Tag: TechCrunch

Red Hat CEO looks to maintain double-digit growth in second year at helm (TechCrunch)

Ron Miller Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier runs the centerpiece of IBM’s transformation hopes. When Big Blue paid $34 billion for his company in 2018, it was because...

Banana Capital’s debut fund is for internet-first founders (TechCrunch)

Natasha Mascarenhas You might know him for his viral tweets, but Turner Novak wasn’t always a master meme-maker. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/27/banana-capitals-fund-1-turner-novak/

Stripe acquires TaxJar to add cloud-based, automated sales tax tools into its payments platform (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden Stripe, the privately-held payments company now valued at $95 billion, has made an acquisition to expand the range of tools (and services) that it...

Robotic vision startup Plus One raises $33M (TechCrunch)

Brian Heater San Antonio-based Plus One Robotics today announced a $33 million Series B. The round follows an $8.3 million Series A announced in 2018 and...

Materials Zone raises $6M for its materials discovery platform (TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois Materials Zone, a Tel Aviv-based startup that uses AI to speed up materials research, today announced that it has raised a $6 million...

Amazon announces it’s open sourcing DeepRacer device software (TechCrunch)

Ron Miller When Amazon debuted AWS DeepRacer in 2018, it was meant as a fun way to help developers learn machine learning. While it has evolved...

Ford to open new lab to develop next-gen lithium-ion and solid-state batteries (TechCrunch)

Aria Alamalhodaei Ford Motor Company will open a $185 million R&D battery lab to develop and manufacture battery cells and batteries, a first step toward...

Language learning startup Toucan raises $4.5M (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha Toucan, a startup that helps users learn a new language while they browse the web, is announcing that it has raised an additional...

Social networking app for women Peanut adds live audio rooms (TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez Mobile social networking app for women, Peanut, is today becoming the latest tech company to integrate audio into its product following the success of...

Mailchimp moves into e-commerce (TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois Over the course of the last few years, Mailchimp morphed from a basic newsletter platform to a fully-fledged marketing company. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/27/mailchimp-moves-into-e-commerce/

Ushopal looks to charm China’s beauty lovers with niche Western brands (TechCrunch)

Rita Liao What will China’s answer to Estée Lauder look like in the digital age? According to Ushopal, it will provide a seamless online and offline shopping...

Kids-focused fintech Greenlight raises $260M in a16z-led Series D, nearly doubles valuation to $2.3B (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Greenlight, the fintech company that pitches parents on kid-friendly bank accounts, has raised $260 million in a Series D funding round that...

Vista Equity takes minority stake in Canada’s Vena with $242M investment (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Vena, a Canadian company focused on the Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software space, has raised $242 million in Series C funding from Vista Equity...

Instreamatic, which inserts interactive voice ads into audio streams, raises $6.1M Series A round (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher Interactive voice advertising startup Instreamatic, which can insert interactive voice ads into an audio stream, has raised $6.1 million in a Series A funding...

The UK’s plan to tackle big tech won’t be one-size fits all (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas The director of a new unit set up this month inside the UK’s competition watchdog — with a dedicated focus on tech giants’...

Brazil’s Positive Ventures closes on $10M fund for impact investing (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Positive Ventures, a Sao Paulo-based venture firm, has secured $10 million for its latest fund. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/27/brazils-positive-ventures-closes-on-10m-fund-for-impact-investing/