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(Innovation/Technology) Y Combinator-backed Vue Storefront aims to be the ‘glue’ for e-commerce (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha “Headless commerce” is a phrase that gets thrown around lot (I’ve typed it several times today already), but Vue Storefront CEO Patrick Friday has an especially vivid...

(Innovation/Technology) Computer vision software has the potential to reinvent the way cities move (TechCrunch)

Harris Lummis In October 2019, The New York Times reported that 1.5 million packages were delivered in New York City every single day. Though convenient for customers...

(Innovation/Technology) Woven Capital kicks off portfolio with investment in autonomous delivery company Nuro (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan Woven Capital, the investment arm of Toyota’s innovation-focused subsidiary Woven Planet, has announced an investment into Silicon Valley-based autonomous delivery vehicle company Nuro. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/26/woven-capital-kicks-off-portfolio-with-investment-in-autonomous-delivery-company-nuro/

(Innovation, Technology) Hub, a productivity platform for technical sales professionals, launches with $1M in funding (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Hub, a productivity platform for technical pre-sales, has formally launched with $1 million in seed funding. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/26/hub-a-productivity-platform-for-technical-sales-professionals-launches-with-1m-in-funding/

(Innovation/Technology) UIPath’s meteoric rise from unknown startup to $35B RPA juggernaut (TechCrunch)

Ron Miller When TechCrunch covered UIPath’s Series A in 2017, it was a small startup out of Romania working in a little known area of enterprise...

(Innovation/Technology) Headless commerce startup Swell raises $3.4M (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha While new headless commerce platforms are emerging all the time, Swell CEO Eric Ingram told me that it remains “really hard to do something new...

(Innovation/Technology) Benitago Group raises $55M in combined debt and equity to buy and grow Amazon brands (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha Benitago Group, a startup looking to build a big portfolio of Amazon brands, is announcing that it has raised $55 million in new...

(Innovation/Technology) What Silicon Valley could learn from China’s Q&A platform Zhihu (TechCrunch)

Rita Liao China’s largest question and answer platform, Zhihu, began trading in New York at $9.50 per share at the lower end of its IPO...

(Cybersecurity) German Parliament Bundestag targeted again by Russia-linked hackers (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Several members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) and other members of the state parliament were hit by a targeted attack allegedly launched by Russia-linked...

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