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(Innovation/Technology) Zeller, a fintech founded by Square alumni, raises $25M AUD Series A led by Lee Fixel’s Addition (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu Zeller, a payment and financial services startup founded by former Square executives, quietly raised a $25 million AUD (about $19.4 million USD) Series...

(Innovation/Technology) Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt receives a $14 billion order from VW (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Northvolt, the Swedish battery manufacturer which raised $1 billion in financing from investors led by Goldman Sachs and Volkswagen back in 2019, has signed...

(Innovation/Technology) Curran Biotech’s new nanocoating could prevent indoor transmission of COVID-19 (TechCrunch)

Sophie Burkholder A new nanocoating from Curran Biotech could dramatically improve air filtration to prevent the spread of COVID-19 indoors. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/15/curran-biotechs-new-nanocoating-could-prevent-indoor-transmission-of-covid-19/

(Innovation/Technology) DeepSee.ai raises $22.6M Series A for its AI-centric process automation platform (TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois DeepSee.ai, a startup that helps enterprises use AI to automate line-of-business problems, today announced that it has raised a $22.6 million Series A...

(Innovation/Technology) ElevateBio raises $525M to advance its cell and gene therapy technologies (TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington ElevateBio, one of the leading biotech companies focused on gene-based therapies has raised a massive $525 million Series C round of financing, more...

(Innovation/Technology) WeWork unbundles its products in an attempt to make itself over, but will the strategy work? (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo For years, there was a debate as to whether WeWork was a tech company or more of a real estate play. At...

(Innovation/Technology) Facebook to label all COVID-19 vaccine posts with pointer to official info (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas Facebook will soon label all posts discussing the coronavirus vaccination with a pointer to official information about COVID-19, it said today. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/15/facebook-to-label-all-covid-19-vaccine-posts-with-pointer-to-official-info/

(Innovation/Technology) Stripe closes $600M round at a $95B valuation (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden On the heels of reports that Stripe was raising yet more money, the payments giant has now confirmed the details. The company has closed in...

(Innovation/Technology) SpaceX flies Falcon 9 rocket booster for a record 9th time, delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks (TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington SpaceX has delivered another 60 Starlink satellites to orbit — meaning it has sent 180 in total to join its 1,000+ strong constellation...

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