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3:33

Attabotics raises a $50M Series C for its warehouse...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/18

The uptick in robotics funding continues this week with a big round for Calgary, Alberta’s Attabotics. The warehouse fulfillment startup announced a $50 million Series C, led — interestingly enough — by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, Canada’s largest pension plan. It’s a pretty hot moment for robotics and automation investing, as more industries […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:47

India’s OneCard credit card-maker FPL Technologies...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/18

A 20-month-old startup in India founded by a group of banking veterans that has built a mobile-first credit card and is improving the experience users have with credit cards has secured $10 million in a new financing round. Pune-based FPL Technologies’ $10 million Series A financing round was funded by Matrix Partners India, Sequoia Capital […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:15

AutoX launches its RoboTaxi service in Shanghai,...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/17

Autonomous vehicle startup AutoX announced the public launch of of its self-driving taxi service in Shanghai today. Called simply RoboTaxi, AutoX’s offering already faces competition from Didi, China’s largest ride-hailing platform, which launched its own robo-taxi pilot program in Shanghai at the end of June. AutoX’s RoboTaxis will first be available in Jiading District, starting […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:42

Root AI raises $7.2M seed round to deploy its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/17

By all accounts, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of robotics and automation by months, if not years. The reasons are fairly clear — robotics don’t call in sick, nor are they disease vectors in the same manner as their human counterparts. As food production and agriculture are looking to be among the biggest […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:16

Labster lands new cash to bring its virtual reality...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/14

You could Zoom call into your science class, or you could conduct a lab experiment in virtual reality. During the coronavirus pandemic, the latter has never felt more full of potential. The global need for learning solutions beyond Zoom is precisely why Labster, a Copenhagen-based startup that helps individuals engage in STEM lab scenarios using […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:03

Cube closes $5M Seed round to scale its financial...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/14

This morning Cube announced that it has closed a Seed round worth just over $5 million. The software startup, focused on financial planning and analysis (FP&A) work, raised $3.8 million of the total recently, with remaining $1.25 million having come in an earlier Pre-Seed round. Christina Ross, Cube’s CEO and founder, told TechCrunch that she […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:45

Gong raises another $200M on $2.2B valuation

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/13

For the third time since last February, Gong has raised a significant sum. In February, the company scored $40 million. In December, it grabbed another $65 million, and today it was $200 million on a $2.2 billion valuation. That’s a total of $305 million in less than 18 months. Coatue led today’s cash infusion with […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:15

Dog food startup Sundays launches its air-dried...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/13

Michael Waxman, co-founder and CEO of dog food startup Sundays, acknowledged that dog owners have no shortage of options when it comes to feeding their beloved pets — but he still thinks there’s room for something new. “There’s a sort of ‘Water everywhere, but not a drop to drink’ phenomenon,” Waxman said. “There are over […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:36

Adaptive Shield raises $4M for its SaaS security...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/12

Adaptive Shield, a Tel Aviv-based security startup, is coming out of stealth today and announcing its $4 million seed round led by Vertex Ventures Israel. The company’s platform helps businesses protect their SaaS applications by regularly scanning their various setting for security issues. The company’s co-founders met in the Israeli Defense Forces, where they were […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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12:00

Zin Boats reinvents the electric speedboat in a bid...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/12

The automotive industry is knee deep in the vast transition to electric, but one place where gas is still going strong is out on the water. Zin Boats wants to start what you might call a sea change by proving, as Tesla did before it, that an electric boat is not just better for the planet, it's better in almost every other way as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:07

Parsable scores $60M Series D as pandemic forces...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/11

It seems the pandemic has forced the business world to digitize faster, and the industrial sector is no different. Parsable, a San Francisco startup that is helping digitize industrial front line workers, announced a $60 million Series D today. Activate Capital and Glade Brook Capital Partners co-led the round. They got help from new investors […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:13

DoubleVerify says ad fraudsters are using public...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/11

The team at DoubleVerify, a company that helps advertisers eliminate fraud and ensure brand safety, said that it’s recently identified a new tactic used by ad fraudsters seeking to make money on internet-connected TVs. Senior Vice President of Product Management Roy Rosenfeld said that it’s harder for those fraudsters to create a legitimate-looking TV app […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:47

Sign up for the next Pitchers & Pitches competition...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/10

Here’s a shout out to all the early-stage founders attendingÂ Disrupt 2020. Don’t forget to register for our next Pitchers & Pitches — on August 13 — and get ready to hone your 60-second pitch to a razor’s edge. If you’re not in the know, our ongoing Pitchers and Pitches webinar series is a pitch-off-masterclass-mashup. It’s […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:11

Clean.io raises $5M to continue its battle against...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/10

Clean.io, a startup that helps digital publishers protect themselves from malicious ads, recently announced that it has raised $5 million in Series A funding. The Baltimore-based company isn’t the only organization promising to fight malvertising (such as ads that force visitors to redirect to another website). But as co-founder wrote Seth Demsey told me last […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:25

Crossbeam announces $25M Series B to keep growing...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/08/08

As sales teams partner with other companies, they go through a process called account mapping to find common customers and prospects. This is usually a highly manual activity tracked in spreadsheets. Crossbeam, a Philadelphia startup, has come up with a way to automate partnership data integration. Today the company announced a $25 million Series B […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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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