Tag: TechCrunch

TechInnovation. CryptoPunks creator inks representation deal with major Hollywood talent agency (Taylor Hatmaker, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Lucas Matney/TechCrunch One of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies is getting into the NFT game. Larva Labs, the creator of CryptoPunks, just signed with United Talent Agency...

TechInnovation. LinkedIn is scrapping its Stories feature to work on short-form video (Amanda Silberling, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Ali Balikci (opens in a new window)/ Getty Images What do LinkedIn and Twitter have in common? They both introduced ephemeral story features that were pretty fleeting....

TechInnovation. A popular smart home security system can be remotely disarmed, researchers say (Zack Whittaker, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: D. Babbage (opens in a new window)/ Getty Images A cybersecurity company says a popular smart home security system has a pair of vulnerabilities that can...

TechInnovation. UK-based Heroes raises $200M to buy up more Amazon merchants for its roll-up play (Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Viktor Kitaykin (opens in a new window)/ Getty Images Heroes, one of the new wave of startups aiming to build big e-commerce businesses by buying up...

TechInnovation. Tiger Global in talks to make Apna India’s fastest unicorn (Manish Singh, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Getty Images Apna, a 21-month-old startup that is helping millions of blue- and gray-collar workers in India upskill themselves, find communities and land jobs,...

TechInnovation. LoftyInc Capital launches third fund at $10M for a more diverse portfolio of African startups (Tage Kene-Okafor,TechCrunch)

LoftyInc Capital, a pan-African VC firm, announced today that it is launching its third fund — LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund 3 — at $10 million...

TechInnovation. Motional reveals its Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric robotaxi (Kirsten Korosec, TechCrunch)

Motional revealed Tuesday the first images of its planned robotaxi, a Hyundai all-electric Ioniq 5 SUV that will be the centerpiece of a driverless...

TechInnovation. Prosus acquires Indian payments giant BillDesk for $4.7B, will merge with its PayU fintech group (Ingrid Lunden, Manish Singh,TechCrunch)

More major consolidation underway in the world of payments: Prosus — the Dutch tech giant that bundles together Naspers’ fintech, e-commerce and other international investments and...

TechInnovation. Dance launches its e-bike subscription service in Berlin (Romain Dillet, TechCrunch)

German startup Dance is launching its subscription service in its hometown Berlin. For a flat monthly fee of €79 (around $93 at today’s exchange rate), users...

TechInnovation. This Sequoia- and Henry Kravis-backed prediction market wants to turn opinions into money (Connie Loizos, TechCrunch)

More than 15 years ago, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, which was acquired by Nasdaq in 2008, and another since-sold exchange called HedgeStreet, both announced...

TechInnovation. Coral Capital closes third fund with $128M for startups in Japan (Kate Park, TechCrunch)

Coral Capital, a Tokyo-based venture capital firm, announced today that it has closed its third fund, Coral Capital III, raising $128 million (14 billion...

TechInnovation. Southeast Asia “omnichannel” health startup Doctor Anywhere gets $88M SGD (Catherine Shu, TechCrunch)

Doctor Anywhere, a startup that takes an “omnichannel” approach to healthcare, announced today it has raised $88 million SGD (about $65.7 million USD) in...

TechInnovation. Rugged showcases its layout-printing construction robots (Brian Heater, TechCrunch)

Few robotics categories are poised to benefit more from the events of the past year than construction. It’s a booming field that could benefit...

The Science of Where. New from Esri and TechCrunch: Hack for a Sustainable Future (Esri)

Laura Krenek For decades, critical challenges like climate change, resource scarcity, and social inequity have been growing steadily. But our efforts to solve these problems...

TechInnovation – European Investment Fund puts $30M in Fabric Ventures’ new $120M digital assets fund (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher writes: Despite their rich engineering talent, Blockchain entrepreneurs in the EU often struggle to find backing due to the dearth of large...

TechInnovation – Coralogix logs $55M for its new take on production analytics, now valued at $300-$400M (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden writes: Data may be the new oil, but it’s only valuable if you make good use of it. Today, a startup that...