Ingrid Lunden User guides, knowledge articles and community discussions form a detailed, yet very fragmented, landscape of information about a company and its products. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/30/zoomin-raises-52m-to-help-companies-turn-disparate-product-content-into-useful-customer-support-data/

Rita Liao After weeks of rumors, Xiaomi officially confirmed that it is making a foray into the electric vehicle space. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/30/xiaomi-ev-subsidiary/

Ana Matos Neves Airbnb has welcomed the agreement reached among EU member states to create a common tax reporting framework for digital platforms, which will...

Rita Liao In the world’s largest gaming market, China, console games play a relatively small part as their revenue has been meager compared to mobile...

Anthony Ha After partnering with Patreon last year to support patron-only podcasts, Acast has developed a full suite of subscription tools called Acast+. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/30/acast-expands-its-support-for-paid-podcasts-with-acast/

Frederic Lardinois IBM has installed a couple of its own Quantum System One machines across the world in recent years, but today it announced its...

Frederic Lardinois Google is announcing a handful of major updates to Google Maps today that range from bringing its Live View AR directions indoors to...

Mike Butcher Staffbase, which provides an intranet-style internal communications platform for companies, has raised a $145 million (€122 million) financing round led by General Atlantic,...

TIM HANSTAD In countries where accurate, accessible land records are not maintained, it is the marginalized and vulnerable who are the worst affected by corruption...

Emmanuel Lagarrigue The global transition to renewable energy will need artificial intelligence (AI) technology to manage decentralized grids. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/artificial-intelligence-is-key-to-grid-resilience/

Mike Butcher European satellite and communications startup, Hiber BV has secured €26 million in EU and private investment to expand its IoT satellite network. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/30/iot-satellite-network-startup-hiber-secures-e26m-in-funding-round-led-by-eus-innovation-agency/

Catherine Shu Many work teams, especially stores and restaurants, rely on manual spreadsheets to ensure their operations are running smoothly. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/30/singapore-based-nimbly-gets-4-6m-to-help-businesses-automate-their-standard-operating-procedures/

Mike Butcher Vienna-based GoStudent, which connects students to tutors on a virtual learning platform, has raised a €70M Series B funding round led by new...

Steve O'Hear Finch Capital, the early-stage fintech VC with a presence in London and Amsterdam, is acquiring Wirecard Turkey, a subsidiary of Wirecard, the disgraced fintech out of...

Mike Butcher Men’s health and wellbeing startup Manual has raised a $30m Series A round from US-based Sonoma Brands and Waldencast, and Manual’s existing European investors Felix...

Tage Kene-Okafor African-focused talent recruitment and outsourcing company TalentQL today announced that it has been accepted into Techstars Toronto. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/29/african-talent-recruitment-company-talentql-joins-techstars-to-further-global-ambition/