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4:59

GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.768B valuation

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/18

GitLab is a company that doesn’t pull any punches or try to be coy. It actually has had a page on its website for sometime stating it intends to go public on November 18, 2020. You don’t see that level of transparency from late-stage startups all that often. Today, the company announced a huge $268 million Series E on a tidy $2.768 billion valuation. Investors included Adage Capital Management, L.P, Alkeon Capital, Altimeter Capital, Blackrock, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:59

FOSSA scores $8.5 million Series A to help enterprise...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/17

As more enterprise developers make use of open source, it becomes increasingly important for companies to make sure that they are complying with licensing requirements. They also need to ensure the open sources bits are being updated over time for security purposes. That’s where FOSSA comes in, and today the company announced an $8.5 million Series A. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures with help from Costanoa Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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4:40

Another high-flying, heavily-funded AR headset...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/16

While Apple and Microsoft strain to sell augmented reality as the next major computing platform, many of the startups aiming to beat them to the punch are crashing and burning. Daqri, which built enterprise-grade AR headsets, has shuttered its HQ, laid off many of its employees and is selling off assets ahead of a shutdown, former employees and sources close to the company tell TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:31

Hatebase catalogues the world’s hate speech in real...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/12

Policing hate speech is something nearly every online communication platform struggles with. Because to police it, you must detect it; and to detect it, you must understand it. Hatebase is a company that has made understanding hate speech its primary mission, and it provides that understanding as a service — an increasingly valuable one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:13

Smart grocery cart startup Caper bags $10 million

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/11

Caper wants to deliver a major update to the self checkout aisle without keeping its dreaded catchphrases, i.e. “Unknown item in the bagging area,” “Please place the item in the bag.” The New York startup is tapping some of Silicon Valley’s more recognizable VC firms to fund their dreams for a shopping cart of the future that uses computer vision and other sensors to let shoppers quickly scan items as they drop them into their carts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:14

Workout app Fitplan adds Alex Rodriguez as a trainer…...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/10

Former New York Yankees all star Alex Rodriguez is racking up quite an impressive batting average in his new career as an investor and has added Fitplan to his roster of portfolio companies. The Los Angeles-based workout app launched by Landon Hamilton and Cam Speck has closed on $4.5 million led by A-Rod and Corazon Capital, and has added new celebrity athlete trainers — including Rodriguez — to cover the needs of would-be sports stars and interested amateurs alike. Learn more about your ad

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2:57

Pagerduty’s Jennifer Tejada and Box’s Aaron Levie...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/09

Pagerduty‘s CEO Jennifer Tejada and Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie both guided their companies to successful IPOs, with Box going public in 2015 and Pagerduty listing its stocks only a few months ago. Both of them will join us on the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt SF on October 2 to talk about their experiences in getting their companies to this point and managing the changes that come with being a public company. It took both companies about ten years to get to their IPOs. Learn more about

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3:39

Newly renamed Superside raises $3.5M for its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/06

Superside, a startup aiming to create a premium alternative to the existing crowdsourced design platforms, is announcing that it has raised $3.5 million in new funding. It’s also adding new features like the ability to work on user interfaces, interaction design and motion graphics. Co-founder and CEO Fredrik Thomassen said this allows the company to offer “a full-service design solution.” You may have heard about Superside under its old name Konsus . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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4:18

Just 3 days left: buy super early bird passes to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/05

Hey European startup fans, Disrupt Berlin 2019 takes place on 11-12 December, but our super early-bird ticket pricing won’t last nearly that long. You have just three days left to save up to €600. Pay close attention to the deadline and buy your Disrupt passes by 11:59 p.m. (CEST) on 6 September. You’ll save even more money if you act quickly enough and combine the super early bird price with our group discounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:41

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is coming to Disrupt SF 2019

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/04

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is perhaps best known for his acting across films like 10 Things I Hate About You, 500 Days of Summer, and Snowden. But times weren’t always peachy for Gordon-Levitt as a creative. After leaving the movie business to go to college, he realized the limits of the industry on his potential as a creative. He decided he wanted to take his creativity into his own hands and launched a message board where he’d post films, songs, etc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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4:04

India’s Oyo acquires Copenhagen-based data science...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/03

India’s Oyo said on Monday it has acquired Copenhagen-based data science firm Danamica as the fast-growing lodging startup works to expand its business in Europe. Neither of the parties disclosed financial terms of the deal, but a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch that Oyo paid about $10 million to acquire the Danish firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:45

Juul introduces new POS standards to restrict sales...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/09/02

Juul Labs, the e-cigarette behemoth partially owned by Altria, has today announced a new POS age-verification system that it will require all Juul retailers to comply with by May 2021. The Retail Access Control Standards program, or RACS for short, raises the standard for age-restricted POS systems, automatically locking the POS each time a Juul product is scanned until a valid, adult ID is scanned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:26

Female founders: All Raise AMA applications @ Disrupt...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/08/30

The future is female and all you fierce female founders have one last shot at receiving 30 minutes of face time with some of the industry’s leading female funders. Say what now? We’re talking the All Raise “ask me anything” (AMA) sessions at Disrupt SF 2019 — and applications close tomorrow, August 30. All Raise, a startup nonprofit focused on accelerating female founder success, will host a day-long AMA event on October 3 at Disrupt SF 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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5:02

VoiceOps raises $9M to help companies coach their...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/08/29

At a time when the industry appears to bet that AI will replace most human jobs, starting with the tens of millions currently residing in call centers, one startup is working to use the same technology to empower the jobs it is pegged to displace. VoiceOps, a San Francisco-based startup, today announced it has raised $9 million in a Series A financing round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Existing investors Accel and Y Combinator also participated in the round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:20

Only 24 hours left to apply to Hardware Battlefield...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/08/28

This post goes out to a special group of early-stage hardware startup founders — the procrastinators, the vacillators and the last-minute decision-makers. You have just 24 hours left to submit your application to compete in the Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhenon November 11-12. The application window closes at precisely 11:59 p.m. (PT) on August 28. Apply right here, right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:57

Style recommendation startup Stylitics raises $15M

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/08/27

Stylitics, a startup powering outfit-based shopping recommendations for online retailers, is announcing that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The company was initially known for ClosetSpace, a mobile app that provided consumers with outfit recommendations and inspiration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:36

DoorDash reveals details of its new tipping model

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/08/26

DoorDash announced last month that it would be changing its controversial tipping model. Today it’s revealing the basics of how the new system will work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:53

Compete in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt Berlin 2019

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/08/23

Lasst die Spiele beginnen, startup founders — let the games begin! In case you haven’t heard, the application window for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt Berlin 2019 is wide open and waiting for you. Don’t miss the chance to launch your early-stage startup on an international stage in front of some of tech’s most influential movers and shakers. Grab this opportunity and apply to compete today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:42

Andrew Ng’s AI companies expand to Medellin, Colombia

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/08/22

After his tenure as Chief Scientist at Baidu, Andrew Ng, the founder of the Google Brain project and former CEO of Coursera, set up a number of different proejcts that all focus on making AI more approachable. These include the education startup Deeplearning.ai, the AI Fund startup studio for building AI companies and Landing.ai, which helps enterprises (and especially manufacturing companies) use AI. Today, Ng announced that he has opened a second office for these projects in Medellin,

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9:14

The five technical challenges Cerebras overcame in...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/08/21

Superlatives abound at Cerebras, the until-today stealthy next-generation silicon chip company looking to make training a deep learning model as quick as buying toothpaste from Amazon. Launching after almost three years of quiet development, Cerebras introduced its new chip today — and it is a doozy. The “Wafer Scale Engine” is 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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