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TechCrunch Startup News

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4:07

Fantasy startup Esports One raises $4M more

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/04

Esports One, a startup bringing the fantasy approach to esports, is announcing that it has raised an additional $4 million in funding. When I first wrote about Esports One in April, co-founder and COO Sharon Winter described it as the first “all-in-one fantasy platform” in the esports world, allowing you to research players, create fantasy […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:17

YC-backed Heru raises $1.7M to build software...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/04

Given the attention that TechCrunch pays to Y Combinator’s Demo Days, we also try to keep tabs on the same startups as they scale and raise more capital. Yesterday we covered YC Winter 2020 participant BuildBuddy, for example. Today we’re taking a look at Heru, a startup based in Mexico City that is announcing a […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:21

Wellory raises $4.5M for its ‘anti-diet’ nutrition app

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/03

Wellory, a startup that bills itself as taking an “anti-diet approach” to nutrition and wellness, is announcing that it has raised $4.2 million in funding. The round was led by Story Ventures, with participation from Harlem Capital, Tinder co-founders Sean Rad and Justin Mateen, Ground Up Ventures, NBA Player Wayne Ellington, Hannah Bronfman and others. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:28

Eat Just to sell lab-grown meat in Singapore after...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/02

Eat Just will start offering lab-grown chicken meat in Singapore after gaining regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). The cell-cultured chicken will eventually be produced under Eat Just’s new GOOD Meat brand through partnerships with local manufacturers and go on sale to restaurants before it is available to consumers. No chickens were killed […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:49

Loop Team wants to give remote workers an in-office feel

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/02

As we’ve moved to work from home during the pandemic, it’s been challenging for remote workers to feel connected. Loop Team, a new entrant into the enterprise communications space, thinks the way we are communicating needs improvement. That’s why the startup is releasing Loop Team today, a tool that is trying to use software to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:22

Salut raises $1.25M for its virtual fitness service

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/01

This morning Salut, an app-based service that allows fitness trainers to host classes virtually, announced that it has raised $1.25 million in a new financing event. The round was led by Charles Hudson, an investor at Precursor Ventures. Founder Matthew DiPietro, formerly of Twitch, told TechCrunch that Salut soft-launched in mid-September, with a wider release […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:32

Vista acquires Gainsight for $1.1B, adding to its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/12/01

Vista Equity Partners hasn’t been shy about scooping up enterprise companies over the years, and today it added to a growing portfolio with its purchase of Gainsight.Â The company’s software helps clients with customer success, meaning it helps create a positive customer experience when they interact with your brand, making them more likely to come […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:01

Materialize scores $40 million investment for SQL...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/30

Materialize, the SQL streaming database startup built on top of the open source Timely Dataflow project, announced a $32 million Series B investment today led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Lightspeed Ventures. While it was at it, the company also announced a previously unannounced $8 million Series A from last year that had been […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:16

There’s no ‘hacker house’ geared toward undergraduate...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/30

Hacker houses are making a comeback for entrepreneurs as remote work drags on. While founders are adapting to quarantine in style, a group of college women in their 20s aren’t waiting until they are done with undergraduate to plunge into the lifestyle themselves. Started by college juniors Coco Sack and Kendall Titus, Womxn Ignite is […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:34

Cast.ai nabs $7.7M seed to remove barriers between...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/27

When you launch an application in the public cloud, you usually put everything on one provider, but what if you could choose the components based on cost and technology and have your database one place and your storage another? That’s what Cast.ai says that it can provide, and today it announced a healthy $7.7 million […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:44

WeGift, the ‘incentive marketing’ platform, collects...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/26

WeGift, the London-based startup that has built an “incentive marketing” platform that lets businesses easily issue e-gift cards and other digital rewards to customers, has raised $8 million in new funding. Dubbed a Series A extension, the round is led by AlbionVC. Existing investors including Stride.vc, SAP.iO fund and Unilever Ventures also followed on. Following […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:40

Coinbase disables margin trading following guidance...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/25

Just a few months after launching margin trading on Coinbase Pro, the company is disabling the feature. Margin trading lets you trade on leverage. But it works both ways — margin trading lets you multiply your gains and your losses. Starting on November 25, 2pm PT, users won’t be able to place new margin trades. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:34

Dija, a new delivery startup from former Deliveroo...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/25

Dija, a new U.K. based startup founded by senior former Deliveroo employees, is closing in on $20 million funding, TechCrunch has learned. According to multiple sources, the round, which has yet to close, is being led by Blossom Capital, the early stage venture capital firm founded by ex-Index and LocalGlobe VC Ophelia Brown. It’s not […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:38

N26 launches mid-tier subscription plan for €4.90 per...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/24

Challenger bank N26 is adding a third subscription product called N26 Smart. N26 Smart is designed to be a mid-tier subscription plan with advanced banking features but without a travel insurance package. In Europe, in addition to the free plan, N26 already provides two subscription tiers called N26 You and N26 Metal. N26 You costs […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:10

Serenade snags $2.1M seed round to turn speech into code

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/24

Several years ago Serenade co-founder Matt Wiethoff was a developer at Quora when he was diagnosed with a severe repetitive stress injury to his hand and couldn’t code. He and co-founder Tommy MacWilliam decided to use AI to create a tool that let him speak the code instead and Serenade was born. Today, the company […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:55

Onit acquires legal startup McCarthyFinch to inject...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/23

Onit, a workflow software company based in Houston with a legal component, announced this week that it has acquired 2018 TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield alum McCarthyFinch.Â Onit intends to use the startup’s AI skills to beef up its legal workflow software offerings. The companies did not share the purchase price. After evaluating a number of companies […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:01

Wish files to go public with 100M monthly actives,...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/23

This morning Wish, a well-known mobile ecommerce startup, filed to go public. It joins Affirm, Airbnb, and Roblox in filing this week as many well-known and valuable private companies look to debut before the year ends and the holidays start. Wish’s S-1 (which is filed under its corporate name ContextLogic) is of particular interest given […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:02

FireEye acquires Respond Software for $186M,...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/20

The security sector is ever frothy and acquisitive. Just last week Palo Alto Networks grabbed Expanse for $800 million. Today it was FireEye’s turn snagging Respond Software, a company that helps customers investigate and understand security incidents, while reducing the need for highly trained and scarce security analysts. The deal has closed, according to the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:08

Lime touts a 2020 turnaround and 2021 profitability

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/20

Micromobility company Lime says it has moved beyond the financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching a milestone that seemed unthinkable earlier this year. In short, the company is now largely profitable. Lime said it was both operating cash flow positive and free cash flow positive in the third quarter — a first — […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:04

ZenBusiness snags $55M Series B for its incorporation...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/11/19

Starting a small company used to be simple. Get some space on Main Street, put out a shingle, and begin plying your trade. Then the regulatory state came, and so did the internet. Now, entrepreneurs have to apply for licenses — sometimes multiple licenses in multiple states — and also handle all the intricacies of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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