Tag: TechCrunch

(Innovation/Technology) 5 trends in the boardrooms of high-growth private companies (TechCrunch)

Ann Shepherd, Jocelyn Mangan “Your board will never be the same.” With that prediction, Nigel Travis, board director and former CEO of Dunkin’ and Papa John’s, kicked...

(Innovation/Technology) Uber under pressure over facial recognition checks for drivers (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas Uber’s use of facial recognition technology for a driver identity system is being challenged in the U.K., where the App Drivers & Couriers...

(Innovation/Technology) Cloud infrastructure spending passed on-prem data centers in 2020 (TechCrunch)

Ron Miller There is a prevailing notion that while the cloud infrastructure market is growing fast, the vast majority of workloads remain on premises. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/19/cloud-infrastructure-spending-passed-on-prem-data-centers-in-2020/

(Innovation/Technology) Fetcher raises $6.5M to automate parts of the recruiting process (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha Fetcher, a startup that promises to make the recruiting process easier while also diversifying the candidate pool, is announcing that it has raised...

(Innovation/Technology) Brian Brackeen returns as an advisor to facial recognition startup Kairos following his ouster as CEO (TechCrunch)

Megan Rose Dickey Brian Brackeen, the founder and former CEO of facial recognition startup Kairos, has made his way back to the company following his ouster...

(Innovation/Technology) New markets emerge for carbon accounting businesses as cities like LA push proposals (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software...

(Innovation/Technology) SpaceX nears final assembly of its first massive testing rocket booster for Starship (TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington SpaceX has completed what’s known as the “stacking” of its first Super Heavy prototype, the extremely large next-generation first-stage rocket booster that it...

(Innovation/Technology) India asks court to block WhatsApp’s policy update, says new change violates laws (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh As WhatsApp spends months to address users’ concerns and confusion about its planned policy update, there is evidently one entity it hasn’t had much...

(Innovation/Technology) Brazilian startup Tractian gets the Y Combinator seal of approval for its equipment monitoring tech (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Igor Marinelli and Gabriel Lameirinhas were raised around manufacturing plants. Marinelli’s father worked for International Paper in a plant outside of Sao Paulo...

(Innovation/Technology) Nordetect’s system to monitor soil and water for indoor agriculture raises seed funding (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber As indoor farming expands, a number of new companies are cropping up to provide better data and monitoring tools for the businesses aimed...

(Innovation/Technology) Blackstone just closed its inaugural growth equity fund, and it’s a doozy (TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos The private equity giant Blackstone is today announcing the final close of its first growth equity fund — Blackstone Growth — with $4.5...

(Innovation/Technology) Nigeria’s Termii raises $1.4M seed led by Future Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor Ideally, it is expected of every business to reach its customers effectively. However, that’s not the case as limiting factors that hinder proper digital...

(Innovation/Technology) Backed by YC, Vendease is building Amazon Prime for restaurants in Africa (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor For small and mid-sized restaurants in Nigeria and most of Africa, food procurement can be a complex process to manage. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/19/backed-by-yc-vendease-is-building-amazon-prime-for-restaurants-in-africa/

(Innovation/Technology) Betting on China’s driverless future, Toyota, Bosch, Daimler jump on board Momenta’s $500M round (TechCrunch)

Rita Liao Across the street from Suzhou North, a high-speed railway station in a historic city near Shanghai, a futuristic M-shaped building easily catches the...

(Innovation/Technology) Fortify raises a $20M Series B for its composite manufacturing 3D printer (TechCrunch)

Brian Heater There’s been quite a bit of movement in the additive manufacturing space in recent months. If I had to pinpoint a reason, I...

(Innovation/Technology) Ford to build some F-150 trucks without certain parts due to global chip shortage (TechCrunch)

Kirsten Korosec Ford said Thursday that some some Ford F-150 pickup trucks and Edge crossover without certain electronic modules due to a twofold punch of...