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4:57

Overjet raises $7.85M for its dental-focused AI tech

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/03

Overjet, a startup focused on using AI to help dentists and insurance companies understand dental scans, today announced that it has raised $7.85 million in what it describes as a seed round. According to Overjet’s CEO Wardah Inam (an MIT PhD in electrical engineering and computer science), the company raised the funds from Crosslink Capital, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:40

Cisco to acquire internet monitoring solution...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/02

When Cisco bought AppDynamics in 2017 for $3.7 billion just before the IPO, the company sent a clear signal it wanted to move beyond its pure network hardware roots into the software monitoring side of the equation. Yesterday afternoon the company announced it intends to buy another monitoring company, this time snagging internet monitoring solution […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:30

Jeremy Conrad left his own VC firm to start a...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/01

When this editor first met Jeremy Conrad, it was in 2014, at the 8,000-square-foot former fish factory that was home to Lemnos, a hardware-focused venture firm that Conrad had cofounded three years earlier. Conrad —Â who as a mechanical engineering undergrad at MIT worked on self driving cars, drones and satellites — was still excited […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:46

Stackin’ raises $12.6M Series B to help millennials...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/01

Fintech’s funding boom for the past decade has led to a flurry of new consumer startups tackling a wide range of money-related issues, from saving apps to investing platforms. Should you download Robinhood, Stash, Public, Acorns, or Truebill? The fintech craze creates confusion for consumers when it comes to figuring out which startup is the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:42

BeeHero smartens up hives to provide ‘pollination as...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/29

Vast monoculture farms outstripped the ability of bee populations to pollinate them naturally long ago, but the techniques that have arisen to fill that gap are neither precise nor modern. Israeli startup BeeHero aims to change that by treating hives both as living things and IoT devices, tracking health and pollination progress practically in real […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:34

Wasabi announces $30M in debt financing as cloud...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/29

We may be in the thick of a pandemic with all of the economic fallout that comes from that, but certain aspects of technology don’t change no matter the external factors. Storage is one of them. In fact, we are generating more digital stuff than ever, and Wasabi, a Boston-based startup that has figured out […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:16

Gogoro unveils Eeyo, its new ebike brand

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/28

Gogoro, the mobility company best known for its SmartScooters, revealed details about its new ebike brand Eeyo today. Eeyo will launch with two lightweight models, both powered by the SmartWheel, a self-contained hub designed by the company that integrates motors, batteries, sensors and smart connectivity technology. Eeyo is the first product that Gogoro will introduce […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:53

Angling to be eyewear’s next big thing, Futuremood...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/28

Austin Soldner and Michael Schaecher, the co-founders of the new sunglasses brand Futuremood, met at the newly formed San Francisco research and development lab created by the high end audio tech developer Bose. The two were tasked with working on Bose’s sunglasses wearable and bonded over a shared interest in sneakers and fashion. Over many […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:27

LeverEdge wants to get you and your friends a volume...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/27

Student loans are both a trillion-dollar debt category and also one of the most popular mini-verticals out there in fintech startup investing right now. There are dozens if not hundreds of companies in the space, and they all mostly do one of two things: either they help students think through their student loan options before […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:43

AI is more data-hungry than ever, and DefinedCrowd...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/27

As AI has grown from niche to mission-critical technology, the companies that enable it have multiplied and in many cases prospered. A good example of that success is DefinedCrowd, which has gone from the Disrupt stage to globe-spanning AI toolkit to the Fortune 500 in just a couple years. The company just raised a new […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:05

Benepass raises $2.4 million to help employees get...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/26

Tax-advantaged benefits, like flexible spending accounts, can save employees in the United States thousands of dollars annually, and reduce the amount of payroll taxes companies pay. But those benefits are often underutilized, simply because they can be confusing to navigate. Benepass wants to make the process easier with a mobile app that centralizes all of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:23

Work collaboration unicorn Notion is blocked in China

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/25

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6:20

PathSpot sells a scanner that fact checks your...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/25

The novel coronavirus disease has reminded millions that handwashing is a great way to avoid preventable diseases. Christine Schindler, the CEO and co-founder of PathSpot, has been preparing for the past three months for the past three years. “I’ve been obsessed with handwashing,” Schindler said, who has a background in biomedical engineering and public health. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:09

Statespace, the platform that trains gamers, raises...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/22

Statespace has today raised a $15 million Series A financing round led by Khosla, with partner Samir Kaul joining the board. Existing investors, such as FirstMark Capital, Lux and Expa, also participated in the round, as well as newcomer June Fund. Statespace launched out of stealth in 2017 with a product called Aim Lab, which […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:01

Algolia gets a new CEO as founder steps down

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/22

Search-as-a-service startup Algolia is announcing some changes at the helm of the startup. Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Dessaigne is transitioning to a non-operational role at the company. He’ll still be a board member, but Bernadette Nixon is joining the company to take on the CEO position. Algolia is building a search engine API. The company […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:22

The future of flight can be energy-efficient

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/21

Can eVTOL vehicles be green? Specifically, can eVTOL vehicles be more energy-efficient than cars? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:00

FireHydrant lands $8M Series A for disaster...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/20

When I spoke to Robert Ross, CEO and co-founder at FireHydrant last week, we had a technology adventure. First the audio wasn’t working correctly on Zoom, then Google Meet. Finally we used cell phones to complete the interview. It was like a case study in what FireHydrant is designed to do — help companies manage […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:21

Buzzy Ethereum wallet app Argent comes out of stealth

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/20

Argent is launching the first public version of its Ethereum wallet for iOS and Android. The company has been available as a limited beta for a few months with a few thousand users. But it has already raised a seed and a Series A round with notable investors, such as Paradigm, Index Ventures, Creandum and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:29

Notion drops usage limit on its personal free tier

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/19

Notion, a popular note-taking and wiki-creation app, revamped their personal pricing plans today stripping many of the user limitations from the free tier, bringing it on par with the functionality offered by the $5 per month paid plan of yore. The company’s previous free tier had a fairly low usage limit (1,000 “blocks,” which are […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:04

Electric gets another $7 million in funding from 01...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/05/19

Electric, the platform that puts the IT department in the cloud, has today announced new funding following a continuation of its Series B earlier this year. Dick Costolo and Adam Bain (01 Advisors) and the Slack Fund participated in the $7 million capital infusion. 01 Advisors put up the majority of the financing ($6 million) […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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