on October 27. This day-long virtual event, dedicated to the ...
07:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Drivers for Elon Musks Loop get a script about their great leader
Ask 'Do you like working for him?' and you'll get a response that could have come straight from North Korea: 'Yup, he's a great leader! He motivates us to do great work.'...
06:17 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Snapchat adds My Places feature to Snap Map, recommending spots to visit
As more people are venturing out into the world this summer (safely, we hope!), Snapchat wants to make it easier for people to find restaurants, stores, parks, and other interesting spots in their nei...
06:14 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Walmart to sell its e-commerce technologies to other retailers
Walmart’s investments in software and retail technologies it used to transform its business from a brick-and-mortar to one that combines both in-person and online shopping will now be made avail...
06:11 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Why I make everyone in my company be the CEO for a day
Unsurprisingly, the CEO of the Day program is one of our most popular initiatives. The program gives an employee the reins for 24 hours with an unlimited budget....
05:47 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Squire, a barbershop tech platform, triples its valuation (again) with Tiger Global
Squire is now a 175-person company with a tech platform used by over 2,000 shops across three continents....
05:45 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch BioNTech founder Uur ahin and Mayfields Ursheet Parikh are coming to Disrupt
It’s hard to argue that any technology company has had a greater impact in the past decade than BioNTech, the mRNA-based therapeutics pioneer behind the world’s most widely-used COVID-19 v...
05:42 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Want to work at a Google campus? Youll need to be vaccinated
Even for tech companies who create the tools for remote work, returning to the office is proving a major challenge. After early work from home recommendations last March, companies like Google eventua...
05:42 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Fisker invests in EV charging network Allegos SPAC merger
Fisker is investing $10 million in private-investment-in-public equity (PIPE) funding for the merger of Allego and special purpose acquisition company Spartan Acquisition Corp III....
04:54 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Shopifys Q2 results beat estimates as e-commerce shines
Like Microsoft and Apple in the wake of their after-hours earnings reports, Shopify shares are having a muted reaction to the better-than-expected results....
04:13 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Spotifys podcast ad revenue jumps 627% in Q2
In the minutes before its quarterly earnings call this morning, Spotify played advertisements for its Originals & Exclusives, like the true crime show “Deathbed Confessions,” and the s...
04:12 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Financial firms should leverage machine learning to make anomaly detection easier
Anomaly detection is one of the more difficult and underserved operational areas in the asset-servicing sector of financial institutions....
04:02 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Algramo aims to cut plastic waste with a reusable container ecosystem and $8.5M A round
Single-use plastic containers make up a huge amount of the world’s waste, but so far no one has come up with a good way to replace them that’s also easy for consumers and cost-effective. A...
04:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch 48-hour countdown to early bird savings on passes to TC Disrupt 2021
Whats big enough, bold enough and influential enough to inspire more than 10,000 people around the world to carve out three days from their intensely busy schedules? If you said TechCrunch Disrupt 202...
04:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Hear Startup Alley companies pitch expert VC judges in upcoming episodes of Extra Crunch Live
We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedba...
03:09 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Google unveils its proposed safety section for apps on Google Play
In the user interface concept Google debuted today, developers are now able to see how this feature will look to the end user....
03:08 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Duolingos IPO pricing is great news for edtech startups
Duolingo, a consumer edtech company, is now more valuable per revenue dollar than the median public enterprise SaaS business....
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch QuotaPath raises $21.3M in Insight Partners-led round to help sales teams better track commissions
The startup gives teams a way to streamline the commission process and avoid inaccurate budgets, payouts, and 'unhappy sales reps due to poor sales commission planning, reporting and administration.'...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter launches U.S. e-commerce pilot that lets users shop from profiles
Twitter this morning will launch a pilot in the U.S. aimed at testing the potential for e-commerce on its platform. The company is introducing a new “Shop Module” that offers brands, busin...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter launches US e-commerce pilot that lets users shop from profiles
Twitter this morning will launch a pilot in the U.S. aimed at testing the potential for e-commerce on its platform. The company is introducing a new “Shop Module” that offers brands, busin...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Calgarys parking authority exposed drivers personal data and tickets
If you parked your car in one of the thousands of parking spots across Calgary, there’s a good chance you paid the Calgary Parking Authority for the privilege. But soon you might be hearing from...
02:39 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch What Teslas bet on iron-based batteries means for manufacturers
Elon Musk mused that Tesla's batteries may eventually be two-thirds iron-based and one-third nickel-based across its products. 'And this is actually good because theres plenty of iron in the world.'...
02:20 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Building back better means hiring more workers skilled through alternative routes
When I arrived in the U.S., I applied to countless IT jobs, from customer service to computer repair. Every company rejected me before they even gave me the chance to show what I could do....
02:09 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Chinas regulatory crackdown is good news for startups aligned with CCP goals
Things are changing in China, and the regulatory landscape of tech work in the country won't be the same from here on out....
02:05 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Relief looks to negotiate on behalf of users struggling with debt
Jason Saltzman is a serial entrepreneur. He first cofounded SeamlessDocs and then went on to found The Alley, a coworking space based out of New York City. Following Alley’s joint venture partne...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Nura finally goes fully wireless with the NuraTrue buds
The NuraTrue earbuds announced today mark the companys third entry into the headphone market, following the over-ear Nuraphones and the tethered Nuraloop....
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch The mmhmm story and how it plans to spend its $100M
We welcomed back mmhmm's Phil Libin to discuss the company's plans. ...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch ASCAP Lab highlights a quartet of early-stage music startups
The cohort aims to tackle wide-ranging music industry issues. Some have already laid out commercialization plans, while others came together for the program and havent thought that far down the road....
01:04 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Brain Technologies raises $50M for the launch of Natural, a natural language search engine and super app
Voice-based and other personal assistant apps — which use natural language and hefty AI engines in the backend to source information to address your various questions, do your e-commerce bidding...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Redwood Materials raises $700M to expand its battery recycling operation
The company's post-funding valuation is $3.7 billion, according to a source familiar with the investment round....
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Noetic Cyber emerges from stealth with $15M led by Energy Impact Partners
Noetic Cyber, a cloud-based continuous cyber asset management and controls platform, has launched from stealth with a Series A funding round of $15 million led by Energy Impact Partners. The round was...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Insurtech startup Spot brings in $17.5M equity, debt to fill insurance gaps for accidental injuries
Spot is tackling affordable healthcare with a digital, on-demand injury insurance product that can be as-is or as a compliment to traditional health insurance....
12:39 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Launch vehicle startup Isar Aerospace lands an additional $75M in funding
A slew of launch startups have emerged in recent years to help meet growing demand from satellite providers, biotech companies and others looking to send payload to space. One such startup is Germanys...
12:33 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Customer engagement platform Dixa raises $105M Series C led by General Atlantic
European customer engagement platform Dixa has raised a Series C funding round of $105 million, led by growth equity investor General Atlantic. Existing investors Notion Capital, Project A, and Seed C...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch MedRhythms raises $25M to get patients back in tune after a stroke
The company's digital therapy platform works to measure and improve someones ability to walk after they have experienced a neurologic injury or disease....
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Search API startup Algolia raises $150 million at $2.25 billion valuation
Algolia has raised a $150 million Series D funding round at a post-money valuation of $2.25 billion. Compared to the Series C round from October 2019, the companys valuation has more than quadrupled. ...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Former Iora Health execs raise $13M to guide seniors through Medicare enrollment
The company is leading seniors through the Medicare maze, helping whittle down over 3,000 available plans into a handful of best choices based on their care requirements....
11:22 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch High-profile entrepreneurs launch $85 million fund to back Indian SaaS startups
Four high-profile Indian entrepreneurs who are among those who kickstarted Indias SaaS journey, building and helping startups scale and win customers globally and also backed about 100 such firms, are...
11:00 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Contentful raises $175M at a $3B valuation from Tiger for its content delivery service
TechCrunch caught up with Contentful's CEO, Steve Sloan (previously of Twilio and Bessemer), and its comms connect, Brian Spittler (previously of Podium), to dig more into its products....
10:59 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Atera raises $77M at a $500M valuation to help SMBs manage their remote networks like enterprises do
When it comes to software to help IT manage workers’ devices wherever they happen to be, enterprises have long been spoiled for choice — a situation that has come in especially handy in th...
10:00 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Class, a Zoom-only virtual classroom, nears unicorn status after SoftBank check
Class, a virtual classroom that integrates exclusively with Zoom, announced today that it has raised $105 million in a financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund II. The 10-month old startup has now raised...
09:10 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Field Intelligence targets 11 African cities to expand its pharmacy inventory-management service
The company's Shelf Life project aims to remedy the inventory-management issues in Africa's retail pharmacies. ...
08:00 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Patchwork Health raises 3.5M to fix the staff scheduling disaster inside stressed hospitals
The tyranny of the Excel spreadsheet continues, and especially in rostering staff. Nowhere is this more acutely felt in todays COVID-pressured hospital wards, which are now depleted not just by the di...
08:00 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Joshua Kushners Thrive Capital leads $20M investment in Brazilian healthcare startup Pipo Saude
The company's business boomed amid the pandemic. In January 2020, it had two corporate clients. By December of the same year, it had around 70....
07:29 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Business messaging platform Gupshup raises $240 million from Tiger Global, Fidelity and others
Gupshup, a business messaging platform that began its journey in India 15 years ago, surprised many when it raised $100 million in April this year, roughly 10 years after its last financing round, and...
07:01 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Colvin raises 45M Series C led by Eurazeo to disrupt the cosy flowers industry
Something very interesting is going on with supply chains, and has been for a while. But its clear the pandemic has accelerated the trend. Tech startups are once again cutting out the middle man, but ...
07:01 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Blossom Capital lures Alex Lim from Silicon Valley to join the European tech boom
Alex Lim, a British-born VC based in the Bay Area who invested in Hopin, UiPath, Discord, and many other unicorns has decided to up sticks and leave Sand Hill Road behind for Blossom Capital in London...
06:54 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Indian automobile marketplace Droom valued at $1.2 billion in pre-IPO funding
An online marketplace for automobiles has become the latest Indian startup to attain the coveted unicorn status. Gurgaon-headquartered Droom said on Wednesday it is raising up to $200 million in what ...
05:00 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Ivorian fintech Julaya raises $2M to digitize business payments in Francophone Africa
Julaya enables companies to streamline their accounting and improve their operational efficiency by digitizing payments to workers and suppliers instead of relying on cash....
04:00 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Shikho, an edtech startup focused on Bangladeshs students, gets $1.3M seed
In Bangladesh, students often rely on after school learning centers for study help or test preparation, but many of the best ones are concentrated in major cities. Edtech startup Shikho was created to...
01:00 am GMT - Wed, July 28, 2021
Techcrunch Greywing launches Crew Change to help shipping companies navigate COVID-19 regulations
For fleet managers, managing shipping crew changes across different countries is an elaborate process even in the best of timesand now is definitely not the best of times. Greywing, a Y Combinator-bac...
10:43 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Cassie the bipedal robot runs a 5K
You may well recognize Cassie as the basis of Agility Robotics delivery bot, Digit. If youve been following the techs progression at all, however, you no doubt know that it started life as the ostrich...
10:10 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: No-code startup Bubble pops with $100 million Series A round
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:11 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch iPhone sales fuel Apples Wall Street-beating Q3
Another excellent quarter for Apple, as the company posted $81.4 billion in revenue. Thats a 36% year-over-year jump for the company, besting Wall Street estimates of $73.3 billion by a considerable m...
09:09 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Alphabet crushes Q2 earnings estimates as Google Cloud cuts losses, grows 54%
Today after the bell amidst a deluge of major technology company earnings reports, Alphabet reported its own second-quarter performance....
08:46 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Activision Blizzard workers will stage a walkout after abhorrent response to harassment suit
One of the worlds biggest video game companies is reeling after a state discrimination and sexual harassment suit kicked off a firestorm of controversy within the company. Californias Department of Fa...
08:44 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Extra Crunch roundup: RapidSOS EC-1, how to prep for an M&A exit, inside Genki Forest
In a four-part series, Managing Editor Danny Crichton tells the story of RapidSOS, the company that processes more than half of all 911 calls made each year in the U.S....
08:39 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Microsoft bests earnings estimates as Azure posts 51% growth; shares fall
Microsoft shares fell after the news, perhaps due to its results missing so-called whisper numbers; that it has traded at or near all-time highs recently puts the 3% after-hours drop into context....
08:05 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter acqui-hires the team from subscription news app, Brief
Twitter’s recent acquisition spree continues today as the company announces it has acqui-hired the team from news aggregator and summary app Brief. The startup from former Google engineers launc...
07:47 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Apple tweaks controversial iOS 15 Safari changes in latest beta
Apple is responding to user complaints and feedback about the controversial changes to the Safari mobile browser with today’s launch of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 beta 4. The new Safari design first i...
07:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Dan Olsen leads a product-market fit masterclass for the Startup Alley cohort
Yes Virginia, there are advantages to exhibiting in (the sold-out) Startup Alley at TC Disrupt 2021. Out of all the early-stage startups ready to exhibit on September 21-23, Team TechCrunch hand-picke...
06:32 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Same-day delivery apps need more than speed to survive post-pandemic
Consumer satisfaction hinges on more than the amount of time it takes to move an order from an app to the customers door....
06:13 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch BoldVoice wants to help nonnative English speakers find (and flaunt) their voices
When Anada Lakra and Ilya Usorov first moved to the United States, they struggled to find their voices. They both knew and understood English, but when it came time to speak up, their accents became a...
06:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch What Ive learned after 5 years of buying common stock in startups
Deeper trust was our goal when we first thought of buying common stock. It wasnt about winning the incremental deal or somehow "out-marketing" our competitors....
05:30 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Monte Carlos Barr Moses will join us at TC Sessions: SaaS
Monte Carlo’s Barr Moses joins the data panel at TC Sessions: SaaS. See you there! As the clock ticks down on TechCrunch’s upcoming SaaS-focused event, we’re excited to announce that...
05:30 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Monte Carlos Barr Moses will join us at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021
Monte Carlo’s Barr Moses joins the data panel at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021. See you there! As the clock ticks down on TechCrunch’s upcoming SaaS-focused event, we’re excited to announce...
05:29 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch African startups join global funding boom as fintech shines
Startups across Africa have never had more access to capital than they do right now....
05:16 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Instagram now supports 60-second videos on Reels, its TikTok clone
Haven’t you heard that Instagram is no longer a photo-sharing app? Today, Instagram announced that users can now upload 60-second videos on Reels, the platform’s TikTok competitor. This up...
04:43 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Shopify allows merchants to sell NFTs directly through their storefronts
The NBAs Chicago Bulls launched its first-ever NFTs including digital artwork of NBA championship rings by launching an online store on Shopify....
04:29 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Google TV mobile app redesign adds new services and recommendations
Following last fall’s debut of Google TV, the new user interface for Chromecast devices, Google is today giving its Google TV companion app for Android a makeover. The updated version of the mob...
03:28 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Apple News partners with NBCUniversal to share exclusive Olympics content
Apple News on Monday announced a collaboration with NBCUniversal to develop exclusive daily recaps and audio briefings, event schedules and medal counts to help fans keep tabs on the games....
03:01 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch The RapidSOS EC-1
Numbers can take on profound cultural significance, but few numbers have quite the resonance as 911, the emergency number for the United States. Few want to dial it, but when they must, it works....
03:01 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Smoking pizza ovens and pilfered dollar bills, or the early story of RapidSOS
RapidSOS' story is one of a mission, a community, a team and a dream that every emergency should have the best chance to be resolved as positively as possible....
03:01 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch RapidSOS learned that the best product design is sometimes no product design
For the founders of RapidSOS, improving the quality of emergency response by adding useful data, like location, to 911 calls was an inspiring objective, and one that garnered widespread support....
03:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch 1910 Genetics Jen Nwankwo and Playground Globals Jory Bell are joining us for Extra Crunch Live
Extra Crunch Live gives you the chance to hear live from entrepreneurs who have successfully raised significant rounds of venture capital -- and from the investors who believed in them....
03:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch How RapidSOS used creative tactics to build partnerships and a BD engine at scale
One of the most challenging aspects of leading a startup is the seeming impossibility of building partnerships and executing business development. Large companies are sclerotic and bureaucratic, takin...
03:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch After a decade, Congress might finally bring 911 into the internet age
When it comes to user-interface design, 911 is about as good as it gets. Its the most recognized number in the United States, Steve Souder, a prominent 911 leader, points out....
03:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Discord rolls out threads, side conversations that auto-archive
After announcing that threads were on the way earlier this year and teasing the feature on Twitter, Discord is now introducing the long-requested way to make conversations in bustling servers more com...
02:57 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Sonys ZV-E10 brings interchangeable lenses to its vlogging camera series
Sony has launched its first vlogging-specific mirrorless camera, the ZV-E10, that borrows a number of features from ZV-1 compact vlogging model....
02:27 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch TikTok expands LIVE platform with new features, including events, co-hosts, Q&As and more
The LIVE experience will include a number of new features for creators to make it more competitive with platforms like Instagram Live....
02:22 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Edtechs venture-backed globalization pauses at China
Edtech investors are increasingly going global, but regulatory crackdowns in China, which instructed K-12 tutoring startups to go non-profit, have led to a chill among check-writers in the country....
02:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch No-code Bubble raises $100M to make technical co-founders obsolete
Bubble enables anyone coder or not to begin building modern web applications using a click-and-drag interface that can connect data sources and other software together in one fluid interface....
01:46 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Joby Aviation, aiming to go to market in 2024, completes 154 mile test flight
Santa Cruz, California-based Joby Aviation has completed the longest test flight of an eVTOL to date, as its unnamed full-sized prototype aircraft concluded a trip of over 150 miles on a single charge...
01:46 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Joby Aviation, aiming to go to market in 2024, completes 154-mile test flight
Its the latest in a succession of secretive tests Joby's been conducting, all part of its goal to achieve certification with the Federal Aviation Administration and start commercial operations....
01:30 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Heres Nothings $99 Ear (1) buds
Its been just over five months since Carl Pei first told the world about Nothing. Perhaps its just the way time moves these days or maybe its the fact that the company has trickled out information in ...
01:02 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Crypto infra startup Fireblocks raises $310M, triples valuation to $2.2B
Fireblocks, an infrastructure provider for digital assets, has raised $310 million in a Series D round of funding that tripled the companys valuation to $2.2 billion in just over five months. Sequoia ...
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Accel doubles down on 1Password, which just raised $100M more at a $2B valuation
The previously bootstrapped 1Password raised its first round of external capital in 2019, a $200 million Series A led by Accel that represented the VC firms largest single investment in its 35 years....
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Blameless raises $30M to guide companies through their software lifecycle
Blameless platform provides the context, guardrails and automated workflows so engineering teams are unified in the way they communicate and interact while building their software systems....
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Norby raises $3.8M for an all-in-one creator marketing platform
Early in the pandemic, Nick Gerard, Steven Layne, and Samantha Safer Valentine had a hit on their hands. In the era before Zoom fatigue set in, the trio launched Mainstream Live, a website and newslet...
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Pinterest rolls out new features that let creators make money from Pins
Pinterest today is increasing its investment in the creator community by introducing new tools that will allow creators to make money from their content. Now, creators will be able to tag products in ...
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Instagram to default young teens to private accounts, restrict ads and unwanted adult contact
As it gears up to expand access to younger users, Instagram this morning announced a series of updates designed to make its app a safer place for online teens. The company says it will now default use...
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Oova raises $1.2M to develop a better at-home kit for detecting a womans best time to conceive
Oova officially launched its Oova Kit that includes an at-home test that quantitatively measures two hormones, informing a woman and her doctor of her fertile days and confirming ovulation....
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Sequoia, Jay-Z, Will Smith back Landis $165M debt, equity round toward making homeownership accessible to everyone
Homeownership is one of the key components to building intergenerational wealth, and Landis is working to make that a reality for renters....
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Wiliot raises $200M as it preps a SaaS pivot, licensing its ultra-light, ambient-power chip technology to third parties
Wiliot — the IoT startup that has developed a new kind of processor that is ultra thin and light and runs on ambient power but possesses all the power of a “computer” — has pic...
11:12 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch iAngels raises $55 million, anchored by the European Investment Fund, for first institutional fund
iAngels, the private investment platform founded and helmed by Mor Assia and Shelly Hod Moyal, has today announced the close of its first institutional fund. The firm has raised $55.5 million, which w...
11:00 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Robotic AI firm Covariant raises another $80 million
In May of last year, Covariant announced that it had raised a $40 million Series B. It was a healthy sum of money for the young company, bringing its total funding up to $67 million. Just a little ove...
09:44 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Tencents WeChat suspends new user registration in China to comply with relevant laws and regulations
Tencents WeChat said on Tuesday it is temporarily suspending registration of new users in China as it works to comply with “relevant laws and regulations,” the latest Chinese firm to face ...
08:37 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Rocketium raises $3.2M to help creative teams create massive marketing campaigns
In between A/B testing, customizing targeted ads and formatting for different digital platforms, some design teams are tasked with campaigns that include thousands of images, videos and other visual c...
08:17 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Indonesia-based grocery app HappyFresh reaps $65M led by Naver Financial and Gafina
HappyFresh, the on-demand grocery app based in Indonesia, announced today it has raised a $65 million Series D. The round was led by Naver Financial Corporation and Gafina B.V., with participation fro...
08:00 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch South African payments startup Yoco raises $83M Series C led by Dragoneer
Despite South Africa's high card and mobile penetration rates of over 70%, the country's SMEs still struggle to accept cards. Yoco's portable card machines proved masterful in solving this problem....
08:00 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch South African payments startup Yoco raises $83M Series C backed by Dragoneer
Despite South Africa's high card and mobile penetration rates of over 70%, the country's SMEs still struggle to accept cards. Yoco's portable card machines proved masterful in solving this problem....
08:00 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Onto raises $175 million in Series B to expand EV subscription service in the UK
Onto has raised $175 million in a combined equity and debt Series B round, capital the U.K.-based electric vehicle subscription startup plans to use to expand within the country as well as move into n...
07:08 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Sedna banks $34M for a platform that parses large volumes of email and chat to automatically action items within them
Many have tried to do away with it, but email refuses to die… although in the process it might be (figuratively speaking) killing some of us with the workload it brings on to triage and use it. ...
07:02 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Element, a messaging app built on the decentralized Matrix protocol, raises $30M
After Element acquired Gitter last year to bring in more users and features into its own decentralized, Matrix-based messaging app, the startup is announcing some funding to invest in its growth. Elem...
07:01 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch German startup Aleph Alpha raises $27M Series A round to build Europes OpenAI
With Microsoft now being an investor in OpenAI the field now more open for new insurgents into the open-source AI arena. Now a German company hopes to take on the next AI mantle and produce something ...
07:01 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Peppy, a B2B health platform for menopause, fertility, raises $10M Series A led by Felix Capital
When it comes to health issues like menopause, fertility, pregnancy, and even early parenthood, the data tells us that people typically turn to search engines and social media for advice to ask about ...
05:08 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch ActiveFence comes out of the shadows with $100M in funding and tech that detects online harm, now valued at $500M
Online abuse, disinformation, fraud and other malicious content is growing and getting more complex to track. Today, a startup called ActiveFence, which has quietly built a tech platform to suss out t...
05:00 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Moovit integrates Lime electric scooters, bikes, mopeds into transit planning app
As of next week, Lime's vehicles will be included as a travel option in tandem with public transit for either all or part of a multimodal journey on the Israeli app....
04:53 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Indias ShareChat valued at $2.88 billion in $145 million fundraise
Indian social media platform ShareChat said on Tuesday it has raised an additional $145 million and is now valued at nearly $3 billion, less than three months after it secured $502 million at a valuat...
04:34 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Freightify lands $2.5M to make rate management easier for freight forwarders
Freight forwarders often keep track of rates on spreadsheets they email to customers, but the pandemic has made that difficult because prices are constantly fluctuating. Freightify, a startup that ref...
03:00 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Nium crosses $1B valuation with $200M Riverwood Capital-led round
Niums new round adds fuel to a fire shared by a number of companies all going after a global B2B payments market valued at $120 trillion annually....
02:09 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Tesla delays Semi truck to 2022; Cybertruck back-burnered for Model Y
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has warned about battery supply constraints before and the effect it might have on the Tesla Semi. That warning was apparently warranted....
01:41 am GMT - Tue, July 27, 2021
Techcrunch Teslas solar and energy storage business rakes in $810M, finally exceeds cost of revenue
Small as it is, the division is selling more energy storage and solar. Revenue from this division grew 62% from the previous quarter and more than 116% from the same quarter in 2020....
11:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch No new Galaxy Note this year as Samsungs foldables gain S Pen functionality
Samsung sent out invites for its August 11 Unpacked event last week. While its clear this is going to be packed (somewhat ironically) even by the companys standards, the event may well be as notable f...
10:10 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Accused January 6 insurrectionist must use face to unlock laptop, orders judge
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:34 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch iRocket to begin rocket engine testing at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center
Reusable rocket startup iRocket has entered into a new partnership with NASA in its quest to reach commercialization in just two years. The partnership will give iRocket access to testing facilities a...
08:58 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Teslas quarterly profit surpasses $1 billion
Tesla reported Monday an eye-popping $1.14 billion in net income in the second quarter, results that blew past analyst expectations and marked the first time the company’s quarterly profit (on a...
08:38 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Teslas quarterly profit surpasses $1 billion
Tesla reported Monday an eye-popping $1.14 billion in net income in the second quarter, results that blew past analyst expectations and marked the first time the company’s quarterly profit (on a...
07:39 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Citizens crime live streams are no substitute for local journalism
In May, the neighborhood crime watch app Citizen offered its user base $30,000 to track down a suspected arsonist on live video, only to discover that they’d sent a mob of civilians after the wr...
07:39 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Citizens crime livestreams are no substitute for local journalism
In May, the neighborhood crime-watch app Citizen offered its user base $30,000 to track down a suspected arsonist on live video, only to discover that they’d sent a mob of civilians after the wr...
07:22 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Duolingo boosts IPO price target in boon to edtech startups
Duolingo is now targeting a $95 to $100 per share IPO price range, up from $85 to $95 per share, or a gain of around 12% at the bottom and 5% at the top....
07:09 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch How to prepare for M&A, your most likely exit avenue
Despite the headlines about billion-dollar M&A transactions, record IPOs and the rapid growth of SPACs, small deals will continue to be the most likely exit for the vast majority of tech startups...
06:56 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Glyphic Biotechnologies raises $6M to accelerate protein sequencing by orders of magnitude
The whole human proteome may be free to browse thanks to DeepMind, but at the bleeding edge of biotech new proteins are made and tested every day, a complex and time-consuming process. Glyphic Biotech...
06:17 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Amazon-backed Indian D2C beauty brand MyGlamm raises $71 million
MyGlamm, a direct-to-consumer beauty brand in India that sells most of its products through its own website, app and retail touch points, said on Monday it has raised $71.3 million in a financing roun...
06:08 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Polestar to double its retail stores as it seeks to ramp up EV sales
Polestar plans to launch in nine more markets this year, doubling its global presence as it seeks to sell more of its electric sedans....
05:55 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch I get it, Elizabeth Holmes
The next time someone jokes at a cocktail party about Elizabeth Holmes baritone voice, remind them how dumb is it that we give more money to people with deep voices....
05:30 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Lucid Motors kicks off market debut with EV factory expansion plans
The former Lucid Motors will expand its factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, by 2.7 million square feet and aims to ultimately produce 400,000 vehicles a year. ...
05:30 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Polestar to double its retail stores as it seeks to ramp up EV sales
Polestar plans to launch in nine more markets this year, doubling its global presence as it seeks to sell more of its electric sedans....
05:17 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Troubled EV company Lordstown Motors gets $400M lifeline in stock-sale agreement
This new agreement could allow Lordstown to continue by providing the much-needed capital required to produce its first electric vehicle....
05:12 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Court orders US Capitol rioter to unlock his laptop with his face
The FBI argued that compelling Guy Reffitt to unlock his computer by sitting in front of it 'would not run afoul of the defendant's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.'...
05:01 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch A magnetic helmet shrunk a deadly tumor in its first test
We've seen helmets and AI that can spot brain tumors, but a new hard hat can actually treat them, too. Researchers used a helmet that generates a magnetic field to shrink a deadly tumor by a third....
03:52 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch As China shakes up regulations, tech companies suffer
Things in China seem to be changing for the worse, in terms of both future access to foreign capital for Chinese companies and doing business in the country overall....
03:51 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Solarisbank raises $224M at a $1.65B valuation to acquire Contis and expand its API-based embedded banking tech in Europe
Embedded finance — the process by which some of the more complicated, but also commoditized, aspects of financial services are built and wrapped in an API for anyone else to implement in their o...
03:51 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Solarisbank raises $224M at a $1.65B valuation to acquire Contis, expand API-based embedded banking tech in Europe
The round comes about a year after Solarisbank's last round of $67.5 million, but as a sign of the times, what is perhaps more notable is that its valuation has nearly quintupled since then....
03:41 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch The Station: Rivian adds to its EV war chest, Sec. Buttigieg is coming to Disrupt and Argo preps to launch with Lyft
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation.Sign up here just click The Station to receive it every Sunday in your inbox. Hello frens and readers. Welcome to The Statio...
03:41 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch The Station: Rivian adds to its EV war chest, Sec. Buttigieg is coming to Disrupt, Argo preps to launch with Lyft
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation....
03:30 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Early bird savings on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 end this week
Tick tock, early-stage startup fans: If you plan to attend TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23), time is running out to score a pass to the worlds leading conference dedicated to tech startups f...
03:25 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Queenlys marketplace for formalwear gets millions in round led by A16z
Queenly, a resale marketplace for formalwear, announced on Friday that it has grown its seed round to $6.3 million in a financing round led by Andreessen Horowitzs Connie Chan. The financing event bri...
03:08 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Bezos offers billions in incentives for NASAs lunar lander contract
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Blue Origin, is offering to knock up to $2 billion off the cost of developing a lunar lander and to self-fund a pathfinder mission in exchange for a NASA contrac...
03:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Box unwraps its answer to the $3.8B e-signature market: Box Sign
Box's new native e-signature product provides e-signature capability and unlimited signatures as part of Boxs business and enterprise plans at no additional cost....
02:14 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch How one founder aims to make money management a mutiplayer game
Aditi Shekar’s path to entrepreneurship was a very intentional one, and while it wasn’t quite a childhood dream, it was the real-world version of the goals she did have as a kid. Fast forw...
02:14 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch How one founder aims to make money management a multiplayer game
Aditi Shekar’s path to entrepreneurship was a very intentional one, and while it wasn’t quite a childhood dream, it was the real-world version of the goals she did have as a kid. Fast forw...
01:32 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Equity Monday: China boosts pressure on its tech sector as Duolingos IPO looks to raise a few more bucks
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private ...
01:31 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Spotify adds an attention-grabbing Whats New feed to addict users to its app
Spotify is taking a cue from social networks like Facebook which deliver a constant stream of notifications under a “bell” icon in the mobile app, with the goal of keeping users engaged wi...
01:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch SoftBank-backed Embark Veterinary valued at $700M after $75M Series B
Now that you have that COVID dog, Embark Veterinary wants to help him or her be in your life for a long time by offering DNA testing with the goal of increasing their lifespan....
01:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Mark Cuban-backed Eterneva raises $10M to turn your loved ones ashes into diamonds
The loss of a loved one is perhaps one of the most traumatic things a person can experience. When it comes to memorializing someone after their death, most people think of planning funerals and/or pic...
01:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Sila banks $13M to offer single API for developing financial products, services
Sila's banking and payment platform gives software teams tools to build the next generation of financial products and services....
12:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch NotCo gets its horn following $235M round to expand plant-based food products
Foodtech company NotCo, making plant-based milk and meat replacements, wrapped up another funding round this year, a $235 million Series D round that gives it a $1.5 billion valuation....
12:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Despite controversies and bans, facial recognition startups are flush with VC cash
If efforts by states and cities to pass privacy regulations curbing the use of facial recognition are anything to go by, you might fear the worst for the companies building the technology. But a recen...
12:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Spinn taps into $40M to create better coffee brewing, discovery experiences
When you are a coffee lover, taste matters, and Spinn is brewing up some fresh funding to bring connected coffee to new customers through its hardware-enabled coffee marketplace....
09:13 am GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch One of Nigerias high profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups
Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Str...
07:30 am GMT - Mon, July 26, 2021
Techcrunch Sproutl is an online marketplace for gardeners founded by former Farfetch executives
Meet Sproutl, a marketplace for gardeners living in the U.K. The startup founded by former Farfetch executives has raised a $9 million seed round. It wants to make gardening more accessible by providi...
04:52 pm GMT - Sun, July 25, 2021
Techcrunch Data-driven iteration helped Chinas Genki Forest become a $6B beverage giant in 5 years
The bottled beverage industry wasnt what Genki Forests founder, Binsen Tang, initially set out to tackle. The company aims to reach $1.2 billion this year....
06:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 24, 2021
Techcrunch The DL on CockroachDB
As college students at Berkeley, Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis created a successful open-source graphics program, GIMP, which got the attention of Google. The duo ultimately joined Google, and even...
05:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 24, 2021
Techcrunch Should we be worried about insurtech valuations?
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment....
04:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 24, 2021
Techcrunch China Roundup: Kai-Fu Lees first Europe bet, WeRide buys a truck startup
Hello and welcome back toTechCrunchs China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. Despite the geopolitical headwin...
02:40 pm GMT - Sat, July 24, 2021
Techcrunch This Week in Apps: Clubhouse opens up, Twitter talks bitcoin, Snap sees record quarter
Welcome back to This Week inApps,the weekly TechCrunch seriesthat recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a recor...
11:34 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Sequoias Mike Vernal outlines how to design feedback loops in the search for product-market fit
"Finding product-market fit is not a deterministic process. Most of the time, it requires iteration. It requires constant adaptation."...
10:45 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Hear Startup Alley companies pitch expert VC judges on the next episode of Extra Crunch Live
We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesnt? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedback from...
10:10 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Bitcoin is a big part of our future, says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:50 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Automakers have battery anxiety, so theyre taking control of the supply
Battery joint ventures have become the hot must-have deal for automakers that have set ambitious targets to deliver millions of electric vehicles in the next few years....
09:38 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround fined nearly $1M by DCs Attorney General
Getaround was fined nearly $1 million by the Washington D.C. Office of the Attorney General for operating without a license and other violations, part of a settlement of what the peer-to-peer car rent...
08:30 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Extra Crunch roundup: Finding GTM, Chinas edtech clampdown and how to define growth
"The not-so-secret secret here is that the key to great retention is really simple," says growth expert Susan Su....
08:17 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Pro tips from the team behind Kickstarters most funded app
We're sharing our approach and secrets to building a successful crowdfunding campaign because we know just how tough it can be to launch your own product....
07:50 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Rivian raises another $2.5B, pushing its EV war chest up to $10.5B
Rivian announced Friday that it has closed a $2.5 billion private funding round led by Amazons Climate Pledge Fund, D1 Capital Partners, Ford Motor and funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Asso...
07:38 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Apple Music brings its spatial audio and lossless streaming to Android
It takes a really specific consumer to buy an Android phone, yet use Apple Music. But the small overlap in that venn diagram may be getting bigger. Last month at WWDC, Apple unveiled a free update for...
06:41 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Growth marketing roundup: TechCrunch Experts, creative testing and how to nail your narrative
Growth marketer Maya Moufarek: "Its all about simplifying your strategy into something that is digestible, memorable and applicable....
06:17 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch SOSV partners explain how deep tech startups can fundraise successfully
'In deep tech, it's essential to think about founder-investor fit. And what we mean by this is understanding why an investor is even in VC in the first place.'...
05:28 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Judge denies Wisk Aeros request for preliminary injunction against Archer Aviation
Electric aviation startup Wisk Aeros request for a preliminary injunction against rival Archer Aviation was denied by a federal judge Thursday, the latest in an ongoing legal battle over whether Arche...
05:11 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch GM recalls Bolt EVs once again over fire risks
Devindra Hardawar Contributor Devindra Hardawar is a Senior Editor at Engadget. GM is issuing a second recall for 2017 to 2019 Bolt EVs over potential fire issues. The company says it plans to replace...
05:02 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Snap had its best quarter in four years
If you’ve started using Snapchat more regularly this year, you’re not alone. At yesterday’s Q2 earnings call, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel announced that the platform grew both revenue and ...
04:52 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Mints first PM raises millions for Monarch, an Accel-backed money management platform
Monarch, a subscription-based platform that aims to help consumers plan and manage their financial lives, has raised $4.8 million in seed funding. Accel led the round, which also included participatio...
04:08 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Chinas expected edtech clampdown may chill a key startup sector
When it comes to control, the Chinese government doesn't mind wiping out a few dozen billion dollars in market cap here and there. That's not a great system....
03:29 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Checkout is the key to frictionless B2B e-commerce
Checkout is a platform play, not a payments play, and now is the time to build the category in B2B. Business buyer behavior is changing, and the stars are aligning on the fintech infrastructure front....
03:26 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Lucid Motors SPAC merger approved after executives issue plea to shareholders to vote
Shareholders approved Friday EV startup Lucid Motors merger with special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital IV, after the companies extended the deadline by one day because not enough retai...
02:35 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Alphabets Intrinsic aims to make industrial robots more capable
Alphabets public-facing history with robotics has, thus far, been a spotty one. Most notably, Google Xs big acquisition push culminated in its selling Boston Dynamics to Softbank (who eventually flipp...
02:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Duolingos bellwether IPO
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We were smaller team this week, with NatashaandAlex together with Chris ...
01:16 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Susan Su on how to approach growth as your startup raises each round
'At each layer of your growth model, you don't want to just be relying on ads or just be relying on SEO or just be relying on email marketing you really want to have your eggs in multiple baskets.'...
01:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Payments company Paystone raises $23.8M to help service-based businesses engage with customers
Paystone provides electronic payments and customer engagement technology to businesses, particularly those that provide services....
01:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Serverless Stack raises $1M for open-source application framework
Open-source framework startup Serverless Stack announced Friday that it raised $1 million in seed funding from a group of investors that includes Greylock Partners, SV Angel and Y Combinator. The comp...
12:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Paystand banks $50M to make B2B payments cashless and with no fees
Its pretty easy for individuals to send money back and forth, and there are lots of cash apps from which to choose. On the commercial side, however, one business trying to send $100,000 the same way i...
11:00 am GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch After going public via a SPAC, Taboola acquires e-commerce marketing network Connexity for $800M
Taboola, the company that operates a popular grid-based advertising and content recommendation network across media properties, today announced an acquisition to expand its reach further into e-commer...
10:09 am GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Food delivery firm Zomato surges 65% in key India debut
Shares in Zomato, a Gurgaon-based food delivery company and first of Indias consumer tech startups to go public, closed up 65% in its debut day of trading in Mumbai, delivering a key insight into the ...
07:30 am GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Kitchenful combines meal planning with a grocery concierge service
Meet Kitchenful, a new German startup backed by Y Combinator that wants to make it easier to cook at home by taking care of menu ideas and grocery shopping. The service is currently available in early...
04:00 am GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch GM is bringing its upgraded hands-free Super Cruise driving system to six vehicles in 2022
GM is rolling out three major upgrades including automatic lanes changes and towing support to its hands-free driver assistance system Super Cruise and making it available in six vehicles, including t...
04:00 am GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch GM is bringing its upgraded hands-free Super Cruise driving system to 6 vehicles in 2022
GM is rolling out three major upgrades including automatic lanes changes and towing support to its hands-free driver assistance system Super Cruise and making it available in six vehicles, including t...
12:08 am GMT - Fri, July 23, 2021
Techcrunch Jack Dorsey says bitcoin will be a big part of Twitters future
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed to investors that bitcoin will be a “big part” of the company’s future, as he sees opportunities to integrate the cryptocurrency into existing Twitt...
11:10 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Commercial EV company Arrival to build electric buses for Anaheim
Arrival, the commercial electric vehicle company that is shaking up the traditional auto production line with AI-run microfactories, has been chosen to build electric buses for the City of Anaheim, Ca...
10:31 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Trouble in fandom paradise: Tumblr users lash out against its beta subscription feature
The Tumblr community often refers to itself as the Wild West of the internet, and they’re not wrong. A text post with over 70,000 notes puts it best: “Tumblr is my favorite social media si...
10:10 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Todays widespread internet outage not a result of a cyberattack, says Akamai
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
10:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Khosla Ventures leads Evens $5M seed to give India the kind of healthcare their insurance doesnt
Even, a healthcare membership company, aims to make going to a primary care doctor as easy and accessible in India as it is in other countries....
08:40 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Cowboy Ventures Ted Wang: CEO coaching is about having a second set of eyes
'I think you want insight from people who understand how human beings listen and learn and grow.'...
08:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch One week left to buy passes to TC Disrupt 2021 for less than $100
TechCrunch Disrupt 2021, the worlds original and most epic conference dedicated to tech startups, takes place September 21-23. Are you ready to take full advantage of this opportunity-packed event? St...
07:55 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch VOCHI raises additional $2.4 million for its computer vision-powered video editing app
VOCHI, a Belarus-based startup behind a clever computer vision-based video editing app used by online creators, has raised an additional $2.4 million in a “late-seed” round that follows th...
07:48 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Check out the all-star speakers joining us on Extra Crunch Live in August
Extra Crunch Live has taught us a lot. From how Retail Zipline’s Series A pitch deck ticked every box for Emergence Capital to how Coda perfected the growth fly wheel, much to the delight of Mad...
07:37 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Democratic bill would suspend Section 230 protections when social networks boost anti-vax conspiracies
Two Democratic senators introduced a bill Thursday that would strip away the liability shield that social media platforms hold dear when those companies boost anti-vaccine conspiracies and other kinds...
07:11 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Last-mile delivery in Latin America is ready to take off
Venture capitalists have been investing heavily in last-mile delivery over the past five years on a global scale, but Latin America has lagged behind....
06:30 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Waymo to open offices in Pittsburgh, an AV tech hub
Waymo, Googles former self-driving car project thats now an independent business unit under Alphabet, is expanding its presence in the eastern U.S. The company said Thursday it would be opening office...
06:27 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Shares of protein discovery platform Absci pop in market debut
Absci Corp., a Vancouver company behind a multi-faceted drug development platform, went public on Thursday. Its another sign of snowballing interest in new approaches to drug development a traditiona...
06:18 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Instagram confirms test of new anti-harassment tool, Limits, designed for moments of crisis
Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed the company is testing a new feature called “Limits,” which would give users the ability to temporary lock down their accounts when they’re bein...
06:02 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Moving fast and breaking things cost us our privacy and security
We need to ask if the technology we create is beneficial not just to the user, but to society. One way to build tech that better serves humanity is to ensure that it protects users and their values...
05:56 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Pre-orders for Panics Playdate handheld will open on July 29th
Playdate, the adorable whimsy-and-nostalgia-box/handheld game system built by Panic (with some help from Teenage Engineering), has taken one more big step toward reality: it has an official pre-order ...
05:56 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Preorders for Panics Playdate handheld open July 29
Playdate, the adorable whimsy-and-nostalgia-box/handheld game system built by Panic (with some help from Teenage Engineering), has taken one more big step toward reality: it has an official preorder d...
05:46 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Rivian is planning a second U.S. factory
Rivian, the Amazon-backed electric automaker that aims to be the first to bring an EV pickup truck to market, plans to open a second U.S. manufacturing factory, sources told TechCrunch, confirming an ...
05:46 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Rivian is planning a second US factory
Rivian, the Amazon-backed electric automaker that aims to be the first to bring an EV pickup truck to market, plans to open a second U.S. manufacturing factory, sources told TechCrunch, confirming an ...
05:35 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Greylocks Mike Duboe explains how to define growth and build your team
'I think successful growth folks tend to be voracious learners; they're resourceful and have that sort of get-shit-done mindset; they're ultimately simplifiers and actually generalists.'...
05:03 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Tesla, BHP ink supply deal for nickel ahead of demand surge
Tesla will secure nickel from the commodity production giant BHP, the automakers latest move to secure direct sources of raw materials that are projected to surge in demand before the decade is out. B...
04:55 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch A DNS outage just took down a large chunk of the internet
A large chunk of the internet dropped offline on Thursday. Some of the most popular sites, apps and services on the internet were down, including UPS and FedEx (which have since come back online), Air...
04:42 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch India considering phased roll out of central bank digital currency
Indias central bank is considering launching a digital currency, according to a top executive, giving a clear indication of its intentions for the first time after previously stating that it was study...
04:25 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Filing: Instant grocery startup Gopuff to raise $750M at a $13.5B valuation; sources: its actually $1B on a $15B valuation
Gopuff, the “instant” grocery delivery startup that has been on an acquisition and expansion tear in the last several months to scale its business, is also racing to raise money to fuel th...
04:25 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Filing: Instant grocery startup Gopuff to raise $1B on a $15B post-money valuation
Gopuff, the “instant” grocery delivery startup that has been on an acquisition and expansion tear in the last several months to scale its business, is also racing to raise money to fuel th...
04:20 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch UKs Mindtech raises $3.25M from In-Q-Tel, among others, to train CCTV cameras on synthetic humans
Imagine a world where no one’s privacy is breached, no faces are scanned into a gargantuan database, and no privacy laws are broken. This is a world that is fast approaching. Could companies sim...
04:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Sendlane raises $20M to convert shoppers into loyal customers
The co-founders set out to build an email marketing automation platform for customers that wanted to do more than email campaigns and newsletters....
04:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is coming to Disrupt
The myriad emerging and longer-term transportation technologies promise to change how people and packages move about the world or within their own neighborhoods. They also present myriad regulatory an...
03:51 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Canadas startup market booms alongside hot global VC investment
Canadas startup industry seems to be benefiting from both domestic and international trends, a wide genre focus and more than one hub. Lets talk aboot it....
03:14 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Leaving the cube
I did a bit of a double-take on this one: $100 million is a big number at any point, but two-and-a-half months after a $56 million round is pretty wild. At the very least, we know Path Robotics is rea...
03:06 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Mercedes-Benz to build eight battery factories in push to become electric-only automaker by 2030
Mercedes-Benz laid out Thursday a 40 billion-euro ($47B) plan to become an electric-only automaker by the end of the decade, a target that will push the company to become more vertically integrated, t...
03:01 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch DeepMind puts the entire human proteome online, as folded by AlphaFold
DeepMind and several research partners have released a database containing the 3D structures of nearly every protein in the human body, as computationally determined by the breakthrough protein foldin...
02:51 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Silicon Valley comms expert Caryn Marooney shares how to nail the narrative
"You may think that the message is boring because you've said it once. But repetition never spoils the prayer."...
02:45 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch OnePlus announces $150 Pro noise cancelling earbuds
With a couple of generations of wireless earbuds under its belt, OnePlus finally has the AirPods Pro — and the rest of the premium market — in its sights. As part of an event today that al...
02:31 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Sophos acquires Braintrace to supercharge its threat detection capabilities
Thoma Bravo-owned Sophos has announced it’s acquiring Braintrace, a cybersecurity startup that provides organizations visibility into suspicious network traffic patterns. Terms of the deal were ...
02:28 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Spotify partners with GIPHY to connect users with artists music via GIFs
Spotify announced this morning a new partnership with online GIF database GIPHY to enable discovery of new music through GIFs. No, the GIFs themselves won’t play song clips, if that’s what...
02:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch All Raise launches virtual bootcamp for women and nonbinary founders
More doesnt necessarily mean better — and thats a lesson for life and for tech. To focus on the latter, the startup ecosystem is experiencing a boggling influx of capital right now. However, the...
02:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Tune in today to watch Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) Global Finals
Its not too late to enjoy an epic pitch-off of global proportion. The Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) Global Finals start today, July 22 at 9:00 am (PT). Register here for free, get instant access and tu...
02:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Microsofts cyber startup spending spree continues with CloudKnox acquisition
Microsoft has acquired identity and access management (IAM) startup CloudKnox Security, the tech giant’s fourth cybersecurity acquisition this year. The deal, the terms of which were not disclos...
01:55 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Uber Freight acquires Transpace for $2.25B
Uber Freight, the logistics business spun out of Uber in 2018, has acquired Transplace for about $2.25 billion from private equity group TPG Capital. The deal announced Thursday will involve $750 mill...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Fis smart collar adds sleep tracking for dogs
Conventional wisdom holds that one ought let sleeping does lie. But no one says you’re barred from tracking them while they do. New York-based smart collar maker Fi announced today that its addi...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Facebook Messenger is stepping up its emoji game
If you can’t say it with words, say it with an emoji. Facebook is announcing a few minor updates today to its Messenger platform, which make it easier than ever to find the exact emoji you’...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Magic lands $27M Series A for its plug and play passwordless tech
Magic, a San Francisco-based startup that builds “plug and play” passwordless authentication technology, has raised $27 million in Series A funding. The round, led by Northzone and with pa...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Index Ventures trio of new funds leads to $3 billion, and more TikTok
Index Ventures has closed a trio of new funds: a $900 million early-stage fund, a $2 billion growth-stage fund and a previously announced $200 million seed-stage fund. The close gives Index $3 billion...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Ob Fitness raises $15M for its personality-driven exercise platform
Ob Fitness co-founders/co-CEOs Mark Mullett and Ashley Mills toss around the word entertrainment a lot. For the record, its not a reference to the Butler County, Ohio-based amusement park that serves ...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Allocate banks $5M to open up venture capital fund access
The world of venture capital investing is a relatively small one, and family offices and accredited investors are eager to get involved, but find it difficult to access fund managers....
11:37 am GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Visa acquires Currencycloud, which makes APIs for remittances and currency transfers, in a $963M deal
A year and a half after Currencycloud raised $80 million in a round that included Visa, the London-based developer of APIs that powered remittance and currency exchange services is getting even closer...
11:30 am GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Tailor Brands raises $50M, aims to be one-stop shop for small businesses to launch
Tailor Brands, a startup that automates parts of the branding and marketing process for small businesses, announced Thursday it has raised $50 million in Series C funding....
08:00 am GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Untitled Ventures joins the scramble for Russian & Eastern European startups with a $118M warchest
Sorry Mr. Putin, but theres a race on for Russian and Eastern European founders. And right now, those awful capitalists in the corrupt West are starting to out-gun the opposition! But seriously only t...
07:00 am GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Yoobic raises $50M for its chat and communications app app aimed at frontline and service workers
Slack set the standard in many ways for what knowledge workers want and expect out of a workplace collaboration app these days, but a lot has been left on the table when it comes to frontline workers....
07:00 am GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch B2B social management platform Oktopost raises $20M growth round with Expedition
With the pandemic forcing people online, social media use exploded, for obvious reasons. And with that, the opportunity to reach audiences and push messaging. More brand-oriented platforms such as Spr...
04:43 am GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Indias BlackBuck valued at $1 billion in $67 million fundraise
Indias trucking system has a big inefficiency problem that continues to drag the economy. BlackBuck, one of the handful of startups that is digitizing the freight and logistics across India, hasjust a...
03:00 am GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Indonesian B2B marketplace GudangAda raises more than $100M in new funding
GudangAda, a Jakarta-based marketplace that brings wholesalers closer to retail stores and other buyers, announced it has closed a Series B of more than $100 million. The company says the round was ov...
02:00 am GMT - Thu, July 22, 2021
Techcrunch Indonesia sea-to-table platform Aruna hooks $35M led by Prosus and East Ventures Growth Fund
When Arunas founders first met at university, they wanted to find a way to use their studies in information technology to help family members who were running small fisheries. Indonesia is one of the ...
10:10 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Indias most valuable startup buys US-based digital reading platform Epic for $500M
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
10:06 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Rivian plans to install EV chargers in Tennessees 56 state parks
Rivian electric vehicle charging stations are coming to yet another state park system. The EV startup said it would install its so-called “waypoint” chargers at all of Tennessees 56 state ...
10:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Michael Arringtons next act
As longtime TechCrunch readers know well, Michael Arrington cofounded TechCrunch and Crunchbase, as well as the venture fund CrunchFund, which was later renamed Tuesday Capital. But In 2017, Arrington...
08:26 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch FTC puts hardware makers on warning for potential unlawful repair restrictions
As phones and other consumer devices have gained feature after feature, they have also declined in how easily they can be repaired, with Apple at the head of this ignoble pack. The FTC has taken note,...
08:23 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch DraftKings shares plans for launch of NFT collectibles marketplace
DraftKings is charging into the NFT game, announcing a marketplace aimed at curating sports and entertainment-themed digital collectibles for its audience of enthusiasts. The platform is “debuti...
08:11 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Elon Musk says Tesla will most likely accept Bitcoin again when it becomes more eco-friendly
Tesla will ‘most likely’ resume accepting bitcoin as a form of payment once the mining rate for the cryptocurrency reaches 50% renewables, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday at a virtual panel d...
08:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Group discounts let you take the whole team to TC Sessions: SaaS 2021
If you want to get the most value out of attending TC Sessions: SaaS 2021, a day-long deep dive into the rapidly changing and expanding world of software as a service, dont go it alone take your team...
07:40 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons
Twitter will test the use of Reddit-like upvote and downvote buttons as a way to better highlight the more interesting and relevant replies in a longer conversation thread. The company announced this ...
06:30 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch These simple metrics will tell you if your startup is ready to scale
Finding go-to-market fit (GTM) is a pivotal moment for a startup. It means youve found a repeatable formula for finding and winning lead that can be written into a repeatable GTM playbook....
06:26 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch In growth marketing, creative is the critical X factor
If youre looking to succeed with paid social marketing, you need a creative testing framework....
06:14 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Okendo raises $5.3M to help D2C brands ween themselves off of Big Tech customer data
While direct-to-consumer growth has exploded in the past year, some brands are finding there’s still plenty of room to forge ahead in building a more direct relationships with their customers. S...
06:14 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Okendo raises $5.3M to help DTC brands ween themselves off of Big Tech customer data
While direct-to-consumer growth has exploded in the past year, some brands are finding there’s still plenty of room to forge ahead in building a more direct relationship with their customers. Sy...
05:38 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Dear Sophie: Should we look to Canada to retain international talent?
"Many have employees on OPT or STEM OPT who didnt get selected in this year's H-1B lottery. Should we look to Canada?"...
05:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Clubhouse is now out of beta and open to everyone
One year later, Clubhouse is finally out of beta. The company announced Wednesday that it would end its waitlist and invite system, opening up to everybody. Now, anybody can follow Clubhouse links, ho...
04:12 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch The real ROI of making your products more accessible
Accessibility isnt, like many believe, kryptonite for profits. It is a moneymaker. Remember this: The cost of noncompliance is about three times higher than that of complying....
04:10 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Amazon aims to inject new life into Alexa with release of developer tools and features
Amazon is giving its Alexa voice platform a shot in the arm after seeing further declines in skill growth over the past year, indicating lagging interest from third-party voice app developers. At the ...
04:07 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Upgrade launches a credit card with bitcoin rewards
Fintech startup Upgrade is launching a new credit card today. The Upgrade Bitcoin Rewards Card is a classic Visa credit card that works across the Visa network. But you get 1.5% in bitcoin rewards whe...
04:03 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch WhenThens no-code payments platform attracts $6M from European VCs Stride and Cavalry
The payments space – amazingly – remains up for grabs for startups. Yes dear reader, despite the success of Stripe, there seems to be a new payments startup virtually every other day. Its ...
04:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Outplay gets $7.3M from Sequoia Capital India to help outbound sales team scale their campaigns
Outbound sales managers typically rely on high volumes of inquiries to find customers, but this means that their revenue is often in proportion to the size of their team. Outplay helps them scale more...
04:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch LiveControl raises $30M to help venues livestream events
One thing seems certain: The past year-and-a-half has fundamentally transformed the world of live events. The pandemic left plenty of venues scrambling for alternative revenue streams and, in many cas...
04:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch The Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals 2021 starts tomorrow
Get ready for a startup throwdown of global proportions (literally). Were the proud hosts of the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) Global Finals, and the pitch competition action starts tomorrow, July 22 a...
03:58 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Cyber risk startup Safe Security lands $33M from UK telco BT
Safe Security, a Silicon Valley cyber risk management startup, has secured a $33 million investment from U.K. telco BT. Founded in 2012, Safe Security formerly known as Lucideus helps organizations ...
03:54 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch What Robinhoods warnings about crypto trading say about Coinbases near-term future
A decline in consumer interest in the next few months or quarters is not a huge deal, assuming one keeps a long enough perspective and the crypto-infused future that its fans expect comes to pass....
03:15 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Pangaea Holdings, developing mens personal care brands, raises $68M, including minority stake from Eurazeo
Pangaea started with the launch of mens skincare brand, Lumin, containing natural Korean-based formulations....
03:11 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Spendesk raises $118 million for its corporate spend management service
French startup Spendesk has announced earlier today that it has raised a $118 million funding round (100 million) led by General Atlantic. Overall, the company has raised $189 million (160 million) si...
03:05 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Tumblr debuts Post, a subscription service for Gen Z creators
As Twitter launches Super Follows, YouTube adds new monetization tools and Instagram embraces e-commerce, the social media sphere is heating up with new ways for creators to make a living. Now, Tumblr...
03:05 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch YouTube to pilot test shopping from livestreams with select creators
YouTube will begin pilot testing a new feature that will allow viewers to shop for products directly from livestream videos. The feature will initially launch with just a handful of creators and brand...
03:03 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Zebra raises $1.1M in a pre-seed round for messaging that pairs photos with voice chat
A new voice-based social app that cites Clubhouse as its biggest inspiration offers a playful new way to stay in touch with close friends and family. Zebraleaves video out of the equation altogether, ...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch i80 Group has quietly committed $1B in credit to the fintech and proptech worlds
Not every startup wants to raise venture capital. And then there are those that do want to raise VC money but dont want to use it for specific things. In recent years, a number of firms have emerged l...
02:05 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D model sharing platform
New York-based startup Sketchfab has been acquired by Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine. Sketchfab has been building a platform to upload, download, view, share, sell and buy 3...
02:05 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D-model sharing platform
New York-based startup Sketchfab has been acquired by Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine. Sketchfab has been building a platform to upload, download, view, share, sell and buy 3...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Accion Systems raises $42 million in Series C to accelerate development of 4th-gen propulsion system
Space propulsion developer Accion Systems has closed its most significant funding round yet. The company raised $42 million in a Series C led by Tracker Capital, bringing its valuation to $83.5 millio...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch How WeWorks Adam Neumann made a pigeon look like a swan
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this weeks deep dive,AlexandNatasha took a trip down memory lane to ...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Loop Returns locks in $65 million Series B led by CRV
Loop Returns, a software company looking to handle the costly and inefficient process of retail/ecommerce returns, has announced the close of a $65 million Series B financing round. The round was led ...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Hear Startup Alley companies pitch expert VC judges in upcoming episodes of Extra Crunch Live
We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedba...
01:18 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Sololearn raises $24M for its bite-sized, Duolingo-like mobile-first coding education app
Coding is not just for engineers and computer programmers anymore: the pace of technology and its growing ubiquity mean that even non-tech roles will require workers to have some degree of knowledge t...
01:15 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Startups and investors are turning to micromobility subscriptions
Micromobility vendors are keen to follow other industries into the subscription model for a few reasons: ease of scaling, return on investment and cost-per-mile to operate....
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Spreadsheet.com wants to put apps in your spreadsheets
An old rule of thumb for building a startup is to find a group of professionals who use spreadsheets to do their work and then build an app to replace their spreadsheet usage. Presto, you have a start...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Alternative investing hub Vincent closes $6 million raise
While markets grapple with the concept that the pandemic might not be entirely in the rear view mirror, investors are continuing to seek out investment opportunities outside public markets as they see...
12:21 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Dwolla raises $21M to bring more customizable payment and money transfer options to fintechs and brands
Stripe, with its $95 billion valuation, has been taking on the payment landscape with a whole platform approach, bringing in dozens of adjacent services to snag a wider and deeper set of customers tha...
12:19 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Pink Floyd drummer invests in Disciple Media, a platform aimed at the creator economy
Much has been made of the rise of the creator economy in the last year. With the Pandemic biting, millions flooded online, looking for a way to make money or promote themselves. The podcasting world h...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Andreessen Horowitz funds Vitallys $9M round for customer experience software
Customer success company Vitally raised $9 million in Series A funding from Andreessen Horowitz to continue developing its SaaS platform automating customer experiences....
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch DNSFilter secures $30M Series A to step up fight against DNS-based threats
DNSFilter, an artificial intelligencestartup that provides DNS protection to enterprises, has secured $30 million in Series A funding from Insight Partners. DNSFilter, as its name suggests, offers DNS...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Ethos picks up $100M at a $2.7B valuation for a big data platform to improve life insurance accessibility
More than half of the U.S. population has stayed away from considering life insurance because they believe it’s probably too expensive, and the most common way to buy it today is in person. A st...
11:03 am GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Valoreo raises $30M more to acquire e-commerce brands across LatAm
Just over five months after securing $50 million in debt & equity, Valoreo has closed on a $30 million Series A funding round. Mexico City-based Valoreo aims to invest in, operate and scale e-comm...
11:00 am GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Argo, Ford to launch self-driving vehicles on Lyfts ride-hailing app
Autonomous vehicle technology startup Argo AI and its backer and customer Ford plan to launch up to 1,000 self-driving vehicles on Lyft’s ride-hailing network in a number of cities over the next...
11:00 am GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Byjus acquires reading platform Epic for $500 million in US expansion push
Byjus said on Wednesday it has acquired California-headquartered reading platform Epic for $500 million, the latest in a series of moves from Indias most valuable startup as it deepens its footprint i...
11:00 am GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Austin-based Fetch Package secures $60M in equity & debt after tripling ARR in 2020
Fetch Package, a last-mile package delivery company for apartment communities, has raised $50 million in a Series C round of funding and closed on a $10 million venture debt facility. Michael Patton f...
08:00 am GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Employee mental health platform Oliva raises $2.2M pre-seed round led by Moonfire Ventures
Just as many other employee services have gone digital, so too is mental health. In the consumer space there are growing startups like Equoo, but the race is now on for the employee. And since telemed...
07:01 am GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Percent raises $5M, aiming to become the Stripe for donations to good causes
What with the planet collapsing and democracy under constant attack from all quarters – you know, just the usual – one or two members of the global population have, idly or not, wondered i...
07:00 am GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Yapily raises $51 million for its open banking API by focusing on infrastructure
Fintech startup Yapily has raised a $51 million Series B funding round led by Sapphire Ventures. The company has been working on a single, unified open banking API for several European markets. Develo...
05:02 am GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Soldo raises $180M for its business expense management platform
Expense management has long been a pain point for employees and accounting departments: for many, tracking and parsing how money is spent on behalf of a company is just too bogged down in legacy softw...
04:37 am GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch UTEC launches a new initiative to help deep-tech founders commercialize their work
The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC) is launching a new program to address a problem the venture capital fund says many deep-tech founders face. They may raise pre-seed capital from an...
12:00 am GMT - Wed, July 21, 2021
Techcrunch Samsung will announce new foldables on August 11
Samsung just sent out invites for its next Unpacked event. There are those companies that like to sneak hints into their invites — and then theres Samsung. The note leads with the big, bold word...
11:48 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Elon Musk: Tesla to open up global charging network to other EVs later this year
Tesla will allow other electric vehicles to access its global network of chargers later this year, CEO Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday. The comment follows years of chatter by Musk that signaled the company...
10:19 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Instagram adds new controls for limiting sexual and violent content in the Explore tab
Instagram is giving its users a tiny bit more power to see what they want and not see what they don’t want in its content discovery hub. The company introduced a new toggle called “Sensi...
10:19 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Instagram adds new controls for limiting sensitive content in the Explore tab
Instagram is giving its users a tiny bit more power to see what they want and not see what they don’t want in its content discovery hub. The company introduced a new toggle called “Sensi...
10:10 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Jeff Bezos and 3 guests share Blue Origins first crewed flight
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:47 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Consumer Reports concerned Tesla uses owners to test unsafe self-driving software
A Tesla in full self-driving mode makes a left turn out of the middle lane on a busy San Francisco street. It jumps in a bus lane where its not meant to be. It turns a corner and nearly plows into par...
09:27 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Pivot Bio rakes in $430M round D as modified microbes prove their worth in agriculture
Pivot Bio makes fertilizer but not directly. Its modified microorganisms are added to soil and they product nitrogen that would otherwise have had to be trucked in and dumped there. This biotech-powe...
09:24 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Brokrete wants to be the Shopify of construction, raises $3M seed led by Xploration Capital
With the pandemic affecting every aspect of life and industry, it’s no surprise that digitization is coming to construction fast. Construction suppliers are increasingly under the same pressure ...
09:23 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Biden nominates another Big Tech enemy, this time to lead the DOJs antitrust division
The Biden administration tripled down on its commitment to reining in powerful tech companies Tuesday, proposing committed Big Tech critic Jonathan Kanter to lead the Justice Department’s antitr...
09:23 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Biden taps Google critic to lead the DOJs antitrust division
The Biden administration tripled down on its commitment to reining in powerful tech companies Tuesday, proposing committed Big Tech critic Jonathan Kanter to lead the Justice Department’s antitr...
09:12 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Biosafety startup R-Zero acquires CoWorkr to create an OS for the workplace
On Tuesday, R-Zero, a pandemic-era biosafety company, announced the acquisition of CoWorkr a company that develops room occupancy sensors. The acquisition marks a shift in focus for R-Zero as people ...
08:54 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Netflix says its gaming push will begin with mobile
A report last week hinted at some of Netflix's gaming ambitions. In its Q2 2021 earnings report, the company confirmed some things, including a mobile-first focus....
08:47 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Extra Crunch roundup: Seed-stage basics, SaaS marketing live chat, Zooms Five9 buy
A famous poem advises us not to compare ourselves with others, "for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself." The same holds true for startup fundraising....
08:35 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter tests a TweetDeck revamp it hopes to make a subscription product
Twitter announced today it will begin testing a new set of features for TweetDeck, the company’s often-ignored social media dashboard aimed at Twitter’s power users, which Twitter may soon...
07:14 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Maines facial recognition law shows bipartisan support for protecting privacy
The ACLU urges all Americans to ask their members of Congress to join the movement to halt facial recognition technology and support federal legislation limiting it. ...
07:07 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Intels Mobileye takes its autonomous vehicle testing program to New York City
Mobileye, a subsidiary of Intel, has expanded its autonomous vehicle testing program to New York City as part of its strategy to develop and deploy the technology. New York City joins a number of othe...
07:03 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch NewCampus wants to train the first-time managers within Southeast Asias tech giants
The tech boom in Southeast Asia isnt just seeding a wave of new entrepreneurs building the next generation of unicorns, its also ushering young talent into the roles of first-time managers. And NewCam...
06:57 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch How we built an AI unicorn in 6 years
Looking back, narrowly focusing on a branch of applied science undergoing a breakthrough paradigm shift that hadnt yet reached the business world changed everything....
06:40 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Litnerd streams live actors into the classroom to help kids better connect with reading
Our kids can’t read. As of 2019, roughly a third of US fourth graders were unable to read at the level expected of them. The scores have barely changed in decades. Something isn’t working ...
06:02 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Marketing Cube founder Maya Moufareks lessons for customer-focused startups
Maya Moufarek, founder of Marketing Cube, spent more than 15 years working for companies like Google and American Express before launching her own growth consultancy. Today, her London-based firm work...
05:02 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Venmo removes its global, public feed in a significant app redesign
PayPal-owned payments app Venmo will no longer offer a public, global feed of users’ transactions, as part of a significant redesign focused on expanding the app’s privacy controls and bet...
05:02 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Venmo removes its global, public feed as part of a major redesign
PayPal-owned payments app Venmo will no longer offer a public, global feed of users’ transactions, as part of a significant redesign focused on expanding the app’s privacy controls and bet...
04:54 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Bezos and crew host a giddy press conference after Blue Origins inaugural crewed launch
Jeff Bezos was so triumphant he was practically glowing at a press conference following the Blue Origins first crewed mission to space, 21 years after he founded the company in 2000. The billionaire t...
04:54 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch The European VC market is so hot it may skip its summer holiday
Even though Europe has a reputation for lengthy summer vacations, investors dont expect much -- if any -- slowdown to come in Europe during this sun-drenched quarter....
04:45 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch 3 critical lessons I learned while scaling RingCentrals customer support team
As you scale and onboard employees, make sure they know their importance emphasize the stakes in their role related to the business and value that responsibility....
04:40 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Facebook onboards another 31 newsletter writers on Bulletin
Late last month, Facebook announced Bulletin, its newsletter platform. Unlike Substack, Medium and other competitors, Bulletin hand-picks its writers to curate a more controlled platform, with stars r...
04:25 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Hear Startup Alley companies pitch expert VC judges in upcoming episodes of Extra Crunch Live
We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedba...
04:03 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch RxAll grabs $3.15M to scale its drug checking and counterfeiting tech across Africa
Research says that counterfeit medication is the cause of 1 million deaths per year. One-tenth of this number comes from Africa. Counterfeiting is hard to detect, investigate, quantify or stop. It is ...
04:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch YouTubes newest monetization tool lets viewers tip creators for their uploads
YouTube announced its latest feature, Super Thanks, on Tuesday. This is YouTube’s fourth Paid Digital Good, which is what the platform calls any product that lets fans directly pay creators. So ...
03:49 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch HBO Max to stream free episodes inside Snapchat for co-watching with friends
In a bid to boost sign-ups to its streaming service, HBO Max is partnering with Snap to bring free episodes from its original programing to Snapchat users in the U.S. The episodes will stream via a Sn...
03:33 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch ChargePoint to buy European charging software startup for $295M
ChargePoint struck a deal to buy European charging software company has.to.be for 250 million ($295 million) in cash and stock, the electric vehicle charging network’s first acquisition since it...
03:24 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch China Roundup: Whats going on with Chinas data security clampdown?
Hello and welcome back toTechCrunchs China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. A tectonic shift is underway in ...
03:15 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Titan, a platform aimed at the everyday investor, valued at $450M as a16z leads $58M Series B
Titan, a startup that is building a retail investment management platform aimed at the new generation of “everyday investors,” has closed on $58 million in a Series B round led by Andreess...
03:08 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Square launches business bank accounts
One step at a time, Square is creating a new bank from scratch. Today, the company is launching a new product called Square Banking that combines a checking account, savings accounts, debit cards and ...
03:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Little Spoon scoops up $44M to grow its childrens nutrition delivery service
The quest to disrupt the traditional baby food aisle continues as more of todays parents seek out nutritional food for their children....
03:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Numerade lands $100M valuation for short-form STEM videos
Edtech entrepreneurs are using their moment in the sun to rethink the structures and impact of nearly every aspect of modern-day learning, from the art of testing to the reality of information retenti...
02:13 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Powered by local stores, JOKR joins the 15 min grocery race with a $170M Series A
We are true believers in the fact that the world needs a new Amazon, a better one, a more sustainable one, one that appreciates local areas and products. Its quite one thing to claim you are out to re...
02:13 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Powered by local stores, JOKR joins the 15-min grocery race with a $170M Series A
We are true believers in the fact that the world needs a new Amazon, a better one, a more sustainable one, one that appreciates local areas and products. Its quite one thing to claim you are out to re...
01:35 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Blue Origins New Shepard carries Jeff Bezos and three crew members to space and back
Blue Origin successfully completed its first crewed launch Tuesday, sending four human passengers to space including the companys founder, Jeff Bezos. The result of billions of dollars of investment,...
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Pillar VC closes $192M for two funds targeting SaaS, crypto, biotech, manufacturing
As its name suggests, venture firm Pillar VC is focused on building "pillar" companies in Boston and across the Northeast....
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Metal 3D printing company Fabric8Labs raises $19M
Fabric8Labs this morning announced that it has raised $19.3 million. The Series A was led by Intel Capital and features Lam Capital, TDK Ventures, SE Ventures, imec.xpand, Stanley Ventures and Mark Cu...
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Commercial real estate lending startup Lev brings in $30M on a $130M valuation
Commercial real estate has been slow to embrace technology, with most deals still paper-heavy and complicated....
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Path Robotics raises another $100M
In May, Path Robotics announced a $56 million Series B. It was a sizable raise, as far as robotics rounds go. But the Columbus, Ohio-based startup is already back for more, raising a pre-emptive Serie...
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Rad Power Bikes reveals more user-friendly next-gen e-bike RadRover 6 Plus for $1,999
Electric fat tire bike manufacturer Rad Power Bikes has unveiled the latest model of its flagship RadRover, and at $1,999, it appears to be cheaper than its predecessor, which goes for $1,699. The upd...
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch CityRow raises $12M for connected rowing machines and studios
Founded in 2014 as an in-person rowing studio, CityRow was relatively early to adopt the at-home connected model. The New York-based company launched a digital platform in 2018, two years before the p...
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Zenput raises $27M Series C to keep multiunit operations flowing no matter the location
Ensuring food safety compliance can be challenging at one restaurant, Zenput developed technology aimed at making sure operating procedures are quickly adapted so that businesses maintain quality....
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Superpedestrian acquires Navmatic to detect and control unsafe e-scooter rider behavior
Electric scooter operator Superpedestrian has announced its acquisition of Navmatic, a startup that helps micromobility operators locate vehicles and correct their movements in real time. The companie...
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Inkbit raises $30M for its self-correcting 3D printing technology
MIT CSAIL spinout Inkbit this week announced that it has raised $30 million. The Series B, led by Phoenix Venture Partners LLC, brings the firms total funding up to $45 million. PVP joins existing par...
11:01 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Capchase raises $280M to scale its financing platform for subscription businesses
Almost overnight, platforms that offer non-dilutive capital for recurring revenue businesses have become white-hot. It was only in March that Pipe which aims to be the Nasdaq for revenue raised $150...
11:00 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Sundae closes on $80M for residential real estate marketplace
Sundae, a residential real estate marketplace that pairs sellers of dated or damaged property with potential buyers, has raised $80 million in a Series C funding round co-led by Fifth Wall and General...
11:00 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Hyper is a new fund that offers $300k checks and promise of a media slingshot for founders
Hyper is a $60M early-stage fund co-founded by Josh Buckley, Product Hunts CEO along with writer, founder and designer Dustin Curtis. Two ex-Sequoia operators are part of the team at launch as well. M...
11:00 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Employment Hero gets $140M AUD Series E led by Insight Partners, grows valuation to $800M AUD
Four months after announcing its last round, Employment Hero has closed another $140 million AUD (about $103 million USD) in funding. The Series E was led by Insight Partners, the venture capital firm...
11:00 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Mural raises $50M Series C after tripling its ARR in the last year
This morning Mural, a startup that builds digital collaboration software with a focus on visual presentation, announced that it has closed a $50 million Series C. The new capital, co-led by prior inve...
10:30 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Fitness app HealthifyMe to expand worldwide after raising $75M Series C from LeapFrog and Khosla Ventures
People shopping around for a fitness app already have a plethora to pick from: MyFitnessPal, Noom and Lifesum, to name a few. Founded in India, HealthifyMe is betting that users around the world will ...
10:00 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch NFT market OpenSea hits $1.5 billion valuation
It’s been a wild 2021 for NFT auction marketplace OpenSea. The startup was exceedingly well-positioned in a niche space when NFTs exploded earlier this year seemingly out of nowhere. Since then,...
09:47 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Speedinvest launches second $70.8M fund aimed at specialist marketplaces and consumer startups
Pan-European early-stage VC Speedinvest has reached the final close for its second fund aimed at specialist marketplaces and consumer startups. Aside from institutional LPs, the 60m / $70.8M fund was ...
09:16 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Norways electric car subscription service imove closes $22.3M Series A led by AutoScout24
The subscribe to your car movement has been taking off in recent years, with the appearance of Fleks in the UK (Europe), Cazoo (after its acquisition of Drover), Care by Volvo Hertz, to name just a fe...
08:38 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch SmartRecruiters raises $110M at a $1.5B valuation to expand its end-to-end recruitment platform
The global Covid-19 pandemic had a chilling effect on a number of industries and their workforces, resulting in mass furloughs and layoffs. But now, with countries now taking steps back to “norm...
08:00 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Collectiv Food raises $16M Series A to connect food producers directly with kitchens
In the modern world, we tend to like to know where our food comes from and this has massively influenced professional kitchens. For decades, food suppliers have sat on one side and distribution channe...
07:38 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Carlyle confirms acquisition of live video streaming company LiveU, sources tell us for over $400M
Following our report yesterday of an impending sale of LiveU — one of the big developers of live streaming hardware and software, used by some 3,000 major media organizations — today the c...
07:30 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Indian food delivery startup Swiggy raises $1.25 billion led by SoftBank and Prosus
It took SoftBank several years, but the Japanese investment giant is now ready to bet on Indias food delivery market. Swiggy said on Tuesday it has closed a $1.25 billion financing round led by SoftBa...
06:00 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Choco bites into $100M Series B, at a $600M valuation, to build a more transparent, sustainable food supply chain
Choco is digitizing the food supply chain as the United States estimates of the food produced here approximately 40% is wasted....
04:39 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch YouTube acquires Indian social commerce startup Simsim
YouTube has acquired social commerce startup Simsim, the Google-owned firm said on Tuesday. Neither of the firms disclosed the terms of the deal, but two people with knowledge of the matter told TechC...
04:01 am GMT - Tue, July 20, 2021
Techcrunch Bielefeld survey highlights an emerging B2B, crypto, deep tech ecosystem
Welcome to the city survey of Bielefeld, Germany, part of our ongoing survey into European cities....
10:10 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: In all-stock transaction, Zoom to purchase Five9 for $14.7 billion
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
10:04 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch GM confirms a third electric pickup truck is in development
GM will add a full-size electric pickup truck to its GMC lineup, the latest in a string of EV product announcements by the automaker in the past year as it pushes to deliver more than 1 million electr...
09:13 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch This tool tells you if NSOs Pegasus spyware targeted your phone
Over the weekend, an international consortium of news outlets reported that several authoritarian governments including Mexico, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates used spyware developed by NSO Gro...
08:49 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch What we learned from selling a blockchain service to African governments
Africa is a smaller addressable market. If youre looking to pitch a product or service to governments, its helpful to keep in mind that your first customer might be from a smaller country....
08:35 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Duolingos IPO could cast golden halo on edtech startups
We are now seeing what growth will look like at Duolingo after its COVID-bump was digested....
07:08 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Founders: How well do you really understand seed-stage financing?
Tactically, fundraising is a skill like any other. You get better the more you do it. But practicing gets you nowhere if you don't have a strong foundation in understanding fundraising components....
06:40 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Watch Blue Origin launch Jeff Bezos to space live, along with the youngest and oldest astronauts ever
Blue Origin is set to launch its fully reusable New Shepard spacecraft with humans on board for the first time on Tuesday, and it’s sending Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos up along wit...
06:24 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch CNN streaming service will offer live and on-demand content in early 2022
The rumors of a CNN streaming service were true. The network has unveiled a CNN+ service that will offer a blend of live and on-demand shows that are "separate and distinct" from existing TV coverage....
05:27 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Uber expands its grocery delivery service to more than 400 US cities and towns
The service now covers major markets like San Francisco, New York City and Washington DC...
05:18 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Velodyne Lidar CEO resigns in latest internal drama
Velodyne Lidar CEO Anand Gopalan is leaving the lidar company at the end of July as the sensor supplier continues to struggle with internal drama. Gopalan, who was previously CTO, is leaving the top l...
04:55 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Sweetch raises $20M for a personalized engagement system designed to boost health outcomes
Youve just sat down to dinner, and your wearable device reminds you to get up and get in your steps for the day. Maybe the app has a point, but odds are, youll push the notification to the side. The f...
04:50 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Microsoft secures court order to take down malicious homoglyph domains
Microsoft has secured a court order to take down several malicious homoglyph domains that were used to impersonate Office 365 customers and commit fraud. The technology giant filed a case earlier this...
04:10 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Hear Startup Alley companies pitch expert VC judges in upcoming episodes of Extra Crunch Live
We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedba...
04:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou is coming to Disrupt
If you spent any time this year desperately trying to figure out what the heck NFTs are, you probably have Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou to thank for that. His startup’s crypto trading card ...
03:58 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch The Zoom-Five9 deal is a big bet for the video conferencing company
Zoom is betting a little less than a sixth of its value on a single wager....
03:52 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Meet the startups competing in the Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals on July 22
Theres not much that thrills us more than a startup competition and we mean deep down in our bones thrilled. Thats why were beyond excited to host the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) Global Finals on Ju...
03:37 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Colombian on-demand delivery startup Rappi raises over $500M at a $5.25B valuation
Rappi, a Colombian on-demand delivery startup, has raised over $500 million at a $5.25 billion valuation in a Series G round led by T. Rowe Price, the company announced late Friday. Baillie Gifford, T...
03:27 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch LeagueApps raises $15M to be the operating system for youth sports organizations
Youth sports are an integral part of our communities, bringing families together and helping kids all over gain confidence and skills. Most of us dont think about all the work that goes into setting u...
03:12 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch The Station: Aurora SPACs, a spin on the VanMoof X3 and a chat with Outdoorsy founders
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation.Sign up here just click The Station to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello and welcome to The Station, your centra...
03:01 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Dover raises $20M to bring the concept of orchestration to recruitment
Despite being one of the earliest adopters of using the world wide web to disrupt how its business is done and connect with more potential customers, the recruitment industry ironically remains one of...
02:49 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch AngelList Ventures Avlok Kohli on rolling funds and the busy state of VC
The CEO joined us last week at a TechCrunch Early Stage event to share all kinds of insight, from the state of the market to his thoughts on why there's suddenly so much money flooding into VC....
02:48 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Robinhood targets IPO valuation up to $35B amid warning that crypto incomes are slipping
Robinhood's huge valuation indicates that its ascent in the last 18 months from breakout unicorn to category-defining upstart is about to be embraced by the public market....
02:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Breakr raises $4.2M to connect influencers with emerging musicians
Music app Breakr this week announced a $4.2 million seed round, led by Slow Ventures. The latest raise follows $700,000 in funding led by Andreessen Horowitzs TxO fund a round the people behind the s...
01:56 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Recapped lands $6 million for collaborative sales software that gets the customer in the mix
Recapped, a startup building collaborative sales software, announced the close of a $6.3 million seed round today. The deal was led by Charles River Ventures. Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, CoF...
01:30 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch JLL, Khosla lead Jones $12.5M Series A for real estate vendor compliance
The New York-based commercial real estate startup is curating a marketplace of pre-approved vendors for tenants and property managers to find and hire the people they need in a compliant way....
01:27 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Equity Monday: Zoom buys Five9 as Robinhood sets IPO price range
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private ...
01:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Kdan Mobile gets $16M Series B for its cloud-based content and productivity tools
Kdan Mobile, a company that provides a wide range of cloud-based software, including AI-based tech for organizing documents, has raised a $16 million Series B. The round was led by South Korea-based D...
12:48 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch US blames China for Exchange server hacks and ransomware attacks
The Biden administration and its allies has formally accused China of the mass-hacking of Microsoft Exchange servers earlier this year, which prompted the FBI to intervene as concerns rose that the ha...
12:43 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Go1 raises $200M at a $1B valuation to boost its curated enterprise learning platform
Online learning continues to see a huge boost of attention and use in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and today a startup building tools specifically for enterprises to deliver on their internal ed...
12:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Rise Gardens grows with $9M Series A to help anyone be an indoor farmer
As more consumers embrace plant-based diets and sustainable food practices, Rise Gardens is giving anyone the ability to have a green thumb from the comfort of their own home....
11:35 am GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch How one founder pivoted a startup designed for in-person interaction in light of the pandemic
When Ashley Sumner designed and launched Quilt, it was meant to be a response to digital social networking, preferring creating authentic in-person interactions between people who didn’t necessa...
11:28 am GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Carlyle to acquire live broadcasting and streaming tech outfit LiveU for over $400M, say sources
Streaming is the name of the content game these days, and now one of the companies that builds tech to do this from anywhere in the world is getting acquired. LiveU — whose satellite/cellular ha...
09:32 am GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Indias GlobalBees raises $150 million to build Thrasio-like house of brands
The universe of Indian firms attempting to replicate Thrasios success in the worlds second largest internet market just got bigger. Three-month-old GlobalBees said on Monday it has raised $150 million...
08:58 am GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Nigerian investment platform Chaka secures $1.5M pre-seed after bagging countrys first SEC license
When Robinhood raised its $3 million seed round in 2013, it was a couple of months old with huge ambitions of democratizing securities access to the underserved and unserved. Robinhood has since taken...
07:13 am GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Blackstone acquires majority stake in Simplilearn for $250 million
Blackstone is acquiring a majority stake in Bangalore and San Francisco-headquartered edtech startup Simplilearn for $250 million. Simplilearn operates an eponymous online bootcamp to help people lear...
04:43 am GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Lenskart valued at $2.5 billion following $220 million investment from Temasek and Falcon Edge Capital
Temasek and Falcon Edge Capital have led a $220 million investment in Indian omni-channel eyewear retailer Lenskart, valuing the Bangalore-based startup at $2.5 billion. The new investment, which incl...
04:07 am GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Zoom buys cloud call center firm Five9 for $14.7 billion
Zoom is taking advantage of the impressive rise in its stock price in the past year to make its first major acquisition. The popular video conferencing firm, which was valued at about $9 billion at it...
02:00 am GMT - Mon, July 19, 2021
Techcrunch Kamereo gets $4.6M to connect farmers and F&B businesses in Vietnam
While working as the chief operating officer of a pizza chain in Vietnam, Taku Tanaka saw how difficult it is for restaurants to connect with farmers. Many small F&B businesses cant buy in large v...
10:34 pm GMT - Sun, July 18, 2021
Techcrunch Gillmor Gang: Catching Up
As the pandemic dwindled enough to get in our car with dogs, SiriusXM, and our children in the rear view mirror, we drove to South Carolina. Tina had endured the last year and almost another half whil...
02:28 pm GMT - Sun, July 18, 2021
Techcrunch The end of open source?
Though exploit development and disclosure is often messy, running technically complex "red team" programs against the world's biggest and most important open-source project feels a little extra. ...
06:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 17, 2021
Techcrunch All eyes are on Indias brightest Zomato
Relevance is often tied to rarity. As a result, the first anything whether a birthday, scientific feat or female vice president comes with its own weight. Whether that pressure is warranted is a dis...
05:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 17, 2021
Techcrunch How F1 got the data crunched for its new race car
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment....
01:20 am GMT - Sat, July 17, 2021
Techcrunch VanMoof X3 e-bike review: Transportation revelation
Like some of the best consumer tech from the last decade, I didn’t know I needed an e-bike until I was on one, breezing down the bike lane contemplating my newfound freedom. Before buying a Nint...
10:10 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: FedEx invests $100M in Indian logistics giant Delhivery
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
10:09 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch The head of Citi Ventures on how, and why, to leverage corporate venture arms like his
At our recent Early Stage event, we had the opportunity to talk at length with Arvind Purushotham, the managing director and global head of Citi Ventures, about how startups should think about corpora...
09:57 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Growth marketing roundup: SEO for 2021, pitch tactics, reviews and more
Google favors large sites more than ever, basically because it is trying to avoid providing misinformation in our polarized age. But sometimes the small sites have key new information like the content...
08:56 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch How pitch training can help startups get their story right
When you hire a marketing consultant, you don’t necessarily expect to wind up discussing your life’s purpose. Yet, that is what Spanish marketing expert and entrepreneur Alex Barrera often...
08:42 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch With open banking on the horizon, the fintech-SME love story is just beginning
In order to understand the changes that are sweeping fintech and reconfiguring the way that the industry works with small businesses, its important to understand open banking....
08:08 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch ServiceMax promises accelerating growth as key to $1.4B SPAC deal
ServiceMax, a company that builds software for the field-service industry, announced yesterday that it will go public via a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in a deal valued at $1.4 billi...
06:22 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch In an increasingly hot biotech market, protecting IP is key
Decisions about protecting your companys IP cant wait founders must start aligning their IP and company strategies as soon as possible, even during the formation of the company itself....
06:13 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Extra Crunch roundup: Think like a VC, CockroachDB EC-1, handle your stock options
Don't wait until it's too late to build your early-stage marketing team but don't hire too hastily, either....
06:09 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Virgin Galactic president Mike Moses on whats next for the companys growing fleet
This last weekend featured the much-ballyhooed launch of Virgin Galactic’s first (nonpaying) passengers, with founder and CEO Richard Branson along for the ride. After the festivities, I had the...
06:01 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Digital lending platform Blend valued at over $4B in its public debut
Mortgages may not be considered sexy, but they are a big business. And if youve refinanced or purchased a home digitally lately, you may or may not have noticed the company powering the software behin...
05:57 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Visualping raises $6M to make its website change monitoring service smarter
Visualping, a service that can help you monitor websites for changes like price drops or other updates, announced that it has raised a $6 million extension to the $2 million seed round it announced ea...
04:51 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Tumblrs parent company is buying popular podcast app Pocket Casts
Pocket Casts will soon have a new home. Automattic, the parent company of Tumblr and WordPress.com, is buyinh the podcast app from a collective of public radio groups, including NPR and BBC Studios....
04:04 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Rivian delays deliveries of R1T, R1S electric vehicles again
Rivian is pushing back deliveries of its long-awaited R1T electric pickup truck and R1S SUV several more months due to delays in production caused by “cascading impacts of the pandemic,” p...
04:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Crypto investors like Terraform Labs so much, theyre committing $150 million to its ecosystem
There are many blockchain platforms competing for investors’ and developers’ attention right now, from the big daddy of them all, Ethereum, to so-called “Ethereum Killers” like...
04:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Construct Capitals Dayna Grayson will be a Startup Battlefield Judge at Disrupt 2021
Dayna Grayson has been in venture capital for more than a decade and was one of the first VCs to build a portfolio around the transformation of industrial sectors of our economy. At NEA, where she was...
04:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch An insurtech startup exposed thousands of sensitive insurance applications
A security lapse at insurance technology company BackNine exposed hundreds of thousands of insurance applications after one of its cloud servers was left unprotected on the internet. BackNine might be...
03:08 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch India poised for record VC year as unicorns head for decisive IPOs
India is on pace for a record year of money flowing into its booming startup sector. But as Q3 gets underway, something perhaps even more important is going on in India: public-market liquidity....
02:32 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Outdoorsy co-founders detail how they expanded the sharing economy to RVs
Jen Young and Jeff Cavins decided to craft a business around their passion for being in nature. They saw an opportunity in the 20 million RVs in the U.S., most used just a few days a year. ...
02:30 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Hear Startup Alley companies pitch expert VC judges in upcoming episodes of Extra Crunch Live
We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedba...
02:19 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Reliance Retail acquires controlling stake in Just Dial for $469 million
Reliance Retail said on Friday it has acquired a controlling stake in 25-year-old Indian search and discovery firm Just Dial for $469 million. The Indian retail giant, which leads the market, said it ...
02:08 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Intel rumored to be in talks to buy chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries for $30B
When it comes to M&A in the chip world, the numbers are never small. In 2020, four deals involving chip companies totaled $106 billion, led by Nvidia snagging ARM for $40 billion. One surprise fro...
02:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch The price differential for engineers is declining
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. The whole crew was here this week, with Danny and NatashaandAlex togethe...
01:30 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Cleo Capitals Sarah Kunst explains how to get ready to raise your next round
"When a VC says they don't like an LLC, they literally mean they are definitely allergic to peanuts, and you are a bowl of nuts."...
01:18 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Vyrill, winner of the TC Early Stage pitch-off, helps brands discover and leverage user-generated video reviews
Vyrill helps brands discover and leverage video reviews created by authentic customers and users. The company presented its product at TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing and Fundraising, where it beat ...
01:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Yummy raises $4M, aims to be super app of Venezuela
Yummy, a Venezuela-based delivery app, raised $4 million in funding to expand its dark store delivery operations across Latin America....
01:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Taste intelligence startup Halla closes $4.5M Series A1 to predict which grocery items shoppers will buy
Halla wants to answer the question of how people decide what to eat and now has $4.5 million in fresh Series A1 capital from Food Retail Ventures to do it....
12:07 pm GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Nym gets $6M for its anonymous overlay mixnet to sell privacy as a service
Switzerland-based privacy startup Nym Technologies has raised $6 million, which is being loosely pegged as a Series A round. Earlier raises included a $2.5M seed round in 2019. The founders also took ...
08:23 am GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Traditional VCs turn to emerging managers for deal flow and, in some cases, new partners
Nasir Qadree, a Washington-based investor who just raised $62.1 million for his debut venture fund, recently told us that as his fundraising gained momentum, he was approached by established firms tha...
05:39 am GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Paytm files for $2.2 billion IPO
Paytm, one of Indias most valuable startups, plans to raise up to $2.2 billion in an initial public offering, it said in draft papers submitted to the country’s market regulator on Friday. The N...
05:39 am GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Indian digital payments giant Paytm files for $2.2 billion IPO
Digital payments giant Paytm, one of Indias most valuable startups, plans to raise up to $2.2 billion in an initial public offering, it said in draft papers submitted to the country’s market reg...
05:13 am GMT - Fri, July 16, 2021
Techcrunch Indias Delhivery bags $100 million from FedEx
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of delivery services giant FedEx, is investing $100 million in Indian startup Delhivery as the global firm looks to expand its presence in the South Asian country. Friday&#...
10:10 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Gap year student secures last open seat for Blue Origins first human spaceflight
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:55 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Hear Startup Alley companies pitch expert VC judges in upcoming episodes of Extra Crunch Live
We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedba...
09:40 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch The new Anthony Bourdain documentary Roadrunner leans partly on deepfaked audio
On July 16th,Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdainwill open in US theatres. Like many documentaries, the film pieces together archival footage, including interviews and show outtakes, to attempt t...
09:31 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch How we got 75% more e-commerce orders in a single A/B test for this major brand
Before we discuss the changes that produced the lift, it is important to quickly go over the research that informed those changes....
07:10 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Xiaomi global shipments push past Apple for No. 2 spot
A banner quarter for Xiaomi helped the Chinese mobile company snag the No. 2 spot in global smartphone shipments, according to newly posted Q2 numbers from research firm Canalys. Its pretty stunning g...
06:26 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Announcing the agenda for the Disrupt Stage this September
Disrupt 2021 stands to be the best Disrupt yet. We have an incredible lineup of speakers both on the Disrupt Stage and the Extra Crunch Stage. And, of course, we can’t forget the Startup Battlef...
06:05 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Valve launches Steam Deck, a $400 PC gaming portable
A new challenger has emerged in the gaming hardware category. Game distribution giant Valve today announced the launch of Steam Deck, a $399 gaming portable designed to take PC games on the go. The ha...
06:01 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Researchers match DeepMinds AlphaFold2 protein folding power with faster, freely available model
DeepMind stunned the biology world late last year when its AlphaFold2 AI model predicted the structure of proteins (a common and very difficult problem) so accurately that many declared the decades-ol...
06:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch The latest distraction-free Freewrite features an Ernest Hemingway monogrammed attach case
In our review last year, we called the Freewrite Traveler outstanding, but expensive. The latest version of Astrohaus distraction-free word processing hardware tool does little to address the latter c...
05:41 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch American Express taps startup BodesWell for expansion into financial planning
American Express is branching out into financial planning, with a little help from a seven-person startup called BodesWell. This week, the credit card giant launched a pilot of its first self-service ...
05:21 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch GSA blocks senator from reviewing documents used to approve Zoom for government use
The General Services Administration has denied a senator’s request to review documents Zoom submitted to have its software approved for use in the federal government. The denial was in response ...
04:44 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Thales Alenia Space to develop pressurized modules for Axioms private space station
More details are beginning to emerge on Houston-based Axiom Spaces ambitious project to build and operate the worlds first commercial space station. Thales Alenia Space, a European aerospace manufactu...
04:32 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch GM to launch fleet charging service to power commercial EVs, even at home
GM and its new EV business unit BrightDrop are launching a fleet charging service as the automaker aims to ramp up its bet on connected and electric commercial vehicles. The service, branded Ultium Ch...
04:08 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Revoluts 2020 financial performance explains its big new $33B valuation
It's not super stupid to value Revolut far more richly with massively improved gross margins, profitability and more proven revenue growth....
03:49 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Announcing Sight Tech Global 2021
Shortly after the first Sight Tech Global event, in December last year, Apple and Microsoft announced remarkable new features for mobile phones. Anyone could point the phone camera at a scene and requ...
03:38 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Norwests Lisa Wu explains how to think like a VC when fundraising
The overlapping in job roles is uncanny: The best investors and founders have to find focus through the noise, understand the weight of due diligence and pitch others with conviction....
03:30 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Abodu raises $20M to build prefabricated backyard homes
The need for more affordable housing has never been more urgent as a shortage in the U.S. housing market persists. Startups attempting to help address the shortage in a variety of ways abound. One suc...
03:11 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch The road to a cheaper prosthetic hand
Alt-Bionics made waves back in late 2019 when the brand new startup competed at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Tech Symposium. The company finished second to 3BMs infrared paint-curing ...
03:02 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch The CockroachDB EC-1
Database technology can change the world, but the world in these parts changes very, very slowly. Thats made building a startup in the sector a tough equation....
03:01 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch CockroachDB, the database that just wont die
There is an art to engineering and sometimes engineering can transform art. For Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis, the two worlds collided when they created the open-source graphics program, GIMP....
03:01 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch How engineers fought the CAP theorem in the global war on latency
The founders of Cockroach Labs wanted to ensure data written in one location would be viewable immediately anywhere on the planet. The use case was simple, but the work needed was herculean....
03:01 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Streamlabs launches Crossclip, a new tool for sharing Twitch clips to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube
The company behind ubiquitous livestreaming software Streamlabs is introducing a new way for streamers to share their gaming highlights to platforms well beyond Twitch. Streamlabs calls the new tool C...
03:01 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Developers, as you know, do not like to pay for things
Cockroach Labs has many things going for it. The companys approach to distributed database technology is novel, and it has the potential to gain significant market share internationally....
03:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Scaling CockroachDB in the red ocean of relational databases
CockroachDBs success is not guaranteed. It has to overcome significant hurdles to secure a profitable place among well-established database technologies owned by companies with very deep pockets....
02:42 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch What impact will Apples buy now, pay later push have on startups?
The more specialized the BNPL startup, the less likely that Apple's foray into the BNPL space may prove combative; the more general the BNPL player, the more likely that Apple could snag its business....
02:26 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Lightyear nabs $13M Series A as online network procurement takes shape
It seems like everything is being pushed online now, but network procurement stubbornly has remained an in-person or phone-based negotiation. Lightyear, an early-stage New York City startup, decided t...
02:17 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Blue Origins final passenger for its first human spaceflight will be 18-year-old Oliver Daemen
The mystery of who will occupy the final seat on Blue Origin’s debut human spaceflight next week is a mystery no longer: The company revealed today that the winning bidder who forked over $28 mi...
01:38 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch SPACs keep rolling as autonomous vehicle startup Aurora targets blank-check debut with $13B valuation
Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle startup that acquired Uber’s self-driving unit in December, is going public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Reinvent Technology Pa...
01:30 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Emergence Capitals Doug Landis explains how to identify (and tell) your startup story
Doug Landis joined the TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing and Fundraising event to discuss the value of storytelling for startups -- and how to do it. ...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Zm wants to use its electric school buses to send power back to the electrical grid
Zm, the startup that provides child transportation for school districts and families, is aiming to use its fleet of electric school buses to deliver power back to grid when it’s needed most. The...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Credit Suisse leads $20M Series A in data extraction startup Daloopa
Daloopa will continue developing its data extraction technology for financial institutions, which is now being expanded globally....
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Shopmonkey raises $75M Series C to help auto repair shops streamline their business
Walking into an auto repair shop can sometimes feel like taking a step into the past. The handwritten notes and receipts, the clunky point-of-sales system and scheduling tools if those are even there...
12:56 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Ireland must swiftly investigate legality of Facebook-WhatsApp data-sharing, says EDPB
Facebook’s lead regulator in the European Union must “swiftly” investigate the legality of data-sharing related to a controversial WhatsApp policy update, following an order by the E...
12:30 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Netradyne raises $150M in Series C to improve commercial driver safety
Netradyne, a startup that uses cameras and edge computing to improve commercial driver safety, has scored $150 million in Series C funding. The fresh cash will help the company double down on its curr...
12:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Play2Pay raises $13M to convert mobile user engagement into bill payment
The gamification of payments is not a new concept. A number of companies are attempting to combine gamification and payments in creative ways. And today, one such company, Play2Pay, has raised $13 mil...
11:59 am GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Leap, a social learning platform aimed at over 55s, raises a $3.1M Seed round
Leap, a platform for people over 55 to learn via social interaction, has raised $3.1M funding in a seed round led by European early-stage investor Creandum, and SF-based South Park Commons. Also parti...
11:36 am GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Kenyas AIfluence closes $1M for its AI-powered influencer marketing platform
Influencer marketing is one of the fastest-growing and one of the most impactful media channels today. There’s a growing ad-blocking movement and key demographics are spending less time in front...
11:03 am GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Egyptian social e-commerce platform Taager raises $6.4M led by 4DX Ventures
The global social market is rapidly growing. With over 1.25 million online social sellers in Egypt alone, the Egyptian social e-commerce market is forecast to be worth more than $14.8 billion by 2024....
11:00 am GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Verve Motion raises $15M following exosuit pilot with grocery workers
The exoskeleton/exosuit category has been heating up over the past few years. It makes sense, really. There are two giant — and dramatically different — potential customer bases. On one en...
10:00 am GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Butlr Technologies, developing anonymous people sensors, inks $7.9M seed round
New funding boosts Butlr's ability to apply real-time people-sensing technology beyond real estate and retail uses to monitor falls and other movements for active seniors who are aging in place....
08:45 am GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Revolut confirms a fresh $800M in funding at a $33B valuation to supercharge its financial services superapp
The fintech funding continues to roll in at a rapid pace, a result of the huge shift underway in how consumers spend and manage their money. In the latest development, Revolut — the London-based...
07:28 am GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Indias Inshorts raises $60 million following Public social network app growth
Indian startup Inshorts, which operates an eponymous news aggregator service, has raised $60 million in a new financing round as its last year’s bet — launch of a new social media app call...
06:36 am GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Singapore-based Tinvio raises $12M Series A to build financial services for supply chain merchants
First created to give supply chain merchants a streamlined way to communicate with buyers, Tinvio is now preparing to launch financial services, including financing and credit card issuing. The Singap...
05:12 am GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch Easy Eat AI raises $5M to help Southeast Asian restaurants digitize their operations
Easy Eat AI, a Singapore-based startup that wants to transform restaurants into technology companies, announced today it has raised $5 million in funding. Easy Eat AI offers an operating system for re...
03:00 am GMT - Thu, July 15, 2021
Techcrunch YC-backed Deskimo, an on-demand coworking space app, launches in Singapore and Hong Kong
Part of Y Combinators current batch, Deskimo wants to make finding coworking spaces easier. Its on-demand booking app is currently available in Singapore and Hong Kong, with plans to enter more market...
10:32 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch NHTSA urges some Chevy Bolt owners to park their car away from home, citing fire risk
Chevrolet Bolts are back in the news — this time for another consumer alert issued by the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, less than a year after the agency issued a recall fo...
10:10 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Citing data storage violations, India blocks Mastercard from onboarding new customers
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:45 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Khoslas Adina Tecklu breaks down how to nail your pitch
It's so critical to frame the problem from your perspective. And I also think that this is a really great opportunity to introduce emotion to really build a more compelling story....
09:27 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Clubhouse ventures beyond audio with Backchannel, a new messaging feature
We knew DMs were on the way to Clubhouse and today the new feature landed, spicing up the audio-only app with a text-based chat feature. Clubhouse’s new direct messaging system, called “Ba...
09:18 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Could Cloud PCs be Microsofts gateway to Chromebook-like hardware?
When Microsoft announced that it was releasing a cloud PC service called Windows 365 this morning, it got me thinking. While Windows 365 is about packaging a virtual Windows business desktop in a clou...
09:17 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Semiconductor wafer producer SK Siltron to invest $300M in US to boost EV supply chain
The United States has fallen behind China and Europe in the production and adoption of electric vehicles, especially from 2017 to 2020, according to a study by the International Council on Clean Trans...
09:17 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Semiconductor wafer producer SK Siltron CSS to invest $300M in US to boost EV supply chain
The United States has fallen behind China and Europe in the production and adoption of electric vehicles, especially from 2017 to 2020, according to a study by the International Council on Clean Trans...
09:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Toyotas Woven Planet acquires HD mapping startup Carmera
Woven Planet Holdings an entity created by Toyota to invest in, develop and eventually bring future of transportation technologies like automated driving to market has acquired HD mapping startup Ca...
07:09 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Amazon launches its mobile-first Kindle Vella serialized story platform
As itpromisedlast month, Amazon haslaunchedits serialized fiction Kindle Vella store that lets you unlock episodic, self-published stories via in-app purchases. The new platform is a way for readers t...
07:09 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Crypto startup Phantom banks funding from Andreessen Horowitz to scale its multichain wallet
While retail investors grew more comfortable buying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum in 2021, the decentralized application world still has a lot of work to do when it comes to onboarding a ...
07:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch WhatsApp is testing multidevice support that works without the phone
WhatsApp is finally pushing an improvement to a key feature that even the Facebook-owned instant messaging service acknowledges has been a top request from users for years. On Wednesday, WhatsApp said...
06:51 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch SFs Off the Grid food truck festival refocuses on emergency response and services
Off the Grid is a mainstay of the San Francisco culinary scene. The event company, founded by Matt Cohen in 2010, created neighborhood pop-up festivals centered around entrepreneurial food trucks. It ...
06:30 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Facebook will lure creators with $1 billion in payments
Facebook just announced plans to pay content creators more than $1 billion by the end of next year through new bonus programs designed to keep creatives plugged into its app ecosystem. Facebook founde...
06:29 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Facebook is shook, asks for removal of FTC Chair Khan from antitrust cases against it
Facebook has joined Amazon in a show of alarm at the sudden rise of antitrust hawk Lina Khan to the position of FTC Chair by asking that she be recused from all decisions relating to the company. The ...
06:19 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Events platform Bevy acquires Egypts Eventtus to scale its offering for enterprises
Its been fascinating to watch the development of Eventtus, a startup I came across many years ago on my travels in the Middle East, finding them at the Rise-Up Summit in Cairo in 2012. Then, it was tw...
06:11 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch How to navigate an acquisition without alienating your current employees
M&As can provide a bright future for the company, but the process can be stressful. Talent is your most valuable asset, so make sure you give employees what they need to weather the changes....
05:49 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter is shutting down Fleets on August 3, citing low usage
Stories that disappear after a period of time are where the action is on social platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook. But when it comes to Twitter, it looks the product itself is ...
05:30 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch FlyMachine raises $21 million to build a virtual concerts platform for a post-pandemic world
As concerts and live events return to the physical world stateside, many in the tech industry have wondered whether some of the pandemic-era opportunities around virtualizing these events are lost for...
05:19 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch What the growing federal focus on ESG means for private markets
As regulations around ESG change, private players might not have to comply, but they should adapt to position themselves to effectively operate in a new regulatory environment. ...
05:09 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch LG Chem will invest $5.2B in battery materials through 2025
South Koreas LG Chem has earmarked 6 trillion ($5.2 billion) over the next four years to build out its battery materials business. The investment comes as automakers and state regulators set targets t...
04:51 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch You can see fires, but now Qwake wants firefighters to see through them
When it comes to tough environments to build new technology, firefighting has to be among the most difficult. Smoke and heat can quickly damage hardware, and interference from fires will disrupt most ...
04:50 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Superhumans Rahul Vohra explains how to optimize your startups products for lasting growth
Superhuman worked to optimize and refine their product early to create a version of "growth hacking" that would not only help the company attract users, but serve them best and retain them, too....
04:40 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Nooks set to seed its own in the world of virtual HQs
After operating in beta for a year, Nooks, a virtual workspace space targeting distributed teams, has attracted thousands of users and millions of dollars in venture capital. The Stanford student-led ...
04:37 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch How to make the math work for todays sky-high startup valuations
Do low startup revenues compared to their valuations indicate that there are many houses of cards set to fall in time? The answer is maybe, but probably not. Let's discuss why the math can work....
04:36 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Massachusetts startup OPT Industries is perfecting a 3D-printed nasal swab for COVID-19 tests
In 2020 and 2021, we all became well-acquainted with nasal swabs. But small sticks we stuck up our noses, it turns out, were harder to come by than anyone could have predicted. A May 2020 survey of 11...
04:25 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Cybereason raises $275M at Series F, adds Steven Mnuchin to board
Cybereason, a US-Israeli late-stage cybersecurity startup that provides extended detection and response (XDR) services, has secured $275 million in Series F funding. The investment was led by Liberty ...
04:23 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Twilios new tools will let anyone add live video and audio to their apps
Twilio, a company best known for its tools that help developers build text message/phone call-powered apps, is branching out into a new category: live streaming. This morning the company announced Twi...
04:10 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Exhibit your startup at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is hardly new, but this sector pretty much the default business model for B2B and B2C startups just keeps growing along with a rapidly expanding ecosystem. TC Sessions: ...
04:08 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Aidoc raises over $66M for AI radiology analysis technology
Aidoc, an artificial intelligence company that develops triage and analysis software, is about to double its funding. On Tuesday, the company announced a round of $66 million. Before that the company ...
04:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Microsoft launches Windows 365
Microsoft today launched Windows 365, a service that gives businesses the option to easily let their employees access a Windows 10 desktop from the cloud (with Windows 11 coming once it’s genera...
03:51 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Mobile.dev launches with $3M seed to catch app issues pre-production
As mobile developers build apps, they push them out into the world and problems inevitably develop, which engineers have to scramble to fix. Mobile.dev, a new startup from a former Uber engineer, want...
03:31 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Dear Sophie: Tell me more about the EB-1A extraordinary ability green card
Im a postdoc engineer who started STEM OPT after failing to get selected in the H-1B lottery. A colleague suggested I apply for an EB-1A green card, but I have not won any major awards. Tell me more?...
02:30 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Tusk Ventures Jordan Nof and Wheels Michelle Davey to talk fundraising tips on Extra Crunch Live
The Tusk Ventures portfolio is impressive, if not intimidating. It includes Lemonade, FanDuel, Coinbase, Latch, Bird and many, many more. We’re lucky to be joined by Tusk co-founder and general ...
02:30 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Simpplr raises $32M for its intranet platform
Simpplr, a modern platform for building intranet sites (or ’employee communications and enablement platforms,’ as the company calls it), today announced that it has raised a $32 million Se...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch M1 Finance raises $150M in SoftBank-led Series E, boosts valuation to $1.45B
Just over four months after announcing a $75 million Series D, M1 Finance today is announcing a new $150 million Series E round of funding led by SoftBanks Vision Fund 2. The financing, which also inc...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Your funding round isnt special, but you might be
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this weeks deep dive,AlexandNatashaandDanny decided it was time to c...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Acelerate raises $14.44M Series A to turn existing restaurants into cloud kitchens
Acelerate, a software company looking to help restaurants make the most out of their infrastructure, is today announcing the close of a $14.44 million Series A financing led by Sequoia Capital. The st...
01:43 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Former Nutanix execs launch new startup with $50M seed round
Today a new software company from two former Nutanix executives called DevRev emerged from stealth with a $50 million seed round from Mayfield Fund, Khosla Ventures and several industry luminaries. Th...
01:20 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch India bans Mastercard from adding new customers
Reserve Bank of India has indefinitely barred Mastercard from issuing new debit, credit, or prepaid cards to customers in the South Asian market over noncompliance with local data storage rules. The S...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Ex-Plaid employees raise $30M for Stytch, an API-first passwordless authentication platform
There are far fewer annoying things than managing ones passwords. There are a bunch of companies out there to help you attempt to do that. And theres also a number of companies that want to go a step ...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Unybrands brings in $300M to acquire more e-commerce businesses
Unybrands is the latest e-commerce aggregator to pick up a significant investment, this time closing $300 million in growth capital from Crayhill Capital Management....
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch An Echo Dot designed by Diane von Furstenberg? Yeah, sure, why not
Earlier this year, Amazon launched Build It, a fun little program that lets customers preorder concept devices. Think about it like Indiegogo or Kickstarter, where the company will only actually make ...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Backed by $5M led by General Catalyst, Evvy launches a vaginal microbiome test to support womens health research
Another US femtech startup has joined the race to build up data-sets to support research into and understanding of a range of health issues that can affect women. Evvy has today launched an at-home te...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Accounting firm Proper banks $9M Series A to automate property management
Propers tech-enabled service is designed to execute those specific real estate accounting-related processes and apply automation to those that are repetitive....
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Cardless raises $40M to help more brands launch custom credit cards
Many consumers use their credit cards to rack up rewards to be used toward travel. But what if youre a sports fan, and using your credit card could lead to a virtual conversation with a player on your...
11:58 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Castor, a clinical trial process company, raises $45M to create more human-centered research
Castor is on a mission to make every clinical trial faster and patient-focused....
11:11 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch YuLife nabs $70M at a $346M valuation for its gamified, wellness-oriented approach to life insurance
Life insurance — financial protection you buy against your death — may not read like the liveliest of industries on paper. But a life insurance startup that believes it can turn that stigm...
09:59 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Next Gen Foods to launch its plant-based chicken in the U.S. after raising a $20M seed extension from investors like GGV
Singapore-based Next Gen Foods will bring its plant-based chicken alternative to the United States after raising a $20 million seed extension. Investors included GGV Capital, agriculture and food tech...
09:21 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Railsbank raises $70M to build out its fintech-as-a-service platform
Financial services-as-a-service — where entities like neobanks, retailers and others can create and sell their own financial products by way of a few lines of code and APIs — has been one ...
09:00 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Anyone is building a marketplace for advice, one 5-minute call at a time
Anyone, an audio app that’s building a ‘marketplace for advice’ one five-minute phone call at a time, is launching new versions of its iOS and Android apps today* and beginning to la...
08:02 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Indian storytelling platform Pratilipi raises $48 million led by gaming giant Krafton
Pratilipi, an Indian startup that operates an online storytelling platform to enable writers to share their work in various formats, said on Wednesday it has raised a $48 million financing round led b...
08:00 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Wecasa raises $17.7 million for its home care and wellness marketplace
French startup Wecasa has raised a $17.7 million funding round (15 million). Blisce is leading the funding round with existing investors Serena, ISAI and Frdric Mazzella also participating. The compan...
08:00 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Russian insurtech and telemedicine startup BestDoctor raises $26M B from Winter Capital Partners
Last year we covered BestDoctors series A round when the Russian insurtech startup raised $4.5 million for its online medical insurance platform for corporates, which also offers telemedicine services...
07:00 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Gourmey is a cell-based poultry startup working on lab-grown foie gras
Meet Gourmey, a new French startup that recently raised a $10 million founding round in equity and debt. The startup is working on meat grown in laboratories from animal cells. In particular, the comp...
04:26 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Great Question gets $2.5M seed round to make customer research easier
Customer research is invaluable for software companies, but there are many obstacles, like finding the right group of people to survey. Great Question wants to make building and talking to their own p...
04:01 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Walmart will be bringing Symbotic robots to 25 distribution centers
Ask anyone who runs a fulfillment/warehouse robotics company what companies top motivation is for embracing automation and theyll probably cite labor shortages or shipping speeds. The looming truth of...
01:00 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Investment app Syfe raises $30M Series B led by returning investor Valar Ventures
Investment apps in Southeast Asia are attracting a lot of funding, and now some are raising fast follow-on rounds, too. For example, Indonesian robo-advisor app Bibit raised $65 million in May just fo...
12:59 am GMT - Wed, July 14, 2021
Techcrunch Revel turns to software to keep its e-moped fleet powered without straining NYCs grid
Revel is turning to an app that gamifies energy use to keep its fleet of more than 3,000 electric mopeds charged without putting a strain on New York City’s power grid. Electricity is the key in...
11:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch NewView Capital leads $22.3M Series B in Australian telehealth platform Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is serving more than 200,000 patients across four demographic-focused brands: contraception and fertility, skincare, mens health and sexual wellness....
10:50 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Build a digital ops toolbox to streamline business processes with hyperautomation
Using a medley of technologies in a digital operations toolbox helps businesses achieve key performance indicators through hyperautomation. ...
10:10 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: ZoomInfo announces plans to acquire sales intelligence tool Chorus.ai for $575M
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:41 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Apple is reportedly working on a pay later feature for Apple Pay
Igor Bonifacic Contributor Share on Twitter Igor Bonifacic is a contributing writer at Engadget. If youve done any online shopping in the last little while, theres a good chance youve run into service...
09:05 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Gogo in-flight internet has been renamed Intelsat
The next time you're on a plane, searching for a Wi-Fi connection while soaring thousands of feet above the ground, don't look for the Gogo name. The longstanding standard of in-flight internet, Gogo ...
08:48 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Masten Space Systems to develop a GPS-like network for the moon
Masten Space Systems, a startup thats aiming to send a lander to the moon in 2023, will develop a lunar navigation and positioning system not unlike GPS here on Earth. Mastens prototype is being devel...
07:52 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Heart Aerospace raises $35M Series A, lands order with United and Mesa Airlines for 200 aircraft
Swedish electric aviation startup Heart Aerospace has received its biggest order to date: 200 of its inaugural ES-19 electric aircraft from aviation giant United Airlines and its regional airline part...
07:40 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter now lets you limit who can reply to a tweet after the fact
If you’re tired of sending brilliant takes into the Twitterverse only to be met with wave after wave of reply guys, a new Twitter feature could give you some relief. Starting today, anyone on Tw...
07:34 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Extra Crunch roundup: Crucial API metrics, US startup funding, advanced SEO tactics
Thanks very much for reading Extra Crunch this week!...
06:53 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Why did file sharing drive so much startup innovation?
One of the great things about editing all of our deep-dive EC-1 startup profiles is that you start to notice patterns across successful companies. While origin stories and trajectories can vary widely...
06:51 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Zomato raises $562 million from anchor investors ahead of IPO
Indian food delivery startup Zomato said on Tuesday evening that it has raised $562.3 million from its anchor investors ahead of IPO opening on Wednesday. Zomato, which counts Ant Financial has alread...
06:44 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Where is suptech heading?
With the finance world now leveraging tech to conduct business, financial services regulators are also developing new tech to monitor markets, supervise institutions and for administration....
06:27 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Discord buys Sentropy, which makes AI software that fights online harassment
The online chat platform Discord is buying Sentropy, a company that makes AI-powered software to detect and remove online harassment and hate. Discord currently uses a “multilevel” approac...
06:21 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Panda Express is piloting Beyond Meat orange chicken in select locations
Just under a week after Beyond Meat announced that it will be releasing a reworked version of its plant-based Chicken Tenders at restaurants in the U.S., the faux meat company has returned with a pote...
06:12 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Nas Academy raises $11 million to help creators build their own MasterClass-like courses
Investors are buying into a creator-led future, and Nas Academy wants to turn that creator influence into a broad network of “virtual universities.” The Singapore startup is building out a...
05:54 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Zeros FXE offers electric motorcycle fun in a slightly new package
Zero Motorcycles has been around for over a decade and in that time its consistently improved its fleet of electric bikes. With the new FXE, the northern California company has taken the thoroughly en...
05:46 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Widespread AV adoption starts with driver assistance systems consumers can trust
Consumer confidence and mass adoption of AVs go hand in hand. To start building this critical trust today, automakers should aim to accelerate the adoption of advanced driver assistance systems....
05:10 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Electrify America to double number of EV chargers as wave of electric vehicles come to market
Electrify America, the entity set up by Volkswagen as part of its settlement with U.S. regulators over its diesel emissions cheating scandal, said it will double the number of its electric vehicle fas...
05:04 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Apple introduces a $99 MagSafe Battery Pack for the iPhone 12
The addition of MagSafe to the iPhone 12 line introduced all manner of fun avenues for accessory makers, but theres a strong case (so to speak) to be made that a snap on battery pack might be the most...
05:01 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Here are 3 things you should do with your stock options
The best way you can get ahead is just by understanding how your stock options work, being prepared, and knowing what questions to ask your tax or financial professionals....
05:01 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch WayUp merges with Yello to diversify recruitment
Despite studies, statistics and oh-so-many pledges, a vast number of companies continue to struggle with recruiting diverse talent. Some say that its not the pipeline problem, its an issue with how re...
04:32 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Breach simulation startup AttackIQ raises $44M to fuel expansion
AttackIQ, a cybersecurity startup that provides organizations with breach and attack simulation solutions, has raised $44 million in Series C funding as it looks to ramp up its international expansion...
04:28 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Tusk Ventures Jordan Nof and Wheels Michelle Davey to talk fundraising tips on Extra Crunch Live
The Tusk Ventures portfolio is impressive, if not intimidating. It includes Lemonade, Fanduel, Coinbase, Latch, Bird and many, many more. We’re lucky to be joined by Tusk co-founder and general ...
04:10 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Javier Soltero, Googles head of Workspace, will join us at TC Sessions: SaaS
When it comes to big SaaS products, few are bigger than Google Workspace (formerly known as GSuite). So it’s maybe no surprise that one of the first people we contacted to speak at our SaaS conf...
04:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Instagrams new test shows you stuff youve seen lately and lets you reshare it to Stories
Instagram is tinkering around with a new test feature that changes the way users reshare content they like to their Stories. The test, which will only appear for a subset of users, lets users see a co...
04:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Sourcegraph raises $125M Series D on $2.6B valuation for universal code search tool
Sourcegraph, a late stage startup that wants to bring the power of search to code, announced a $125 million Series D investment today on a $2.625 billion valuation, a 3x growth from its previous valua...
04:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Mighty Buildings lands $22M to create sustainable and affordable 3D-printed homes
Oakland-based Mighty Buildings, which is on a quest to build homes using 3D printing, robotics and automation, has raised a $22 million extension to its Series B round of funding. The additional capit...
03:07 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Facebook adds a Payout Time Bonus to help retain bug bounty hunters
When it comes to bug bounties, Facebook lags behind the likes of Microsoft and Google in terms of overall payouts and volume of tips received: last year, Microsoft and Google respectively paid out $13...
03:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Looking Glass launches second-gen holographic displays
Brooklyn-based Looking glass today announced the release of a pair of second-gen holographic displays. Following up on late-last years release of the entry-level Portrait, the startup is offering new ...
02:50 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch The TechCrunch List is dead. Long live commodity capital
Its been almost exactly a year since we launched The TechCrunch List, a curated directory of venture capitalists designed to guide founders to the VCs most relevant to their startups. We had nearly 4,...
02:48 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Investors dont expect the US startup funding market to slow down
Whats driving the venture capital market in the United States to be as hot as it has proven to be? FOMO, plus the constituent belief that trying to time the market is a mistake....
02:33 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Cadoo gets $1.5M to gamify fitness with betting challenges
Cadoo, a US-startup that’s gamifying fitness by turning it into a betting opportunity, using the prospect of winning (or losing) cold hard cash to motivate people to get off the couch, has colle...
02:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Marco Financial raises $82M in debt, equity seed round to support small Latin American exporters
Small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America finding it difficult to get the funds they need to export their goods to the United States is a gap Marco Financial is looking to bridge....
02:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Ramp adds merchant blocking to corporate credit card
Ask any employee and theyll tell you one of their least favorite things to do is file expenses. And for companies, the process of managing corporate spend is one of their biggest challenges. Corporate...
01:45 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Volkswagens new business strategy puts software and autonomous driving front and center
Volkswagen will ramp up its software, mobility as a service and battery tech to stay competitive in the coming decades, as it and other automakers prepare for the largest transition in personal mobili...
01:30 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Rings latest security updates are good, but still opt-in
Ring, the video doorbell maker dubbed the “largest civilian surveillance network the U.S. has ever seen,”is rolling out new but long overdue security and privacy features. The Amazon-owned...
01:13 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Amperity raises $100M on a $1B valuation to help companys build better profiles of their customers
Cookies and other third-party data sources are going the way of the dodo bird for many companies, regulators and platforms, and that’s giving a new emphasis on technology that will help companie...
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch WebOps platform Pantheon raises $100M from SoftBank Vision Fund
WebOps SaaS platform Pantheon, which started out as a Drupal and WordPress hosting service many years ago, today announced that it has raised a $100 million Series E round solely funded by the Softban...
12:49 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Impact raises $150M at a $1.5B valuation as affiliate and other marketing partnerships come into their own
Affiliate marketing may have started as a kind of side hustle for bloggers and others that were making the majority of their revenues through advertising or other channels, but with the rise of influe...
12:42 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch ZoomInfo drops $575M on Chorus.ai as AI shakes up the sales market
ZoomInfo announced this morning it intends to acquire conversational sales intelligence tool Chorus.AI for $575 million. Shares of ZoomInfo are unchanged in pre-market trading following the news, per ...
12:13 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Perch acquires Web Deals Direct for $100M to boost to its Amazon roll-up play
On the heels of raising $775 million earlier this year, Perch has made a big acquisition that will bring on a number of new brands and operations infrastructure to enhance its position in the race to ...
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Programming robots to put jackets on people is harder than it looks
If theres one thing weve learned from some of our favorite YouTube shitty robots, its that human-robot interaction can be a tricky business. Developing methods to get rigid robotic arms to perform del...
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Arctic Wolf secures $150M at Series F, tripling its valuation
Arctic Wolf, a managed cybersecurity company that offers “security operations-as-a-concierge” service, has raised $150 million at Series F. This round was led by Viking Global Investors, O...
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Female Founders Fund closes third fund with $57M for female founders
Female Founders Fund announced Tuesday the closing of its Fund III after raising $57 million to create what it considers the largest fund for seed capital specifically for female founders....
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Micromobility operator Veo raises $16M to fund U.S. expansion
Shared micromobility operator Veo has raised $16 million in new funding as the company ramps up its expansion plans in the United States. The Series A funding round, which follows permit awards in San...
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Product-led sales startup Endgame raises over $17M
Endgame, enabling software companies to turn customer observations into go-to-market strategies, raised a total of $17 million raised in back-to-back seed and Series A funding rounds....
11:58 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Remote raises $150M on a $1B valuation to manage payroll and more for organizations global workforces
For many of us, going to work these days no longer means going into a specific office like it used to; and today one of the startups that’s built a platform to help cater for that new, bigger wo...
11:21 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Google fined $592M in France for breaching antitrust order to negotiate copyright fees for news snippets
France has hit Google with a fine of half a billion euros after finding major breaches in how it negotiated with publishers to remunerate them for reuse of their content — as is required under a...
11:00 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch End-to-end moving startup Updater buys on-demand moving startup Dolly
Moving services giant Updater is bringing on the team from Dolly as the New York company looks to expand its scope of offerings with the acquisition of the on-demand startup known for helping consumer...
10:00 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Abu Dhabi-based micromobility operator Fenix launches 10-minute grocery delivery service
United Arab Emirates-based shared micromobility operator Fenix is expanding the use of its electric scooters and back-end logistics to not only move people, but also to move goods. On Tuesday, the com...
08:38 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Nigeria leads mobile app market growth in Africa as use of gaming apps surge 44% from Q1 2020
The pandemic’s effect on the global app market has not been hard to miss. In the first quarter and first half of this year, consumer spending in mobile apps hit new records at $32 billion and $6...
06:34 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Quantexa raises $153M to build out AI-based big data tools to track risk and run investigations
As financial crime has become significantly more sophisticated, so too have the tools that are used to combat it. Now, Quantexa — one of the more interesting startups that has been building AI-b...
06:00 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch This limited-edition Super Mario smartwatch will run you $2,150
Those whove followed Nintendo with any sort of frequency over the years know the gaming giant has a tendency to be extremely protective with its IP. Ultimately, its probably for the best that the mark...
05:00 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Eka Ventures closes $95M Impact VC fund for sustainable consumption, healthcare and society
Its clear that there is an enormous and growing appetite amongst consumers to switch to products and services which address some of the biggest issues of our era, whether it be climate change or probl...
03:53 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Carsome Group will acquire iCar Asia in a deal worth $200M
Southeast Asias car marketplace wars are going into high drive. Today Carsome Group, one of the regions largest online used car marketplaces, said it plans to acquire listings platform iCar Asia in a ...
03:09 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Vara raises $4.8M from investors like Go Ventures and Sequoia Indias Surge to digitize Indonesian SMEs payrolls
If you follow startup news from Indonesia, you know that the countrys estimated 60 million small businesses are a hot target for tech companies. BukuKas and BukuWarung, for example, both recently rais...
02:34 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Nasir Qadree just announced one the largest debut funds for a solo VC
Nasir Qadree entered the world of venture capital six years ago, beginning with a role at Village Capital in Washington, then as an associate director of social investments at AT&T. Qadree encount...
02:34 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Nasir Qadree just announced one of the largest debut funds for a solo VC
Nasir Qadree entered the world of venture capital six years ago, beginning with a role at Village Capital in Washington, then as an associate director of social investments at AT&T. Qadree encount...
12:56 am GMT - Tue, July 13, 2021
Techcrunch Whisper Aero emerges from stealth to quiet drones and air taxis
The skies are on the cusp of getting busier and louder as drone delivery and electric vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft startups move from moonshot to commercialization. One former NA...
11:05 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Vaayus carbon tracking for retailers raises $1.6M, claims it could cut CO2 in half by 2030
Carbon tracking is very much the new hot thing in tech, and weve previously covered more generalist startups doing this at scale for companies, such as Plan A Earth out of Berlin. But theres clearly a...
10:10 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Flipkart raises $3.6 billion, setting another record for Indian startups
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:57 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch 5 advanced-ish SEO tactics to win in 2021
In nearly every Google algorithm update in recent memory, Google has rewarded old, megatraffic sites, sending their search rankings soaring at the expense of smaller, newer sites....
08:01 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Q3 IPO cycle starts strong with Couchbase pricing and Kaltura relisting
Both bits of news should help us get a handle on how the Q3 2021 IPO cycle is shaping up at the start....
07:43 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Bambee founder talks about entrenched fundraising challenges facing Black founders
Allan Jones dropped out of college and spent a decade learning how to run a startup. In 2016, that education resulted in the launch of Los Angeles-based Bambee, which helps small companies by acting a...
07:07 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Papa co-founder lands seed funding for a second swing in eldercare: UpsideHM
Jake Rothstein spent nearly six years scaling Papa, a Miami-based company that offers care and companionship to seniors. The business, which pairs elderly Americans with uncertified-yet-vetted pals, h...
06:48 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch The most important API metric is time to first call
Legitimately streamlining TTFC results in a larger market potential of better-educated users for the later stages of your developer journey....
04:02 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Cutting out carbon emitters with bioengineering at XTC Global Finals on July 22
Bioengineering may soon provide compelling, low-carbon alternatives in industries where even the best methods produce significant emissions. Utilizing natural and engineered biological process has led...
04:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Android 12 will let you play games before they finish downloading
At its Game Developer Summit, Google today announced a new feature for Android game developers today that will speed up the time from starting a download in the Google Play store to the game launching...
03:47 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Microsoft confirms its buying cybersecurity startup RiskIQ
Microsoft has confirmed it’s buying RiskIQ, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity company that provides threat intelligence and cloud-based software as a service for organizations. Terms of the de...
03:26 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Elon Musk defends Teslas $2.6B acquisition of SolarCity in Delaware court
Elon Musk is testifying Monday morning in a lawsuit over Teslas 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, a $2.6 billion transaction that a group of shareholders allege was a bailout of the failing solar company...
03:06 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Elevate Brands banks $250M to roll up third-party merchants selling on Amazons marketplace
The Amazon roll-up play — where one company creates economies of scale by buying up and consolidating multiple smaller third-party merchants that sell their goods via Amazon’s marketplace ...
03:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch MSCHF drops tiny action figures of your favorite failed startup hardware
Hardware is hard. You can browse the archives of this site and come up with dozens of bold attempts to make new consumer electronics gadgets work — some of them very close to home. But, like all...
02:39 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Beyond Pride: The fight against techs brogrammer culture
Companies that jump on the rainbow bandwagon without fully living those values arent only hypocritical theyre also doing themselves a disservice....
02:21 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Eat the rich, but let them build rockets in the meantime
Do you really want Bezos tackling child hunger? Do you want Musk trying to expand healthcare access? Do you want Branson to focus on voting rights? Hell no....
02:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Gembah raises $11M to democratize product innovation
Gembahs mission statement is a deceptively simple one. The Austin-based company says its looking to democratize product innovation by drastically lowering barriers to entry for creation of new product...
01:19 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Indian financial services firm MobiKwik looks to raise $255 million in IPO
Gurgaon-based mobile wallet service firm MobiKwik plans to raise up to $255 million in an initial public offering, becoming the latest Indian startup to explore the public markets. The 12-year-old fir...
12:55 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Equity Monday: Cybersecurity startups see deluge of capital as Microsoft looks to buy RiskIQ
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private ...
12:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch VU raises $12M to remove cybersecurity friction from digital experiences
Pretty soon, people wont have to provide a fingerprint or a drivers license to prove their identity if VU has its way....
12:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch The Station: Rimac-Bugatti is born, Tesla releases FSD beta v9 and Ola raises $500M
Hello and welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. I’m back from my road trip and swimming in emails...
11:42 am GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Controversial WhatsApp policy change hit with consumer law complaint in Europe
Facebook has been accused of multiple breaches of European Union consumer protection law as a result of its attempts to force WhatsApp users to accept controversial changes to the messaging platforms&...
09:05 am GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Ex-SafeBoda executive Babajide Duroshola joins M-KOPA to lead expansion into Nigeria
On June 18, Babajide Duroshola, ex-Country Head, SafeBoda Nigeria, stepped down from his role two years after taking the job post-Andela. Less than a month later, the executive has found a new role as...
06:27 am GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Flipkart valued at $37.6 billion in new $3.6 billion fundraise
Flipkart said on Monday it has raised $3.6 billion at a post-money valuation of $37.6 billion in what is considered as the pre-IPO round for the Indian e-commerce conglomerate as it works to list in t...
03:35 am GMT - Mon, July 12, 2021
Techcrunch Dovetail, the venture studio that has worked with startups like Afterpay, is raising a new fund
Based in Sydney and Auckland, Dovetail is a full-service venture studio that works closely with founders who have a great idea, but may lack technical backgrounds. Dovetail helps them build companies ...
06:29 pm GMT - Sun, July 11, 2021
Techcrunch Virgin Galactic and Richard Branson celebrate launch of first passengers into space
Virgin Galactic has successfully taken its first passengers to space, including its billionaire founder Richard Branson. The event, at Spaceport America in New Mexico, was a field day for press and em...
03:30 pm GMT - Sun, July 11, 2021
Techcrunch How Retail Ziplines Series A pitch deck ticked every box for Emergence Capital
"She pointed to the screen projected behind her to help us stay on the most relevant piece of information. The way she did it really made us stay with her. Like, we couldn't break eye contact."...
06:55 am GMT - Sun, July 11, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter appoints resident grievance officer in India to comply with new internet rules
Twitter has appointed a resident grievance officer in India days after the American social media firm said to have lost the liability protection on user-generated content in the South Asian nation ove...
10:30 pm GMT - Sat, July 10, 2021
Techcrunch Watch live as Virgin Galactics first passenger flight takes off with Richard Branson on board
Virgin Galactic is set to launch its first passengers to space tomorrow morning, and you can watch the whole thing right here. The launch is scheduled for 6 AM Pacific, with streaming festivities (inc...
10:30 pm GMT - Sat, July 10, 2021
Techcrunch Watch as Virgin Galactics first passenger flight takes off with Richard Branson on board
Virgin Galactic is set to launch its first passengers to space tomorrow morning, and you can watch the whole thing right here. The launch is scheduled for 7:30 AM Pacific, with streaming festivities (...
06:03 pm GMT - Sat, July 10, 2021
Techcrunch This Week in Apps: Android ad prices jump, TikTok resumes, Google Plays antitrust lawsuit
Welcome back to This Week inApps,the weekly TechCrunch seriesthat recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a recor...
06:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 10, 2021
Techcrunch The 36 questions that lead to love (but with your co-founder)
After months of beta testing, Y Combinator has launched a co-founder matching platform. The platform invites entrepreneurs to create profiles, which include information about themselves and preference...
05:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 10, 2021
Techcrunch Trillion-dollar horses, surfeit funding rounds and Futures future
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment....
04:09 pm GMT - Sat, July 10, 2021
Techcrunch The case for funding fusion
Now is the time to go all-in on decarbonization. Funding fusion with its breakthrough potential must be part of that effort....
06:45 am GMT - Sat, July 10, 2021
Techcrunch Beyond Netflix Party: startups and their VCs bet well browse more of the web together
Last year, during the pandemic, a free browser extension called Netflix Party gained traction because it enabled people trapped in their homes to connect with far-flung friends and family by watching ...
05:00 am GMT - Sat, July 10, 2021
Techcrunch Growth marketing roundup: cool SaaS, marketing lies, VR ads and more
TechCrunch is searching for the best growth marketers for founders to work with. Click through to learn about some of our favorites....
10:10 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: European Union demands $1B penalty from VW, BMW for hiding emissions
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:05 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Cloud security platform Netskope boosts valuation to $7.5B following $300M raise
Netskope, focused on Secure Access Service Edge architecture, announced Friday a $300 million investment round on a post-money valuation of $7.5 billion....
08:36 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Is the US labor shortage the big break AI needs?
Misconceptions about AI in the workplace have long been a barrier to widespread adoption but companies experiencing labor shortages should consider where it can make their employees' lives better....
07:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Extra Crunch roundup: NS1 EC-1, Pakistans tech ecosystem, SPACs bonanza
Just like NYC's flooded subway system, internet infrastructure doesn't attract much attention until there's a notable failure....
07:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch This early-stage marketing expert says B2B SaaS is actually very, very cool now
"Theres a bias for wanting to use what worked previously, but people forget your customers and markets are totally different. You cant just replicate."...
06:59 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt
Construction technology users are more like general consumers. This means the technology ideally must be easy to use on the first try and adaptable to a wide variety of job site protocols....
06:08 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch This startup just created a fast, accurate COVID test that only needs saliva and links to an app
We’re entering a phase in the COVID-19 pandemic where transmission is going to go through the roof because of the Delta variant. But as vaccinations ramp up around the world, the main cost to so...
05:53 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch The Artemis Fund focuses on women founders in underserved communities
The Artemis Fund is a Houston-based firm built by three women with the goal of encouraging more women-led startups. The company launched in 2019 and has raised a $15 million initial fund, which closed...
05:50 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Bidens sweeping executive order takes on big techs bad mergers, ISPs and more
The Biden administration just introduced a sweeping, ambitious plan to forcibly inject competition into some consolidated sectors of the American economy the tech sector prominent among them through...
05:45 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch 3 analysts weigh in: What are Andy Jassys top priorities as Amazons new CEO?
We asked several analysts to identify the top problems he will have to address in his new role....
05:44 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch WhatsApp is adding a best quality setting for sending photos and videos
Kris Holt Contributor Share on Twitter Kris Holt is a contributing writer at Engadget. WhatsAppis working on a setting that will let users more easily bypass its iffy image compression and send photos...
04:54 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Didomi raises $40 million to help you manage customer consent
French startup Didomi has raised a $40 million Series B funding round led by Elephant and Breega. The company manages consent flows for web publishers and app developers. Didomi is already doing well ...
04:52 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch This crowdsourced payments tracker wants to solve the ransomware visibility problem
Ransomware attacks, fueled by COVID-19 pandemic turbulence, have become a major money earner for cybercriminals, with the number of attacks rising in 2020. These file-encrypting attacks have continued...
03:30 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Startups have never had it so good
The venture capital market is racing ahead, foot on the gas, middle finger out the window, hair on fire. Thats our read of the Q2 2021 data released thus far....
03:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Brazilian HR startup Flash raises $22M in a Tiger Global-led Series B round of funding
Flash, a startup that has developed a flexible benefits platform for Brazilian companies and employees, has raised $22 million in a Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. Monashees ...
03:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Frontier launches with $2.8M round by NFX, to let low-skilled job candidates book their own interview
Frontier, which bills itself as a new kind of vertically-integrated jobs marketplace launches today with a $2.8M investment round led by NFX in the US, and backed by Londons firstminute Capital, FJ La...
02:37 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch 5 fundraising imperatives for robotics startups
There's never been a better time to pursue funding for robotics startups, but you are more likely to succeed if you build a strategy marked by the same sophistication you bring to your business....
02:30 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Day two: Dont miss todays pitch-off at TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising
And just like that, its Day Two of TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising! Yesterday not only flew by in a blur it was also certifiably off the hook. We hope you came away with new informatio...
02:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Mmhmm, its the most ridiculous story weve ever heard
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Danny andAlexwere on deck this week, withGrace on the recording and edit...
12:01 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Stumble-proof robot adapts to challenging terrain in real time
Robots have a hard time improvising, and encountering an unusual surface or obstacle usually means an abrupt stop or hard fall. But researchers at Facebook AI have created a new model for robotic loco...
12:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch New York Citys new biometrics privacy law takes effect
A new biometrics privacy ordinance has taken effect across New York City, putting new limits on what businesses can do with the biometric data they collect on their customers. From Friday, businesses ...
07:49 am GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Kurly, the Korean grocery startup, raises $200M on a $2.2B valuation after shifting IPO plans away from the NYSE
Online grocery startups around the world continue to pull in major investment, underscoring how much they have all grown especially in the last year of pandemic living. In the latest development, Kurl...
07:01 am GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Firat Ileri becomes Hummingbird VCs new Managing Partner, as the firm looks to expand
Seed investment firm Hummingbird VC, which previously invested in Deliveroo, Peak Games, MarkaVIP, and Kraken has a new Managing Partner. Firat Ileri, previously a Partner – who at 28 became one...
06:30 am GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Germanys VC industry is ready to take off, but bureaucrats need to release the handbrake
Germany is choking on bureaucracy, which threatens innovation. Bureaucratic processes slow everything down and reforms on employee stock option plans are needed so workers benefit from their startups....
06:25 am GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Temasek, Warburg Pincus, and Bhavish Aggarwal invest $500 million in Ola
Temasek and an affiliate of Warburg Pincus are investing $500 million in Indian ride-hailing giant Ola, the Bangalore-headquartered startup said in a short statement Friday. Ola co-founder and chief e...
06:00 am GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch Europes DN Capital launches its new $350M fund after a knock-out year for its portfolio
DN Capital, one of Europes most active VCs has launched its latest $350 million (220m, 300m) fund off the back of a pretty stand-out year when the firm saw four of its portfolio companies hit billion-...
12:31 am GMT - Fri, July 9, 2021
Techcrunch EU fines BMW, VW $1B for running emissions cartel since the 90s
As environmental issues really came of age in the 1990s, certain German automakers were meeting in secret groups to make sure their cars would continue to industriously contribute to greenhouse gas em...
10:26 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Halo will launch a remotely operated car service powered by 5G in Las Vegas
5G technology has generated a lot of hype for its potential to power driverless cars using a remote operator, but for the past few years thats all its been hype. Las Vegas-based startup Halo and tele...
10:10 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Indian food delivery startup Zomato will seek post-IPO valuation up to $8.6B
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
08:59 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Demand Curve: How to double conversions on your startups homepage
Want to convert twice as many visitors into customers? Follow these copywriting tactics....
08:42 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Can advertising scale in VR?
Bottom line: VR usage needs more scale before ad revenue makes a dent....
06:53 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Gillmor Gang: TV Clubhouse
The Gang spends a lot of time these days on the streaming wars, so it seems appropriate that Congress wants to get into it. With Netflixs success at overturning the structure of Hollywoods broadcast t...
06:08 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Evernote quietly disappeared from an anti-surveillance lobbying groups website
In 2013, eight tech companies were accused of funneling their users’ data to the U.S. National Security Agency under the so-called PRISM program, according to highly classified government docume...
05:57 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Peter Boyce II has left General Catalyst to start his own $40M fund
Peter Boyce II has left General Catalyst to start his own firm, a little over a year after the venture capital firm promoted him to partner. His new firm is called Stellation Capital, and filings indi...
05:56 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Instacart hires Facebook executive as new CEO ahead of expected IPO
Instacart has appointed Facebook executive Fidji Simo as its new CEO, just seven months after she joined the grocery delivery companys board of directors. Simo, formerly the vice president and head of...
05:53 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Achieving digital transformation through RPA and process mining
For your transformation journey to be successful, you need to develop a deep understanding of your goals, people and the process....
04:52 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Dodge challenges: Can the automaker bring muscle into the electric future?
The term muscle car has always been a euphemism for concessions. Want the most power for the money? Forget about a sports car from Porsche or Lotus. Buy a muscle car and just take corners a bit slower...
04:32 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Auto giant Stellantis to invest 30B in electrification through 2025
Stellantis, the global automaker born out of a merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and French automaker Groupe PSA, will invest 30 billion ($35.5 billion) in electric vehicles and new software ov...
04:11 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch The Accellion data breach continues to get messier
Morgan Stanley has joined the growing list of Accellion hack victims more than six months after attackers first breached the vendors 20-year-old file-sharing product. The investment banking firm whi...
04:06 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch PowerZ raises $8.3 million for its video game focused on education
French startup PowerZ has raised another $8.3 million (7 million at todays exchange rate) including $1.2 million (1 million) in debt the rest is a traditional equity round. The company is both an edt...
03:27 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Robotic funding doesnt grow on trees
As I mentioned at the close of last weeks roundup, the biggest issue in writing this roundup on Wednesday is that sometimes news breaks on Thursday morning. Again, Im asking the robotics community to ...
03:26 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Circle is a good example of why SPACs can be useful
Circle is the sort of business that is correct for a SPAC-led debut. It could not go public in a traditional manner in its current state of maturity....
03:20 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Rootly nabs $3.2M seed to build SRE incident management solution inside Slack
As companies look for ways to respond to incidents in their complex micro services-driven software stacks, SREs or site reliability engineers are left to deal with the issues involved in making everyt...
03:13 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch The NS1 EC-1
There are excruciatingly high stakes for software today. Trillions of dollars of market cap, billions of consumers, hundreds of billions of revenue, and limitless hours of usage are dependent on softw...
03:13 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch 1 napkin and 22 lines of code, or how NS1 rewrote the rules of internet infrastructure
Kris Beevers, John Sullivan and Alex Vayl wanted to rebuild the core addressing system of the internet and transform it from a cost center into a critical tool for software reliability and cost saving...
03:12 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch WTF is NS1? Its DNS, DDI, and maybe other TLAs
NS1 looks at DNS differently from the competition: It doesnt consider it as just a conduit to connect traffic; instead, DNS is treated as a routing system that can direct traffic very effectively....
03:12 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch The fight for the future of DNS is white hot
Since its inception, one of the toughest challenges NS1 has faced is the simple fact that DNS is a mature market category with venerable and well-established incumbents....
03:11 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Outages, pandemics and the reengineering of traffic on the internet
Sales in enterprise infrastructure is all about meeting a customers requirements. But what happens if customers dont even realize they need a startups product in the first place?...
03:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Miami twins raise $18M for Lula, an insurance infrastructure upstart
Lula, a Miami-based insurance infrastructure startup, announced today it has raised $18 million in a Series A round of funding. Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures co-led the round, which also included ...
02:30 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Dont miss these highlights today, day one of TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising
Rise, shine and get your startup on, early founders. Its Day One of TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising! Get ready to be schooled in the best way possible on essential skills, tips and ta...
02:30 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Homebrew leads Z1s effort to bring digital banking to Latin Americas teens
Z1, a Sao Paulo-based digital bank aimed at Latin American GenZers, has raised $2.5 million in a round led by U.S.-based Homebrew. A number of other investors also participated in the financing includ...
02:26 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch After entering Japan, Coupang continues its international expansion with Taiwan
One month after entering Japan, its first international market, Coupang has launched in Taiwan. The South Korean e-commerce giant began offering its service in Taipei Citys Zhongshan neighborhood, all...
01:51 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Cryptocurrency company Circle to go public in SPAC deal
Circle has announced that it plans to become a public company. The cryptocurrency company will merge with Concord Acquisition Corp, a SPAC. Circle is better known as one of the founding members of the...
01:19 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Dropbox is reimagining the workplace with Dropbox Studios
The pandemic has been a time for a lot of reflection on both a personal and business level. Tech companies in particular are assessing whether they will ever again return to a full time, in-office app...
01:17 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Popshop Live raises around $20M at a $100M valuation for its livestream shopping platform for hipsters
Legacy TV services like HSN and QVC may have put live shopping shows on the map for consumers, but livestream commerce got a completely new boost of life in the pandemic, with retailers and e-commerce...
01:17 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Popshop Live raises about $20M at a $100M valuation for its livestream shopping platform for hipsters
Legacy TV services like HSN and QVC may have put live shopping shows on the map for consumers, but livestream commerce got a completely new boost of life in the pandemic, with retailers and e-commerce...
01:10 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Kenyas MarketForce raises $2M, plans to focus on its B2B retail marketplace RejaReja
A 2016 study by global consultancy PwC states that an estimated 90% of sales in Africa’s major economies come through informal channels like markets and kiosks. In sub-Saharan Africa, 90% of the...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Live video shopping startup Talkshoplive brings in another $6M
Five months after announcing a $3 million seed round from Spero Ventures, shopping-focused live video host Talkshoplive is back, this time with a $6 million seed extension led by Raine Ventures....
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Beyond Meat launches plant-based chicken tenders at US restaurants
Beyond Meat today announced the arrival of its new plant-based Chicken Tenders at upward of 400 U.S. based restaurants. The news follows continued growth for the California-based faux meat giant, whic...
12:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Swiss Post acquires e2e encrypted cloud services provider, Tresorit
Swiss Post, the former state-owned mail delivery firm which became a private limited company in 2013, diversifying into logistics, finance, transport and more (including dabbling in drone delivery) wh...
11:30 am GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch H Venture Partners closes $10M debut fund targeting science-based brands
H Venture Partners brought together more than 75 consumer and retail industry experts to invest in its first fund, raising $10 million aimed at consumer brand startups backed by science....
10:00 am GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Clearco gets the SoftBank stamp of approval in new $215M round
Toronto-based Clearco, a fintech capital provider for online companies, has raised $215 million in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund II. The financing event closed just weeks after Clearco completed...
09:02 am GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Smile Identity raises $7M to build KYC and identity verification tools for Africa
An estimated one billion people worldwide face the challenge of proving who they are, according to a World Bank Group report which states that 81% of this number live in sub-Saharan Africa and South A...
07:58 am GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Indian social commerce DealShare raises $144 million, eyes international expansion
High-profile investors are doubling down on their bets to explore the future of social commerce in India. DealShare said on Thursday it has raised $144 million in a new financing round as it looks to ...
07:30 am GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Zomato targets $1.3 billion IPO at as high as $8.6 billion valuation
Zomato, a food delivery startup in India, said on Thursday it has boosted its plan to raise $1.3 billion in its initial public offering, which opens on July 14 and closes July 16. The loss-making star...
06:09 am GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Indian edtech Teachmint raises $20 million to expand to new categories and geographies
As most Indian edtech startups work on broadening their catalog with live and recorded courses for students, some are beginning to take a different approach to tackle the South Asian nation’s la...
06:00 am GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Younited Credit raises $170 million for its data-driven credit offering
French startup Younited Credit has raised a $170 million funding round. Goldman Sachs is leading the round with existing investors Eurazeo, Bpifrance and AG2R La Mondiale also participating. The compa...
03:06 am GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Indonesian edtech startup Gredu raises $4M Series A to keep teachers, parents and students engaged with one another
Many teachers and parents in Indonesia rely on WhatsApp to keep in touch, creating multiple groups that often become messy and highly ineffective, and result in confusion or lost threads, says Rizky A...
01:04 am GMT - Thu, July 8, 2021
Techcrunch Google faces a major multi-state antitrust lawsuit over Google Play fees
A group of 37 attorneys general filed a second major multi-state antitrust lawsuit against Google Wednesday, accusing the company of abusing its market power to stifle competitors and forcing consumer...
11:27 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch TikTok wants you to send video resumes directly to brands to land your next gig
A new pilot program from TikTok would inject a little LinkedIn into the youthful video-based social network. TikTok announced that, starting today, it will invite users to submit video resumes to part...
10:43 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch BMW is finally producing its retro-futuristic CE 04 electric scooter, but at $12K will anyone buy it?
We’ve been hearing about BMW’s electric city scooters, not to be confused with electric kick scooters, for years. The German automaker came out with the BMW Motorrad Concept Link in 2017, ...
10:10 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Indian startups raised a record $10.46 billion in the first half of 2021
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
10:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch European challenger bank Bunq raises $228 million at $1.9 billion valuation
Amsterdam-based challenger bank Bunq has been self-funded by its founder and CEO Ali Niknam for several years. But the company has decided to raise some external capital, leading to the largest Series...
09:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Navigating ad fraud and consumer privacy abuse in programmatic advertising
To capitalize on the promise of video advertising in mobile and CTV, and measure ad efficacy with confidence, business leaders must ensure that theyre reaching customers not bots....
08:26 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Kobo Elipsa review: A sized-up e-reading companion with clever note taking
Kobo’s Elipsa is the latest in the Amazon rival’s e-reading line, and it’s a big one. The 10.3-inch e-paper display brings it up to iPad dimensions and puts it in direct competition ...
08:09 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch DeFi investor platform Zerion raises $8.2 million Series A
While crypto exchanges have demystified some of the largest cryptocurrencies for retail investors, many of the intricacies of decentralized finance are still lost on even more savvy investors as a res...
07:19 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Trumps new lawsuits against social media companies are going nowhere fast
Trump’s spicy trio of lawsuits against the social media platforms that he believes wrongfully banned him have succeeded in showering the former president with a flurry of media attention, but th...
07:15 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch For successful AI projects, celebrate your graveyard and be prepared to fail fast
By streamlining the process to fail fast on infeasible projects, teams can significantly increase their overall success with AI initiatives. ...
07:13 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Demand Curve: 10 lies youve been told about marketing
The harsh truth: Some of the advice you read about marketing is incorrect....
07:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Osso VR raises $27 million to turn surgery into a video game
Virtual reality did not turn into the ultimate office replacement telepresence machine during the pandemic — and it wasn’t for lack of trying — but some startups focused on employee ...
06:10 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Pakistans growing tech ecosystem is finally taking off
The emergence of Pakistans tech ecosystem has been driven by three major factors: an improving security situation, quickly growing mobile connectivity, and critical legal changes and deregulation....
05:19 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch WellSaid attracts $10M A round for higher quality synthetic speech
WellSaid Labs, whose tools create synthetic speech that could be mistaken for the real thing, has raised a $10M Series A to grow the business. The company’s home-baked text-to-speech engine work...
05:14 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Investors find European unicorns reluctant to join SPAC boom
European SPAC creation is modest compared to whats been going on in the U.S, but it still represents material growth and a new avenue for European tech startups still hungry for exit opportunities....
05:13 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Citi Ventures head honcho Arvind Purushotham is coming to TC Early Stage
Corporate venture capital used to get a bad rap. The money flowed from corporations into startups when times were good, and quickly disappeared when the market turned. But startups and corporations di...
04:31 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch The single vendor requirement ultimately doomed the DoDs $10B JEDI cloud contract
When the Pentagon killed the JEDI cloud program yesterday, it was the end of a long and bitter road for a project that never seemed to have a chance. The question is why it didn’t work out in th...
04:21 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Trump is suing Twitter, Facebook and Google over censorship claims
In his first press event since ignominiously leaving office earlier this year, former President Donald Trump announced that he is launching a volley of class action lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook,...
04:21 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Trump is suing Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over censorship claims
In his first press event since ignominiously leaving office earlier this year, former President Donald Trump announced that he is launching a volley of class-action lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook ...
04:02 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch r2c raises $27M to scale its security-focused code analysis service
This morning r2c, a startup building a SaaS service around the Semgrep open-source project, announced that it has closed a $27 million Series B. Felicis led the round, which the company said was a pre...
03:15 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Mmhmm raises $100M, which is a fun thing to say to people who dont follow tech
If you’re a frequent TechCrunch reader, you probably already know about mmhmm, the startup with the name you likely either love or hate. It’s Phil Libin’s second act after Evernote, ...
03:15 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Dear Sophie: Whats the process for getting International Entrepreneur Parole?
I co-founded a startup and have an O-1A visa. My wife wants to return to work, but she cannot get authorization on an O-3. If I switch to International Entrepreneur Parole, can she get a work permit?...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Tiger Global leads $34M investment into Unit21, a no-code fraud prevention platform
Unit21, a startup that helps businesses monitor fraudulent activities with its no-code software, announced today it has raised $34 million in a Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Opaque raises $9.5M seed to secure sensitive data in the cloud
Opaque, a new startup born out of Berkely’s RISELabs, announced a $9.5 million seed round today to build a solution to access and work with sensitive data in the cloud in a secure way, even with...
02:49 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch SwoonMe uses avatars and audio for its less superficial dating app
A new startup called SwoonMe aims to fix the problem with superficial dating apps, where users primarily make decisions based on how someone looks in their photos. Instead of swiping through profiles,...
02:19 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch We want your city in TechCrunchs European Cities Survey 2021!
Do you want your city to get its own TechCrunch Survey? They join in! So if you are a tech startup founder or investor in one of these cities please fill out our survey form here Check the list of Eur...
02:12 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Heres whats happening tomorrow at TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising
Tighten your bootstraps and get ready to wring every last ounce of education and opportunity out of TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising. Our two-day deep dive into the essential skills ever...
02:01 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Repeat raises $6 million Series A for its service that makes reordering favorite products easier
Subscriptions have become a popular way to pay for digital services, like Netflix or Spotify, but they haven’t yet taken off as a means of reordering your everyday items or other household essen...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Tune in, SPAC on, drop LSD
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this weeks deep dive,AlexandNatasha and Danny decided that it was ti...
01:07 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Cloverly snags $2.1M seed to continue developing API to measure and offset carbon usage
Cloverly, an Atlanta-based early stage startup, has developed an API that helps companies measure and then offset their carbon emissions. Today the company announced a $2.1 million seed round. TechSqu...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch After selling Bread last year for over $500M, this founder just raised millions for his new fintech startup
When Daniel Simon sold Bread, a consumer purchase finance and payments startup hed co-founded, to Alliance Data Systems for over $500 million late last year, he quickly set his sights on building anot...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Dataminrs first ever acquisition is UK-based geovisualization platform WatchKeeper
When it comes to detecting events transpiring anywhere in the world, few companies hold a candle to Dataminr. Founded in 2009, the company has raised more than $1 billion over the past 12 years (inclu...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch ZeroFox acquires dark web threat intelligence company Vigilante
ZeroFox, a cybersecurity startup that helps companies detect risks found on social media and digital channels, has announced it has acquired dark web threat intelligence company Vigilante. Vigilante ...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Opioid addiction treatment apps found sharing sensitive data with third parties
Several widely used opioid treatment recovery apps are accessing and sharing sensitive user data with third parties, a new investigation has found. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to ...
12:52 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Indias IT and Broadcasting ministers resign
Indias IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar resigned from their roles on Wednesday, adding to the list of high-profile local politicians who have...
12:50 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Tusk Ventures Jordan Nof and Wheels Michelle Davey to talk fundraising tips on Extra Crunch Live
The Tusk Ventures portfolio is impressive, if not intimidating. It includes Lemonade, Fanduel, Coinbase, Latch, Bird and many, many more. We’re lucky to be joined by Tusk co-founder and general ...
12:43 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Raylo nabs $11.5M to get more mobile users to lease and reuse
UK-based smartphone subscription startup Raylo has tucked $11.5 million in Series A funding into its top pocket, led by Octopus Ventures. The equity round follows a debt raise last year — and br...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Acrylic raises debut $55M solo GP fund to paint the future of crypto
Its been quite the year for crypto capital, what with Coinbases blockbuster debut earlier this year in a direct listing and A16Z raising $2.2 billion for its third crypto-focused fund. But as the numb...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Lacuna raises $16 million in Series A to help cities manage mobility via digital twin
Lacuna Technologies, a startup that helps cities create and enforce transportation policies by building and managing open-source digital tools, has raised $16 million in a Series A round, bringing the...
11:45 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Outbrain raises $200 million ahead of its IPO
Outbrain, an adtech company that provides clickbait ads below news articles, has raised $200 million in funding Outbrain didn’t disclose the valuation of the company for this deal. The Baupost ...
11:02 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch A year after expanding to Europe, Nigerian fintech Lidya raises $8.3M to scale lending operations
Nigerian fintech and lending startup Lidya today announced that it has completed its $8.3 million pre-Series B funding round. Alitheia Capital led the investment via its uMunthu Fund. Other investors ...
10:47 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Satellite operator Planet to go public in $2.8B SPAC merger
Planet, which operates a network of around 200 satellites that provides Earth imaging, as well as analytics of the data derived from that observation, is going public in a merger with special purpose ...
09:06 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch AnyVision, the controversial facial recognition startup, has raised $235M led by SoftBank and Eldridge
Facial recognition has been one of the more conflicted applications of artificial intelligence in the wider world: using computer vision to detect faces and subsequent identities of people has raised ...
08:00 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Localyze raises $12M for a SaaS that supports cross-border hiring and relocation
Y-Combinator-backed Localyze has nabbed $12 million in Series A funding led by Blossom Capital for a SaaS that supports staff relocations and hiring across borders. Previous investor Frontline Venture...
08:00 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch YouTubes recommender AI still a horrorshow, finds major crowdsourced study
For years YouTube’s video-recommending algorithm has stood accused of fuelling a grab-bag of societal ills by feeding users an AI-amplified diet of hate speech, political extremism and/or conspi...
07:01 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Real estate platform Casafari raises $15M to allow PE to buy single-family homes at scale
Just a Spotify used VC and PE backing to acquire the assets of the music industry so that we must now all rent our music via subscription, rather than own it for life, so a PropTech startup plans to f...
06:14 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Dispatch from Bangalore
A startup founder, who hasnt had much sleep all week, woke up on a recent Sunday to a phone call from his co-founder. A senior engineer was feeling burnt out and was contemplating leaving. For the fou...
06:03 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Renegade Partners rolls out its hotly anticipated debut fund with $100 million
Renegade Partners — a Bay Area-based venture firm cofounded by veteran VCs Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek — is taking the wraps off a $100 million debut venture fund that’s been...
06:03 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Renegade Partners rolls out its much-anticipated debut fund with $100 million
Renegade Partners — a Bay Area-based venture firm cofounded by veteran VCs Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek — is taking the wraps off a $100 million debut venture fund that’s been...
04:59 am GMT - Wed, July 7, 2021
Techcrunch Juni, a vertical neobank for e-commerce and online marketing companies, raises $21.5M
E-commerce in Europe is expected to grow 30% this year to $465 billion, and that’s giving rise to a new ecosystem of services built to cater to e-commerce merchants. In the latest development, J...
10:11 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Extra Crunch roundup: Video pitch decks, Didis regulatory struggles, Nothing CEO interview
The numbers don’t lie. According to DocSend, the average pitch deck is reviewed for just three minutes. And if you think a senior VC is studying the presentation your team crafted for months as ...
10:10 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Nothing sets July 27 rollout for noise-canceling Ear (1) earbuds
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:26 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Gettr, the latest pro-Trump social network, is already a mess
Well, that was fast. Just days after a Twitter clone from former Trump spokesperson Jason Miller launched, the new social network is already beset by problems. For one, hackers quickly leveraged Gettr...
09:19 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Sarah Guo, Kobie Fuller & Casey Aylward headline investor panel at TC Sessions: SaaS
While SaaS has become the default way to deliver software in 2021, it still takes a keen eye to find the companies that will grow into successful businesses, maybe even more so with so much competitio...
08:54 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch To stay ahead of your competitors, start building your narrative on day one
How do you stay ahead of your competition when you know it's only a matter of time before they copy your best features? The solution is messaging, says conversion optimization expert Peep Laja....
08:11 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Yandex Self-Driving Group partners with GrubHub to bring robotic delivery to college campuses
Yandex Self-Driving Group, a unit of Yandex, the publicly-traded Russian tech giant, has announced a partnership with food delivery service GrubHub to be its multi-year robotic delivery provider acros...
08:11 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Nextdoors SPAC investor deck paints a picture of sizable scale and sticky users
The company kicks off with a note that it has 27 million weekly active users and claims users in around one in three U.S. households. The argument, then, is that Nextdoor has scale....
07:36 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Announcing the startups pitching at TC Early Stage
This Thursday and Friday, TechCrunch will host Early Stage – a virtual bootcamp for early stage founders. After the success of the spring event, on Friday, TC will feature 10 phenomenal early-st...
07:12 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Verizon demos THOR, its new vehicle for frontline rapid humanitarian response
The increasingly intense heats bearing down feverishly across the globe are accelerating the number, scale, and complexity of disasters worldwide. Just in the past few weeks, we have seen record heat ...
06:56 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter shares its ideas around new privacy features, including a way to hide your account from searches
Twitter today has shared a few more ideas it’s thinking about in terms of new features around conversation health and privacy. This includes a one-stop “privacy check-in” feature tha...
06:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch What I learned the hard way from naming 30 startups
How should a founder go about effectively naming their baby startup and avoid picking a name that will hurt them?...
05:22 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Nobody wins as DoD finally pulls the plug on controversial $10B JEDI contract
After several years of fighting and jockeying for position by the biggest cloud infrastructure companies in the world, the Pentagon finally pulled the plug on the controversial winner-take-all $10 bil...
05:12 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Allozymes looks to upend chemical manufacturing with rapid enzyme engineering and $5M seed
Part of the complex process that turns raw materials into finished products like detergents, cosmetics and flavors relies on enzymes, which facilitate chemical transformations. But finding the right e...
04:28 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Single.Earth to link carbon credits to crypto token market, raises $7.9M from EQT Ventures
Heres the theory: Instead of linking carbon and biodiversity credits to the sale of raw materials such as forests, which cause CO2, what if you linked them to crypto tokens, and thus kept these CO2-pr...
04:22 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Max Q: Billionaire Blast-off Boys Club
Max Q is a weekly newsletter from TechCrunch all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Mondays in your inbox. It’s a space race of the most indulgent kind, plus there’s a new c...
04:21 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Box takes fight with activist investor public in SEC filing
The war between Boxs current leadership and activist shareholder Starboard took a new turn todaywith a detailed timelineoutlining the two groups relationship, thanks to an SEC filing and companion pre...
04:19 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Meet Super.mx, the Mexico City-based insurtech that raised $7.2M from VCs and unicorn CEOs
Super.mx, an insurtech startup based in Mexico City, has raised $7.2 million in a Series A round led by ALLVP. Co-founded in 2019 by a trio of former insurance industry executives, Super.mxs self-proc...
04:19 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Meet Super.mx, the Mexico City-based insurtech that raised $7.2M from VCs and unicorn execs
Super.mx, an insurtech startup based in Mexico City, has raised $7.2 million in a Series A round led by ALLVP. Co-founded in 2019 by a trio of former insurance industry executives, Super.mxs self-proc...
04:08 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Kill the standard privacy notice
If Facebooks privacy policy is as hard to comprehend as German philosopher Immanuel Kants Critique of Pure Reason, we have a problem....
04:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Bentley reveals Flying Spur Hybrid, its latest in the push towards electric
Bentley Motors, the 102-year-old ultra-luxury automaker under Volkswagen Group, revealed its newest hybrid model on Tuesday. The company says this latest iteration of the Flying Spur Hybrid is its mos...
04:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Bentley reveals Flying Spur Hybrid, its latest in the push toward electric
Bentley Motors, the 102-year-old ultraluxury automaker under Volkswagen Group, revealed its newest hybrid model on Tuesday. The company says this latest iteration of the Flying Spur Hybrid is its most...
03:56 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Will Didis regulatory problems make it harder for Chinese startups to go public in the US?
For China-based companies hoping to list in the United States, the market likely just got much, much colder....
03:39 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Amazon is now selling its own Covid-19 test kits for $39.99 in the U.S.
Amazon announced this morning it would begin to sell its own brand of Covid-19 at-home tests to Amazon shoppers in the U.S. The test retails for $39.99 on the Amazon.com website and is available to an...
02:18 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Didi gets hit by Chinese government, and Pleo raises $150M
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture-capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday Tuesday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest ...
02:15 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Roblox partners with Sony Music to connect artists with money-making activities in the metaverse
Video game platform Roblox announced this morning it has partnered with Sony Music Entertainment on a deal that will allow the two companies to work together to create music experiences for the Roblox...
02:10 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Wagmo raises $12.5 million to offer pet insurance (and a lot more)
The pet care industry has boomed over the past several years. From Chewy’s IPO to the various veterinarian startups that have sprung up, VC money (and consumer cash) is flowing into the space. W...
02:10 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Wagmo raises $12.5M to offer pet insurance (and a lot more)
The pet care industry has boomed over the past several years. From Chewy’s IPO to the various veterinarian startups that have sprung up, VC money (and consumer cash) is flowing into the space. W...
02:04 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Fourth of July sale ends tonight: 2-for-1 passes on all TechCrunch events
The long holiday weekend may be over here in the states, but you still have a few hours left to take advantage of our two-for-one sale on passes to all four TechCrunch 2021 events. Dont miss out the ...
01:22 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Austin-based iFly.vc closes $46M second fund from legendary tech founders
To compete with the myriad venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, iFly.vc has a unique vantage point. Its founder Han Shen has straddled the United States and China for several decades. He was the f...
01:20 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto speaks on Duolingos IPO and luring venture capital to the Steel City
https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/30/pittsburghs-locomation-puts-a-convoy-twist-on-autonomous-trucking/Pittsburgh is known as the Steel City, but these days, the city is turning to startups rather than s...
01:18 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Satellite imagery startup Satellogic to go public via SPAC valuing the company at $850M
The space SPAC frenzy might’ve died down, but it isn’t over: Earth observation startup Satellogic is the latest to go public via a merger with CF Acquisition Corp. V, a special purpose acq...
01:17 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Nintendos OLED Switch arrives October 8, priced at $350
So much for the big E3 reveal. Weeks after the big gaming show, Nintendo has finally taking the wraps off the latest iteration of its wildly popular hybrid gaming console. The Nintendo Switch (OLED mo...
12:59 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Today is Day 1 for Andy Jassy as former AWS CEO moves to Amazon corner office
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has always liked to motivate his employees by saying every day is Day 1. Well, it is actually Day 1 for his successor Andy Jassy, who officially moves into the corner...
12:30 pm GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Italys DPA fines Glovo-owned Foodinho $3M, orders changes to algorithmic management of riders
Algorithmic management of gig workers has landed Glovo-owned on-demand delivery firm Foodinho in trouble in Italy where the country’s data protection authority issued a 2.6 million penalty (~$3M...
11:45 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch FabricNano raises $12.5M to help scale its cell-free fossil fuel alternative technology
Its not often that you hear DNA described as a wafer but thats the analogy that Grant Aarons, the founder of FabricNano, a cell-free biomanufacturing company uses to describe his companys major produ...
11:12 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch MAGIC Fund raises $30M to scale its global founders-backing-founders fund
Influential entrepreneurs like Paul Graham and Naval Ravikant always preach the need for startups to have founders-turned-investors on their cap table. As Ravikant puts it, founders want to know that ...
11:00 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Nothings Ear 1 earbuds will feature noise cancelling and run $99
Fittingly, we dont know a lot about Nothing. The young hardware startup has, however, done a stellar job building hype around precisely that fact. In the lead up to the July 27 launch of the companys ...
11:00 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Nothings Ear (1) earbuds will feature noise cancelling and run $99
Fittingly, we dont know a lot about Nothing. The young hardware startup has, however, done a stellar job building hype around precisely that fact. In the lead up to the July 27 launch of the companys ...
11:00 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Nothing founder Carl Pei on Ear 1 and building a hardware startup from scratch
"If we take a take a step back and think about it from a consumer perspective, we feel like, as a whole consumer, tech is quite, quite boring.">...
09:37 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch White label fintech platform Toqio secures $9.4M Seed led by Seaya and Speedinvest
The upside of the Open Banking regulations which have swept jurisdictions like the UK and the EU is that many more challenger banks have appeared. The headache for either incumbent banks or for upstar...
08:47 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Byrd raises $19M to expand Amazon-style fulfillment and logistics to more e-commerce merchants in Europe
E-commerce in Europe is set to grow 30% percent this year, with the online shopping surge that started at the rise of Covid-19 showing little sign of abating. Today, a startup that’s building in...
08:30 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Free Extra Crunch membership included with TC Early Stage tickets
TechCrunch Early Stage is coming up soon, and all attendees can get 3 months of free access to Extra Crunch as a part of a ticket purchase. Extra Crunch is our members-only community focused on founde...
08:10 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter has lost liability protection in India, government says
Twitter no longer enjoys the liability protection against user-generated content in India, the government said in a court filing this week as tension escalates between the two over the South Asian nat...
07:00 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch TravelPerk buys UK-based Click Travel in latest pandemic purchase
Business trip booking platform TravelPerk has bagged another rival — picking up UK-based Click Travel. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed but we’re told it’s the third —...
06:18 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Merchant commerce Asian giant Pine Labs secures $600 million
Pine Labs said on Tuesday it has closed a $600 million financing round as the Asian merchant commerce platform sets the goal to explore the public markets within two years. Fidelity Management & R...
06:18 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Asian merchant commerce giant Pine Labs secures $600 million
Pine Labs said on Tuesday it has closed a $600 million financing round as the Asian merchant commerce platform sets the goal to explore the public markets within two years. Fidelity Management & R...
04:35 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Pleo raises $150M at a $1.7B valuation for its new approach to managing expenses for SMBs
Whether you are part of the accounting department, or just any employee at an organization, managing expenses can be a time-consuming and error-filled, yet also quite mundane, part of your job. Today,...
12:00 am GMT - Tue, July 6, 2021
Techcrunch Kaseya hack floods hundreds of companies with ransomware
On Friday, a flood of ransomware hit hundreds of companies around the world. A grocery store chain, a public broadcaster, schools, and a national railway system were all hit by the file-encrypting mal...
10:58 pm GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch Volvo, Daimler, Traton invest $593 million to build electric truck charging network
Volvo Group, Daimler Truck and Volkswagon’s AG heavy-truck business the Traton Group announced on Monday a non-binding agreement to build a network of high-performance public charging stations f...
10:11 pm GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch VW offloads Bugatti to Rimac to form new EV company Bugatti-Rimac
Croatian electric supercar startup Rimac Automobili is taking over Bugatti. Rimac will own a controlling 55% share in the new company, Bugatti-Rimac, with VW’s Porsche owning the remaining 45%, ...
10:01 pm GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch ManoMano raises $355 million for its home improvement e-commerce platform
French startup ManoMano has raised a Series F funding round of $355 million led by Dragoneer Investment Group. The company operates an e-commerce platform focused on DIY, home improvement and gardenin...
04:52 pm GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch Tom Blomfield takes first board post at Generation Home, after leaving Monzo and Angel investing
Following on from mid-June when first-time buyer mortgage lending startup Generation Home raised a $30.4m Series A round and a 300m loan facility from NatWest, its now adding to its board. Although kn...
04:04 pm GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch Hear top VCs Albert Wegner, Jenny Rooke, and Shilpi Kumar talk green bets at the Extreme Tech Challenge finals
This year, TechCrunch is proudly hosting the Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals on July 22. The event is among the world’s largest purpose-driven startup competitions that are aiming to solve ...
02:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch Obviously AI, a no code startup for data analysts, increases its seed round to $4.7M
Nirman Daves two startups are very different, but both have a DIY spirit. The first, called CircuiTricks and founded during his gap year after high school, created kits to teach students about electro...
12:31 pm GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch SoftBank buys perpetual Yahoo trademark license for $1.6 billion
As firework volleys launched out of New York City harbor last night, a very different celebration was likely taking place just a few blocks down the street at Verizons official headquarters in Midtown...
12:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch The Station: Bird has drama in San Francisco, drone delivery startup Zipline raises $250M
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation.Sign up here just click The Station to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Happy 4th of July! For those of you who are a...
09:31 am GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch Why former Alibaba scientist wants to back founders outside the Ivory Tower
Min Wanli had a career path much coveted by those pursuing a career in computer science. A prodigy, Min was accepted to a top research university in China at the age of 14. He subsequently obtained Ph...
08:27 am GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch E-commerce logistics startup Locad gets $4.9M seed round led by Sequoia Capital Indias Surge
E-commerce is booming in Southeast Asia, but in many markets, the fragmented logistics industry is struggling to catch up. This means sellers run into roadblocks when shipping to buyers, especially ou...
08:10 am GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch Tinybird turns raw data into realtime API at scale
Meet Tinybird, a new startup that helps developers build data products at scale without having to worry about infrastructure, query time and all those annoying issues that come up once you deal with h...
07:07 am GMT - Mon, July 5, 2021
Techcrunch MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B food and grocery delivery startup, raises $40M for expansion
Globally, food and grocery delivery startups have been raising mega-rounds of late, especially those in Europe as the pandemic has given rise to more people ordering online more than ever. This growth...
07:07 pm GMT - Sun, July 4, 2021
Techcrunch Indias Furlenco raises $140 million for its furniture and appliance renting service
Furlenco, a Bangalore-based startup that operates an eponymous furniture and appliance rental service, said today it has raised $140 million in a financing round as it looks to scale its operations in...
02:47 pm GMT - Sun, July 4, 2021
Techcrunch Didi app pulled from app stores in China after suspension order
China has ordered app-store operators to remove the app of Didi from their stores, the latest as tension escalates between the nations largest ride-hailing giant and local regulators. The app has disa...
06:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 3, 2021
Techcrunch This Week in Apps: iOS 15 public beta arrives, Android App Bundles to replace APKs, app consumer spend hits new record
Welcome back to This Week inApps,the weekly TechCrunch seriesthat recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a recor...
06:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 3, 2021
Techcrunch Welcome to hot due diligence summer
Wow, that headline worked? A recent board fight at a digital health unicorn is a reminder to entrepreneurs that its important to set boundaries, even amid the dizzying volume and velocity of this summ...
05:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 3, 2021
Techcrunch A new digital violence platform maps dozens of victims of NSO Groups spyware
For the first time, researchers have mapped all the known targets, including journalists, activists, and human rights defenders, whose phones were hacked by Pegasus, a spyware developed by NSO Group. ...
05:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 3, 2021
Techcrunch Startups, culture and riding the meme wave
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment....
11:15 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Meet Mighty, an online platform where kid CEOs run their own storefronts; a digital lemonade stand
For kids of a certain age — think 9 to 15 — options for enrichment are somewhat limited to school, sports, and camps, while the ability to make money is largely non-existent. A new startup...
11:15 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Meet Mighty, an e-commerce platform where kids are the boss; a digital lemonade stand
Until children reach a certain age, enrichment programs are somewhat limited to school, sports, and camps, while money-making opportunities are largely non-existent. Now, a year-old, L.A.-based startu...
11:15 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Meet Mighty, an e-commerce platform where kids are operating their own storefronts
Until children reach a certain age, enrichment programs are somewhat limited to school, sports, and camps, while money-making opportunities are largely non-existent. Now, a year-old, L.A.-based startu...
10:10 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: In one of Indias largest exits, Swedish media giant MTG buys PlaySimple for $360M
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
10:08 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch This week in growth marketing on TechCrunch
A look back at the week's top posts, plus recommendations for growth marketers who know how to drive results....
10:02 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Extra Crunch roundup: CEO Twitter etiquette, lifting click-through rates, edtech avalanche
We'll be off on Monday, July 5 in observance of Independence Day. Thanks very much for reading, and I hope you have an excellent weekend....
08:26 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Healthcare data sharing: How to improve patient care in the future
To truly lower costs and reduce inefficiencies, we have to abandon the existing structure and put the customer first....
07:43 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Facebook is testing a Twitter-like threads feature on some public figures pages
Get your spool-of-yarn emojis ready — threads might be coming to Facebook soon. Facebook has been spotted testing a new feature that gives public figures on Facebook the ability to create a new ...
07:21 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch 3 guiding principles for CEOs who post on Twitter
Posting the wrong things at the wrong time is embarrassing, but it can also be a breach of fiduciary duties and may even run afoul of securities laws....
06:17 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Fetch Robotics CEO on the companys acquisition and the future of warehouse robots
Yesterday, enterprise computing corporation Zebra Technologies announced its plan to acquire Fetch Robotics. The San Jose-based startup has been a mainstay in warehouse and fulfillment robotics for a ...
06:15 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch 79% more leads without more traffic: Heres how we did it
In this case study, we'll show how we used research-driven CRO (conversion rate optimization) techniques to increase lead conversion rate by 79% for China Expat Health, a lead generation company....
06:10 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Department of Justice opens investigation into EV startup Lordstown Motors
Lordstown Motors continues to stumble. The beleaguered electric vehicle startup is now being investigated by the Department of Justice, in addition to an ongoing investigation by the Securities and Ex...
05:51 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch CMUs president discusses how Pittsburgh is building and retaining high-tech startups
For a brief moment, earlier this week, it seemed as though Pittsburgh might be the center of the tech universe. Just as Carnegie Mellon alum Duolingo was announcing its IPO. Senators Bob Casey and Pat...
05:15 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Frame streamlines finding a therapist and builds a one-stop shop for private practices
Therapy is rapidly becoming a standard part of many people’s lives, but 2020 interrupted that trend by nixing in-person sessions and forcing therapists to migrate their entire practice online a...
05:15 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch With $3M seed, Frame streamlines finding a therapist and builds a one-stop shop for private practices
Therapy is rapidly becoming a standard part of many people’s lives, but 2020 interrupted that trend by nixing in-person sessions and forcing therapists to migrate their entire practice online a...
05:10 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Dutch court will hear another Facebook privacy lawsuit
Privacy litigation that’s being brought against Facebook by two not-for-profits in the Netherlands can go ahead, an Amsterdam court has ruled. The case will be heard in October. Since 2019, the ...
05:01 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Dont send VC a cold deck ever again: Start sending video pitches
More investors are embracing video pitches, and in the age of the Zoom-based pitch meeting, its quickly becoming the standard....
03:32 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Jim Whitehurst steps down as president at IBM just 14 months after taking role
In a surprise announcement today, IBM announced that Jim Whitehurst, who came over in the Red deal, would be stepping down as company president just 14 months after taking over in that role. IBM didn&...
02:34 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Chinese cybersecurity probe validates Didis pre-IPO warning to investors
To see Didi get taken to task mere days after its U.S. debut puts a bad taste in our mouths....
02:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch California has no water and lots of liquidity
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Danny,Natasha, andAlex were on-deck this week, with Grace on the recordi...
12:08 pm GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch GM is investing in a California lithium extraction project
General Motors is investing in domestically sourced lithium. The company said Friday it became the first investor in an Australian companys project to extract the mineral, a critical component of elec...
10:58 am GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Indias Licious raises $192 million for international expansion
Licious, a Bangalore-based startup that sells fresh meat and seafood online, has raised $192 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its footprint beyond the South Asian market. The new...
08:32 am GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Swedish gaming firm MTG acquires Indias PlaySimple for $360 million
Swedish gaming giant Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired Indian startup PlaySimple for at least $360 million, the two firms said Friday. MTG said it will pay 77% of the acquisition sum to Indian gam...
06:50 am GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch TeamApt will use its new funding round to provide digital bank services for the unbanked
A great deal has changed since we last covered Nigerian fintech startup TeamApt two years ago. At the time, the company had just closed a $5.5 million Series A round from a single VC Quantum Capital ...
05:00 am GMT - Fri, July 2, 2021
Techcrunch Tiger Global leads $42M Series B in Nigerian credit-led neobank FairMoney
Neobanks have led the charge as regards venture capital funding for consumer fintech startups. But while they have collectively dominated the fintech space, they don’t operate a monolithic model...
11:18 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Branson aims to beat Bezos to orbit in final stretch of billionaire space race
Two billionaires are neck and neck in the final sprint to the Krmn line, but Richard Branson may clinch it with a July 11 flight on a Virgin Galactic spacecraft, narrowly beating out Jeff Bezos’...
10:53 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter tests more attention-grabbing misinformation labels
Twitter is considering changes to the way it contextualizes misleading tweets that the company doesn’t believe are dangerous enough to be removed from the platform outright. The company announce...
10:22 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Edtech startup Microverse raises $12.5M to bring income share agreements to the developing world
Edtech startup Microverse has tapped new venture funding in its quest to help train students across the globe to code through its online school that requires zero upfront cost, instead relying on an i...
10:10 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: After quarters of explosive growth, a profitable Robinhood files to go public
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:28 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch The 2021 edtech avalanche has just begun
We are seeing a wave of private companies sweeping across parts of education and training that were previously overseen or funded centrally by governments. This is happening all across the world....
08:02 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch How Robinhoods explosive growth rate came to be
Where does all that revenue come from?...
08:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter considers new features for tweeting only to friends, under different personas, and more
Twitter has a history of sharing feature and design ideas it’s considering at very early stages of development. Earlier this month, for example, it showed off concepts around a potential “...
08:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter considers new features for tweeting only to friends, under different personas and more
Twitter has a history of sharing feature and design ideas it’s considering at very early stages of development. Earlier this month, for example, it showed off concepts around a potential “...
08:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Robinhood is going public and were very excited
It’s a sweltering day here in New York City, and that means Wall Street is on fire, and so is Robinhood, apparently. The popular stock trading app officially filed its Form S-1 with the SEC a fe...
07:28 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch To guard against data loss and misuse, the cybersecurity conversation must evolve
People not applications, networks or endpoints have become the primary security perimeter in todays cloud-first, choose-the-handiest-device, collaboration-obsessed world....
06:57 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Indias central bank says growing presence of Big Tech in financial services a concern
Indias central bank has identified Big Tech’s push into financial services as a challenge for banks in the South Asian market, saying the growing presence of these firms have prompted concerns a...
06:33 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch As EU venture capital soars, will the region hold onto future IPOs?
We spoke to EYs Franck Sebag, Osborne Clarke Spain partner David Miranda and Dealrooms Yoram Wijngaarde to better understand the current IPO market as it relates to European public offerings....
06:07 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Paris court fines Airbnb $9.6 million for illegal listings
A court in Paris has fined Airbnb, the popular marketplace for vacation rentals. According to the court, the tech company has failed to comply with local regulation when it comes to listing your apart...
06:02 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Robinhood files to go public after squeaking to profitability in 2020
This afternoon Robinhood, the popular investing app for consumers filed to go public. The company intends to list on the NASDAQ under the symbol “HOOD.” That Robinhood released an S-1 fili...
05:27 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising kicks off in 1 week
Its only one week left until we get our bootcamp on at TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising. Its your chance to learn everything you need to know about fundraising, growth marketing, brand b...
05:27 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing & Fundraising kicks off in 1 week
Its only one week left until we get our bootcamp on at TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing & Fundraising. Its your chance to learn everything you need to know about fundraising, growth marketing, brand...
05:23 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Singularity 6 raises $30M to fund upcoming fantasy community simulation MMO
LA-based game studio Singularity 6 has banked more funding as it scales itself up and readies for the launch of its debut title. The startup tells TechCrunch, they’ve raised $30 million in a Ser...
05:16 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch macOS Montereys public beta is live
Yesterday Apple unleashed a whole bunch of new public betas on the world: iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and watchOS 8. Today the company is back with another big software puzzle piece announced at WWDC in June. F...
04:28 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Exclusive: Hepsiburada CEO sets out her vision, as it becomes first ever Turkish Nasdaq IPO
Hepsiburada Turkey’s giant online shopping platform considered the Amazon of its country floats on the Nasdaq today,for avaluation likely to exceed $3.9 billion on current projections, especial...
04:28 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Hepsiburada CEO sets out her vision, as it becomes first Turkish Nasdaq IPO
Hepsiburada Turkey’s giant online shopping platform considered the Amazon of its country floats on the Nasdaq today, for a valuation likely to exceed $3.9 billion on current projections, espec...
04:08 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Common mistakes Indian startups make when relocating to the US
The United States is a welcoming market full of opportunities. However, relocating presents significant challenges....
04:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Barracuda acquires Skout Cybersecurity to enter the XDR market
Barracuda Networks has purchased Skout Cybersecurity, a New York-based channel-only provider of extended detection and response(XDR) services. The deal, the terms of which were not disclosed, will see...
04:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch A bank for the creator economy, Karat Financial raises $26M in Series A funding
The creator economy is changing the way that people earn a living, whether you’re an Instagram influencer or a freelance graphic designer. But traditional banks haven’t caught up. Take Ale...
03:50 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Months later, were still making sense of the Supreme Courts API copyright ruling
Given APIs' ubiquity and importance, its understandable that all eyes were on the U.S. Supreme Courts April 5 ruling in Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., which addressed two core questions....
03:30 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Pausing Pepper, packing meat and picking berries
Were fresh off of our big Pittsburgh event, and Ill have more thoughts on that for you next week, once weve crawled through all of the interviews, published profiles and all of that fun stuff. t I adm...
03:20 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Google update will allow digital Covid-19 vaccination cards and test results to be stored on Android devices
Google is making it possible to store digital versions of either Covid-19 test results or vaccination cards on users’ Android devices. The company on Wednesday announced it’s updating its ...
03:18 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Nowports raises $16M to build the OS for LatAms shipping industry
Nowports, an automated digital freight forwarder in Latin America, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. Mouro Capital — a venture capital fund focused on fintechs and adjacent businesses ...
03:06 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Tusk Ventures Jordan Nof and Wheels Michelle Davey to talk fundraising tips on Extra Crunch Live
The Tusk Ventures portfolio is impressive, if not intimidating. It includes Lemonade, Fanduel, Coinbase, Latch, Bird and many, many more. We’re lucky to be joined by Tusk co-founder and general ...
03:03 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch The EUs COVID-19 digital certificates are up and running
A regulation underpinning a digital certification system for individuals in the European Union to verify their COVID-19 status via a common credential has gone into application today — on schedu...
03:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch With $8.4M raised, strawberry-picking robotics startup Traptic begins commercial deployment
We first covered Traptic back in 2019, when it appeared as a Battlefield finalist on stage at Disrupt SF. Today, the South Bay robotics startup is announcing some major progress. For starters, it bega...
02:39 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Zebra Technologies is acquiring warehouse robotics company, Fetch
Zebra Technologies this morning announced its intention to purchased Bay Area-based warehouse robotics firm, Fetch. The $290 million deal finds the enterprise corporation snapping up 95% of the compan...
02:21 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Paper gets $100M worth of venture-backed paper for B2B edtech
For edtech startups, its always been easier to go direct-to-consumerthan it is to sell into school districts. The latter has stodgy and strict sales cycles, while the former has a bit more flexibility...
02:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Ghost raises $100M Series D for autonomous driving and crash prevention tech
Autonomous driving system developer Ghost Locomotion has raised a $100 million Series D funding round, led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Returning investor Founders Fund also participated in the round, alo...
01:58 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch TechCrunch July 4th event sale: 2-for-1 passes on all TechCrunch events
Calling all savvy shoppers across the startup stratosphere. Were about to roll into a long holiday weekend here in the States, and were in the mood to celebrate. In true American style, were offering ...
01:52 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch TikTok expands max video length to 3 minutes, up from 60 seconds
TikTok is embracing longer videos. The company announced this morning it will roll out the option to create videos of up to 3 minutes in length after first testing the change with a larger number of c...
01:31 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch After bootstrapping since 2002, Articulate raises $1.5B on $3.75B valuation
Most companies don’t announce their first venture investment after almost 20 years in the business, nor do they announce that round is the equivalent of a good startup’s entire private fun...
01:18 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch German government bodies urged to remove their Facebook Pages before next year
Germany’s federal information commissioner has run out of patience with Facebook. Last month, Ulrich Kelber wrote to government agencies “strongly recommend[ing]” they to close down ...
01:16 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch An email sent by One Medical exposed hundreds of customers email addresses
Primary care company One Medical has apologized after it sent out an email that exposed hundreds of customers’ email addresses. The email sent out by One Medical on Wednesday asked to “ver...
01:13 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Pinterest updates policy to prohibit ads promoting weight loss
Starting today, Pinterest will prohibit all advertisers from sharing ads that promote weight loss. This includes any language and imagery that encourages weight loss, promotes weight loss products, id...
12:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Codat raises $40M from Tiger for its SMB-focused API service
This morning Codat, a startup that provides APIs to link small-business fintech data to external services, announced that it has closed a $40 million round led by Tiger Global. The company raised $10 ...
11:53 am GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Duolingo Director of engineering Karin Tsai talks opinionated development
Karin Tsai joined Duolingo in 2012 and is now the director of engineering. Yesterday, at TechCrunchs City Spotlight: Pittsburgh, she spoke on the companys extensive development process and unique cult...
11:00 am GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Mercado Bitcoin, Brazils first crypto exchange, raises $200M from SoftBank
Mercado Bitcoin, a Latin American digital assets exchange, has raised $200 million in Series B funding from the SoftBank Latin America Fund. The round values 2TM Group, Mercado Bitcoins non-operating ...
09:08 am GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Tiger Global in talks to back Indian fintech Yap
Tiger Global is in advanced stages of talks to back Indian embedded finance startup Yap, according to more than half a dozen people familiar with the matter. The New York-headquartered firm is in talk...
07:41 am GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Instant grocery startup Getir makes its first acquisition to expand into Spain and Italy
Getir, the startup based out of Turkey that has built a $7.5 billion business out a mobile app that lets consumers buy groceries and get them delivered in minutes, has grown its business up to now org...
07:01 am GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Goodbye CVs As work went remote, companies flocked to a startup dumping CVs for skill tests
As companies scrambled to re-orient themselves last year during the pandemic, one thing was clear: the shift to remote working had come sooner than anyone expected. With this came a fundamental shift ...
07:01 am GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Germanys icon group VC bets $30M to back startups enabling traditional companies to pivot
Icon group is a new $30M VC fund being launched out of Germany’s iconmobile group, a WPP network agency. This means a reorganization of the company from a full-service innovation agency into als...
04:59 am GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Rohlik raises $119M at a $1.2B valuation to grow its 2-hour grocery delivery service in Europe
“Instant” grocery delivery has been a big theme among food startups in Europe, where customers can order from a limited assortment of items and get their purchases packed from “dark ...
12:21 am GMT - Thu, July 1, 2021
Techcrunch Ubers first head of data science just raised a new venture fund to back nascent AI startups
Kevin Novak joined Uber as its 21st employee its seventh engineer in 2011, and by 2014, he was the company’s head of data science. He talks proudly of that time, but like all good things, it ran...
11:05 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Nodes & Links raises $11M to maybe save billions on the big projects the world needs now
Nodes & Links is a scheduling platform for large-scale infrastructure projects which works out when the nuts and bolts for the bridge (for example) should be delivered, and in what order. Unsurpri...
11:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch VividQ, which has raised $15M, says it can turn normal screens into holographic displays
VividQ, a UK-based deeptech startup with technology for rendering holograms on legacy screens, has raised $15 million to develop its technology for next-generation digital displays and devices. And it...
10:10 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Daily Crunch: Insecure server exposes Byjus students names, phone numbers, emails and more
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....
09:12 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Lego should snap up this rapid-fire brick-finding iOS app
Lego has worked extremely closely with Apple over the years, experimenting with unreleased iOS tech and demoing it onstage at launch events like WWDC; this has included some pretty heavy tinkering on ...
09:02 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Dispense with the chasm? No way!
Pragmatic customers are being forced to adopt because they are under duress.It is not that they buy into the vision of software eating the world.It is because their very own lunches are being eaten....
07:42 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch SpaceX delivers 88 satellites to orbit, lands first stage onshore for first time in 2021
SpaceX launched 85 satellites for external customers, as well as three Starlink satellites, to orbit on Tuesday, marking the second successful launch of the company’s dedicated rideshare mission...
07:38 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch BMW i Ventures announces new $300 million fund to invest in sustainable technology
BMW i Ventures, the venture capital arm of BMW Group, has announced a new $300 million fund to further its investment in technologies that make transportation, manufacturing and supply chains more sus...
07:31 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Womens social network Peanut launches microfund StartHER to invest in pre-seed stage startups
Peanut, the maker of a social networking app for women,is entering into the investing space with today’s launch of a microfund called StartHER. As the name implies, the new fund will focus on in...
07:28 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Volvo Cars sets the tone for its next-gen vehicles with Concept Recharge EV
Volvo Cars wants to completely electrify its lineup by 2030 and on Wednesday offered a glimpse into how it plans to get there and what its next generation of vehicles might look like. But its not goin...
07:20 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch How to cut through the promotional haze and select a digital building platform
Most buildings are beginning their digital transformation and are looking for ways to bring people back, keep people healthy and create environments where people want to spend time....
07:05 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Look out language teachers, a synthetic human could be about to take your job
Hour One, a startup that allows businesses to create photoreal presenters which can speak pre-set any text or any language in a highly realistic manner, has signed a deal with Berlitz. The language le...
07:02 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Slacks new voice, video tools should fit nicely on Salesforce platform after deal closes
It’s easy to forget, but Salesforce bought Slack at the end of last year for almost $28 billion, a deal that has yet to close. We don’t know exactly when that will happen, but Slack contin...
05:49 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Apple just released the first iOS 15 beta to everyone
This is your opportunity to get a glimpse of the future of iOS, iPadOS and watchOS. Apple just released the first public beta of iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and watchOS 8. Those releases are the next major vers...
05:24 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Common Sense Networks launches Sensical, a free, hand-curated streaming service for kids
Common Sense Media has made a name for itself among parents as a useful resource for vetting entertainment and technology in terms of its age-appropriateness. Now, the organization’s for-profit ...
05:15 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Demand Curve: 7 ad types that increase click-through rates
Here are seven ad types that have proven to increase click-through rates (CTR), with examples of each. Clone them to test in your own social ad campaigns....
05:09 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Pietra raises $15M from Founders Fund to help creators launch their own product lines
In the white-hot creator economy space, startups are increasingly looking to build paint-by-numbers platforms to help budding creators more easily execute on what were once seemingly insurmountable bu...
05:03 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Amazon betrays its fear with petition to sideline FTC Chair and antitrust hawk Lina Khan
Amazon has petitioned that the newly minted Chair of the FTC and implacable critic of the company, Lina Khan, be recused from decisions relating to the company. The company argues that she has been to...
04:44 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch SWORD Health closes on $85 million Series C for virtual MSK care
SWORD Health, a virtual musculoskeletal care platform founded in 2015, announced today that it has raised an $85 million Series C funding round led by General Catalyst. Other participating investors i...
04:44 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Virgin Orbit successfully launches its first commercial payloads to space
Virgin Orbit had a successful first commercial launch, meaning there’s now officially another small satellite launch provider in operation with a track record of delivering payloads to space. Vi...
04:18 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch DOJ files 7 new charges against alleged Capital One hacker
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed seven new charges against Paige Thompson, the former Amazon Web Services (AWS) engineer accused of hacking Capital One and stealing the personal data of ...
03:12 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Rocket startup Gilmour Space raises $46M Series C to take small launch vehicle to orbit
Australian rocket launch startup Gilmour Space Technologies is betting that bigger isnt always better. The company has developed a small launch vehicle it calls Eris, a 25 meter (82 foot) rocket that ...
03:12 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Rocket startup Gilmour Space raises $46M Series C to take its small launch vehicle to orbit
Australian rocket launch startup Gilmour Space Technologies is betting that bigger isnt always better. The company has developed a small launch vehicle it calls Eris, a 25-meter (82 foot) rocket that ...
03:10 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch 5 reasons why should you attend TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing
Its almost go-time for all you early-stage startup founders. Thats right, on July 8-9 thousands of determined entrepreneurs around the world will gather virtually for the best little two-day bootcamp ...
03:10 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch 5 reasons why you should attend TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing
Its almost go-time for all you early-stage startup founders. Thats right, on July 8-9 thousands of determined entrepreneurs around the world will gather virtually for the best little two-day bootcamp ...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Daylight raises millions to build a digital banking platform designed for and by the LGBTQ community
Over the past year, there has been a surge of newly formed digital banks aimed at specific demographics. The banks in nearly all cases are trying to meet the needs of certain populations that they bel...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Concert livestreaming platform Mandolin raises $12M
Mandolin just marked its first birthday earlier this month, and yet the Indianapolis-based startup is already announcing a $12 million Series A. Thats a quick follow up to the $5 million seed it raise...
02:59 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch For US and Chinese startups, the IPO market is increasingly a two-tier affair
While many Chinese companies are seemingly struggling to find the demand that they expect for their shares on American exchanges, domestic companies are seeing some opposite results....
02:55 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Instagram is developing its own version of Twitters Super Follow with Exclusive Stories
Instagram is building its own version of Twitter’s Super Follow with a feature that would allow online creators to publish “exclusive” content to their Instagram Stories that’s...
02:55 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Cityblocks Iya Romm and Maverick Ventures Ambar Bhattacharyya are joining us on Extra Crunch Live
If the pandemic achieved anything good, it was putting health front and center in the minds of the general public, elected officials, investors and innovators. Cityblock has been working on solutions ...
02:55 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Fewer CEOs are serving on outside boards. Thats good (and bad)
Increased diversity on boards isnt just a great development by itself; board experience positions members well for future leadership roles, getting more women and people of color into corner offices....
02:54 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Bessemer replaces board member at Hinge Health following competitive tensions
Board tensions at Hinge Health, a San Francisco-based digital health unicorn, have caused Bessemer Venture Partners to switch up its board director seat, replacing the original investor at the chair w...
02:46 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Microsoft says a third of its government data requests have secrecy orders
Microsoft’s customer security chief says as many as one-third of all government demands that the company receives for customer data are issued with secrecy clauses that prevents it from disclosi...
02:33 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Twitter is making NFTs now, apparently
No, it’s not April Fool’s Day. But Twitter’s entire account has been taken over by NFTs. As its new header reads: “I’ve stopped moisturizing because tweeting about NFTs i...
02:31 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Facebook and Matterport collaborate on realistic virtual training environments for AI
To train a robot to navigate a house, you either need to give it a lot of real time in a lot of real houses, or a lot of virtual time in a lot of virtual houses. The latter is definitely the better op...
02:31 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Slacks new video and voice tools are nod to changing face of work
Slack started talking about a new set of communications tools to enhance the text-based channels at the end of last year. Today the company released a new audio tool called Slack Huddles and gave more...
02:01 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Zipline raises $250M at $2.75B valuation to build out its instant logistics service
Drone delivery startup Zipline, a company that got its start delivering medical supplies across Africa, has raised $250 million in new funding. This latest round has vaulted the companys valuation to ...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Gusto is now offering pieces of its service to other companies via API
This morning Gusto, a unicorn that sells payroll and benefits management software, announced that it will now offer part of its service via an API to external platforms. The new product, dubbed Gusto ...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Dear economy, creators arent fragile plants
Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchs venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this weeks deep dive,AlexandNatashabrought on Alexis Gay, a former o...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch ServiceTitan acquires Aspire to move into landscaping, raises $200M at a $9.5B valuation
With a lot of us spending more time at home these days, home improvement has continued to be a booming market. Now, one of the big players in that space — ServiceTitan, which builds software tha...
01:40 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Pittsburghs Locomation puts a convoy twist on autonomous trucking
The Pittsburgh Strip District, once home to Industrial Age giants Alcoa, Heinz, U.S. Steel and Westinghouse, has evolved over the past decade into a technology and robotics hub, and notably, a testbed...
01:30 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Dear Sophie: How can I bring my parents and sister to the US?
U.S. citizens who are at least 21 years and can sponsor a broader list of family members for green cards: parents, spouses, children and stepchildren, and brothers and sisters....
01:30 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Porsche and Yamaha invest $3.75M in e-micromobility dealership Ridepanda
Online electric micromobility dealership Ridepanda has announced a raise of $3.75 million that the startup will use to build out its engineering, product and design teams to boost its e-commerce and B...
01:06 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Ro buys Kit, a 17-month-old startup that offers at-home health testing
Ro, a direct-to-consumer virtual care company, has scooped up Kit, an at-home diagnostics company with an array of customizable products, from finger prick blood tests to weight measurement tools. The...
01:02 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Relativity Space will open a 1 million square foot factory to scale Terran R production
Fresh off the heels of a $650 million Series E funding round, 3D printed rocket startup Relativity Space is now preparing to increase production capacity by a factor of ten, with the opening of a 1 mi...
12:56 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch FloLive, an IoT startup building cloud-based private 5G networks, raises $15.5M led by Intel
As enterprises and carriers gear up for operating and scaling IoT services and monitoring the activity of their devices, machines and more globally, a startup that is building technology to make this ...
12:43 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch UK tells messaging apps not to use e2e encryption for kids accounts
For a glimpse of the security and privacy dystopia the UK government has in store for its highly regulated ‘British Internet’, look no further than guidance put out by the Department of Di...
12:31 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Device42 introduces multi-cloud migration analysis and recommendation tool
In 2020 lots of workloads shifted to the cloud due to the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean that figuring out how to migrate those workloads got any easier. Device42, a startup that helps companie...
12:30 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Former Zillow execs raise $70M seed round for Tomo, which wants to simplify the mortgage process
There are so many startups pledging to reinvent the mortgage process that its hard to keep up. But for anyone who has had to go through the process of applying for one, its clear that theres plenty of...
12:17 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch MKT1: Developer marketing is what startup marketing should look like
MKT1 is a strategic marketing firm founded by experienced startup executives that is everything but a marketing agency. ...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Kikoff raises $30M for its hybrid consumer-credit and financial-literacy service
Kikoff, a personal finance platform aimed at helping consumers build credit, announced today that it has raised $30 million in a Series B round. The capital is in addition to the $12.5 million the sta...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch FightCamp punches its way to a $90M round
FightCamp, an interactive at-home training system for boxing/kickboxing, is announcing this morning that it has raised a $90M round from a long list of investors, including quite the roster of famous ...
11:32 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Watch Virgin Orbits first rocket launch live stream
Virgin Orbit is set to launch a payload that includes satellites it’s delivering for tis first commercial customers. The launch is set to happen sometime within a launch window that opens at 6 A...
11:00 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Dream Games raises $155M at a $1B valuation as its Royal Match puzzle game hits a royal flush
Istanbul in Turkey continues to prove itself as very fertile ground for casual gaming startups, which appear to be growing from small seedlings into sizable trees. In the latest development, Dream Gam...
11:00 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Noname Security closes $60M Series B to eliminate API flaws
Enterprise API security startup Noname Security has raised a $60 million Series B funding round, just six months after closing $25 million at Series A. The round was led by Insight Partners with Next4...
11:00 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Shogun, a front end e-commerce page builder, nabs $67.5M as retailers look for alternatives to marketplaces
E-commerce marketplaces continue to play a major role in how consumers buy goods online and how retailers show off and sell goods to those consumers, accounting globally for 47% of all e-commerce sale...
11:00 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Apple and Snap partner JigSpace, the Canva for 3D, raises a $4.7M Series A
When former Art Director Zac Duff started teaching a game development course online in 2015, he faced the same challenges that teachers around the globe have become all too familiar with after a pande...
10:00 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Sustainable tech developer Turntide Technologies raises $225M
Turntide Technologies, a sustainable technology developer, has announced $225 million in convertible note financing that it says will help fund projects to reduce carbon emissions in the commercial bu...
09:17 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Google tightens UK policy on financial ads after watchdog pressure over scams
The UK’s more expansive, post-Brexit role in digital regulation continues to be felt today via a policy change by Google which has announced that it will, in the near future, only run ads for fi...
08:00 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Nigerias MDaaS launches new healthtech product on the back of $2.3M seed extension
It is no secret that healthcare in Nigeria and most parts of Africa is not easily available and a lot of work needs to be done in that regard. However, there are instances where accessibility is taken...
08:00 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch London-based insurtech Hyperexponential closes $18M round led by Highland Europe
London-based insurtech hyperexponential (hx) – which has a mathematical modeling software for the commercial insurance sector – has closed an $18m funding round led by growth capital fund ...
07:30 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch German identity verifier IDnow acquires Frances ARIADNEXT for $59 million, hits M&A road
IDnow, a German-based identity verification startup is acquiring ARIADNEXT, a French equivalent, specializing in remote identity verification and digital identity creation. A price was not released by...
07:00 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Ably raises $70 million for its developer platform that enables realtime features
Ably is a Pub/Sub messaging platform that companies can use to develop realtime features in their products. The company just raised a $70 million Series B funding round co-led by Insight Partners and ...
04:30 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Indian tech startup exposed Byjus student data
India-based technology startup Salesken.ai has secured an exposed server that was spilling private and sensitive data on one of its customers, Byju’s, an education technology giant and IndiaR...
02:23 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Sequoia Capital India unveils fifth group of startups for Surge
Sequoia Capital India has selected 23 early-stage startups for its fifth cohort of Surge, its accelerator program for India and Southeast Asia, at a time when dealflow activity is at its peak in the r...
12:32 am GMT - Wed, June 30, 2021
Techcrunch Tiger Global leads $31.5M investment in interactive edtech Quizizz
Quizizz, an Indian startup that is making learning more interactive so that students find it compelling to spend more hours studying, said on Wednesday it has raised $31.5 million in a new financing r...