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TechCrunch Startup News

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4:07

Locus Robotics has raised a $150M Series E

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/18

Massachusetts-based Locus Robotics today announced a $150 million Series E. The round, led by Tiger Global Management and Bond, brings the firm’s total to around $250 to date, and values the robotics company at $1 billion. Locus is notable for a more modular and flexible solution for automating warehouses than many of its competitors (see: […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:29

Ally.io rasies $50M Series C as the OKR software...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/18

This morning Ally.io, a software startup with a focus on the OKR (objectives and key results, in case you’ve somehow avoided being exposed) goal-setting technique, announced that it has closed $50 million in new capital. The Series C round was led by Green Oaks Capital, Madrona Capital, and its Series B lead, Tiger Global. Ally […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:06

Jet co-founder Nate Faust is building a more...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/17

Nate Faust has spent years in the e-commerce business — he was a vice president at Quidsi (which ran Diapers.com and Soap.com), co-founder and COO at Jet (acquired by Walmart for $3.3 billion) and then a vice president at Walmart. Over time, he said it slowly dawned on him that it’s “crazy” that 25 years […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:34

Bitcoin briefly breaks the $50,000 barrier as...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/17

The hodl-crew are having quite the moment as bitcoin passed the $50,000 mark earlier today for the first time. Data pegs the peak at just over $50,500. The price of bitcoin, the world’s best-known cryptocurrency, has historically proven a reasonable proxy for consumer interest in the cryptocurrency space, and for trading activity amongst blockchain-based assets. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:10

After pausing the business, Fronted finally launches...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/16

Fronted, the London-based fintech aiming to make life easier for renters, including lending the cash needed for a deposit, has finally launched. In March, its founders took the decision to “hibernate” the nascent business after the first lockdown and with the pandemic taking hold. But, now with regulatory approval from the FCA and rents falling […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:58

Delivery company goPuff is in talks to acquire the...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/16

GoPuff, the U.S.-based startup that operates its own “microfulfillment” network and promises to deliver items such as over-the-counter medicine, baby food and alcohol in 30 minutes or less, is in talks to acquire the U.K.’s Fancy Delivery, TechCrunch has learned. According to sources, terms of the acquisition are still being fleshed out, and the deal […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:27

Online workspace startup Notion hit by outage, citing...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/15

Notion, the online workspace startup that was last year valued at over $2 billion, is currently offline after a DNS outage knocked the site off the internet. The collaborative online office and document service was not loading as of around 9am ET on Friday, preventing anyone who relies on the service from accessing their cloud-stored […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:36

Datadog to acquire application security management...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/15

Cloud monitoring platform Datadog has announced that it plans to acquire Sqreen, a software-as-a-service security platform. Originally founded in France, Sqreen participated in TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield in 2016. Sqreen is a cloud-based security product to protect your application directly. Once you install the sandboxed Sqreen agent, it analyzes your application in real time to find […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:14

Ramp secures $150M debt line from Goldman Sachs as...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/12

This morning Ramp, a startup that competes in the corporate spend market, announced that it has secured a $150 million debt facility with Goldman Sachs. Ramp previously raised a $30 million Series B in late December 2020, after raising a $23 million Series A earlier in the same year. TechCrunch spoke with Ramp co-founder and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:35

2up launches ahead of Valentines Day to help gamers...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/12

People don’t often equate gaming with dating, but maybe they should. As gaming continues to grow in popularity, particularly in the wake of the pandemic, a new startup called 2up is launching to help gamers connect both on and off screen. The app was founded by sibling duo Stephanie and Lincoln Smith, who have been […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:51

Monzo, the British challenger bank nearing 5 million...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/11

Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank with just shy of 5 million customers, has recruited a new U.S CEO to head up its efforts states-side, TechCrunch has learned. Carol Nelson, who previously spent ten years as CEO of Cascade Bank and prior to that was a long time senior vice president of Bank of America, will […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:55

Powder raises $14 million for its social app for game...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/11

Meet Powder, a French startup that helps you share video clips of your favorite games, follow people with the same interests and interact with them. The company has raised a $14 million Series A round led by Serena. Powder wants to build the video infrastructure for social gaming. While many communities of gamers already share […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:17

Klarna launches bank accounts in Germany

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/10

Fintech startup Klarna is turning its mobile app into a banking app in Germany. Customers living there can now open a consumer bank account and get a Visa debit card. For now, Klarna is launching bank accounts for a limited number of users. The company expects to roll it out more broadly in the coming […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:07

Encrypted data handling startup DataFleets acquired...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/10

LiveRamp has acquired DataFleets, a fresh young startup that made it possible to take advantage of large volumes of encrypted data without the risk or fuss of decrypting or transferring it. LiveRamp, an enterprise data connectivity platform itself, paid more than $68M for the company, a huge multiple on DataFleet’s $4.5M seed announced just last […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:56

Monte Carlo raises $25M for its data observability...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/09

This morning Monte Carlo, a startup focused on helping other companies better monitor their data inflows, announced that it has closed a $25 million Series B. The round, which was co-led by GGV and Redpoint, comes mere months after its September Series A that was worth $15 million. Accel led the company’s Series A and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:03

InEvent raises $2M for its virtual conference platform

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/09

InEvent, a startup powering virtual and hybrid events, is announcing that it has raised $2 million in seed funding from Storm Ventures. That’s just tiny fraction of the $125 million that online events platform Hopin raised last fall — in fact, a recent Equity episode suggested that Hopin might be the fastest growth story of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:52

Harry Stebbings is leaving Stride, the VC firm he...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/08

Harry Stebbings, the podcaster-turned-VC, is stepping down as a partner of Stride, the London-based venture capital firm he co-founded with Fred Destin, formerly of Accel. In a series of tweets, Destin said that Stebbings won’t be involved in Stride’s second fund (though he’ll remain a partner in fund one), and will instead be focusing on […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:34

Lightspeed and Max Levchin bet on Balance to bring...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/08

Consumer payments is by no means a solved problem (I’ll trigger one hundred blockchain people if I say otherwise), but it sure as heck a pretty improved one. Checkout is a breeze with modern tools ranging from Stripe and PayPal to Fast and Rapyd to Apple and Google Pay. If you happen to need financing, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:34

Health tech startup Bold raises $7 million in seed...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/05

Virtual health and wellness platforms have grown increasingly popular throughout the pandemic, but a new startup wants to focus that effort exclusively on senior citizens. Bold, a digital health and wellness service, plans to prevent chronic health problems in older adults through free and personalized exercise programs. Co-founded by Amanda Rees and her partner Hari […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:03

HubSpot acquires media startup The Hustle

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/05

Marketing software company HubSpot is acquiring The Hustle, the business and tech media startup behind the popular newsletter of the same name Axios broke the news of the deal and reported that it values the startup at around $27 million. HubSpot declined to comment on the deal price, and while tweeting about the acquisition, The […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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