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TechCrunch Startup News

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4:29

Revolut raises $500 million at $5.5 billion valuation

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/25

Fintech startup Revolut is raising a large Series D round of funding. TCV is leading the $500 million round, valuing the company at $5.5 billion. Over the past few years, Revolut has raised $836 million in total. Some existing investors are also participating in today’s funding round, but Revolut isn’t sharing names. Previous investors include DST Global, Index Ventures, Balderton Capital and many others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:14

With cinnamon, fruit and mint-flavored nicotine gum,...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/25

With cinnamon, fruit and mint-flavored nicotine gum, is LA’s Lucy Goods the next Juul? David Renteln, the Los Angeles-based co-founder of Soylent and the co-founder and chief executive of new nicotine gum manufacturer Lucy Goods, thinks there should be a better-tasting, less-medicinal offering for people looking to quit smoking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:59

Fintech startups raised $34B in 2019

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/24

Financial services startups raised less money in 2019 than they did in 2018 as VC firms looked to back late stage firms and focused on developing markets, a new report has revealed. According to research firm CB Insights’ annual report published this week, fintech startups across the world raised $33.9 billion* in total last year across 1,912 deals*, down from $40.8 billion they picked up by participating in 2,049 deals the year before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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5:08

Tier Mobility, the European e-scooter rentals...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/24

Tier, the European e-scooter rentals startup that operates in 55 cities across 11 countries, has topped up its funding for the second time in four months. The Berlin-based company has extended its Series B round to over $100 million, up from $60 million disclosed in October. The additional capital is a mix of equity and debt financing provided by Moscow’s RTP Global, London’s Novator, and an unnamed U.S. debt fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:23

A group of ex-NSA and Amazon engineers are building a...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/21

Six months ago or thereabouts, a group of engineers and developers with backgrounds from the National Security Agency, Google and Amazon Web Services had an idea. Data is valuable for helping developers and engineers to build new features and better innovate. But that data is often highly sensitive and out of reach, kept under lock and key by red tape and compliance, which can take weeks to get approval. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:33

As Morgan Stanley buys ETrade, Robinhood preps social...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/21

Before it was worth $7.6 billion, the original idea for Robinhood was a stock trading social network. At my kitchen table in San Francisco in 2013, the founders envisioned an app for sharing hot tips to a feed complete with a leaderboard of whose predictions were most accurate. Once they had SEC approval, they pivoted towards the real money maker: letting people buy and sell stocks in the app, and pay to borrow cash to do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:10

Liquid Death raises $9M to make canned water cool

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/20

It sounds like Liquid Death has won over investors with its promise to “murder your thirst” — the startup is announcing that it’s raised $9 million in Series A funding. Liquid Death sells water in a tallboy aluminum can, and it’s expanding the lineup with a sparkling water can that it plans to start shipping in March. A 12-pack of either regular or sparkling mountain water currently costs $18.99 on the Liquid Death website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:36

BluBracket scores $6.5M seed to help secure code in...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/20

BluBracket, a new security startup from the folks who brought you Vera, came out of stealth today and announced a $6.5 million seed investment. Unusual Ventures led the round with participation by Point72 Ventures, SignalFire and Firebolt Ventures. The company was launched by Ajay Aurora and Prakash Linga, who until last year were CEO and CTO respectively at Auroa, a security company that helps companies secure documents by having the security profile follow the document wherever it goes. Learn more

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4:39

Twitter acquires Stories template maker Chroma Labs

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/19

Is “Twitter Stories” on the way? Or will we just get tools to send prettier tweets? Well now Twitter has the talent for both as it’s just acquihired Chroma Labs. Co-founded by Instagram Boomerang inventor John Barnett, Chroma Labs’ Chroma Stories app let you fill in stylish layout templates and frames for posting collages and more to Instagram Stories, Snapchat, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:01

Oyo’s revenue surged in FY19, but loss widened, too

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/19

Budget-lodging startup Oyo reported a loss of $335 million on $951 million revenue globally for the financial year ending March 31, 2019, and pledged to cut down on its spending as the India-headquartered startup grows more cautious about its aggressive expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:42

PullRequest snags remote developer hiring platform...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/18

PullRequest, a startup that provides code review as a service, announced today that it was buying Moonlight, an early stage startup that has built an online platform for hiring remote developers. The companies did not share the terms. Lyal Avery, founder and CEO at PullRequest, says that he bought this company to expand his range of services. “Our platform is at a place where we’re very confident about our ability to identify issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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6:28

Rippling starts billboard battle with Gusto

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/18

Remember when Zenefits imploded, and kicked out CEO Parker Conrad. Well, Conrad launched a new employee onboarding startup called Rippling, and now he’s going after another HR company called Gusto with a new billboard, “Outgrowing Gusto? Presto change-o.” The problem is, Gusto got it taken down by issuing a cease & desist order to Rippling and the billboard operator Clear Channel Outdoor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:45

The drunken HQ Trivia finale before it shut down was...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/17

“Not gonna lie. This f*cking sucks. This is the last HQ ever” yelled host Matt Richards . And it just got crazier from there.The farewell game of HQ Trivia before it shut down last night was a beautiful disaster. The hosts cursed, sprayed champagne, threatened to defecate on the homes of trolls in the chat window, and begged for new jobs. Imagine Jeopardy but Trebek is blacked-out. Yesterday HQ Trivia ran out of money, laid off its 25 employees, and shut down.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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5:27

HQ Trivia shuts down after acquisition falls through

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/17

HQ Trivia is dead. Today the company laid off its full staff of 25 and will cease operation of its trivia, sports, and word guessing games, a source close to the company confirmed. HQ Trivia had a deal in the works to be acquired, but they buyer pulled out yesterday and investors aren’t willing to fund it any longer, CEO and co-founder Rus Yusupov said in a statement attained by CNN Business’ Kerry Flynn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:06

Intuition Robotics raises $36M for its empathetic...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/14

Intuition Robotics, the company best known for its ElliQ robot, a digital home companion for the elderly, today announced that it has raised a $36 million Series B round co-led by SPARX Group and OurCrowd. Toyota AI Ventures, Sompo Holdings, iRobot, Union Tech Ventures, Happiness Capital, Samsung Next, Capital Point and Bloomberg Beta also participated in this round. This brings the total funding for the company, which was founded in 2016, to $58 million.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:44

Google closes $2.6B Looker acquisition

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/14

When Google announced that it was acquiring data analytics startup Looker for $2.6 billion, it was a big deal on a couple of levels. It was a lot of money and it represented the first large deal under the leadership of Thomas Kurian. Today, the company announced that deal has officially closed and Looker is part of the Google Cloud Platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:11

Reset Button is approaching student debt from a new...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/13

Student loan debt in the U.S. totals $1.5 trillion, and more than 44 million Americans have outstanding student loan debt. According to research by Jason Iuliano, Villanova law professor, a million student loan debtors have filed for bankruptcy in the past five years. However, 99.9 percent of them did not include their student loan debt in their bankruptcy filing.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:37

Ever Loved’s funeral marketplace undercuts undertakers

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/13

Fifty percent of families are scared they can’t cover the cost of a funeral. They end up overpaying because no one wants to comparison shop amidst a tragedy. That’s why ex-Googler Alison Johnston’s startup Ever Loved built a free funeral crowdfunding tool. Now it’s addressing one of the most expensive parts of saying goodbye: burial. Today Ever Loved launches its online marketplace for caskets, urns, headstones and memorial jewelry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:31

Impala raises $20 million to build the API of the...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/12

Impala has raised another round of funding just a few months after raising an $11 million Series A round. This time, the startup is raising a $20 million Series B round led by Lakestar. Latitude Ventures is also participating in the round. The company is building a service that works pretty much like Plaid, but for hotel rooms. The hotel industry relies on old school “property management systems” to manage rooms, room types, pricing, extras, taxes, etc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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6:47

Carta debuts fund to invest in startups that tap into...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2020/02/11

This morning Carta, a startup that helps private companies manage equity, announced it has created an investing vehicle called Carta Ventures. The well-funded unicorn wants to invest in young startups that it sees building off of its data-driven perspective into the world of private companies, helping to foster an ecosystem around its core products and services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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