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TechCrunch Startup News

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5:21

Immutouch wristband buzzes to stop you touching your...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/10

In the age of coronavirus, we all have to resist the urge to touch our faces. It’s how the virus can travel from doorknobs or other objects to your mucus membranes and get you sick. Luckily, a startup called Slightly Robot had already developed a wristband to stop another type of harmful touching — trichotillomania, a disorder that compels people to pull out their hair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:24

SaaS stocks drop over 8%, reaching bear-market territory

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/10

Today was an awful day for the stock market, with global and domestic equities falling sharply as the world digested a collapse in oil prices, and yet another weekend of the spread of COVID-19. All major U.S. indices were down, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling the least of the three, slipping a comparatively modest 7.29%, to 7,950.68 on the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:41

Crypto wallet app ZenGo launches savings mode

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/09

ZenGo is expanding beyond the basic features of a cryptocurrency wallet —letting you hold, send and receive crypto assets. You can now set aside some of your crypto assets to earn interests. In other words, ZenGo now also acts like a savings account. The company has partnered with two DeFi projects for the new feature. DeFi means “decentralized finance”, and it has been a hot trend in the cryptocurrency space.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:40

New funding round values catering marketplace Hungry...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/09

Hungry, a catering marketplace that connects businesses with independent chefs, announced this week that it has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Hungrytells me that the funding valued the company at more than $100 million (pre-money). The investors were also pretty impressive: The round was led by Evolution VC Partners and former Whole Foods co-CEO Walter Robb, who’s joining the startup’s board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:14

Spindrift, maker of fizzy drinks, has raised $29.8...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/06

Spindrift, maker of fizzy soda and sparkling water, has raised $29.8 million in a funding round, per an SEC filing. The Charlestown, Mass. company was founded by Bill Creelman and has raised $70 million in known venture capital funding to date, per Crunchbase data. The company did not immediately respond to request for comment. Previous investors in the fizzy drink company include Almanac Insights, KarpReilly, Prolong Ventures, VMG Partners and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:27

Nvidia acquires data storage and management platform...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/06

Nvidia today announced that it has acquired SwiftStack, a software-centric data storage and management platform that supports public cloud, on-premises and edge deployments. The company’s recent launches focused on improving its support for AI, high-performance computing and accelerated computing workloads, which is surely what Nvidia is most interested in here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:37

This bathroom cleaning robot is trained in VR to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/05

This bathroom cleaning robot is trained in VR to clean up after you You’ve no doubt heard about the three Ds of automation. Somatic’s robot handily qualifies for two. I’d say “dangerous” is probably a bit of a stretch here, but the robot is well-focused on replacing a job that’s generally regarded as both “dirty” and “dull. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:53

DocSend’s new pre-seed data shows how many founders...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/05

DocSend has become one of the most popular tools for sharing venture fundraise decks, not only because of the control it offers, but also because of the analytics it can provide founders on how VCs read decks and where they might get stuck as they are perusing from slide to slide. The company has been generous sharing its data with us on what times are best to fundraise and how to structure a slide deck for best performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:20

WellSet is doing a limited launch in Los Angeles of...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/04

WellSet is doing a limited launch in Los Angeles of its alternative medicine booking platform Alternative and holistic healthcare seekers in the Los Angeles area have a new service they can turn to in WellSet, the listing platform that launched on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:57

Podium rolls out payments for its customer-focused...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/04

Podium, a Utah-based SaaS company focused on small business customer interactions, added payments technology to its product suite today. The move accretes a new income stream to the company’s quickly growing annual recurring revenue (ARR). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:44

Le Wagon raises $19 million to build a global coding...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/03

French startup Le Wagon has raised its first round of funding after many years of bootstrapping. The company closed a $19 million funding round (€17 million) a few months ago. Cathay Capital is leading the round with AfricInvest also participating. “We’ve always bootstrapped since 2013 and we’ve always been profitable since day one,” Le Wagon co-founder and COO Romain Paillard told me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:52

mParticle raises $45M to help marketers unify...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/03

mParticle, which helps companies like Spotify, Paypal and Starbucks umanage their customer data, is announcing that it has raised $45 million in Series D funding.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:52

End Game, the startup behind Zombs Royale, raises $3M

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/02

End Game Interactive CEO Yang C. Liu has a refreshingly straightforward description of what he and his co-founder Luke Zbihlyj are up to: “We’re just building games. And to be honest, we don’t know what we’re doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:43

Notivize makes it easier for non-technical teams to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/03/02

A new startup called Notivize aims to give product teams direct access to one of their most important tools for increasing user engagement — notifications. The company has been testing the product with select customers since last year and says it has already sent hundreds of thousands of notifications. And this week, it announced that it has raised $500,000 in seed funding led by Heroic Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:09

Indian research firm Convergence Catalyst is ready...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/28

A 9-year-old is smashing the shuttle far and wide, and frantically pacing back and forth on the court in Bangalore, India, as her competition refuses to back down. Her rival is not a human. She is playing against a machine that is mimicking the game of badminton legend P.V. Sindhu, toned down a few notches to adjust for the age difference. By the court, her father, Jayanth Kolla, is watching the game and taking notes. Kolla is a familiar name in the tech startup and business ecosystem in

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4:24

Salesforce grabs Vlocity for $1.33B, a startup with...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/28

It’s been a big news day for Salesforce . It announced that Co-CEO Keith Block would be stepping down, and that it had acquired Vlocity for $1.33 billion in an all-cash deal. It’s no coincidence that Salesforce targeted this startup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:39

Chicago’s M1 Finance, a consumer-focused fintech...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/27

Eagle-eyed readers will recall that we mentioned M1 Finance earlier today in our look at a few trends in the fintech industry. We’re back with the firm this afternoon as it has a bit of news that’s worth discussing. Chicago-based M1 Finance announced today that it has reached the $1 billion assets under management mark, or AUM. Reaching AUM thresholds provides useful milestones that we can use to track the progress of various players in the fintech and finservices worlds. Learn more about your ad

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6:53

Vice President Mike Pence will lead the US response...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/27

In an early-evening press conference, President Donald Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to lead the U.S. response to the COVID-19 outbreak that has spread through Europe, Asia and Latin America. The new coronavirus strain, which has infected about 81,000 people around the world and killed 3,000, has already wrought havoc on the global economy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned yesterday that the U.S. will likely not be able to escape the spread of the virus. Learn more

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6:24

New York’s BounceX reaches $100M ARR, rebrands

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/26

Welcome to the $100 million ARR club, BounceX. This morning (evening, timezone depending), BounceX, a New York-based marketing technology startup, announced that it has reached the $100 million annual recurring revenue (ARR) threshold, adding its name to our running list of companies that have crossed over into nine-figure revenue while remaining private. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:26

Startup malaise, startup ambition

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/26

Recapped. Layoffs. Slowdown. CEO transition. Budget cuts. Downsizing. In spite of a spate of massive startup exits the last few months, culminating in fintech’s shining moment yesterday with Intuit’s $7.1 billion acquisition of Credit Karma, it’s been a tough period for the startup world. Layoffs abound, centered perhaps on SoftBank’s Vision Fund portfolio but hardly exclusive to it. Startups, both infamous and unheard of, are shutting their doors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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