Tag: TechCrunch

(Innovation/Technology) Jumio raises $150M as its all-in-one ID authentication platform crosses 300M verified identities (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden Digital identity services — used as a key link between organizations to verify that you are who you say you are online and...

(Innovation/Technology) Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu According to the World Bank, more than one billion people in South and East Asia lack access to a bank account. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/23/jeff-raises-1m-to-build-alternative-credit-scoring-and-other-fintech-products-for-southeast-asia/

(Innovation/Technology) Afriex raises $1.2M seed to scale its payments and remittances platform across Africa (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor Sending money from the U.S. to Nigeria can be a painstaking process. For remittance platforms like Western Union, it will cost a transfer fee...

(Innovation/Technology) Crypto social network BitClout arrives with a bevy of high profile investors, and skeptics (TechCrunch)

Lucas Matney While much of the recent wave of relentless hype around NFTs — or non-fungible tokens — has been most visibly manifested in high-dollar...

(Innovation/Technology) China to ban apps from collecting excessive user data starting May (TechCrunch)

Rita Liao Starting May 1, apps in China can no longer force users into providing excessive personal data, according to a document jointly released by...

(Innovation/Technology) Niantic announces partnership with Nintendo on new augmented reality ‘Pikmin’ title (TechCrunch)

Lucas Matney Nearly five years after the launch of Pokémon Go, Niantic announced Monday that they are partnering with Nintendo to co-develop a new title based on...

(Innovation/Technology) Tencent Music now has joint labels with all ‘big three’ record labels (TechCrunch)

Rita Liao The music streaming arm of Tencent is further tightening its ties with the “big three” record label companies, its major licensing partners. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/22/tencent-music-joint-labels-warner/

(Innovation/Technology) Indian beauty e-commerce Purplle raises $45 million (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Purplle, an e-commerce platform for beauty products in India, said on Monday it has raised $45 million in a new financing round as...

(Innovation/Technology) Next Billion Users head Caesar Sengupta is leaving Google (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Caesar Sengupta, the long-time head of Google’s Next Billion Users initiative, is leaving the company next month, he said Monday. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/21/next-billion-users-head-caesar-sengupta-is-leaving-google/

(Innovation/Technology) Indonesian savings and investment app Pluang gets $20M in pre-Series B funding (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu Indonesia-based fintech Pluang announced today it has raised $20 million in a pre-Series B round led by Openspace Ventures, with participation from Go Ventures and...

(Innovation/Technology) Singapore-based M Capital Management closes $30.85M debut fund to invest in Southeast Asian startups (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu M Capital Management, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, announced today it has closed its debut fund, M Venture Partners (MVP), totaling $30.85 million USD. It...

(Innovation/Technology) Sivo, a young “Stripe for debt” led by a veteran operator, seems to have investors clamoring (TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos Kate Hiscox is having a moment. Her company, Sivo, founded eight months ago, has already raised $5 million from investors at a post-money valuation...

(Innovation/Technology) The debate about cryptocurrency and energy consumption (TechCrunch)

Leigh Cuen Energy consumption has become the latest flashpoint for cryptocurrency. Critics decry it as an energy hog while proponents hail it for being less...

(Innovation/Technology) Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Abodu, one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the...

(Innovation/Technology) Sidekick Browser wants to be a productivity-honed ‘work OS’ on Chromium (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas The paradox of connected computing is how much information is made available to us in just a few clicks or taps — but...

(Innovation/Technology) Superpedestrian positions itself as the go-to partner for cities with new e-scooter safety upgrades (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan Superpedestrian, the startup that makes e-scooters equipped with self-diagnostic software, is upgrading its product as it prepares for a major expansion into 10...