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TechCrunch Startup News

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8:19

What Q2 fundraising data tells us about the rest of 2020

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/07

If the current level of interest represents the new normal for VCs, we expect it to only increase as we enter the fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:33

PandaDoc announces second Series B extension worth $30M

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/06

PandaDoc, the startup that provides a fully digital sales document workflow from proposal to electronic signature to collecting payment, announced a $30 million Series B extension today, making it the the second such extension the company has taken since taking its original $15 million Series B in 2017. The total for the three B investments […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:01

Krisp snags $5M A round as demand grows for its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/06

Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech, which silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls, arrived just in time. The company got out in front of the global shift to virtual presence, turning early niche traction has into real customers and attracting a shiny new $5 million series A funding round to expand and diversify […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:40

YC-backed Statiq wants to bootstrap India’s EV...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/05

Electric vehicles (EVs) are spreading throughout the world. While Tesla has drawn the most attention in the United States with its luxurious and cutting-edge cars, EVs are becoming a mainstay in markets far away from the environs of California. Take India for instance. In the local mobility market, two- and three-wheel vehicles are starting to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:32

Intercom hires a CFO as it ramps towards an IPO

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/05

Today Intercom announced that it has hired a chief financial officer (CFO) as it ramps towards an IPO. The unicorn also promoted its COO to the CEO role earlier this year. The company’s recent CEO, Karen Peacock, told TechCrunch that her new CFO Dan Griggs was a strong candidate thanks to his experience helping take […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:08

EventGeek relaunches as Circa to help marketers...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/04

EventGeek was a Y Combinator-backed startup that offered tools to help large enterprises manage the logistics of their events. So with the COVID-19 pandemic essentially eliminating large-scale conferences, at least in-person, it’s not exactly surprising that the company had to reinvent itself. Today, EventGeek relaunched as Circa, with a new focus on virtual events. founder […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:16

Cisco acquires Modcam to make Meraki smart camera...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/03

As the Internet of Things, proliferates, security cameras are getting smarter. Today, these devices have machine learning capability that help the camera automatically identify what it’s looking at — for instance an animal or a human intruder? Today, Cisco announced that it’s acquired Swedish startup Modcam and making it part of its Meraki smart camera […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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13:50

Recruiting for diversity in VC

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/03

Dan Miller Contributor Share on Twitter Dan is a Partner at True Search where he leads the firm's Investment Professional practice, having worked with many top VC & PE firms in their senior hiring efforts. Like many industries with a high concentration of wealth — and the careers that help professionals accumulate it — investment […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:27

Are option grants promoting gender and racial inequity?

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/31

I want to believe that companies that promise racial and gender equity in compensation make it happen, but not all do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:15

Point wants to provide credit card rewards with debit...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/31

Point, a new challenger bank in the U.S., is launching publicly today with an invite system. While Point is technically providing a bank account, the company focuses on rewards associated with a debit card. “I started Point as a solution about everything that is frustrating and complicated about credit cards. The incentives between credit card […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:35

Singapore-based Volopay wants to be the “Brex of...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/30

Small- to medium-sized companies that do a lot of international business have to deal with two big headaches: high foreign exchange fees and corporate expense tracking. Volopay, a Singapore-based financial tech startup with offices in Bangalore, wants to help by integrating prepaid multi-currency corporate cards, expense tracking and accounting tools into one free-to-use platform. Volopay […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:59

Explorium reels in $31M Series B as data discovery...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/30

In a world with growing amounts of data, finding the right set for a particular machine learning model can be a challenge. Explorium has created a platform to make that an easier task, and today the startup announced a $31 million Series B. The round was led by Zeev Venture with help from Dynamic Loop, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:46

Y Combinator Demo Day to remain virtual and will be...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/29

After feedback from the investor and founder communities, Y Combinator is making a change to how it does Demo Days in a remote world. The accelerator announced today that it will keep its two-day Demo Day virtual, but instead of offering pre-recorded pitches on-demand, the entire program will be streamed live. In an e-mail, Y […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:56

YC alum Paragon snags $2.5M seed for low-code app...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/29

Low-code is a hot category these days. It helps companies build workflows or simple applications without coding skills, freeing up valuable engineering resources for more important projects. Paragon, a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort, announced a $2.5 million seed round today for its low-code application integration platform. Investors include Y Combinator, Village […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:36

ClimaCell raises $23M Series C for its weather...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/28

ClimaCell, the weather forecasting and intelligence service that is using a number of interesting new techniques to gather weather data, today announced that it has raised a $23 million Series C round co-led by new investor Pitango Growth and existing investor Square Peg Captial. With this new round, the Boston- and TelAviv-based company’s total funding […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:39

Investments in bioproducts surge as Geltor nabs new...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/28

The manufacturer of a vegan collagen, Geltor, has raised a new round of financing — $90 million, according to people familiar with the company. It’s another sign of the newfound viability of sustainability and cell-based, vegetarian replacements for animal products. Sustainable bio-products, whether plant-based, genetically modified or cell-cultured, are having a big year. In the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:49

cargo.one gets $18.6M to take its air freight booking...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/27

Berlin -based cargo.one, which runs a marketplace for booking air freight, has closed an $18.6 million Series A round of funding led by Index Ventures. Next47 and prior backers Creandum, Lufthansa Cargo and Point Nine Capital also participated in the round, along with a number of angel investors — including Tom Stafford of DST Global […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:26

Revolut extends Series D round to $580 million with...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/27

Fintech startup Revolut just announced that it has raised $80 million as part of its Series D round that it had already announced in February. The new influx of funding comes from TSG Consumer Partners. In February, Revolut raised a $500 million led by TCV at a $5.5 billion valuation. Today’s new funding extends that […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:52

This startup reworked its privacy-friendly sensors to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/24

One little-known home and retail automation startup might seem like an unlikely candidate to help combat the ongoing pandemic. But its founder says its technology can do just that, even if it wasn’t the company’s original plan. Butlr, a spin-out of the MIT Media Lab, uses a mix of wireless, battery-powered hardware and artificial intelligence […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:35

iObeya raises $17M to digitize management planning...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/07/24

As we move deeper into the pandemic, companies are looking for ways to digitize processes that previously required in-person meetings with manual approaches. Investors appear to be rewarding companies who can achieve this. iObeya, a French company that helps digitize management planning processes like lean and agile, announced a $17 million Series A today. Red […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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