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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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5:25

Conversa Health raises $12M Series B for its digital...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/11

It’s no surprise that the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the digital health space and so it’s also no surprise that a lot of the startups in this area are currently getting funded. Conversa Health, a Portland, Oregon-based startup that provides a virtual care and communication platform for personalized healthcare, is among these startups. The company […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:55

Vendr raises $4M from David Sacks’s Craft Ventures to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/11

When TechCrunch last checked in with the Y Combinator-backed Vendr in October, the company had just raised $2 million, and was crowing about its profitability. Profitable seed-stage companies aren’t super common, so the startup stood out. Today Vendr is back with more news, namely that it has raised $4 million more, this time led by […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:54

Flatfile scores $7.6M seed investment to simplify...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/10

One of the huge challenges companies like enterprise SaaS vendors face with new customers is getting customer data into their service. It’s a problem that Flatfile founders faced first hand in their jobs, and they decided to solve it. Today, the company announced a healthy $7.6 million seed investment to expand on that vision. The […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:35

Yugabyte lands $30M Series B as open source database...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/10

It’s been a big period of positive change for Yugabyte, makers of the open source, cloud native YugabyteDB database. Just last month they brought on former Pivotal CEO Bill Cook as CEO, and today the company announced it has closed a $30 million Series B. 8VC and strategic investor WiPro led the round with participation […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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16:17

Acceleprise announces 26 SaaS startups from its trio...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/09

The TechCrunch crew has worked to keep tabs on this year’s startup accelerator classes. Conventional wisdom in startup land states that great companies are founded during more trying economic times. Well, a recession was declared yesterday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. We should, therefore, see some breakout startups in the next few years. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:15

Portobel turns food producers into direct-to-consumer...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/09

A startup called Portobel is working to help food producers shift their businesses so that they can support direct-to-consumer deliveries. Portobel is backed by Heroic Ventures and led by Ranjith Kumaran, founder or co-founder of file-sharing company Hightail (acquired by OpenText) andÂ loyalty startup PunchTab (acquired by Walmart Labs). Kumaran told me that he and his […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:33

France refines its plan to support startups

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/08

A few days ago, the French government detailed different measures as part of its support plan for startups. France already announced a $4.3 billion (€4 billion) plan back in March. The new announcements are more about refining and adding some additional measures. The French government wanted to act quickly when it made its initial announcement […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:15

Zigazoo launches to be a ‘TikTok’ for kids, surpasses...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/08

Like many parents, Zigazoo founder Zak Ringelstein worries about his children’s screen time. His worries only grew when COVID-19 led to school shutdowns and kids came home to a world of remote learning. Now, as lockdowns extend, Ringelstein is learning to embrace screen time as a way to sneak education and entertainment into his kids’ […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:32

Searchable.ai nabs additional $4M seed to continue...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/05

Searchable.ai is an early-stage startup in the alpha phase of testing its initial product, but it has an idea compelling enough to attract investment, even during a pandemic. Today the company announced an additional $4 million in seed capital to continue building its AI-driven search solution. Susquehanna International Group and Omicron Media co-led the round […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:16

Cowboy releases updated e-bike with new carbon belt

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/05

Electric-bike maker Cowboy has released a new iteration of its bike, the Cowboy 3. It’s a relatively small update that should make the experience better for newcomers. The first orders will be delivered at the end of July and the Cowboy 3 is now slightly more expensive at €2,290 or £1,990 ($2,500). The bike still […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:49

NetApp to acquire Spot (formerly Spotinst) to gain...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/04

When Spotinst rebranded to Spot in March, it seemed big changes were afoot for the startup, which originally helped companies find and manage cheap infrastructure known as spot instances (hence its original name). We had no idea how big at the time. Today, NetApp announced plans to acquire the startup. The companies did not share […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:23

What the last 2 months of fundraising tells us about...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/04

There is just as much capital ready to deploy, and just as much investor interest, as there was earlier this year, but founders are still adjusting to new market conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:34

Lili raises $10M for its freelancer banking app

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/06/03

Lili, a startup building banking products to meet the needs of freelance workers, is announcing that it has raised $10 million in seed funding. The startup takes its name from its founders, CEO Lilac Bar David and CTO Liran Zelkha, who previously foundedÂ Israeli challenger bank Pepper. Bar David told me that while many neobanks have […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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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