Tag: TechCrunch

Lobus raises $6 million for an art management platform on the blockchain (TechCrunch)

Lucas Matney Reshaping ownership proofs in the fine art markets has been one of the blockchain’s clearest real-world use cases. But in recent months as...

DigitalOcean says customer billing data accessed in data breach (TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker DigitalOcean has emailed customers warning of a data breach involving customers’ billing data, TechCrunch has learned. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/28/digitalocean-customer-billing-data-breach/

India – India’s entrepreneurs and investors are mobilizing to help the nation fight COVID-19 — and you can too (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh At a time when much of the world has asserted great control over containing the spread of the coronavirus, with countries increasingly vaccinating...

Atlassian’s in-house incubator lets employees put their product ideas to work (TechCrunch)

Ron Miller Every company wants to maintain that initial spark it had when it was an early-stage startup, but keeping that going as you scale...

France’s SOS Accessoire raises $12M to help people repair their home appliances themselves (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher SOS Accessoire, a French startup that helps people diagnose and repair their home appliances, has raised €10M/$12M in a funding round led by...

Ivorian startup Afrikrea partners with DHL and Visa to launch SaaS e-commerce platform ANKA (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor In 2016, Ivorian e-commerce startup Afrikrea started as a marketplace for African-based and inspired clothing, accessories, arts, and crafts. Over the past five years, Afrikrea has...

Greece’s Viva Wallet raises $80M for its neo-bank targeting small business merchants (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden Challenger banks continue to make significant waves in the world of finance, with smaller outfits luring customers away from incumbents by providing an...

Barkyn, a wellness startups for pets in Southern Europe, hits an $9.6M Series A round (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher Barkyn, a European subscription service for pets that combines food with tele-vet services, has raised a further €3 milion ($3.6M) from FoodTech investor Five...

Kenya’s Ajua acquires WayaWaya to consolidate consumer experience play in African SMEs (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor Kenyan consumer experience platform for businesses in Africa, Ajua today announced that it has acquired WayaWaya, a Kenya-based AI and ML messaging and payments company. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/28/kenyas-ajua-acquires-wayawaya-to-consolidate-consumer-experience-play-in-africa-smes/

Arc opens its remote career platform to all software developers (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu The COVID-19 pandemic threw remote work into the spotlight, but tech companies have hired in other locations for years to deal with talent...

Look out Amazon Go — A Lisbon startup plans to offer autonomous stores to other retailers (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher Look out Amazon Go. A Lisbon startup plans to offer the same autonomous store technology to other retailers. Lisbon-based Sensei, a computer vision startup...

Endeit Capital plans to boost European B-stage startups with its new €250M growth fund (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher Dutch-German growth capital firm Endeit Capital has raised a 250 million euro fund to invest in B+ stage European startups. This is its...

Indian food delivery startup Zomato files for $1.1 billion IPO (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Indian food delivery startup Zomato on Wednesday filed for an initial public offering, ushering a new era for tech unicorn startups in the...

Founders Circle Capital has raised a new $355 million fund to buy secondary startup shares (TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos Founders Circle Capital, a nine-year-old, San Francisco-based investment firm that strikes agreements with private, venture-backed companies to buy some of the vested stock...

At social media hearing, lawmakers circle algorithm-focused Section 230 reform (TechCrunch)

Taylor Hatmaker Rather than a CEO-slamming sound bite free-for-all, Tuesday’s big tech hearing on algorithms aimed for more of a listening session vibe — and in that...

Exyn Technologies’ drones achieve autonomy milestone with on-board mapping (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan Exyn Technologies announced Tuesday that it has achieved what it considers the highest level of aerial autonomy reached within the industry. The key...