Tag: TechCrunch

(Innovation/Technology/Blockchain) Blockchain and taking the politics out of tech (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Ex-Treasury official and former Coinbase counsel Brian Brooks talks future of crypto with TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/05/blockchain-and-taking-the-politics-out-of-tech/

(Innovation/Technology/ConductorOne) ConductorOne raises $5M in seed round led by Accel to automate your access requests (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Over the course of their careers, Alex Bovee and Paul Querna realized that while the use of SaaS apps and cloud infrastructure...

(Innovation/Technology/Swiggy) India’s Swiggy nears $5 billion valuation in new $800 million fundraise (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Swiggy has raised about $800 million in a new financing round, the Indian food delivery startup told employees on Monday, as it looks...

(Innovation/Technology/FinanZero) FinanZero, Brazil’s free online credit marketplace, raises $7M (TechCrunch)

Marcella McCarthy FinanZero, a Brazilian online credit marketplace, announced today that it has closed a $7 million round of funding – its fourth since it...

(Innovation/Technology/Byju/Aakash) Byju’s acquires Indian tutor Aakash for nearly $1 billion (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Why did Byju’s raise over $1 billion last year and is already inching closer to securing another half a billion dollars? We are getting...

(Innovation/Technology/Meesho) Indian social commerce Meesho valued at $2.1 billion in new $300 million fundraise (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Meesho said on Monday it has raised $300 million in a new financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 as the Indian...

(Innovation/Technology/LG) LG is shutting down its smartphone business worldwide (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh LG said on Monday it will close its loss-making mobile phone business worldwide as the once pioneer brand looks to focus its resources...

(Innovation/Technology/Space/NASA) NASA’s small business picks take on automation in space (TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey NASA’s SBIR program regularly doles out cash to promising small businesses and research programs, and the lists of awardees is always interesting to sift through....

(Innovation, Technology, HearHere) Want to take a road trip with Kevin Costner? Investors are betting you will (TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos Woody Sears has long been interested in storytelling. Following the debut in 2007 of the first iPhone, he founded a storytelling app called...

(Innovation/Technology/Sustainably Diverse Portfolios) Three ways VC firms can construct sustainably diverse portfolios (TechCrunch)

Leslie Feinzaig Venture capital has a diversity problem: Data show that Black and Latinx founders received just 2.6% of overall funding in 2020. Women-founded teams received nearly 30%...

(Innovation/Technology/dLocal) Uruguayan payments startup dLocal quadruples valuation to $5B with $150M raise (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Cross-border payments startup dLocal has raised $150 million at a $5 billion valuation, less than seven months after securing $200 million at a $1.2...

(Innovation/Technology/Apple) Apple expands Apple Arcade with classic App Store games (TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet Apple has announced an expansion for its subscription gaming service Apple Arcade. In addition to exclusive game releases, the company is adding two new categories —...

(Innovation/Technology/Backflip) Backflip offers an easier way to turn used electronics into cold, hard cash (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Mike Barile spent two years and racked up nearly $20,000 in credit card debt to bring his first startup, Backflip, to life. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/02/backflip-offers-an-easier-way-to-turn-used-electronics-into-cold-hard-cash/

(Innovation/Technology) Collabio lets you co-edit documents without the cloud (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas Meet Collabio Spaces: An office suite app with a cloudless co-authoring twist that looks helpful if you need to collaborate on documents without having...

(Innovation/Technology) Pair Eyewear raises $12M to bring more personality to your glasses (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha Pair Eyewear has raised a $12 million Series A to help glasses-wearing kids and adults turn those glasses into what co-CEO Sophia Edelstein called...

(Innovation/Technology) Collaborative iOS app Craft Docs secures $8M, led by Creandum and a ‘Skyscanner Mafia’ (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher Launched in only November last year, the Craft Docs app — which was built from the ground up as an iOS app for collaborative documents...