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Extra Crunch roundup: antitrust jitters, SPAC odyssey, white-hot IPOs, moreSome time ago, I gave up on the idea of identifying a thread that could connect each story in this weekly roundup.TechCrunch 7 saat
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Facebook blocks new events around DC and state capitolsAs a precaution against coordinated violence as the US approaches President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, Facebook announced a few new measures it’s putting in place.TechCrunch 8 saat
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GitLab raises $195M in secondary funding on $6B valuationGitLab has confirmed with TechCrunch that it raised a $195 million secondary round on a $6 billion valuation.TechCrunch 9 saat
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GitLab oversaw a $195 million secondary sale that values the company at $6 billionGitLab has confirmed with TechCrunch that it oversaw a $195 million secondary sale that values the company at $6 billion.TechCrunch 9 saat
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The pandemic was top of mind in the tech of CES 2021Of course COVID-19 was bound to be an unavoidable topic during the first-ever all-virtual CES.TechCrunch 9 saat
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Daily Crunch: WhatsApp responds to privacy backlashWhatsApp delays enforcement of a controversial privacy change, Apple may get rid of the Touch Bar in future MacBooks and Bumble files to go public.TechCrunch 9 saat
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Twitter’s vision of decentralization could also be the far-right’s internet endgameThis week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally responded publicly to the company’s decision to ban President Trump from its platform, writing that Twitter had “faced an extraordinary and untenable circumstance” and that he did not “feel pride” about the decision.TechCrunch 10 saat
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Marc Lore leaves Walmart a little over four years after selling Jet.com for $3BMarc Lore, the executive vice president, president and CEO of U. S.TechCrunch 11 saat
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Coinbase commits to a “better customer experience” following complaintsCoinbase has a problem. As interest in bitcoin has soared along with its price, the popular cryptocurrency exchange has found itself the target of a growing spate of angry customers who haven’t been able to access customer service.TechCrunch 11 saat
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15 steps to fundraising a new VC or private equity fundBased on my experience, taking the 15 steps below will help build the core of a high-performing fundraising and investor relations function.TechCrunch 12 saat
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Lessons from Top Hat’s acquisition spreeTop Hat, a startup that digitizes textbooks and turns them into an interactive experience for college students, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired yet another business: Fountainhead Press.TechCrunch 12 saat
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Group Nine’s SPAC goes publicGroup Nine Media revealed last month that it was forming a SPAC (short for special purpose acquisition corporation) in order to raise money for acquisitions.TechCrunch 12 saat
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Apple is extending Apple TV+ trials againIf you’ve got an Apple TV+ trial that’s set to expire sometime between now and June, good news: you’re getting some free bonus time.TechCrunch 13 saat
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Desktop Metal buys fellow 3D printing company EnvisionTEC for $300MDesktop Metal this morning announced its intention to purchase fellow 3D printing company EnvisionTEC.TechCrunch 13 saat
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WhatsApp delays enforcement of privacy terms by 3 months, following backlashWhatsApp said on Friday that it won’t enforce its new data-sharing policy until May 15, weeks after news about the new terms created confusion among its users, exposed the Facebook-app to a potential lawsuit, launched a nationwide investigation, and drove a lot of its loyal fans to explore alternative messaging apps.TechCrunch 13 saat
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Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson says wisdom lies with your developersTwilio CEO Jeff Lawson knows a thing or two about unleashing developers.TechCrunch 13 saat
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Tracy Chou launches Block Party to combat online harassment and abuseBlock Party, an anti-harassment startup that aims to help folks feel safer on social media founded by Tracy Chou, launched today.TechCrunch 14 saat
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Fired GitHub employee who warned coworkers about Nazis is seeking legal counselOn the day a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the U. S.. Capitol, a worried GitHub employee warned his co-workers in the D.TechCrunch 14 saat
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DOT evaluated 11 GPS replacements and found only one that worked across use casesThe United States’ GPS system, which is operated by the Defense Department, offers every one of us critical infrastructure around what is known as positioning, navigation and timing (PNT).TechCrunch 14 saat
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Bumble files to go publicThe dating and networking service Bumble has filed to go public.TechCrunch 15 saat
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Corporate credit card platform Moss raises $25.5 millionGerman startup Moss has raised a $25. 5 million (€21 million) funding round led by Valar Ventures.TechCrunch 15 saat
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EMA warns over doctored COVID-19 vaccine data hacked and leaked onlineThe European Medical Agency (EMA) has warned that information on COVID-19-related medicines and vaccines, which was stolen in a cyber attack last December and leaked online earlier this week, includes correspondence that’s been manipulated prior to publication “in a way which could undermine trust in vaccines”.TechCrunch 16 saat
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Uber planning to spin out Postmates’ delivery robot armAnother Uber spinout is in the works. Postmates X, the robotics division of the on-demand delivery startup that Uber acquired last year for $2.TechCrunch 16 saat
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Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro are a solid AirPods alternativeI suspect it will be a while before I get excited over wireless earbuds.TechCrunch 16 saat
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Video game spending increased 27% in 2020If you’ve been following the gaming space – or just the state of the world, generally – over the past 12 months, this shouldn’t come as a major surprise.TechCrunch 17 saat
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As home sales skyrocket and IPO looms, Diane Yu joins fintech Better.com as CTOThe pandemic might have wiped out whole swaths of the economy, but one area that is pulsating with activity is home sales.TechCrunch 17 saat
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Rapid growth in 2020 reveals OKR software market’s untapped potentialToday, let's peek at new and historical growth numbers from Gthmhub, Perdoo, WorkBoard, Ally.TechCrunch 17 saat
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Everlywell raises $75M from HealthQuest Capital following its recent $175M Series D roundAt-home health testing kit startup Everlywell has raised $75 million, following the close of the $175 million Series D it announced in December.TechCrunch 17 saat
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Crossbeam raises $25M to back startups built on ‘platform economies’While many venture capitalists might hope to fund the next Amazon or Shopify, Crossbeam is a new firm focused on backing the startups built on top of these platforms.TechCrunch 17 saat
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Apple said to be planning new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros with MagSafe and Apple processorsApple has planned new upgraded MacBook Pros for launch “later this year” according to a new report from Bloomberg.TechCrunch 18 saat
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Want a job in tech? Flockjay pitches its sales training service as an on-ramp to tech careers“Most people don’t even know that a job in tech sales is even a possibility,” says Shaan Hathiramani, the founder and chief executive of Flockjay, a company offering a tech sales training curriculum to the masses.TechCrunch 18 saat
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Amazon’s newest product lets companies build their own Alexa assistantAmazon is selling access to the underlying technology stack of Alexa to let companies — starting with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles — build their own intelligent assistants with unique voices, skills and wake words.TechCrunch 19 saat
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A security researcher commandeered a country’s expired top-level domain to save it from hackersIn mid-October, a little-known but critically important domain name for one country’s internet space began to expire.TechCrunch 20 saat
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How Twitter is handling the 2021 US presidential transitionTwitter has set out its plans for US Inauguration Day 2021, next Wednesday, January 20, when president-elect Joe Biden will be sworn into office as the 46th US president and vice president-elect Kamala Harris will become VP.TechCrunch 21 saat
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OneWeb picks up $1.4B more from SoftBank and Hughes to help fund its first satellite fleetAfter a troubled year that saw broadband satellite operator OneWeb file for bankruptcy, get rescue finance from the UK government and Bharti, and then emerge out of that with a launch of part of its fleet last month, the London-based company today announced a another $1.TechCrunch 22 saat
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Trump Administration adds Xiaomi to military blacklistChinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is the latest to be added to the Trump Administration’s military blacklist.TechCrunch 1 gün
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A theory about the current IPO marketLots of demand, little supply, boom goes the price.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Daily Crunch: Samsung unveils Galaxy S21 lineSamsung lowers prices with its latest Galaxy S phones, Google completes its Fitbit acquisition and Beyond Meat is coming to Taco Bell.TechCrunch 1 gün
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The end of Plaid-Visa, and Palantir’s growing startup mafiaHello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Capsule raises $2 million for its video Q&A platform aimed at brandsCapsule, a video Q&A platform aimed at brands, emerged last year in direct response to the challenges companies were facing in terms of reaching consumers during the pandemic.TechCrunch 1 gün
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12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue shareA dozen active investors who offer funding via revenue-based, compensation-based and blended-return streams.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Home services platform Porch acquires four companiesOnly a few weeks after its SPAC IPO, Porch today announced that it has made four acquisitions, worth a total of $122 million.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Tiger Global is raising a new $3.75 billion venture fund, one year after closing its lastAccording to a recent letter sent to its investors, Tiger Global Management, the New York-based investing powerhouse, is raising a new $3.TechCrunch 1 gün
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2020 was one of the warmest years in history and indicates mounting risks of climate changeIt’s official. 2020 was one of the warmest years on record either edging out or coming in just behind 2016 for the warmest year in recorded history according to data from US government agencies.TechCrunch 1 gün
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5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies"Tesla is arguably the most interesting connected consumer hardware company since Apple exploded in scale with the success of the iPhone.TechCrunch 1 gün
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iSpot expands its ad measurement platform by acquiring Ace MetrixiSpot. tv announced today that it has acquired Ace Metrix, a deal that brings two TV and video ad measurement companies together.TechCrunch 1 gün
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This new module keeps Philips Hue bulbs connected even when the wall switch gets flippedPhilips Hue bulbs are pretty great, but they have a mortal enemy: the humble light switch.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Medium acquires social book reading app GloseMedium is acquiring Paris-based startup Glose for an undisclosed amount.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Confusion over WhatsApp’s new T&Cs triggers privacy warning from ItalyConfusion over an update to Facebook-owned chat platform WhatsApp’s terms and conditions has triggered an intervention by Italy’s data protection agency.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Beyond Meat shares soar after inking deal with Taco Bell on new menu itemsShares of Beyond Meat are soaring on news that the company will be working with Taco Bell on new menu items.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Swimm raises $5.7M to help teams document their codeMost developers don’t enjoy writing documentation for their code and that makes life quite a bit harder when a new team member tries to get started on working on a company’s codebase.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Nuclear fusion tech developer General Fusion now has Shopify and Amazon founders backing itIn a brief announcement today, the Canadian nuclear fusion technology developer General Fusion announced that the investment firm created by Shopify founder Tobias Lütke has joined the company’s cap table.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Blue Origin successfully launches and lands key crew capsule test in first mission of 2021Blue Origin launched its first mission of 2021, flying its New Shepard rocket in West Texas to a medium height of just over 350,000 feet.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Thimble teaches kids STEM skills with robotics kits combined with live Zoom classesParents with kids stuck learning at home during the pandemic have had to look for alternative activities to promote the hands-on learning experiences kids are missing out on due to attending class virtually.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Mosaic raises $18.5M Series A from GC to rebuild the CFO software stackCFOs are the supposed omniscient owners of a company. While the CEO sets strategy, messages, and builds culture, the CFO needs to know everything that it is going on in an organization.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Poshmark prices IPO above range as public markets continue to YOLO startupsPoshmark priced its IPO at $42 per share last night, comfortably ahead of its $35 to $39 range that already greatly boosted the company's valuation.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Tech and health companies including Microsoft and Salesforce team up on digital COVID-19 vaccination recordsA new cross-industry initiative is seeking to establish a standard for digital vaccination records that can be used universally to identify COVID-19 vaccination status for individuals, in a way that can be both secure via encryption and traceable and verifiable for trustworthiness regarding their contents.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Plaid CEO touts new ‘clarity’ after failed Visa acquisitionAccording to Plaid CEO Zach Perret, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a "sea change" in consumer behavior.TechCrunch 1 gün
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WhatsApp faces legal challenge over privacy in its biggest marketWhatsApp is facing a legal challenge in India, its biggest market, after a petition was filed Thursday before Delhi High Court over the upcoming change in the Facebook-owned app’s data sharing policy.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Harness snags $85M Series C on $1.7B valuation as revenue grows 3xHarness, the startup that wants to create a suite of engineering tools to give every company the kind of technological reach that the biggest companies have, announced an $85 million Series C today on a $1.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Samsung answers Apple with the $199 Galaxy Buds ProEven before the leaks, we all saw the Galaxy Buds Pro coming. It was a given that the company was planning to deliver its own take on Apple’s AirPods Pro, with improved sound quality and active noise canceling.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Samsung’s Galaxy S21 line arrives with camera bumps, price drops and S Pen compatibilitySamsung wasted no time this year. With Mobile World Congress pushed back six or so months, the hardware maker hitched its wagon to the tail end of the CES whirlwind — though unlike its press conference earlier in the week, the company is very much on its own for the latest Unpacked.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Amazon’s Ring Neighbors app exposed users’ precise locations and home addressesA security flaw in Ring’s Neighbors app was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Samsung unveils its newest Tile competitor, the Galaxy SmartTagAlongside its other announcements at Samsung’s event today, the company introduced its new Galaxy SmartTag Bluetooth locator, a lost item beacon for Samsung owners and a competitor with Tile.TechCrunch 1 gün
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E2E encrypted email providers also see sign-ups surge as chat app users flock to Signal and Telegram in search of privacyPrivacy concerns that have been driving app users to alternative chat apps like Signal and Telegram in recent weeks, since Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced a T&Cs change, appear to also be generating some uplift for end-to-end encrypted email providers.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Google’s Fitbit acquisition is officialFollowing regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the pond, Google this morning announced that it has completed its acquisition of wearables pioneer, Fitbit.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Carbyne raises $25M for a next-generation platform to improve emergency 911 responsesEmergency services continue to be a major force when it comes to coping with the Covid-19 health pandemic, and today a company that is building technology to help them run better is announcing a round of funding to continue expanding its business.TechCrunch 1 gün
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X1 Card raises $12 million for its credit card with limits based on your incomeX1 Card is raising a $12 million funding round. The company is building a credit card that sets limits based on your current and future income, not your credit score.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Watch Blue Origin launch a rocket with an upgraded crew capsule liveBlue Origin is launching its New Shepard suborbital rocket for the first time in 2021, with a liftoff planned for 9:45 AM CST (10:45 AM EST/7:45 AM PST) from its launch facility in West Texas.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Lumiata raises $14 million for its service to predict healthcare outcomesHealthcare systems are always looking out for ways to save money and a startup called Lumiata has just raised $14 million to continue building out its service that aims to help them do it.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Gemini is launching a credit card with bitcoin rewardsCryptocurrency exchange company Gemini is acquiring Blockrize and announcing a new product today based on Blockrize’s work.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Accel Partners heads down to Georgia to invest in DecisionLink, leading an $18.5 million roundDecisionLink, an Atlanta-based company that provides software for cost-benefit analyses of business services from a customer’s perspective, has managed to woo one of Silicon Valley’s top venture firms to invest in its latest $18.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Can’t figure out how to end your Amazon Prime sub? These complaints could help…Amazon’s use of dark patterns that add friction to the process of terminating a Prime subscription is being targeted by 16 consumer rights groups in Europe and the US which are taking coordinated action to urge regulatory intervention.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Upgrade launches checking accounts and debit cardsFintech startup Upgrade has been positioning itself as a neobank.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Tresl’s Segments Analytics gives small online stores the same data analytics as large sellersTresl’s flagship product, e-commerce intelligence platform Segment Analytics, is designed to give small brands on Shopify access to the same kind of analytics larger online retailers have.TechCrunch 1 gün
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3Drens helps fleet operators use their vehicles more efficiently3Drens’ IoT mobility management platform not only lets fleet operators track where their vehicles are, but also produces data that helps them make business decisions.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Origami Labs’ OFLO is a smart walkie talkie for frontline workersOFLO is a voice communication system designed to replace traditional walkie talkies.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Minna Technologies, a subscription management tool for banking customers, raises $18.8MWith the proliferation of subscription services, combined with our lives becoming almost 100% digital, there’s a rising need to be able to manage these services.TechCrunch 1 gün
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Google cracks down on personal loan apps in India following abuse and outcryGoogle said on Thursday it has pulled some personal loan apps from Play Store in India and was implementing stronger measures to prevent abuse following reports that said several firms were targeting vulnerable borrowers in the country and then going to extreme lengths to recover their money.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Germany’s Xentral nabs $20M led by Sequoia to help online-facing SMBs run back offices betterSmall enterprises remain one of the most underserved segments of the business market, but the growth of cloud-based services — easier to buy, easier to provision — has helped that change in recent years.TechCrunch 2 gün
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YC-backed Blabla raises $1.5M to teach English through short videosShort, snappy, entertaining videos have become an increasingly common way for young people to receive information.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Poshmark is pushing into the public market at a high-end valuation as the resale market sizzlesPoshmark, the nine-year-old, Redwood City Ca. -based online marketplace for second-hand clothing, beauty, and home decor products, is set to start trading as a public company on the Nasdaq tomorrow after pricing 6.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Grab Financial Group raises $300 million Series A led by Hanhwa Asset ManagementGrab Financial Group said today it has raised more than $300 million in Series A funding, led by South Korean firm Hanhwa Asset Management, with participation from K3 Ventures, GGV Capital, Arbor Ventures and Flourish Ventures.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Digital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansionSennder, a large digital road freight forwarder based out of Germany, has raised $160m in Series D financing.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Madrona promotes Anu Sharma and Daniel Li as PartnersFresh off the announcement of more than $500 million in new capital across two new funds, Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group has announced that they’re adding Anu Sharma and Daniel Li to the team’s list of Partners.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Snapchat permanently bans President Trump’s accountQuite a bit has happened since Snapchat announced last week that it was indefinitely locking President Trump’s Snapchat account.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Trump circumvents Twitter ban to decry ‘unprecedented assault on free speech’Following a comprehensive ban from Twitter and a number of other online services following last week’s assault on the Capitol by his followers, President Trump managed to put out a tweet in the form of a video address touching on the “calamity at the Capitol”… and, of course, his deplatforming.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Feds asks Tesla to recall 158,000 vehicles over failing touchscreen displaysU. S.. safety regulators have asked Tesla to recall 158,000 vehicles over media control unit failures that cause the touchscreen displays to stop working, following a months-long investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Tokyo-based SODA, which runs Japan’s largest sneaker resell platform, lands $22 million led by SoftBank Ventures AsiaTokyo-based SODA, which runs sneaker reselling platform SNKRDUNK, has raised a $22 million Series B led by SoftBank Ventures Asia.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Pace launches out of private beta with a plan to scale virtual group therapyOne in five people have a mental health illness. Pace, a new startup founded by Pinterest and Affirm executives, wants to pay attention to the other four in that statistic.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Robotic exoskeletons promise increased mobility and job assistanceThe last several years have seen a substantial increase of ability for robotic exoskeleton technology.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Daily Crunch: Airbnb cancels all DC bookings during inauguration weekAirbnb takes a big step to avoid violence at the inauguration, Intel gets a new CEO and Affirm goes public.TechCrunch 2 gün
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UK on-demand supermarket Weezy raises $20M Series A led by NYC’s Left Lane CapitalWeezy — an on-demand supermarket that delivers groceries in fast times such as 15 minutes — has raised $20 million in a Series A funding led by New York-based venture capital fund Left Lane Capital.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Zocdoc founder returns with Shadow, an app that finds lost dogsEvery year, around 10 million pets go missing in the U. S.. , and millions of those end up in shelters where they aren’t always reunited with their owners, due to their lack of identification or a microchip.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Telegram blocks ‘dozens’ of channels threatening violenceWith many social networks suddenly reevaluating their policies in light of political violence in the U.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Foxconn, Geely team up to build electric, autonomous and shared vehicles for automakersThe electric, autonomous vehicles of the future might be manufactured by Apple’s main supplier Foxconn and Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Survey: Help shape the future of TechCrunchWe’re always looking to make TechCrunch better, and part of that is regularly gathering feedback from the people that matter most – our readers.TechCrunch 2 gün
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An argument against cloud-based applicationsThe cloud isn't some omnipotent enemy here, but it is the excuse and tool that allows the mass collection of our personal data.TechCrunch 2 gün
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These robo-fish autonomously form schools and work as search partiesResearchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have created a set of fish-shaped underwater robots that can autonomously navigate and find each other, cooperating to perform tasks or just placidly school together.TechCrunch 2 gün
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Venture capitalists react to Visa-Plaid deal meltdownMost of the takes we received were bullish regarding Plaid's chances now that it's no longer being acquired.TechCrunch 2 gün