Tag: Innovation

(Innovation/Technology) Everli, the European marketplace for online grocery shopping, bags $100M Series C (TechCrunch)

Steve O'Hear Everli, the European marketplace for online grocery shopping that started in Italy but now also operates in Poland, Czech Republic and France, has...

(Innovation/Technology) Testing platform Tricentis acquires performance testing service Neotys (TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois If you develop software for a large enterprise company, chances are you’ve heard of Tricentis. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/29/testing-platform-tricentis-acquires-performance-testing-service-neotys/

(Innovation/Technology) Jake Paul looks to knock out the venture capital world with Anti Fund (TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos During every economic boom, there are startup investors who appear on the scene from new corners. Some churn out; others earn the respect...

(Innovation/Technology) LIVEKINDLY screams its way to the top of new plant brands with the close of a $335 million round (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber LIVEKINDLY Collective, the shouty parent company behind a family of plant-based food brands, has snagged cash from the global impact investing arm of...

(Innovation/Technology) Daily Crunch: Boston Dynamics shows off its next commercial robot (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha We’ve got the details on Boston Dynamics’ upcoming warehouse robot Stretch, Apple releases security patches and Cazoo is going public via SPAC. This...

(Innovation/Technology) Ramp looks to raise more capital as the corporate-spend market mints unicorns (TechCrunch)

Alex Wilhelm Earlier this year Divvy, a Utah-based software company that provides corporate spend management software, raised a $165 million round at a $1.6 billion valuation. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/29/ramp-looks-to-raise-more-capital-as-the-corporate-spend-market-mints-unicorns/

(Technology/Innovation) ABB and AWS team up to create an EV fleet management platform (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan Swiss automation and technology company ABB has announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create a cloud-based EV fleet management platform that it...

(Innovation/Technology) Recycling startup Redwood Materials is partnering with Proterra to supply EV battery materials sustainably (TechCrunch)

Aria Alamalhodaei A growing number of companies have emerged over the last few years determined to reduce waste in the electric vehicle battery market. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/29/recycling-startup-redwood-materials-is-partnering-with-proterra-to-supply-ev-battery-materials-sustainably/

(Innovation/Technology) Knock is the latest proptech said to be eyeing the public markets (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Another proptech is considering raising capital through the public arena. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/29/knock-is-the-latest-proptech-said-to-be-eyeing-the-public-markets/

(Innovation/Technology) NFTs are part of a larger economic development in finance capital (TechCrunch)

Dominik Schiener Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are trending hotter than pogs right now, and the number of articles published on the subject in the last few...

(Innovation/Technology) ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working (TechCrunch)

Kirsten Korosec The coming wave of electric vehicles will require more than thousands of charging stations. In addition to being installed, they also need to...

(Innovation/Technology) Bunch adds $1M to its seed round to flesh out its leadership learning app (TechCrunch)

Alex Wilhelm This morning Bunch announced that it has closed a total of $4.4 million in seed capital, including a new $1 million infusion this week. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/29/bunch-adds-1m-to-its-seed-round-to-flesh-out-its-leadership-learning-app/  

(Innovation/Technology) Visa supports transaction settlement with USDC stablecoin (TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet Payment card network Visa has announced that transactions can be settled using USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin powered by the Ethereum blockchain. Crypto.com is the first company...

(Innovation/Technology) US cuts trade ties to Myanmar, risking internet outages (TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker The U.S. government has cut trade ties to Myanmar, two months after the country’s military staged a coup overthrowing the country’s president and...

(Innovation/Technology) Prosus classifieds group OLX shuts down Berlin’s Frontier Car Group to focus OLX Autos on LatAm and Asia (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden Cazoo is picking up significant capital today by teaming up with a SPAC in the U.S. at a $7 billion valuation, but it’s the...

(Innovation/Technology) IBM launches its first quantum developer certification (TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois IBM today announced the launch of its first developer certification for programming quantum computers. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/29/ibm-launches-its-first-quantum-developer-certification/