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TechCrunch Startup News

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4:41

Video news startup Brut raises $40M, officially...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/31

Digital media startup Brut is announcing that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding. The money will be used, in part, to finance its launch in the United States. CEO Guillaume Lacroix said that that he and his co-founders all come from the French TV industry, where they were all “frustrated not to be able to follow up the conversation on social. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:34

Webiny announces $347K seed to build open source...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/31

Webiny, a London startup developing a serverless content management system, announced a $347,000 (£247,000) seed round today led by EU investment firm Episode 1. Webiny founder Sven Al Hamad says that Webiny is the first full-feature content management built for a serverless environment. “That means that we built Webiny from the ground up, and architected it so it works only inside serverless functions,” he said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:26

Quip wants to help you floss

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/30

Quip, the dental care startup that first went to market with electric toothbrushes, has launched its first product outside of brushes:a floss applicator with a refillable canister. The floss costs $20 for the metallic applicator and refills cost $5. Each string is pre-marked every 18 inches to help guide people to use that amount for each session. The floss has been in the works since before Quip officially launched its toothbrush, Quip CEO Simon Enever told TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad

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5:15

Shadow announces new plans for its cloud gaming platform

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/29

Blade, the French startup behind Shadow, held a press conference this morning to announce some product news as well as some corporate changes. Shadow is a cloud computing service for gamers. For a monthly subscription fee, you can access a gaming PC in a data center near you. Compared to other cloud gaming services, Shadow provides a full Windows 10 instance. You can install anything you want, Steam, Photoshop or Word. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:39

Less than 2 weeks left for early bird savings to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/29

Entrepreneurs, founders, investors and all startup fans in between — take heed. The days for saving serious dough on tickets to Disrupt Berlin 2019areseriously numbered. Right now, early bird pricing starts at €445 + VAT and, depending on the type of pass you purchase, you can save up to €500. But this bird takes flight for parts unknown on 8 November at 11:59 p.m. (CEST). Get serious, beat the deadline and save. Buy your early bird pass to Disrupt Berlin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:25

Welcome to the Jungle raises $22.3 million to make...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/28

French startup Welcome to the Jungle has raised a new $22.3 million funding round (€20 million). The startup is both a media company and a tech startup that wants to empower tech companies when it comes to recruitment. It doesn’t find the right candidate for you, it helps you get exposure, track application and facilitate onboarding. Gaia Capital Partners is leading the round with existing investors Bpifance, XAnge and Jean-Paul Guisset also participating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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2:58

Medium says it will compensate writers based on...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/25

Medium is announcing significant changes to its Partner Program, where subscribers pay for access to exclusive content, and the revenue gets split with writers. The biggest change is that writers will now be compensated based “primarily” on reading time, rather than claps. In a post, Medium’s Emma Smith describes reading time as “a closer measure of quality and resonance with readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:08

Swiftmile will become the ‘gas station’ for electric...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/25

Anyone who has tried to ride an electric scooter knows the likelihood of finding one with a charged battery is quite low. Swiftmile, which just landed a contract with the city of Austin, supplies cities and private operators with docks equipped to park and charge both scooters and e-bikes. What Swiftmile offers serves as a win for operators, riders and cities alike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:27

A bike lover’s take on the Cowboy e-bike

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/24

Electric-bike maker Cowboy recently let me spend a couple of weeks with one of their e-bikes. It’s a well-designed e-bike that makes biking effortless, even if you’re going uphill. Cowboy is a Brussels-based startup. The company raised a $3 million seed round a couple of years ago and an $11.1 million (€10 million) Series A round last year. The company designs e-bikes from scratch. Components feel more integrated than in a normal e-bike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:27

Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/23

Databricks is a SaaS business built on top of a bunch of open source tools, and apparently it’s been going pretty well on the business side of things. In fact, the company claims to be one of the fastest growing enterprise cloud companies ever. Today the company announced a massive $400 million Series F funding round on a hefty $6.2 billion valuation. Today’s funding brings the total raised to almost a $900 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:42

YellowHeart allows musicians and concert organizers...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/22

YellowHeart is trying to solve a problem that should be familiar to anyone who’s ever tried to buy a ticket to a popular concert: Those tickets will often get snatched up by scalpers, who then resell them at a much higher price. In fact, the startup’s CEO, Josh Katz, said he founded the company because he’s a music “megafan” himself, and he was “just tired of getting ripped off by scalpers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:46

Tilting Point acquires game monetization startup Gondola

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/21

Tilting Point announced yesterday that it has acquired Gondola, a company that aims to increase to improve game monetization by optimizing in-game offers and video ads. Tilting Point CEO Kevin Segalla described his company’s model as “progressive publishing” — usually, mobile game developers starting working with Tilting Point because they need help with user acquisition, and then develop a deeper publishing relationship over time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:42

The Information will launch Ticker, a tech news app...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/18

Since it was founded by journalist Jessica Lessin in 2013, The Information has stood out in the tech news landscape for its focus on an ad-free, subscription-driven business model (a focus that seems increasingly prescient). Now, the upcoming launch of an app called Ticker suggests that the company is looking to expand its audience while maintaining that subscription model. The Information describes Ticker as its first consumer app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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4:07

&Open helps businesses distribute gifts to reward...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/17

&Open is a startup with an unusual name, and one that fills an unusual niche in the business world. It has built a gift giving platform, so that businesses can reward loyalty with a small token of appreciation. The gift depends on the business and the circumstances, but it could be something like a book or a tea towel and a recipe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:38

Interior design startup Havenly raises $32 million

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/16

Interior design platform Havenly is raising $32 million in new funding to create its first private label brand as the startup aims to integrate its own products into its design recommendation engine. The Denver-based startup is an online interior design consultancy of sorts that pairs with expert designers users looking to redesign their homes or apartments. For Havenly, there have been two sides of the business, commercial partnerships with vendors and the paid design services for users. Learn

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2:21

Opendoor appoints CFO, CPO

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/15

Opendoor has named Gautam Gupta its chief financial officer and chief business offer, critical roles as the business continues to alter the way in which homes are bought and sold. Uber’s former head of finance, Gupta joined the $3.8 billion home-selling platform as its chief operating officer in 2017. The company, which has raised more than $4 billion in debt and equity funding to date, is announcing several new hires this morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:37

The budding industry of cannabis tech

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/14

Brian Kateman Contributor Share on Twitter Brian Kateman is president and co-founder of the Reducetarian Foundation. More posts by this contributor Fish replacement may be the next big wave in alternative protein development From food and drink to health and wellness and beyond, there’s one plant we can’t seem to get enough of: cannabis. It seems like every consumer product nowadays is taking part in reefer madness. Home cooks are taking edibles to new heights. Learn more about

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5:50

To beat Amazon Go, Standard Cognition buys...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/11

Valued at $535 million, autonomous retail startup Standard Cognition has emerged as a soon-to-be tech giant and the best hope for merchants to compete with Amazon Go. Cashierless checkout is poised to transform brick-and-mortar commerce, and shop owners fear having to battle Amazon’s technology alone or partner with it, exposing data it could use against them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:44

Get guaranteed rent for your home from new startup...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/10

Missing out on a month’s rent because you can’t find a tenant is a huge loss. Searching for someone to fill a home takes work, while property managers are incentivized to price your place too high leading to costly vacancies. But new startup Doorstead wants to take on the risk and the work for you. It acts as a property manager for single-family homes but guarantees you rent at a specific rate starting in a certain number of days, even if it can’t fill the house or apartment. Learn more about your

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4:09

Why we’re still waiting on the Postmates S-1

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/10/09

In a wide-ranging conversation at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco last week, Postmates co-founder and chief executive officer Bastian Lehmann made light of the company’s lack of IPO documents. The San Francisco-based on-demand delivery business was expected to publicly file its IPO prospectus in September in preparation for a fall exit, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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