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TechCrunch Startup News

Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who"s raising, who"s exiting, who"s changing the world.

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5:16

Index nabs $2.6M seed to create BI dashboards without...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/21

Index founders, Xavier Pladevall and Eduardo Portet, have been friends since they were small children in the Dominican Republic. Both came to college in the U.S., and last year the two decided to launch a startup to help non-technical users build business intelligence dashboards without coding. Today they get to keep building on that dream […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:55

Beam is building a web browser that gathers knowledge...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/21

Remember Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer? Those applications from the 1990s used emphatic metaphors in their names to talk about a simple task — browsing the web. Today, nobody would say that Google Chrome is a web explorer. Browsing the web has become an effortless — and often mindless —Â task. You grab your phone or […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:08

Trilo lets merchants offer rewards to customers...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/20

Open banking enables bank-to-bank payments, meaning that (in theory) merchants should be able to accept payments without having to hand over fees to Visa or Mastercard or other payment providers, such as Stripe. The challenge, however, isn’t just implementing open-banking based payments as a checkout option — there are are already a host of open […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:46

PearPop lets TikTok celebrities monetize by sharing...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/20

PearPop a new Los Angeles-based company, is on its way to racking up nearly 25,000 users in less than a month, and has already landed seed funding from the firm Rocket One Capital. The company’s premise is simple. Allow fans to bid for shared screen time with their favorite TikTok celebrities, and it’s one that’s […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:03

Singapore tech-based real estate agency Propseller...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/19

Propseller, a Singapore-based real estate agency that combines a tech platform with in-house agents to close transactions more quickly, announced today it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding. The round included investment from Iterative; Hustle Fund; XA Network; Rapzo Capital; Lazada co-founder Stein Jakabo; and Dot Property founder Ben Neve. Propseller also said “three […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:59

Datto sets initial IPO price range, indicating a...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/19

It was just a few weeks ago that Datto, what TechCrunch called a “backup and disaster recovery firm,” filed to go public. This week the firm set an initial range for its debut. The Vista Equity Partners -backed company was picked up by the private equity firm back in 2017. Vista is back in the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:38

Vivun announces $18M Series A to keep growing...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/16

Vivun’s co-founder and CEO, Matt Darrow used to run pre-sales at Zuora and he saw that pre-sales team members had a lot of insight into customers. He believed if he could capture that insight, it would turn into valuable data to be shared across the company. He launched Vivun to build upon that idea in […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:32

Small business payments and marketing startup...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/16

It’s a difficult time for small businesses — to put it mildly. AndÂ Fivestars CEO Victor Ho said that many of the big digital platforms aren’t really helping. Ho argued that those platforms — whether they offerÂ delivery services, user reviews or marketing tools — all have the same underlying model:Â “They seek to take over a small […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:30

WizVille Local Monitor helps small shops track Google...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/15

French startup WizVille is launching a new product called Local Monitor to help restaurant owners, haircut places, bakeries and all kinds of small shops track their Google Maps ratings and the ratings of their competitors. While there are plenty of ratings services to compare places around you, such as Foursquare, Yelp and Tripadvisor, Google Maps […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:47

M1 Finance closes $45M Series C mere months after it...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/15

Just months after it announced a $33 million Series B, Chicago-based M1 Finance today disclosed a $45 Series C. The new financing event was led by Left Lane Capital, the same investor that led M1’s Series B. Bear in mind that so-called inside rounds are now aÂ bullish sign in 2020, as opposed to in prior […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:26

Caliber, with $2.2 million in seed funding, launches...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/14

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the fitness space for a loop. Caliber, a startup that focuses on one-to-one personal training, is today launching a brand new digital coaching platform on the heels of a $2.2 million seed round led by Trinity Ventures. Caliber launched in 2018 with a content model, offering an email newsletter and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:16

Spendesk raises another $18 million for its corporate...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/14

French startup Spendesk has added $18 million to its Series B round. The company already raised $38.4 million as part of its Series B last year, which means that it raised $56.4 million as part of this round. Eight Roads Ventures is investing in today’s extension round. Spendesk, as the name suggests, focuses on all […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:02

Malaysian on-demand work platform GoGet lands $2...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/13

GoGet, a Malaysian on-demand work platform, announced today that it has raised a $2 million Series A led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. The platform currently has 20,000 gig workers, who are called “GoGetters,” and has onboarded 5,000 businesses, including Lazada Malaysia, IKEA Malaysia, Foodpanda and flower delivery service BloomThis. While Malaysia has other on-demand work […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:45

Quince launches out of beta with new...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/13

The retail landscape is shifting rapidly. While D2C brands have changed the way we shop, Quince is looking to change retail even more dramatically. The brand, which raised $8.5 million in seed funding last year (and only revealed as much today), is looking to rethink the supply chain with its own line of 700 items […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:18

Twilio is buying customer data startup Segment for...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/12

Sources have told TechCrunch that Twilio intends to acquire customer data startup Segment for between $3 and $4 billion. Forbes broke the story on Friday night, reporting a price tag of $3.2 billion. We have heard from a couple of industry sources that the deal is in the works and could be announced as early […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:47

YC grad DigitalBrain snags $3.4M seed to streamline...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/12

Most startup founders have a tough road to their first round of funding, but the founders of Digital Brain had it a bit tougher than most. The two young founders survived by entering and winning hackathons to pay their rent and put on food on the table. One of the ideas they came up with […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:30

Grid AI raises $18.6M Series A to help AI researchers...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/09

Grid AI, a startup founded by the inventor of the popular open-source PyTorch Lightning project, William Falcon, that aims to help machine learning engineers more efficiently, today announced that it has raised an $18.6 million Series A funding round, which closed earlier this summer. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Bain […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:17

Revolut lets you track your subscriptions, adds...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/09

Fintech startup Revolut has rolled out a handful of additional features over the past few days. The financial app lets you track all your subscriptions that you pay with your Revolut account or your card. In the U.S., Revolut is adding a savings bonus based on your purchasing habits. Finally, business customers can now order […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:06

Lydia partners with Tink to improve open banking...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/08

French fintech startup Lydia is going to work with financial API startup Tink for its open banking features in its app. Lydia started as a peer-to-peer payment app and now has 4 million users in Europe. Lydia’s vision has evolved to become a financial super app that lets you control your bank accounts and access […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:01

Zira raises $3.1M for its shift-scheduling service...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/10/08

This morning Zira raised $3.1 million in a seed round. The startup provides software that helps businesses schedule their hourly workforce in a more intelligent manner. Software often fails to reach non-information workers, so it’s nice to see a startup focus on a somewhat forgotten demographic. General Catalyst and Abstract Ventures led the round, which […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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