Tag: TechCrunch

Vectra AI picks up $130M at a $1.2B valuation for its network approach to threat detection and response (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden Cybersecurity nightmares like the SolarWinds hack highlight how malicious hackers continue to exploit vulnerabilities in software and apps to do their dirty work....

Gr4vy launches Cloud payment orchestration, pulls in $11.1M Series A led by Nyca Partners (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher Gr4vy, (pronounced ‘gravy’) is a cloud-native payments company with a “payment orchestration platform (POP)” that merges a Cloud platform with payments infrastructure. It’s...

Google announces career and digital training initiative for formerly incarcerated individuals (TechCrunch)

Brian Heater Google today announced the launch of Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry. The initiative — created in partnership with nonprofits The Last Mile,...

MagicBell raises $1.9M to build a plug-and-play notification platform for product teams (TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington One of the key ingredients in effective product development is receiving timely and relevant notifications about customer use, engagement, potential issues and more....

RapidDeploy raises $29M for a cloud-based dispatch platform aimed at 911 centers (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden The last year of pandemic living has been real-world, and sometimes harrowing, proof of how important it can be to have efficient and...

Zynga and Rollic acquire the hyper-casual game studio behind High Heels (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha Last year, Zynga bought hyper-casual game maker Rollic. Today, Rollic is a Zynga subsidiary, and it’s announcing the acquisition of another game studio called Uncosoft. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/29/rollic-zynga-uncosoft/

SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites (TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington SpaceX has launched another batch of Starlink satellites, adding 60 more to the constellation on orbit. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/29/spacex-launches-60-more-starlink-satellites/

Vivid Money raises $73 million to build a European financial super app (TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet German startup Vivid Money has raised a new $73 million Series B funding round (€60 million) led by Greenoaks with existing investor Ribbit Capital also...

Here are all the startups pitching today at Venture Day Minsk (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher Venture Day Minsk (organised by tech startup hub Imaguru) is run annually, but because of the pandemic and the political situation in Belarus it has...

Paxos raises $300 million to build a cryptocurrency infrastructure giant (TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet Paxos has raised a $300 million Series D funding round led by Oak HC/FT. With today’s funding the round, the company is now valued...

Indonesian consumer research startup Populix gets $1.2M in pre-Series A funding (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu Indonesia is one of the fastest-growing consumer markets in the world, but consumer data is still hard to find for many businesses, especially...

Super, an Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce startup, raises $28M led by SoftBank Ventures Asia (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu In Indonesia, daily necessities often cost more in smaller cities and rural areas. Super co-founder and chief executive officer Steven Wongsoredjo said the price difference...

India’s ElasticRun raises $75 million to grow its commerce platform for neighborhood stores (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh A startup that is helping over 125,000 neighborhood stores in India secure working capital, inventory from top brands, and work with e-commerce firms...

The SPAC boom isn’t just here to stay, it’s changing consumer tech (TechCrunch)

Mike Murphy Consumer technology is an inherently risky investment sector: even the best idea can fall flat if the story of the product is not...

Boasting a pedigree in business intelligence, Sweep launches a new carbon accounting and offset tool (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber If businesses are going to meet their increasingly aggressive targets for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their operations, they’re going to...

GM partners with 7 charging networks ahead of electric vehicle push (TechCrunch)

Kirsten Korosec GM revealed Wednesday a four-part plan meant to handle all the steps of charging an electric vehicle, including finding a public charger and...