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5:38

Mercuryo raises $7.5M for crypto-focused cross-border...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/28

Mercuryo, a startup that has built a cross-border payments network, has raised $7.5 million in a Series A round of funding. The London-based company describes itself as “a crypto infrastructure company” that aims to make blockchain useful for businesses via its “digital asset payment gateway.” Specifically, it aggregates various payment solutions and provides fiat and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:55

Circle wants to help companies access DeFi lending...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/25

Cryptocurrency company Circle has announced that it plans to launch a new API for companies using Circle accounts to manage crypto assets — and in particular USDC stablecoins. The new API will let companies access decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols starting with Compound lending pools. Circle is better known as one of the founding members of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:33

Env0 lands $17M Series A as infrastrucure as code...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/25

As companies deliver code ever faster, they need tooling to provide some semblance of control and governance over the cloud resources being used to deliver it. Env0, a startup that is helping companies do just that, announced a $17 million Series A today. M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, led the round with participation from previous investors […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:40

Revolut revenue grew by 57% in 2020

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/24

Fintech startup Revolut has filed some financial results and is sharing details with the press. In 2020, the company reported $361 million in revenue (£261 million) — that’s a 57% increase compared to 2019 revenue of $229 million (£166 million). Interestingly, those revenue figures have been adjusted to include fair value gains on cryptocurrency assets […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:51

Autonomous trucking startup Embark to go public in...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/24

Five-year old self-driving truck startup Embark Trucks Inc. said Wednesday it would merge with special purpose acquisition company Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. II in a deal valued at $5.2 billion. Embark takes a different approach to autonomous trucking: As opposed to manufacturing and operating a fleet of trucks themselves, which is the route rival TuSimple […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:10

These Forge cofounders just raised $5 million to work...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/23

Sohail Prasad and Samvit Ramadurgam are cofounders who met during Y Combinator’s 2012 summer batch and went on to cofound Forge, which helps accredited investors and institutions buy and sell private company shares and which most recently raised $150 million in new funding in May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:59

Vantage raises $4M to help businesses understand...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/23

Vantage, a service that helps businesses analyze and reduce their AWS costs, today announced that it has raised a $4 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. A number of angel investors, including Brianne Kimmel, Julia Lipton, Stephanie Friedman, Calvin French Owen, Ben and Moisey Uretsky, Mitch Wainer and Justin Gage, also participated in this […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:10

Fintech veteran Jitendra Gupta is ready for his new...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/22

For most people in India, having to engage with banks doesn’t instill a sense of joy. Banks in the South Asian market are notorious for making unannounced spam calls to upsell customers loans and credit cards, even when they have been explicitly asked not to do so. Moreover, when a customer does reach out to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:43

Uber to become the sole owner of grocery delivery...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/22

Uber has reached a deal to become the sole owner of Latin American delivery startup Cornershop, just one year after acquiring a majority stake in the company. The ride-hailing giant said in a regulatory filing Monday that it will purchase the remaining 47% interest in Cornershop in exchange for 29 million shares. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:48

Vietnamese financial services app MFast gets $1.5M...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/21

MFast, a mobile app that lets Vietnamese users in remote areas access financial services, announced it has raised a $1.5 million pre-Series A today. The round was led by Do Ventures, with participation from JAFCO Asia.Â Launched in 2019 by fintech company Digipay, MFast says it has been used by 600,000 people to date. It […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:45

Mediflash is a freelancer marketplace for health...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/21

Meet Mediflash, a new French startup that wants to improve temp staffing in healthcare facilities, such as nursing homes, clinics and mental health facilities. The company positions itself as an alternative to traditional temp staffing agencies. They claim to offer better terms for both caregivers and institutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:05

Neo4j raises Neo$325m as graph-based data analysis...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/18

Databases run the world, but database products are often some of the most mature and venerable software in the modern tech stack. Designers will pixel push, frontend engineers will add clicks to make it more difficult to drop out of a soporific Zoom call, but few companies are ever willing to rip out their database. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:34

Twine raises $3.3M to add networking features to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/18

Twine, a video chat startup that launched amid the pandemic as a sort of “Zoom for meeting new people,” shifted its focus to online events and, as a result, has now closed on $3.3 million in seed funding. To date, twine’s events customers have included names like Microsoft, Amazon, Forrester, and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:07

Construction robotics firm Dusty raises $16.5M

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/17

It certainly follows then that some leading construction robotics companies are able to strike while the iron is hot with some healthy raises. Today, Bay Area-based Dusty Robotics announced a $16.5 million Series A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:58

Messaging social network IRL hits unicorn status with...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/17

Social calendar app IRL has been busy building a messaging-based social network, or what founder and CEO Abraham Shafi calls a “WeChat of the West.” Following its pandemic-fueled growth and further push into the social networking space with group chat and other features, IRL is today announcing a sizable $170 million Series C growth round, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:13

Europe’s tech leaders define a strategy to create...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/16

A group of 200 startup founders, investors, associations and government members are backing a manifesto and a set of recommendations in order to create the next wave of tech giants in Europe. Today, French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting an event in Paris with some of the members of this group called Scale-Up Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:48

BookClub checks out a shiny new $20 million Series A

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/16

Serial edtech entrepreneur David Blake, who co-founded Degreed and launched LearnIn, is living the dream of any book worm. He reads at least one book a week, talks to the authors behind it and unpacks his biggest questions around the subtlest of passages. And it’s all thanks to his latest startup, BookClub, which first launched […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:34

Klaxoon introduces whiteboard-focused conference room...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/15

French startup Klaxoon is announcing a product update for its whiteboard collaboration platform as well as a new hardware product. With Hybridity, the company is going to sell ready-to-use conference rooms that optimize hybrid meetings between people currently in the office and people on the go. Let’s start with the software update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:08

Fraud protection startup nSure AI raises $6.8M in...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/15

The round will help the company bolster the predictive AI and machine learning algorithms that power nSure AI’s “first of its kind” fraud protection platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:31

Anrok raises $4.3M to solve sales tax for SaaS companies

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/14

It’s easier than ever to build a product and sell it around the United States, or the world. But if you want to do so without incurring the wrath of any particular state, or nation-state, you’d best have your tax matters in order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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