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With a focus on patients with chronic illness, Nourish hopes to help Americans eat better
24 januari 2023 · 6 min
Nourish connects users with a registered dietitian (RD) via telehealth and helps them get their consultations covered by health insurance.
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Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator, severely impacted by Alphabet mass layoffs
23 januari 2023 · 4 min
Area 120, the Google in-house incubator responsible for products such as Checks, Tables, Stack and ThreadBite, has been significantly affected by broader layoffs at Google parent company Alphabet.
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GoodOnes raises to help make sense of your mess of a camera roll
23 januari 2023 · 4 min
You know what it’s like — you’ve been on vacation and you’ve taken 28 million photos, and you just want to select the best 12 so you can make a calendar.
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Indian food delivery giant Swiggy to cut 380 jobs
20 januari 2023 · 4 min
Swiggy plans to lay off 380 jobs as the Prosus Venture and SoftBank-backed Indian food delivery giant looks to navigate the market downturn that has forced firms to become leaner and more disciplined. In an email to employees on Friday, Swiggy co-founder and chief executive Sriharsha Majety said the startup has advanced its plans for […]Indian food delivery giant Swiggy to cut 380 jobs by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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German teens went crazy for this ‘compliments’ app, and now VCs are backing its next phase
20 januari 2023 · 7 min
The teenage market for apps is a tough nut to crack and stay relevant in. Just ask Snapchat.
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Kate is a new car maker focused on micro-cars for everyday use
19 januari 2023 · 5 min
Meet Kate, a French company that wants to create a tiny car that you can use for your daily commute and various errands.
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P2P lending platform PeopleFund raises $20M Series C extension led by Bain Capital
19 januari 2023 · 5 min
PeopleFund, a South Korean marketplace that connects borrowers and investors to enable lending, has recently added $20 million to its $63.4 million Series C.
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Good Meat approved to sell serum-free cultivated meat in Singapore
18 januari 2023 · 3 min
Good Meat announced today it has received regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency to use serum-free media for the production of its cultivated meat.
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Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform
18 januari 2023 · 5 min
Syky will serve as an incubator, marketplace and social community for the next generation of fashion designers and consumers.Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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CloseFactor raises $15.2M to automate repetitive sales processes
17 januari 2023 · 5 min
Several years ago, co-founders Leena Joshi, Ben Cheung and Erik Buchanan experienced frustration with the amount of manual work they were putting into collecting information about sales and marketing accounts.
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Nucleus aims to simplify the process of managing microservices
17 januari 2023 · 6 min
An increasing number of organizations are adopting microservices, the loosely-coupled, independently-deployable services that together make up an app.
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Google-backed ShareChat cuts 20% workforce to ‘sustain through headwinds’
16 januari 2023 · 4 min
ShareChat, the Indian social media startup backed by Twitter, Google, Tiger Global and Temasek, has laid off 20% of its workforce — or over 400 employees — just a month after eliminating more than 100 roles.
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As it shifts focus from DIY computer kits, Kano spins out its creative software suite as a standalone business
16 januari 2023 · 7 min
Kano Computing (“Kano”), the venture-backed company best known for its DIY computer kits and software for teaching coding and STEM skills to kids, is spinning out its creative software suite and online community platform as an independent business.
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Sam Bankman-Fried launches Substack: ‘I didn’t steal funds, and I certainly didn’t stash billions away’
13 januari 2023 · 5 min
FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried launched his own Substack newsletter today, in a very unusual move for someone who was recently arrested and is facing eight counts of U.S. criminal charges.
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Coho AI, which uses AI to help B2B SaaS companies boost revenue, raises $8.5M
13 januari 2023 · 4 min
Teams dedicated to boosting customer acquisition, retention and sales don’t necessarily have the time or tools to use data insights effectively.
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Stripe’s internal valuation gets cut to $63 billion
12 januari 2023 · 4 min
Stripe, a richly-valued payments startup, has cut its internal valuation yet again, according to sources familiar with the manner.
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Project Eaden’s fiber technology poised to spin threads into whole cuts of ‘meat’
12 januari 2023 · 5 min
Project Eaden produces edible plant-based protein fibers, similar to those already being used to create textiles, that mimic the texture and appearance of animal-based meats.
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Data observability startup Metaplane lands investment from YC, others
11 januari 2023 · 6 min
The need for data observability, or the ability to understand, diagnose and orchestrate data health across various IT tools, continues to grow as organizations adopt more apps and services.
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Qarnot creates green data centers by putting servers in central heating boilers
11 januari 2023 · 5 min
Running a data center means that you have to find innovative ways to manage heat from the servers.
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Korean handmade goods marketplace Backpackr gears up to expand into Southeast Asia
10 januari 2023 · 4 min
About a decade ago, Donghwan Kim helped his cousin, a ceramist, look for sales channels, like flea markets, to sell his ceramics.
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Nigerian agritech Releaf gets more capital as it launches new tech for food processing
10 januari 2023 · 6 min
Releaf, a Nigerian agritech startup that supplies ingredients (starting with the oil palm) to consumer goods manufacturers and their food factories, has received $3.3 million in an oversubscribed pre-Series A round.
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Superscript, a bespoke insurance provider for SMEs, raises $54 million
9 januari 2023 · 6 min
Superscript, an insurance broker and tech platform targeting SMEs and “high-growth” tech firms, has raised £45 million ($54 million) in a Series B round of funding.
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Microsoft partners with India space agency to work with startups
9 januari 2023 · 4 min
Microsoft plans to collaborate with the Indian space agency to give Indian space tech startups free access to cloud tools, the two said Thursday, the latest in the U.S. tech giant’s attempts to deepen its ties with young firms in the South Asian market.
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Indian fintech KreditBee nears $700 million valuation in new funding
6 januari 2023 · 4 min
Indian fintech Kreditbee has raised an additional $100 million in a funding round, it said, as the lender looks to scale its business in the South Asian market.
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OneRoof grabs funding to help apartment dwellers cozy up to their neighbors
6 januari 2023 · 5 min
In the past year, OneRoof has transformed from a chat room app into a platform offering in-person events, a neighbor directory and a “grow” feature to help people create their own communities.
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MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder
5 januari 2023 · 5 min
Not everyone believes that the metaverse — social, VR-centric worlds — has staying power. But MeetKai is among the steadfast optimists.
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SurrealDB raises $6M for its database-as-a-service offering
5 januari 2023 · 7 min
There’s plenty of vendors in the managed database services market — and plenty that are well-financed.
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Singapore-based AlterPacks turns food waste into food containers
4 januari 2023 · 4 min
Food waste and food packaging take up a significant portion of the world’s landfills. AlterPacks is tackling both issues with technology that turns food waste into takeout boxes and other containers.
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This startup brings Southeast Asia’s vacant hospital rooms into the sharing economy
4 januari 2023 · 8 min
Uber and Airbnb have long been the poster children for the sharing economy. In other realms of society, entrepreneurs are also trying to match demand with untapped assets and services.
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Startups set to go to space for the first time on SpaceX’s Transporter-6 mission
3 januari 2023 · 4 min
SpaceX is poised to launch 114 payloads to orbit on a Falcon 9 tomorrow morning, the sixth mission of its smallsat rideshare program.
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South Korean financial super app Toss closes $405M Series G as valuation rises 7%
3 januari 2023 · 7 min
Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss, has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 trillion won ( $7 billion), up from 8.5 trillion won in June 2021.
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Meta acquires Luxexcel, a smart eyewear company
2 januari 2023 · 3 min
As Meta faces antitrust scrutiny over its acquisition of VR fitness developers Within, the tech giant is making another acquisition. Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that it is purchasing Luxexcel, a smart eyewear company headquartered in the Netherlands.
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Fintech Vint hopes to turn wine and spirits into a mainstream asset class
2 januari 2023 · 5 min
Fintech startup Vint thinks everyone should invest in wine and spirits and is hoping to facilitate such investments with the help of fresh seed funding.Fintech Vint hopes to turn wine and spirits into a mainstream asset class by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
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Helm.ai snags $31M to scale its ‘unsupervised’ autonomous driving software
30 december 2022 · 4 min
A few bright spots remain in the autonomous vehicle industry even amid macroeconomic headwinds that have nearly shut off the spigot of venture capital and led to further consolidation.
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Bitcoin miner Argo to avoid bankruptcy with $100M deal from Galaxy Digital
30 december 2022 · 4 min
Galaxy plans to acquire Argo’s bitcoin mining facility Helios for $65 million and provide a $35 million loan amid the miner’s restructuring.
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Recall.ai helps companies make the most of virtual meeting data
29 december 2022 · 4 min
For organizations that do a good chunk of their work through virtual meetings, simply hitting record or taking notes isn’t enough to capture everything that’s said.
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Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets
28 december 2022 · 7 min
As generative AI like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 attract investor attention, startup entrepreneurs are looking to cash in with new business models built around them. One of the more interesting ventures to emerge from the space recently is Poly, which lets designers create video game and other virtual assets, including textures for 3D models, using […]Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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Jakarta-based fintech Akulaku raises $200M from Japan’s largest bank
28 december 2022 · 3 min
Jakarta-based fintech Akulaku has raised $200 million from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the largest bank in Japan.
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TechCrunch Early Stage focuses on fledgling founders
27 december 2022 · 4 min
Whether you’re singing “Take This Job and Shove It” while workin’ “9 to 5” or you’re a fledgling startup founder, TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 is the bootstrapping bootcamp designed just for you. The daylong founder-focused summit — on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts — covers the essential building blocks you need to build a solid foundation […]TechCrunch Early Stage focuses on fledgling founders by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
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Indian fintech Money View valued at $900 million in new funding
27 december 2022 · 4 min
Indian fintech Money View said on Monday it has raised $75 million in a new funding round, its second this year, despite the market slump as it looks to scale its core credit business and build more products in the South Asian market.
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Vianova builds a location data platform for shared mobility companies and cities
26 december 2022 · 4 min
Meet Vianova, a French startup that is building a data platform for shared mobility companies as well as local governments.
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Reliance buys 23.3% stake in US-based AI firm Exyn
23 december 2022 · 4 min
Reliance has backed Philadelphia-based AI and robotics startup Exyn, the Indian conglomerate disclosed in a stock exchange filing on Thursday, making further inroads in startups globally.
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Gynger launches out of stealth to loan companies cash for software
23 december 2022 · 6 min
Software spend is becoming a prime target for cuts as it grows into a larger line item in enterprises’ budgets.
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South Park creators’ deepfake video startup Deep Voodoo conjures $20M in new funding
22 december 2022 · 3 min
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park and various other media over the years, have raised $20 million to continue work on their professional deepfake studio for creators, Deep Voodoo.
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ImagenAI, which uses AI to personalize photo editing styles, lands $30M
22 december 2022 · 6 min
ImagenAI, a startup using AI to help professional photographers edit photos and automate post-production work, today announced that it raised $30 million in an all-equity growth investment from Summit Partners.
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Early-stage Mexico fintech Aviva is making loans as easy as a video call
21 december 2022 · 4 min
Aviva uses AI and natural language processing to match customers’ spoken words with fields of a loan application. Within minutes, customers can qualify for up to $1,000.Early-stage Mexico fintech Aviva is making loans as easy as a video call by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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Revel raises $7.8M to become the Instagram and Robinhood of NFT platforms
21 december 2022 · 5 min
Social collectibles platform Revel describes itself as 'a cross between Instagram and Robinhood, wrapped in social game economics.'
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Salon software Mangomint raises $13M as it booms in post-COVID labor shortage
20 december 2022 · 5 min
Ever needed to read your credit card information on the phone to make a massage appointment?
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Solo GP Nichole Wischoff raises $20M fund backed by Peter Thiel to invest in ‘unsexy businesses’
20 december 2022 · 5 min
Wischoff Ventures closed a second fund of $20 million that will be 'leaning in heavily on B2B.'
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Dropbox buys form management platform FormSwift for $95M in cash
19 december 2022 · 5 min
Dropbox today announced that it’s acquired FormSwift, a cloud-based platform designed to help businesses build, edit, approve, share and print custom personalized and documents.
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