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TechCrunch Startup News

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4:02

Albert Invent hopes to revolutionize the chemicals...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/12

If startup funding rounds are any metric, generative AI is seeing ample adoption in the sciences. It makes sense: there’s a lot of trial and error involved in research and development, and any tool that can speed up the process for researchers is bound to be useful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:41

Mynt raises a cool $23M on a $210M valuation to build...

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2024/12/12

Small and medium businesses are getting more love in the world of fintech these days, and one example of that is the growth of a startup out of Sweden. Mynt, which has built an AI-based platform for corporate cards and spend management catering to SMEs, has closed a round of €22 million ($23 million). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:35

Software testing platform LambdaTest secures $38...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/11

LambdaTest, a cloud-based software testing platform, has raised $38 million in a funding round as it looks to expand its presence in existing markets and advance its AI capabilities. The San Francisco and Noida-headquartered startup’s Series D round has been led by Avataar Ventures with participation from Qualcomm Ventures, bringing its total funding to $108 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:48

Nexalus has a new method for liquid-cooling data...

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2024/12/11

The startup argues that its hot-water approach is not only more efficient, but also more useful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:46

Riverside raises $30 million Series C to expand its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/10

Podcast recording platform Riverside said Monday that it has raised $30 million in Series C funding led by Zeev Ventures, with participation from Seven Seven Six, and angel investor Sam Lessin. The company wants to use this funding to grow its team and build out solutions for the podcast and content creation space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:37

Connyct, an exclusive social media app for college...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/10

Do we really need another social media app for college students? With the looming TikTok ban in the U.S., a new app called Connyct seems to think so. Connyct closely resembles the popular short-form video app, providing all the features you would expect, such as a personalized content feed, private chatting, as well as video . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:34

Fitness startup Ladder comes after Peloton for...

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2024/12/09

Ladder, an Austin, Texas-based fitness startup that makes a popular strength-training app, is accusing Peloton of ripping off its work with the launch of Peloton’s new Stength+ app, which exited beta on Wednesday. After receiving feedback from Peloton’s beta testers that the app looked, felt, and functioned much like Ladder’s own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:16

Planet A Foods nabs $30M to make tons more cocoa-free...

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2024/12/09

Turning sunflower seeds into sustainable, cocoa-free chocolate has netted Munich-based B2B foodtech startup Planet A Foods (formerly QOA) a $30 million Series B funding round. Now, the Y Combinator alum is gearing up for industrialization, with the funds set to be deployed to scale its production capacity by around 7.5x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:09

After selling his startup to IBM, this founder wants...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/06

Not everyone agrees on what an “AI agent” actually is, but they are all still the rage. At a broad level, these so-called “agents” promise to go several steps beyond a mere chatbot, making decisions and taking actions on people’s behalf.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:21

Twos to-do app adds a feature that automatically adds...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/06

The overarching promise of companies working on AI-powered productivity tools is to build solutions that would do a task for you. Some of the early demos that we have seen don’t really fare well in fulfilling those promises. A to-do list app called Twos is approaching this problem differently.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:07

This ex-Scale AI leader built a platform to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/05

In this hyperconnected world we live in, it’s easier than ever to send feedback to the companies we patronize. But just because businesses offer more ways to get in touch doesn’t mean they’re poring over every comment. According to a 2020 survey from Productboard, 90% of companies fail to successfully capture feedback from all channels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:44

Google’s Gradient backs Cake, a managed open-source...

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2024/12/05

A new company is emerging from stealth today with backing from Google’s AI-focused venture fund to help businesses compile their open-source AI infrastructure and reduce their engineering overheads. Cake integrates and secures more than 100 components for enterprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:31

Yurts raises $40 million to be the DoD’s AI Chatbot

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2024/12/04

Yurts has raised a $40 million Series B led by XYZ Venture Capital to provide the DoD with gen AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:38

Orakl Oncology combines data and biology to bring new...

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2024/12/04

Cancer incidence is on the rise, particularly among younger adults, but most new drug compounds fail to progress through clinical trials. According to French entrepreneur Fanny Jaulin (on the right in the picture above), the problem lies with clinical trial design. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:11

Joco almost died at launch. Now, it’s a lifeline for...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/03

On a September morning in 2024, two Jonathan Cohens — one from the Rockaways in Queens, the other from London — stood in an empty 15,000-square-foot parking garage near Hudson Yards in New York City. As they walked over chipped yellow lines, they explained how the space would help Joco, their shared e-bike startup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:39

Why Olympic champion cyclist Sir Chris Hoy is backing...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/03

As one of the most decorated track cyclists of all time, Sir Chris Hoy might not seem an obvious candidate to back the burgeoning electric bike movement. The common refrain, after all, is that e-bikes aren’t real bikes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:40

India, already an IPO bright spot, prepares for...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/02

India has bucked the global trend in initial public offerings this year, establishing itself as a rare bright spot for tech listings while other major markets face continued headwinds. The world’s most populous nation is now preparing for an even more substantial wave of startup IPOs in 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:19

From pond scum to premium skincare?

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/12/02

Decarbonizing our economies in the race to fight climate change demands a wholesale overhauling of all sorts of production processes to make them as sustainable as possible. Greening chemicals, which are used as ingredients in all sorts of products, is where U.K. startup Deep Blue Biotech is putting its energies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:29

Volta, a Shopify for B2B transactions, raises biggest...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/11/29

Volta, a new startup with a team split between two headquarters in Milan and Paris, has secured a €6 million pre-seed round ($6.3 million) to develop a new vertical software-as-a-service platform focused on B2B sales. In more practical terms, the Volta team pitches its product as an equivalent to Shopify but focused on B2B transactions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:54

Scaling startups top priority, as EU reboots its top...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/11/29

Europe must get much better at scaling startups. That’s the prognosis of the European Union’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, who’s on the cusp of taking up her second five-year term steering the bloc of some 449 million people — with a December 1 start date now locked in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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