Tag: TechCrunch

TechInnovation. Freshworks aims for nearly $9 billion valuation in US IPO (Manish Singh, TechCrunch)

Freshworks disclosed on Monday that it is aiming for a valuation of up to $9 billion in its US initial public offering in which it is...

TechInnovation. Trade promotion management startup Cresicor raises $5.6M to keep tabs on customer spend (Christine Hall, TechCrunch)

Cresicor, a consumer packaged goods trade management platform startup, raised $5.6 million in seed funding to further develop its tools for more accurate data...

TechInnovation. Babyscripts secures $12M to roll out its virtual maternity care model (Christine Hall, TechCrunch)

Obstetrics virtual care company Babyscripts raised $12 million in the first round of a Series B investment that will enable the company to accelerate the roll...

TechInnovation. Egyptian startup Capiter raises $33M to expand B2B e-commerce platform across MENA (Tage Kene-Okafor, TechCrunch)

Funding startups that help manufacturers and sellers distribute products and merchants access them on a single platform keeps increasing across Africa. Today, Cairo-based B2B e-commerce...

TechInnovation. Commercetools raises $140M at a $1.9B valuation as ‘headless’ commerce continues to boom (Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch)

E-commerce these days is now a major part of every retailer’s strategy, so technology builders and platforms that are helping them compete better on...

TechInnovation. Chinese crackdown on tech giants threatens its cloud market growth (Kate Park, TechCrunch)

As Chinese tech companies come under regulatory scrutiny at home, concerns and pressures are escalating among investors and domestic tech companies including China’s four...

TechInnovation. Billogram, provider of a payments platform specifically for recurring billing, raises $45M (Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch)

Payments made a huge shift to digital platforms during the Covid-19 pandemic — purchasing moved online for many consumers and businesses; and a large...

TechInnovation. Indonesia-based Rey Assurance launches its holistic approach to insurance with $1M in funding (Catherine Shu, TechCrunch)

Health insurance is the kind of thing people usually only think about only when they need it. Otherwise, their policies are just paperwork in...

TechInnovation. Southeast Asia-focused Jungle Ventures announces $225M first close for its fourth fund (Catherine Shu, TechCrunch)

Southeast Asia’s funding boom is set to continue, with Jungle Ventures announcing today the $225 million first close of its fourth fund. Fund IV started raising...

TechInnovation. The 2022 Chevrolet Silverado gets a tech upgrade, hands-free trailering and a new ZR2 off-road flagship (Kirsten Korosec, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: GM GM unveiled Thursday the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado, a full-sized pickup truck that received a major technology upgrade, including its hands-free Super Cruise advanced...

TechInnovation. Squad Mobility eyes shared platforms as target for its compact solar electric quadricycle (Rebecca Bellan, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Squad Mobility Squad Mobility’s vision of the perfect urban vehicle is a low-cost EV equipped with solar panels, swappable batteries and enough zip and...

UK. UK dials up the spin on data reform, claiming ‘simplified’ rules will drive ‘responsible’ data sharing (Natasha Lomas, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: ampolis (opens in a new window)/ Getty Images The U.K. government has announced a consultation on plans to shake up the national data protection regime, as...

TechInnovation. DoNotPay’s ‘robot lawyer’ can now help report potholes or fallen trees to the city, file damage claims (Greg Kumparak, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: DoNotPay / supplied Tired of swerving around the same pothole every day but don’t know how to report it to your city? Already reported...

TechInnovation. Twitter introduces a new label that allows the ‘good bots’ to identify themselves (Sarah Perez, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: TechCrunch Twitter today is introducing a new feature that will allow accounts to self-identify as bots by adding a label to their profile. This...

TechInnovation. Google and Jio delay their India smartphone launch (Manish Singh, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Google The JioPhone Next, the much-awaited smartphone designed by Google and India’s Jio Platforms to tap hundreds of millions of users in the world’s second-largest internet...

TechInnovation. Some of the biggest names in private equity think this go-go market has another year or two (at least) (Connie Loizos, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Nikada / Getty Images Earlier today, as part of a private event, this editor was afforded the opportunity to talk with some of the biggest names...