Tag: TechCrunch

Applied XL raises $1.5M to build ‘editorial algorithms’ that track real-time data (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha AppliedXL, a startup creating machine learning tools with what it describes as a journalistic lens, is announcing that it has raised $1.5 million...

Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola and Unilever join AB Inbev’s sustainable supply chain accelerator (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber A clutch of the world’s largest consumer products and food companies are joining Budweiser’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev in backing an investment program to support...

Window Snyder’s new startup Thistle Technologies raises $2.5M seed to secure IoT devices (TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker The Internet of Things has a security problem. The past decade has seen wave after wave of new internet-connected devices, from sensors through...

As ExxonMobil asks for handouts, startups get to work on carbon capture and sequestration (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Earlier this week, ExxonMobil, a company among the largest producers of greenhouse gas emissions and a longtime leader in the corporate fight against climate...

Ex.co acquires video adtech company Cedato (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha Ex.co is announcing its very first acquisition — it’s buying Cedato, a video monetization startup founded in 2015. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/22/ex-co-acquires-cedato/

RapidSOS and Axon ink deal to give better real-time information to emergency responders (TechCrunch)

Danny Crichton Every time an emergency responder or police officer responds to a 911 dispatch, they enter an unknown terrain. What’s the incident? Who’s involved?...

Westward plans a $30M debut fund to take Chinese indie games global (TechCrunch)

Rita Liao In Hefei, a Chinese city known for its relics from the Three Kingdoms period and its manufacturing industry today, Maxim Rate was thrilled...

Medchart raises $17M to help businesses more easily access patient-authorized health data (TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington Electronic health records (EHR) have long held promise as a means of unlocking new superpowers for caregiving and patients in the medical industry,...

With $30M extension, BigID boosts Series D to $100M at $1.25B valuation (TechCrunch)

Ron Miller When we last heard from BigID at the end of 2020, the company was announcing a $70 million Series D at a $1 billion valuation. Today, it...

Tiger Global backs Indian crypto startup Coinswitch Kuber at over $500M valuation (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Coinswitch Kuber, a startup that allows young users in India to invest in cryptocurrencies, said on Thursday it has raised $25 million in...

SmartNews’ COVID-19 vaccine alert reaches 1M users in Japan a week after launching (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu SmartNews announced today that its tools to help Japanese users find nearby COVID-19 vaccine bookings have reached more than one million users just a...

Bux, a European Robinhood, raises $80M to expand its neo-broker platform (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden A new wave of apps have democratized the concept of investing, bringing the concept of trading stocks and currencies to a wider pool...

Founders Factory Africa partners with Small Foundation to invest in 18 agritech startups (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor Johannesburg-based investment company Founders Factory Africa (FFA) today announced a partnership with Small Foundation that will see it select 18 agritech startups for an acceleration and incubation...

Satellite Vu’s $5M seed round will fuel the launch of its thermal imaging satellites (TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey Earth imaging is an increasingly crowded space, but Satellite Vu is taking a different approach by focusing on infrared and heat emissions, which...

Dutch startup Go Sharing raises $60M to expand beyond e-mopeds and into new markets (TewchCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden On-demand access to electric mopeds — the small, motorised scooters that you sit on, not kick — has been a small but persistent...

Injective Protocol raises $10M from Pantera Capital, Mark Cuban for its ‘DeFi Robinhood’ (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher Back in December last year Injective Protocol launched the testnet for its DeFi protocols for cross-chain derivatives trading, with backing from giant crypto exchange Binance. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/20/injective-protocol-raises-10m-from-pantera-capital-mark-cuban-for-its-defi-robinhood/