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TechCrunch Startup News

Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who"s raising, who"s exiting, who"s changing the world.

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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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3:26

Lydia partners with Cashbee to add savings accounts

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/14

French startup Lydia is better known as the dominant app for peer-to-peer payments. But the company has been adding more features, such as a debit card, account aggregation, donations, money pots and more. This week, the company is adding savings accounts thanks to a partnership with French fintech startup Cashbee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:44

Money Minx aims to build a ‘Personal Finance’ OS for...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/11

New regulations are making it easier to invest in alternative assets via crowdfunding, and the recent explosion of crypto and NFTs means that investors are more diversified than ever.Â Keeping up with such a variety of investments may prove difficult to those who want to handle managing their investment portfolios on their own. Money Minx, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:48

Slintel scores $20M Series A as buyer intelligence...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/11

One clear outcome of the pandemic was pushing more people to do their shopping online, and that was as true for B2B as it was for B2C. Knowing which of your B2B customers are most likely to convert puts any sales team ahead of the game. Slintel, a startup providing that kind of data, announced […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:50

Recorded Future launches its new $20M Intelligence...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/10

Threat intelligence company Recorded Future is launching a $20 million fund for early-stage startupsÂ developing novel data intelligence tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:02

Stacey Abrams co-founded fintech company Now raises...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/10

After co-founding Insomnia Consulting, Stacey Abrams and Lara O’Connor Hodgson started Nourish to address a personal problem. “We were at a meeting, I think for one of my campaigns,” explains Abrams, the Georgia-based lawyer and politician whose voting rights work became a focal point for the country in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:21

Pennylane raises $18.3 million for its accounting...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/09

French startup Pennylane has raised a new $18.3 million funding round (€15 million). Interestingly, this is Sequoia Capital’s first investment in France after they announced ambitious expansion plans in Europe. If you’re not familiar with Pennylane, the startup has been developing an accounting platform that improves accounting for both clients and their accountants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:49

Kafene raises $14M to offer buy now, pay later to the...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/09

The buy now, pay later frenzy isn’t going anywhere as more consumers seek alternatives to credit cards to fund purchases. And those purchases aren’t exclusive to luxuries such as Pelotons (ahem, Affirm) or jewelry someone might be treating themselves to online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:38

Nuggs creator Simulate raises $50M

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/08

New York-based Simulate today announced a $50 million fundraise. Led by Alexis Ohanian’s 776, the Series B brings the meat alternative’s total funding to north of $60 million and values it at $260 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:53

Astra to acquire electric in-space propulsion company...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/08

Astra, the space launch startup with plans to go public via a SPAC merger, will acquire electric propulsion maker Apollo Fusion, the company said Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:51

Rebranded Toyota Ventures invests $300 million in...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/07

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The fund is commemorating its new identity by investing an additional $300 million in emerging technologies and carbon neutrality via two early-stage funds: the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund and the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund.Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:21

Indonesian healthcare startup Prixa raises $3M led by...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/07

Indonesian healthcare startup Prixa has raised $3 million led by MDI Ventures and the Trans-Pacific Technology Fund (TPTF), with participation from returning investors including Siloam Hospitals Group. This brings Prixa’s total raised to $4.5 million since it launched in 2019. Co-founder and chief executive officer James Roring M.D., told TechCrunch in an email that the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:34

Gong going gangbusters, grabs $250M Series E on...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/06/04

Gong, the revenue intelligence startup, has been raising capital at a rapid pace, and today the company announced another $250 million on a $7.25 billion valuation, a number that triples its previous valuation from last summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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