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TechCrunch Startup News

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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

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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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5:51

Cajoo promises grocery deliveries in 15 minutes

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/04

Meet Cajoo, a new French startup that has raised a $7.3 million (€6 million) funding round. The company wants to make it easier to order groceries from your phone and receive them 15 minutes later. It is launching in Paris today. “I left Bolt around mid-August and I’m launching a company with two co-founders focused […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:33

Beam raises $9.5 million to build a web browser that...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/04

Beam has raised a $9.5 million Series A round. The company is working on a new web browser that completely rethinks the way you start a web session and browse the web. The startup is founded by Dom Leca and Sébastien Métrot. Dom Leca previously worked on Sparrow, an email app with an opinionated design. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:41

Commuting platform startup Hip lands $12 million to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/03

Nearly a year ago, the spread of COVID-19 ended the daily commute for millions of Americans, an abrupt change that sent the ridesharing industry into a free fall. Hip, which connected commuters with third-party bus and shuttle operators via an app, was just one of the many mobility-as-a-service startups that watched its clientele and revenue […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:29

Alloy raises $4M to build out its e-commerce...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/03

Alloy Automation, a startup that was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort, announced today that it has closed $5 million across two rounds, the most recent of which brought $4 million to the company in October of 2020. The new funds were raised at a $16 million pre-money, $20 million post-money valuation, Alloy […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:15

Robinhood’s long weekend brings a total of $3.4...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/02

Popular, highly-scrutinized trading app Robinhood has raised $2.4 billion to its balance sheet from shareholders, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal and then confirmed by the company. The private startup raised $1 billion on Friday, meaning that it has raised $3.4 billion in a handful of days as it seeks to support a […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:28

Databricks raises $1B at $28B valuation as it reaches...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/02

Another hour, another billion-dollar round. That’s how February is kicking off. This time it’s Databricks, which just raised $1 billion Series G at a whopping $28 billion post-money valuation. Databricks is a data-and-AI focused company that interacts with corporate information stored in the public cloud. News of the new round began leaking last week. Franklin […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:10

Chefclub raises $17 million to expand its food media...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/01

French startup Chefclub announced earlier this week that it has raised a $17 million funding round led by First Bridge Ventures. SEB Alliance, the venture arm of kitchen appliance maker Groupe SEB, Korelya Capital and Algaé Ventures are also participating. Chefclub has been building a major media brand on social media platforms. It has attracted […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:49

Stock trading app Trade Republic expands to France

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/02/01

German startup Trade Republic is rolling out its app and service in France this week. This is a significant expansion move as Trade Republic has only been available in Germany and Austria so far. Trade Republic lets you buy and sell shares or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from your phone with low, transparent fees. The company […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:58

Storetasker revamps its Shopify developer marketplace

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/29

Storetasker is an online marketplace focused on connecting Shopify merchants with developers and other experts who can help grow their business. The product is now owned by the startup previously known as Lorem. Co-founder and COO Charlie Fogarty explained that while Lorem originally had a broader mission of connecting small businesses and developers, “We realized […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:40

Qualtrics prices IPO at $30 per share, above its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/29

Last night, Qualtrics priced its IPO at $30 per share, selling 50.4 million shares in the process. Notably, the company’s IPO price was harder to chase down than usual, with a formal press release in scarce supply. SEC filings indicate that the company “anticipate[s]” a price of $30 per share, and reports from media and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:42

Squarespace files privately to go public

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/28

Squarespace announced this afternoon that it is going public.Â The online website creation and hosting service is a venture-backed entity, having raised Series A and B rounds in 2010 and 2014, respectively. Those deals were worth a combined $78.5 million, according to Crunchbase data. But Squarespace is perhaps best known for its epic 2017-era $200 million […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:29

SAP is buying Berlin business process automation...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2021/01/28

Rumors have been flying this week that SAP was going to buy Berlin business process automation startup Signavio, and sure enough the company made it official today. The companies did not reveal the purchase price, but Bloomberg reported earlier this week that the deal could be worth $1.2 billion. With Signavio SAP gets a cloud […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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