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TechCrunch Startup News

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3:07

PE firm PartnerOne paid $28M for HeadSpin, a fraction...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/22

Canadian private equity firm PartnerOne paid $28.2 million for HeadSpin, a mobile app testing startup whose founder has been sentenced for fraud earlier this year, according to documents viewed by TechCrunch. The fire sale was reported by TechCrunch last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:05

Fintech startup Coast lands $40M just 4 months after...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/22

Coast, a startup that describes itself as “a financial services platform for the future of transportation,” has raised $40 million in Series B funding — just four months after announcing a $25 million round, the startup has told TechCrunch exclusively. Back-to-back fundraises were common prior to and during the wild investment days of 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:56

WHAM! Nuclear fusion experiment hits new record for...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/19

Strong magnets are essential for the type of fusion power being pursued by Commonwealth Fusion Systems and a number of other startups.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:33

Deel acquires Hofy to build its own IT device...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/19

Both of Hofy's co-founders, Sami Bouremoum and Michael Ginzo, along with the rest of the startup's leadership team and 120 employees, are joining Deel to build Deel IT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:38

A company building Wordle for chess raises money from...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/19

Echo Chunk, a company that is building Wordle-styled daily chess puzzle game Echo Chess, has raised $1.4 million in pre-seed from a16z Speedrun (Andreessen Horowitz’s early stage games accelerator), founder of Zyanga Mark Pincus, South Park Commons (SPC), Opendoor founder and CEO Eric Wu and Stef Corazza, the Head of Generative AI at RobloxLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:15

Kandji raises another $100M for Apple device...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/18

At a time when many startups have struggled to raise money and keep their heads above water, Kandji, an Apple device management platform, has been an exception. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:14

Astor’s ‘community’ approach to financial advice aims...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/18

Astor is a free personal finance platform for women that merges community and investing in an approachable way, came to be.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:25

Toddle wants to ‘change how we build software’ with a...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/17

Danish startup Toddle has launched a no-code web app builder that's designed as a full-featured alternative to Javascript frameworks.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:57

Adaptive builds automation tools to speed up...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/17

Adaptive is a platform that provides tools designed to simplify payments and accounting for general construction contractors.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:46

How VanMoof’s new owners plan to win over its old...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/16

When VanMoof declared bankruptcy last year, it left around 5,000 customers who had pre-ordered e-bikes in the lurch. Now VanMoof is up and running under new management, and the company’s current owners are courting those same customers by offering them a €1,000 discount off a new bike.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:45

Why Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ superconducting...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/16

Fusion power may still be a few years away, but one startup is laying the groundwork for what it hopes will become a bustling sector of the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:28

A startup set out to fight climate change — it did it...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/15

The founders of HERO Software didn’t start out to help small tradespeople in construction with a platform. They started out to fight the climate crisis. But in doing so, they stumbled on a way to help the whole business. Now, the company has closed a €40 million Series B financing round, and plans to expand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:00

Beeble AI raises $4.75M to launch a virtual...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/12

Visual effects have emerged as essential in filmmaking and have transformed storytelling and creativity in the film industry with its diverse digital techniques. However, the high cost of VFX tools often leaves independent filmmakers and content creators working with modest budgets struggling to compete with larger productionsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:59

Joby Aviation is betting on hydrogen-electric...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/12

Joby Aviation is still a year away from commercially launching its electric air taxi designed for urban environments, but the startup is already looking towards its next chapter: Intercity flight, powered by hydrogen. To get the conversation started with regulators and demonstrate hydrogen’s capabilities, Joby told TechCrunch that it completed a 523-mile test flight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:26

Iceland is dodging the VC doldrums as Frumtak...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/11

Iceland’s startup scene is punching above its weight. That’s perhaps in part because it kept the 2021 hype in check, but mostly because its tech ecosystem is coming of age. Iceland attracted the most venture capital per capita of all Nordic countries in 2023, but that stat is somewhat skewed by its relatively small population.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:14

Deep tech startups with very technical CEOs raise...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/11

SaaS founders trying to figure out what it takes to raise their next round can refer to Point Nine’s famous yearly SaaS Funding Napkin. (The term refers to “back of the napkin” plans or calculations.) Now, European hardware deep tech teams have a similar resource from First Momentum, a pre-seed fund investing in technical B2B Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:51

Nala to use $40M Series A to build B2B payments...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/10

Nala, a remittance startup that is now widening its portfolio through a new B2B payments platform, has raised $40 million equity in a rare deal that becomes one of the largest Series A transactions in Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:11

Byway is using AI to help travelers slow down and...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/10

Solo founder Cat Jones took the plunge on setting up a travel business right around the time the pandemic was hitting Europe in March 2020. Fast forward to summer 2024 and her curated package tour business, Byway, is announcing close of an oversubscribed £5.4 million Series A round (around $6.9M at current exchange rates). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:23

Investors chase wealthtech startups in India as...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/09

Investors are betting on Indian wealthtech startups as a growing middle class turns to diversify investments and startups challenge traditional financial advisors for high-net-worth clients. Premji Invest is in advanced stages of talks to lead a funding round of $30 million to $40 million in Dezerv, an app offering a suite of investment solutionsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:44

Quantum Rise grabs $15M seed for its AI-driven...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2024/07/09

Quantum Rise, a Chicago-based startup which does AI-driven automation for companies like dunnhumby (a retail analytics platform for the the grocery industry), has raised a $15 million seed round from Erie Street Growth Partners. Its approach is somewhat akin to UIPath’s, a company famous for bringing robotic process automation to the enterprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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