Tag: TechCrunch

TechInnovation. Sustainable jet fuel company Alder Fuels seals investments from United, Honeywell (Aria Alamalhodaei, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: United The aviation industry is notoriously difficult to decarbonize, in part because airplanes use a petroleum-based fuel to fly. Alder Fuels wants to change that....

TechInnovation. GM extends Chevy Bolt EV production shutdown another two weeks (Kirsten Korosec, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: GM GM has extended a shutdown at its Orion Assembly Plant another two weeks due to a battery pack shortage related to the widespread...

TechInnovation. Laser-initiated fusion leads the way to safe, affordable clean energy (Siegfried Glenzer, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: MickeyCZ (opens in a new window)/ Getty Images The quest to make fusion power a reality recently took a massive step forward. The National Ignition Facility (NIF)...

TechInnovation. Open source backend-as-a-service startup Supabase raises $30M (Greg Kumparak, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Supabase Supabase, the backend-as-a-service startup, announced this week that it raised a $30 million Series A. Supabase is often described as an open source alternative...

TechInnovation. Microsoft confirms investment in India’s Oyo in a multi-year strategic deal to co-develop travel and hospitality products (Manish Singh, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Akio Kon / Bloomberg / Getty Images Microsoft has entered a “multi-year strategic alliance” with Oyo to work with the Indian startup to co-develop “next-generation” travel...

TechInnovation. Two UK tech figures plan to row the Atlantic for charity supporting minority entrepreneurs (Mike Butcher, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: The Entrepreneur Ship Two UK tech figures are to row across the Atlantic Ocean to raise money for a charity that funds social entrepreneurs...

TechInnovation. China’s WeRide unveils Robovan, its first electric, autonomous cargo van (Rebecca Bellan, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: WeRide Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide has unveiled its first cargo van, the vessel upon which it will self-drive into the world of urban...

TechInnovation. Printify bags $45M, led by Index, to ride the custom printing boom (Natasha Lomas, TechCrunch)

The creator economy loves merch which is great news for on-demand custom printing startups such as Latvia-based Printify — today it’s announcing a $45 million Series...

Space. Rocket Lab’s order backlog tops $141M as the company inks five-launch deal with Kinéis (Aria Alamalhodaei, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Rocket Lab It was a busy first half of the year for U.S.-New Zealand company Rocket Lab, which posted earnings for the first six...

USA. The 4 things needed to reach Biden’s ambitious 2050 solar goal (Devin Coldewey, TechCrunch)

A report on the future of solar energy from the Department of Energy paints a sunny picture, if you will, of the next three decades,...

TechInnovation. New leAD Sports & Health, Tavistock Group fund comes as sport tech market poised for double-digit growth (Christine Hall, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: leAD Sports & Health Tech Partners Sports and health technology investor leAD Sports & Health Tech Partners and private investment organization Tavistock Group have come together...

TechInnovation. UnitQ raises $30M in Accel-led round to help companies improve product quality (Mary Ann Azevedo, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Product quality is hugely important when it comes to the success of a product. Even if your product seems really...

TechInnovation. Google Workspace opens up spaces for all users (Christine Hall, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Nicolas Economou / Getty Images Employee location has become a bit more complicated as some return to the office, while others work remotely. To embrace those...

TechInnovation. Addi raises $75M to advance ‘buy now, pay later’ in LatAm, nearly triples valuation (Mary Ann Azevedo, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Addi Buy now, pay later is officially everywhere, and Latin America is no exception. Today, one startup in the region, Addi, is announcing a $75 million...

TechInnovation. Amazon’s cashierless ‘Just Walk Out’ tech is coming to Whole Foods stores (Steve Dent, TechCrunch)

After launching it in Go stores and then bringing it to larger Freshsupermarkets, Amazon’s cashierless “Just Walk Out” tech will soon arrive in two Whole Foods locations....

TechInnovation. Beauty Pie, an online buyers’ club, picks up $100M to boost its beauty and wellness business (Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch)

The beauty industry is worth some $500 billion annually, and the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a sharp rise in the proportion of sales...