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6:44

Sean Parker’s Brigade/Causes acquired by govtech app...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/05/03

Causes grew to a jawdropping 186 million users as one of the first ten Facebook platform apps. Started by Facebook co-founder Sean Parker, it was meant to turn a generation into activists and philanthropists. Causes acquired Votizen to augment shallow clicktivism with a way to remind friends to vote. But after Facebook went mobile and the web platform waned, Parker arranged Causes’ sale to his newer civic tech effort Brigade, for which he’d led a $9. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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5:14

Unshackled Ventures has $20M to invest exclusively in...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/05/03

Unshackled Ventures isn’t like other venture capital funds. The firm invests in immigrant founders and helps them secure visas so they can ditch their corporate job and launch the startup of their dreams. Today, Unshackled is announcing its sophomore fund of $20 million, topping its debut effort by $15.5 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:53

Plum, the money management chatbot, raises another...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/05/02

Plum, the money management chatbot, raises another $4.5M and lands on iOS Plum, the chatbot-based app that helps you manage your money, is disclosing $4.5 million in further funding. The round, which quietly closed in the summer, was led by venture firm VentureFriends and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). It brings total funding for the London and Athens-based fintech to $6.3 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:58

Early-stage US VC Joyance to scout for health and...

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2019/05/02

Early-stage US VC Joyance to scout for health and wellness startups in Europe Good news for European startups with a health or wellness bent. Joyance Partners, a $20M US VC firm that invests in early-stage startups in the health and ‘better living’ space is launching into the European market with a dedicated European partner. The move could be seen as taking advantage of leaps in the capability of European startups, especially in the health and AI space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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5:23

Golden unveils a Wikipedia alternative focused on...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/05/01

Jude Gomila, who previously sold his mobile advertising company Heyzap to RNTS Media, is taking on a new challenge — building a “knowledge base” that can fill in Wikipedia’s blind spots, particularly when it comes to emerging technologies and startups. While Gomila is officially launching Golden today, it’s already full of content about things like the latest batch of Y Combinator startups and morphogenetic engineering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:44

Altice USA buys digital news network Cheddar for $200M

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/05/01

Cable television provider Altice USA has confirmed plans to pay $200 million for the millennial-focused, digitally-native news network Cheddar in all-cash, or all-cheddar, rather, deal. The price tag comes at a 25 percent premium to the media startup’s $160 million Series D valuation. Jon Steinberg, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Cheddar and former president and chief operating officer of BuzzFeed, will become president of Altice News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:33

Caribou Biosciences CEO, Rachel Haurwitz will talk...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/30

Seven years ago, Rachel Haurwitz finished her last day as a student in the University of California laboratory where she helped conduct some of the pioneering research on the gene editing technology known as CRISPR, and became employee number one at Caribou Biosciences, a company founded to commercialize that research. In those seven years, the market for CRISPR applications has grown tremendously and Caribou Biosciences is at the forefront of the companies propelling it forward. Learn more about

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7:11

Some reassuring data for those worried unicorns are...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/30

Joanna Glasner Contributor More posts by this contributor A record $2.5B went to US insurance startup deals last year, and big insurers are in all the way Space tech rockets higher The San Francisco Bay Area is a global powerhouse at launching startups that go on to dominate their industries. For locals, this has long been a blessing and a curse. On the bright side, the tech startup machine produces well-paid tech jobs and dollars flowing into local economies. Learn more about

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6:52

FutureLearn takes $65M from Seek Group for 50% stake...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/29

Edtech and recruitment continue to converge. London-based online degree platform, FutureLearn, is taking £50 million (~$64.6M) from Australian-based online job matching group, Seek, in exchange for a 50 per cent stake in the business — just days after the same group led a massive Series E in U.S. online learning giant Coursera. U.K. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:43

Movie subscription service Sinemia is ending US...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/29

Over the past few months, Sinemia has gone from promising MoviePass competitor to the source of frustration for moviegoers across the country. After rumors surfaced earlier this week that it would be backing away from its troubled subscription-based movie ticket offering, it posted official word tonight that it will be shutting down operations in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:14

Wheely raises $15 million for its luxury ride-hailing...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/26

London-based startup Wheely has raised a $15 million Series B round led by Concentric with Oleg Tscheltzoff, Misha Sokolov and other investors also participating. The company wants to build an Uber competitor focused on the luxury market. It’s a bit ironic when you think about it as Uber started as a luxury company. But everybody knows someone with horrific Uber stories. That’s why Wheely is building a reliable and predictable ride-hailing experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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4:30

Chive Media’s out-of-home TV spinoff Atmosphere...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/26

When Chive Media Group spun out its out-of-home TV business last year, co-founder and CEO Leo Resig said the structure should help the new company, called Atmosphere, raise venture capital. Looks like those fundraising efforts were successful, with Atmosphere announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by S3 Ventures, with participation from Capstar Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:25

Postmates has launched in 1,000 new cities since...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/25

Postmates is expanding like crazy ahead of an initial public offering expected later this year. The food delivery business has launched in 1,000 new cities since December, the company announced today. San Francisco-based Postmates now operates its on-demand delivery platform, powered by a network of local gig economy workers, in 3,500 cities across all 50 states. Postmates does not yet operate in any international markets aside from Mexico City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:18

Are women better gamers than men? This startup’s...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/25

Are women better gamers than men? This startup’s AI-driven research says yes Last year the Gosu.ai startup, which has developed an AI assistant to help gamers play smarter and improve their skills, raised $1.9M. Using machine learning, it analyzes their matches and makes personal recommendations, and allows the gamer to be taught by a virtual assistant. Because they have this virtual assistant they can now do some interesting research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:50

Blueshift announces $15M Series B to expand AI-fueled...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/24

Blueshift is startup founded by tech industry veterans, who saw first-hand how difficult cross-channel marketing was. They decided to launch a company and build a cross-channel marketing platform from the ground up that uses AI and machine learning to make sense of the growing amount of customer data. Today, the startup announced a $15 million Series B round to keep it going. The round was led by Softbank Ventures Asia, a fund focused on AI startups like Blueshift . Learn more about your ad choices

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4:13

Luxury consignment e-tailer The RealReal to enter the...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/24

The RealReal, an online retailer for authenticated luxury consignment, has authorized the sale of up to $70 million in new shares, per a Delaware stock authorization filing discovered by the Prime Unicorn Index. If the company raises the entire amount, it would reach a valuation of $1.06 billion, cementing its status as the newest e-commerce unicorn. The filing doesn’t guarantee The RealReal will sell the full amount of authorized shares. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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3:15

Vine reboot Byte begins beta testing

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/23

Twitter shut down Dom Hoffman’s app Vine, giving away the short-form video goldmine to China’s TikTok. Now a year and half since Hoffman announced he’d reimagine the app as V2 then scrapped that name, his follow-up to Vine called Byte has finally sent out the first 100 invites to its closed beta. Byte will let users record or upload short, looped vertical videos to what’s currently a reverse-chronological feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:18

Down To Shop is a tongue-in-cheek mobile shopping...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/23

Cyrus Summerlin and Max Hellerstin, who previously created the Push for Pizza app (which allowed users to order a pizza with the push of a button), are officially launching their new startup today,Down to Shop. The app bills itself as both a modern reinvention of QVC and “the funnest way to shop.” It allows users to watch funny videos featuring products that can be purchased directly from the app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:19

From lab-grown meat to fermented fungus, here’s what...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/22

Joanna Glasner Contributor More posts by this contributor A record $2.5B went to US insurance startup deals last year, and big insurers are in all the way Space tech rockets higher In a foodie’s ideal world, we’d all eat healthy, minimally processed cuisine sourced from artisanal farmers, bakers and chefs. In the real world, however, most of us derive the lion’s share of calories from edibles supplied by a handful of giant food conglomerates. Learn more about your ad choices

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3:35

Zoom, the profitable tech unicorn, prices IPO above...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2019/04/22

Zoom, a relatively under-the-radar tech unicorn, has defied expectations with its initial public offering. The video conferencing business priced its IPO above its planned range on Wednesday, confirming plans to sell shares of its Nasdaq stock, titled “ZM,” at $36 apiece, CNBC reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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