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(Innovation/Technology) Australian lidar maker Baraja collects $31M B round to illuminate the future of autonomy (TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey Lidar companies across the planet are going SPAC, but Baraja isn’t in a hurry to go public. The Australian lidar maker has raised a...

(Innovation/Technology) Pacaso raises $75M, goes from launch to unicorn in 5 months (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Pacaso, a less-than-one-year-old startup that is out to give more people a chance at second home ownership, announced Wednesday that it has...

(Innovation/Technology) India antitrust body orders investigation into WhatsApp’s privacy policy changes (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh WhatsApp’s planned policy changes aren’t sailing smoothly in India, the instant messaging service’s biggest market by users. Indian antitrust body, Competition Commission of...

(Innovation/Technology) SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites, making 240 launched this month alone (TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington SpaceX has added yet more Starlink satellites to its existing constellation on orbit, with a successful delivery of 60 spacecraft this morning from...

(Innovation/Technology) Motosumo scores $6M to spin up a challenge to Peloton (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas Denmark-based Motosumo has scored a $6M Series A raise led by London’s Magenta Partners, alongside existing investors. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/24/motosumo-scores-6m-to-spin-up-a-challenge-to-peloton/

(Innovation/Technology) Berlin’s Blacklane raises $26M to expand its high-end chauffeur-driven sustainable car service (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden As the Ubers of the world continue to scale, a smaller on-demand transportation startup has raised some funding in Germany, underscoring the opportunities...

(Innovation/Technology) Indian fantasy sports app Dream11’s parent firm raises $400 million (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Dream Sports, the parent firm of fantasy sports app Dream11, has secured $400 million in a new financing round as the Mumbai-headquartered firm...

(Innovation/Technology) Neighbor raises $53M for self-storage marketplace after 5x YoY revenue growth (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Neighbor, which operates a self-storage marketplace, announced Wednesday that it has raised $53 million in a Series B round of funding. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/24/neighbor-raises-53m-series-b-for-self-storage-marketplace-after-5x-revenue-growth/

(Innovation/Technology) Feedzai raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation for AI tools to fight financial fraud (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden On the heels of Jumio announcing a $150 million injection this week to continue building out its AI-based ID verification and anti-money laundering platform, another...

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