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3:51

Accounting automation startup Geroges raises $42.4...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/21

French startup Georges — or Georges.tech — is raising a new round of funding of $42.4 million (€35 million). The company is also getting a new name and will be called Indy going forward. The startup has been building an accounting automation application for freelancers and small companies. Singular is leading today’s funding round. You […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:34

Monzo founder Tom Blomfield is departing the...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/21

Monzo founder Tom Blomfield is departing the U.K. challenger bank entirely at the end of the month, staff were informed earlier today. Blomfield held the role of CEO until May last year when he assumed the newly created title of president and resigned from the Monzo board. However, having been given the time and space […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:23

Drone-focused construction startup TraceAir raises $3.5M

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/20

Bay Area-based construction startup TraceAir today announced a $3.5 million Series A. Led by London-based XTX Ventures, this round brings the company’s total funding up to $7 million. The raise includes existing investor Metropolis VC, along with new additions Liquid 2 Ventures, GEM Capital, GPS Ventures and Andrew Filev. We first noted the company back […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:21

StackPulse announces $28M investment to help...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/20

When a system outage happens, chaos can ensue as the team tries to figure out what’s happening and how to fix it. StackPulse, a new startup that wants to help developers manage these crisis situations more efficiently, emerged from stealth today with a $28 million investment. The round actually breaks down to a previously unannounced […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:18

Health insurance startup Alan launches free medical...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/19

French startup Alan is generating 100% of its revenue from health insurance products — and that isn’t going to change. But the company wants to start a conversation with a bigger use base. Alan is going to launch multiple mobile apps that let you learn more about health topics, contact a doctor and chat with […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:02

Goama lets developers integrate a social gaming...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/19

Goama (also known as Go Games) lets developers quickly integrate social games into their apps. Some of Goama’s clients have used it for promotional campaigns, while others rely on the platform, which introduces new games every week, to add a full-fledged gaming function to their app. The startup, which recently took part in SOSV’s accelerator […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:45

Startups at CES showed how tech can help elderly...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/18

The COVID-19 pandemic shined a harsh spotlight on the challenges many elderly people face. Older adults are among the highest-risk groups for developing cases that need hospitalization and nursing homes were especially vulnerable to outbreaks. While dealing with COVID-19, the elderly have also faced many other problems, including the difficulty of accessing medical care for […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:27

GitLab raises $195M in secondary funding on $6B...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/18

GitLab has confirmed with TechCrunch that it raised a $195 million secondary round on a $6 billion valuation. CNBC broke the story earlier today. The company’s impressive valuation comes after its most recent 2019 Series E in which it raised $268 million on a 2.75 billion valuation, an increase of $3.25 billion in under 18 […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:22

Medium acquires social book reading app Glose

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/15

Medium is acquiring Paris-based startup Glose for an undisclosed amount. Glose has been building an iOS, Android and web app that lets you buy, download and read books on your devices. The company has turned reading into a multiplayer experience as you can build a bookshelf, share notes with your followers and start conversations in […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:22

X1 Card raises $12 million for its credit card with...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/15

X1 Card is raising a $12 million funding round. The company is building a credit card that sets limits based on your current and future income, not your credit score. Spark Capital is leading the round with Jared Leto, Aaron Levie, Jeremy Stoppelman, Max Levchin and Ali Rowghani also participating. American Express veteran Ash Gupta […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:57

Gemini is launching a credit card with bitcoin rewards

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/14

Cryptocurrency exchange company Gemini is acquiring Blockrize and announcing a new product today based on Blockrize’s work. Later this year, the company is launching a credit card that works like a regular credit card — but you earn bitcoin rewards based on your purchases. The credit card will work on the Visa network and will […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:35

Iziwork raises $43 million for its temporary work...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/14

French startup Iziwork has raised a $43 million funding round. Cathay Innovation and Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund are participating in this funding round. The company has been building a platform focused on improving temporary employment. While it’s a relatively large funding round, the startup is quite young. It was founded in September 2018 and it […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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17:02

Equal access to capital and entrepreneurship is the...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/13

Joseph Heller Contributor Joseph Heller is a small businesses expert and the CEO of Supplied, a wholesale platform for small businesses and brands that makes it easier for boutique owners to access high-quality, affordable items. Context is always important. In the grand scheme of things, I have privilege: I was born a male, in the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:11

Cockroach Labs scores $160M Series E on $2B valuation

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/13

Cockroach Labs, makers of CockroachDB, have been on a fundraising roll for the last couple of years. Today the company announced a $160 million Series E on a fat $2 billion valuation. The round comes just eight months after the startup raised an $86.6 million Series D. The latest investment was led by Altimeter Capital […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:33

Zipmex, which aspires to build the Asia Pacific...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/12

Zipmex, a digital assets exchange headquartered in Singapore, announced today it has raised $6 million in funding led by Jump Capital. The startup, which plans to become a digital assets bank, says the round exceeded its initial target of $4 million. Along with earlier funding, it brings the total Zipmex has raised so far to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:20

Revolut applies for UK banking license

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/12

It’s hard to believe that fintech startup Revolut doesn’t have a proper banking license in its home country. But this is about to change as the company has applied for a banking license in the U.K. Up next, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are going to look at the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:08

Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos have started a cyber...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/11

Former U.S. cybersecurity official Chris Krebs and former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos have founded a new cybersecurity consultancy firm, which already has its first client: SolarWinds . The two have been hired as consultants to help the Texas-based software maker recover from a devastating breach by suspected Russian hackers, which used the company’s […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:53

Roku acquires Quibi’s content

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/11

Quibi is dead, but its shows will live on. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Roku was in talks to acquire the short-form video service’s content. And this morning, Roku announced that it has indeed reached a deal for the exclusive distribution rights to all of Quibi’s programs. Financial terms of the acquisition […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:20

Text marketing startup Voxie raises $6.7M

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/08

Like many startups, Atlanta-basedÂ Voxie was created to solve a problem that founder and CEO Bogdan Constantin faced himself. In Constantin’s case, this was at his previous tuxedo rental startup Menguin (ultimately acquired by Generation Tux), where he said he had to market a product with a six-to-nine month sales cycle, as customers were usually weighing […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:18

Lacework lands $525M investment as revenue grows 300%

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/08

As the pandemic took hold in 2020, companies accelerated their move to cloud services. Lacework, the cloud security startup, was in the right place at the right time as customers looked for ways to secure their cloud native workloads. The company reported that revenue grew 300% year over year for the second straight year. It […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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