Rita Liao China’s largest question and answer platform, Zhihu, began trading in New York at $9.50 per share at the lower end of its IPO...

Kirsten Korosec In the trucking industry, “dwell and detention” times are the enemies of efficiency, profits and drivers. More than two billion hours are lost...

Frederic Lardinois Holberton, the education startup that started out as a coding school in San Francisco and today works with partners to run schools in...

Alex Wilhelm Ryu Games, a startup that helps developers add cash tournaments to their mobile games, announced this morning it has raised $2.3 million in...

Mike Butcher Online branded payments now run the gamut of anything from Spotify vouchers, Netflix vouchers, Neosurf, PaySafe cards, and everything in between. Consumers use...

Steve O'Hear Gorillas, the Berlin-HQ’d startup that promises to let you order groceries and other “every day” items for delivery in as little as ten...

Kirsten Korosec The curbside is being squeezed as the number of commercial vehicle operators and gig economy workers battle over this increasingly scarce real estate...

Alex Wilhelm This morning CoScreen, a startup that helps teams share screens and collaborate in real-time, formally launched its product to market. It also disclosed that...

Brian Heater Skycatch today announced a $25 million raise, led by ADB Ventures and Wavemaker. Founded in 2013, the Bay Area-based company provides centimeter-accurate 3D scanning services,...

Jonathan Shieber Before even taking its first deposit, Greenwood, the digital banking service targeting Black and Latino individuals and business owners, has raised $40 million — only...

Mary Ann Azevedo When the world shifted toward virtual one year ago, one service in particular saw heated demand: remote online notarization. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/25/notarize-raises-130m-tripling-valuation-on-the-back-of-600-yoy-revenue-growth/

Jonathan Shieber Data centers and bitcoin mining operations are becoming huge energy hogs and the explosive growth of both risks undoing a lot of the progress that’s...

Sarah Perez Spotify today announced it’s rolling out a new look for its streaming service on the desktop, with the launch of a redesigned app for both...

Ingrid Lunden In January, localized payments provider PPRO became the latest fintech-as-a-service startup to hit a billion-dollar valuation when it closed $180 million in funding. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/25/ppro-extends-latest-round-to-270m-adding-jpmorgan-and-eldridge-to-grow-its-localized-payments-platform/

Jonathan Shieber The Brazilian-based pan-Latin American food delivery startup iFood has announced a series of initiatives designed to reduce the company’s environmental impact as consumers push companies...

Zack Whittaker Clothing giant FatFace had a data breach, but doesn’t want you to tell anyone about it. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/25/fatface-data-breach-strictly-private/