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TechCrunch Startup News

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4:01

Too Good To Go raises $31 million to fight food waste

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/07

Too Good To Go, the startup that lets you buy food right before it goes to waste, is raising a $31.1 million round. blisce/ is leading the round and investing $15.4 million as part of today’s round. Existing investors and employees are also participating. While the company has been around for a while, this is […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:12

Virgin Orbit targets launch window opening January 10...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/07

Virgin Orbit is wasting no time in 2021 getting back to active flight testing: The company has a window for its next orbital demonstration launch attempt that opens on Sunday, January 10, and that continues throughout the rest of the month. This follows an attempt last year made in May, which ended before the LauncherOne […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:32

Sources: Hinge Health has raised $310M Series D at a...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/06

Hinge Health, the San Francisco-based company that offers a digital solution to treat chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions — such as back and joint pain — has closed a $310 million in Series D funding, according to sources. The round is led by Coatue and Tiger Global, and values 2015-founded Hinge at $3 billion post-money, people […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:59

Kyte raises $9 million to deliver rental cars to your...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/06

More than two years ago, Ludwig Schoenack, Nikolaus Volk and Francesco Wiedemann looked at the bevy of scooter services, ride-hailing apps, public transit and car-sharing options available in most urban centers in the United States and saw a gap in the mobility market. Consumers who didn’t want to own a car, but needed one for […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:23

Divvy raises $165M as the spend management space...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/05

Today Divvy, a Utah-based startup that focuses on corporate spend management, announced that it has closed a $165 million round at a $1.6 billion valuation. The company said that the new capital was raised from Hanaco, Schonfeld, PayPal Ventures, and Whale Rock, along with a cadre of prior investors. The new investment is not Divvy’s […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:05

It’s not just you, Slack is struggling this morning

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/04

Slack did its best to ease the working world back into their jobs this morning by breaking, ensuring that everyone’s return to the grind would be as chaotic and unproductive as possible. Precisely when the downtime began is not clear, though problems amongst the TechCrunch staff began a little after ten o’clock in the morning. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:29

Union Square Ventures and Learn Capital file...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/01

As 2020 comes to a long-awaited end, a series of filings indicate that venture capitalists are ending the year with fresh money. According to SEC paperwork, Learn Capital and USV have filed paperwork that shows the firms have raised new, multimillion-dollar funds. If you’ve been paying attention to news this past year, it’s clear that […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:46

CommonGround raises $19M to rethink online communication

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/30

CommonGround, a startup developing technology for what its founders describe as “4D collaboration,” is announcing that it has raised $19 million in funding. This isn’t the first time Amir Bassan-Eskenazi and Ran Oz have launched a startup together — they also founded video networking company BigBand Networks, which won two technology-related Emmy Awards, went public […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:27

Skyroot successfully test fires India’s first...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/30

Rocket launch startup Skyroot is closing out 2020 with a key milestone in the development program for their Vikram-I launch vehicle: A successful test firing of a solid rocket propulsion stage that serves as a demonstrator of the same tech to be used in the production Vikram. This is the first time that a private […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:08

Estonian proptech Rendin raises €1.2M seed for its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/29

Rendin, an Estonian proptech startup that wants to improve the home rental experience, including offering a no-deposit feature, has raised €1.2 million in seed funding. Backing the round is Tera Ventures, Iron Wolf Capital, Truesight Ventures, Atomico’s Angel Programme, and Startup Wise Guys. Launched in Estonia in March this year and currently expanding to Poland, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:35

Chinese online education app Zuoyebang raises $1.6...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/28

The rivalry between China’s top online learning apps has become even more intense this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest company to score a significant funding round is Zuoyebang, which announced today (link in Chinese) that it has raised a $1.6 billion Series E+ from investors including Alibaba Group. Other participants included returning […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:49

Bandit ML helps e-commerce businesses present the...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/28

Bandit MLÂ aims to optimize and automate the process of presenting the right offer to the right customer. The startup was part of the summer 2020 class at accelerator Y Combinator . It also raised a $1.32 million seed round in September from YC, Haystack Fund, Webb Investment Network, Liquid 2 Ventures, Jigsaw Ventures, Basecamp Fund, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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15:55

Remembering the startups we lost in 2020

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/24

Even in a non-hell year, running a successful startup is a tremendous lift. After the events of 2020, however, no doubt many already lean businesses are hanging on by the skin of their teeth. For every company that saw increased interest in their offerings during the pandemic, there were several that simply couldn’t make it […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:54

Fluent Forever raises $4.9M for its language learning...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/24

Fluent Forever, a startup that uses a novel learning system to help its users master a new language faster, has raised a $4.9 million funding round led by Denver-based Stout Street Capital. Other investors in this round include The Syndicate, LAUNCH, Mana Ventures, Noveus VC, Flight.VC, Insta VC, UpVentures, Firebrand Ventures, Cultivation Capital, Spero Ventures […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:43

StepZen snares $8M seed to build data integration API

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/23

StepZen, a new startup from the crew who gave you Apigee (which was sold to Google in 2016 for $625 million) had a different vision for their latest company. They are building a single API that pulls data from disparate sources to help developers deliver more complex customer experiences online. Today, the startup emerged from […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:51

Bolt adds $75M to its Series C, as the battle to rule...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/23

Bolt, a startup that offers online checkout technology to retailers, announced this morning that it has added $75 million to its Series C round, bringing the financing to a total of $125 million. WestCap and General Atlantic led the new tranche, which Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow told TechCrunch was raised at around twice its Series […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:11

OneTrust nabs $300M Series C on $5.1B valuation to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/22

OneTrust, the 4-year old privacy platform startup from the folks who brought you AirWatch (which was acquired by VMWare for $1.5B in 2014), announced a $300 million Series C on an impressive $5.1 billion valuation today. The company has attracted considerable attention from investors in a remarkably short time. It came out of the box […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:27

Silicon Valley should reward zebras, not unicorns

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/22

Unlike unicorn companies, zebras are lean, efficient and consistent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:10

Tap Network raises $4M for its customizable rewards...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/21

Tap Network is providing a new approach to loyalty rewards programs that it describes as “rewards as a service.” You may recognize the Tap Network name, as well as its co-founder and CEO Lin Dai, from Hooch, a startup that offered a drink-a-day subscription service before shifting focus to a broader rewards program. Dai told […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:01

BigID keeps rolling with $70M Series D on $1B valuation

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/21

BigID has been on the investment fast track, raising $94 million over three rounds that started in January 2018. Today, that investment train kept rolling as the company announced a $70 million Series D on a valuation of $1 billion. Salesforce Ventures and Tiger Global co-led the round with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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