Tag: TechCrunch

TechInnovation – Connected car insurance startup Flock raises $17M Series A led by Chamath Palihapitiya (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher writes: Cast your mind back to that scene in Minority Report where all those autonomous cars are whizzing through the city. The...

TechInnovation – Japanese sneaker platform SODA raises $56.4M, accquires rival Monokabu (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu writes: Just half a year after leading SODA’s Series B, SoftBank Ventures Asia is raising its bet on the Tokyo-based sneaker resell platform....

TechInnovation – Zuckerberg is turning trillion-dollar Facebook into a ‘metaverse’ company, he tells investors (TechCrunch)

Lucas Matney, Taylor Hatmaker write: Following the quarterly release of Facebook’s earnings numbers where the company’s CFO takes time to walk analysts through the nitty...

TechInnovation – INKR draws in $3.1M to make more comics accessible to worldwide audiences (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu writes: INKR is a digital comics platform that crosses cultural and language divides, enabling creators to reach global audiences with its proprietary localization...

TechInnovation – Personalized menopause platform Vira Health raises £1.5M from LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher writes: A new trend is emerging in the world of startups and, to many, it couldn’t have come too soon. Why are...

TechInnovation – Spotify’s Clubhouse rival, Greenroom, tops 140K installs on iOS, 100K on Android (TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez writes: Spotify’s recently launched live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom, has a long road ahead of it if it wants to...

TechInnovation – Ford expects semiconductor rebound, new vehicle demand to increase 2021 profits (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan writes: Despite semiconductor shortages peaking during the second quarter of 2021, Ford says it delivered better-than-expected operating results by leveraging strong demand...

TechInnovation – Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup reservations surpass 120,000 (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan writes: Ford and its F-150 pickup, the automaker’s best-selling vehicle, have consistently inspired brand loyalty from pickup truck owners. According to the J.D....

TechInnovation – Facebook warns of ‘headwinds’ to its ad business from regulators and Apple (TechCrunch)

Taylor Hatmaker writes: Facebook posted its second quarter earnings Wednesday, beating expectations with $29 billion in revenue. The world’s biggest social media company was expected to...

TechInnovation – Ashirase, a Honda incubation, reveals advanced walking assistance system for visually impaired (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan writes: Globally, 225 million people are estimated to suffer from moderate or severe visual impairments, and 49.1 million are blind, according to 2020...

TechInnovation – Egyptian ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go public in a $1.5B SPAC merger (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor writes: Cairo and Dubai-based ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go public in a merger with special purpose acquisition company Queen’s Gambit Growth...

TechInnovation – The Lilium electric jet will use batteries manufactured by Germany’s Customcells (TechCrunch)

Aria Alamalhodaei writes: Electric air taxi startup Lilium has tapped German manufacturer Customcells to supply batteries for its flagship seven-seater Lilium Jet. go to TechCrunch:...

(TechInnovation) Tailor Brands raises $50M, aims to be one-stop shop for small businesses to launch (TechCrunch)

Christine Hall writes for TechCrunch: Tailor Brands, a startup that automates parts of the branding and marketing process for small businesses, announced Thursday it...

(TechInnovation) Untitled Ventures joins the scramble for Russian & Eastern European startups with a $118M warchest (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher writes for TechCrunch: Sorry Mr. Putin, but there’s a race on for Russian and Eastern European founders. And right now, those awful...

(TechInnovation) Yoobic raises $50M for its chat and communications app app aimed at frontline and service workers (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden writes for TechCrunch: Slack set the standard in many ways for what knowledge workers want and expect out of a workplace collaboration...

(TechInnovation) B2B social management platform Oktopost raises $20M growth round with Expedition (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher writes for TechCrunch: With the pandemic forcing people online, social media use exploded, for obvious reasons. And with that, the opportunity to...