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Existing investors double down on Ro at boosted $7 billion valuation | Natasha Mascarenhas | 2,022 | 2 | 15 | Tech healthcare unicorn that it has raised $150 million exclusively from existing investors, led by ShawSpring Partners, with participation from FirstMark Capital, General Catalyst, Seven Seven Six, BoxGroup, Altimeter Capital, Baupost Group, Initialized, TQ Ventures and TCG. Sources close to the company, confirm ... |
Twitter launches beta test of anti-abuse tool ‘Safety Mode,’ adds prompts to enable it | Sarah Perez | 2,022 | 2 | 15 | Twitter is broadening access to a feature called Safety Mode, designed to give users a set of tools to defend themselves against the toxicity and abuse that is still far too often a problem on its platform. First last September, Safety Mode will today launch into beta for more users across English-speaking markets, i... |
TechCrunch+ roundup: Zendesk rejects $17B offer, sidewalk robots, recruiting survey | Walter Thompson | 2,022 | 2 | 15 | When consumers started buying cars, many predicted the transportation revolution would lead to air pollution, traffic and life-threatening collisions. But no one gave much thought to the security aspect. Early autos were very easy to steal: With a little practice, almost anyone could hot-wire an ignition, and Vehicle I... |
Facebook renamed its ‘news feed’ to just ‘feed’ | Amanda Silberling | 2,022 | 2 | 15 | Remember writing on your friend’s “wall” before the Facebook timeline? Now, the Facebook “news feed” will join the graveyard of anachronisms in our memories. Henceforth, the “news feed’ will now be known as just the “feed.” Starting today, our News Feed will now be known as "Feed." Happy scrolling! — Facebook App (@fa... |
Fisker starts taking reservations for its $29,900 Pear EV | Jon Fingas | 2,022 | 2 | 15 | Fisker is at last ready to share more about . The automaker has taking for the Pear, a five-passenger “urban EV” that will start at $29,900 before incentives and taxes. That’s less than Tesla’s originally quoted $35,000 for the Model 3, and well below the $37,499 price of Fisker’s . You’ll have to place a $250 de... |
European data watchdog calls for EU-wide ban on Pegasus spyware | Carly Page | 2,022 | 2 | 15 | The European Data Protection Supervisor ( ) has called for a bloc-wide ban on the controversial spyware tool, warning its use could lead to an “unprecedented level of intrusiveness.” Israeli’s NSO Group, the developer of the notorious spyware, claims to only sell Pegasus to governments for the purpose of fighting cri... |
Ford makes it easier to 3D-print accessories for its Maverick pickup | Jon Fingas | 2,022 | 2 | 15 | Ford teased the prospect of 3D-printing your own accessories when it unveiled the , and it’s acting on that promise. According to and , the brand has CAD files to help you 3D-print add-ons compatible with the Ford Integrated Tether System (FITS) slots behind the center console and under-seat storage bins. You can... |
Microsoft rolls out access to the Amazon Appstore Preview in Windows 11 | Sarah Perez | 2,022 | 2 | 15 | Last October, Microsoft on Windows 11 PCs in partnership with Amazon and its app store. However, the feature was only available to beta testers in the Windows 11 Insider Program, and was limited to around 50 apps. Today, the company is opening access to a broader audience with the arrival of the Amazon Appstore Pre... |
Google wants to bring Chrome OS to your PC or Mac | Frederic Lardinois | 2,022 | 2 | 15 | Google today announced , an of a new initiative that aims to bring Chrome OS to virtually any PC (and older Intel-based Macs). Built on top of CloudReady, which Google acquired in 2020, Chrome OS Flex is aimed at enterprises and educational users who want to prolong the lifetime of their existing devices, but anyone... |
Hopin’ into lessons from Peloton | Natasha Mascarenhas | 2,022 | 2 | 12 | Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, In the beginning of the pandemic, we learned which companies were unprepared to handle a cataclysmic event. Now, as the world slowly starts to reopen in light of vaccinations, we’re learning which companies that soared... |
Sony’s new headphones have giant holes to let sound in | Brian Heater | 2,022 | 2 | 15 | Sony makes some of the best headphones. The WF-1000xm5? Terrific. WH-1000xm4? Fantastic. One of the best things about the latter is their noise canceling. It’s true that they’re long overdue for a refresh (which is reportedly right around the corner, per an FCC listing), but they’re still fantastic, and I’ve been using... |
Soon all blockchain companies will be crypto speculators | Alex Wilhelm | 2,022 | 2 | 12 | It’s a little hard to sit down and write up some jaunty notes on the current state of the technology startup market when news just broke that Russia is expected to . If you are a believer in democracy over autocracy, it’s a pretty dark day. And geopolitical clouds on our very-near temporal horizon promise more bad new... |
Here’s how to stream the 2022 Super Bowl | Aisha Malik | 2,022 | 2 | 12 | Super Bowl LVI kicks off on Sunday, February 13 at 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT, with the Los Angeles Rams facing off against the Cincinnati Bengals in Inglewood, California. The game will be aired on NBC — so if you have cable, you can just tune in. Want to stream it, instead? You’ve got more options to consider there. If you ... |
This Week in Apps: Microsoft’s app store principles, TikTok’s new safety policies, Apple reveals ‘Tap to Pay’ | Sarah Perez | 2,022 | 2 | 12 | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the year-end . App Annie glo... |
It’s not a startup reckoning, it’s a recorrection | Natasha Mascarenhas | 2,022 | 2 | 12 | of the pandemic, we learned which companies were unprepared to handle a cataclysmic event. Now, as the world slowly starts to reopen in light of vaccinations, we’re learning which companies that soared during the pandemic also lost their discipline amid it. Over the past two years, tech rightfully became more critical... |
3D social network BUD raises $15M in Series A+ round | Rita Liao | 2,022 | 2 | 13 | Investors are justling to find the next killer app for the metaverse. , an app that allows users to create their customizable 3D experiences and interact with others, today it has landed $15 million funding in a Series A+ round. Featuring cuddly characters that are reminiscent of Animal Crossing, BUD only rolled out... |
Stitch raises $21M for its API infrastructure and embedded finance platform | Tage Kene-Okafor | 2,022 | 2 | 13 | Stitch’s provides solutions for e-commerce companies, marketplaces & platforms and its leading clientele, fintechs. Stitch |
India bans Garena Free Fire, 53 more China-linked apps | Manish Singh | 2,022 | 2 | 13 | India has banned Tencent’s Xriver, Garena’s Free Fire, NetEase’s Onmyoji Arena and Astracraft and 50 more apps with apparent links to China, the latest in a series of similar blockings over the past one and half years on national security grounds. Some of the , which include Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera, Viva Video ... |
Papier inks $50M Series C to in a run to lead the online stationery market | Ingrid Lunden | 2,022 | 2 | 13 | , a startup leveraging technology to bring very non-tech products into the world, has raised some funding to continue expanding its business on the heels of strong demand for its personalized notebooks, planners, cards and other paper-based stationery that it sells online. The London startup has raised $50 million, a S... |
State-run insurer LIC seeks to raise $8 billion in India’s largest IPO | Manish Singh | 2,022 | 2 | 13 | The Indian government-run insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India filed draft papers with the market regulator on Sunday, announcing its plans to sell 5% of its shares to raise nearly $8 billion in the country’s biggest IPO. The Narendra Modi’s government plans to sell about 316 million shares in the wholly-owned i... |
Fintech Roundup: Proptech’s roller coaster, an ex-Better.com exec’s new gig and Alchemy’s true valuation jump | Mary Ann Azevedo | 2,022 | 2 | 13 | Sarah Pierce / LinkedIn and what the future holds for the BNPL behemoth. Northspyre CEO and co-founder William Sankey / LinkedIn to help make taxes more of an asset than a liability for startups. One way it’s doing this? Helping them access R&D tax credits. Whew. That was fun – thanks for reading and please shar... |
MoneyHash gets $3M to build a super-API for payment operations in Africa, Mideast | Tage Kene-Okafor | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | null |
MindFi gets $2M seed to create localized mental wellness programs for APAC markets | Catherine Shu | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | Mental wellness startup operates throughout APAC, but wants to deliver “culturally competent” care in each of its markets. To do that, it develops programs for its app, available as an employee benefit, with local providers that take into account religion, gender stereotypes, racial representation, communication styl... |
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Singapore-based Reebelo raises $20M to save pre-owned devices from landfills | Catherine Shu | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | Based in Singapore with offices throughout Asia and Australia, wants to make buying pre-owned tech as desirable as a brand new device. “What we have seen is that many younger generations are very much open to the idea of sustainable consumption,” co-founder Philip Franta told TechCrunch. “We see a lot of growth and m... |
Korean internet giant Naver backs e-commerce aggregator New Vessel in seed round | Kate Park | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | said. eMarketer (screenshot). |
Daily Crunch: Hackers leak names, personal details of donors to ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest | Alex Wilhelm | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Monday, February 14, 2022! Oh, what we have for you today. If you wanted mega-rounds, Apple’s latest hijinks, and even some political-hacker drama, TechCrunch has your back! Before we dive in, , and we just announced that Mary D’Onofrio from Bessemer . I think I am moderating tha... |
Max Q: Is one guy building out private human space demand? | Darrell Etherington | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | When SpaceX’s first paying space customer flew on a Crew Dragon with a handpicked crew of three last year, it had all the markings of a one-and-done stunt kind of thing. Billionaire Jared Isaacman was the driving force behind the trip, which spanned a few days and saw them spend their time in low Earth orbit. But Isaac... |
What BlockFi’s $100M settlement with the SEC means for future of crypto lending | Anita Ramaswamy | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | Crypto lending platform BlockFi will pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) $100 million in a settlement over claims that the company violated securities law through its interest account offering, . The settlement represents the largest recorded penalty incurred by a crypto firm, . BlockFi will pay $50... |
Tesla opens entire Supercharger network in the Netherlands to all EVs | Rebecca Bellan | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | Tesla said Monday that non-Tesla owners can charge their electric vehicles at all Supercharger stations in the Netherlands. The announcement marks an expansion of a pilot program that kicked off in November 2021 with 10 stations. CEO Elon Musk had initially expressed interest in opening up the Supercharger network to o... |
Joby Aviation partners with Japanese airline to launch air taxi service | Rebecca Bellan | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | Joby Aviation is partnering with Japanese airline ANA to bring aerial ridesharing services to Japan. Toyota Motor Corporation will be partnering with the two companies, as well, in order to explore ways to connect the air taxis to ground-based transportation. Joby’s intent to start up operations in Japan comes to light... |
Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote | Yann Leretaille | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | hire at our SaaS startup was (surprise!) not an engineer. It might seem counterintuitive, but the first person on board at Wingback was a Fractional Head of Remote — and it was the best decision we made. My co-founder, Torben Friehe, and I knew we wanted to be an asynchronous, fully remote company, and we intended to ... |
How one founder is using fintech to get more EVs on the road | Maggie Stamets | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | When serial founder turned venture capitalist Sunil Paul decided to step back into startups, it was only after trying to give away the idea behind his fintech company Spring Free EV for over a decade. The idea is simple; bring down the initial cost of electric vehicles by charging owners a fee per mile. And after the w... |
Schoolytics is a dashboard that keeps teachers, students and parents on the same page | Greg Kumparak | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | When I was in school — which, judging by how my spine feels most mornings, was — keeping track of how you were doing on your homework felt, itself, like homework. Parents, meanwhile, were generally in the dark about your overall progress until report cards came at the end of the quarter. If something happened that ca... |
Novoloop says it’s worked out how to upcycle plastic waste, raises $11M Series A | Mike Butcher | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | Upcycling polyethylene (the normal ubiquitous plastic we are all familiar with) into high-value plastics that can compete with “virgin” plastic (meaning plastics made directly from petro-chemicals) is a fiendish problem to solve. The fact that it’s been extremely hard to do so means billions of tonnes of plastic is nev... |
Proxi is making digital maps cooler | Christine Hall | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | Depending on your age, getting from point A to point B might have involved paper maps — what we called an “atlas,” the giant book that lived in the pocket behind the passenger seat of the car. As maps went digital, you might have relied on MapQuest to help plot the fastest route to your destination. Ironically, Homebre... |
Exploring the many faces of sidewalk delivery robots with Cartken’s Anjali Jindal Naik | Rebecca Bellan | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | founders, Anjali Jindal Naik, co-founder and COO of autonomous sidewalk robot maker Cartken, was raised by entrepreneurs. Her parents owned a furniture store in North Carolina, and Naik spent much of middle school and high school helping out with managing warehouse deliveries, an experience that would later inform her... |
Here’s what you’ll learn at TechCrunch Early Stage in San Francisco this April | Jordan Crook | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | is the ultimate educational resource for a founder who is just getting started. We’ve tapped experts across myriad startup core competencies, from fundraising to operations to marketing, to outline step-by-step guides on how you can set up and grow your business. Wondering how to recruit talent in this landscape? We’v... |
Texas attorney general files lawsuit against Meta over Facebook’s facial recognition technology | Aisha Malik | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a against Meta over Facebook’s facial recognition practices, his office on Monday. The news was first reported by , which notes that the lawsuit seeks civil penalties in the hundreds of billions of dollars. The lawsuit alleges that the company’s use of facial recognition... |
Here are the best and worst 2022 Super Bowl tech ads | Amanda Silberling | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | What’s more illustrative of American capitalism than that day-after water cooler chat about the advertisements we saw during the Super Bowl? From food delivery apps to phones that were shockingly not made by Apple, tech companies commanded our attention last night, forcing us to explain to our friends that NFTs aren’t ... |
FBI warns BlackByte ransomware is targeting US critical infrastructure | Carly Page | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | The BlackByte gang appears to have made a comeback after targeting at least three U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, according to an advisory from the and the Secret Service. BlackByte is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that leases out its ransomware infrastructure to others in return for a percentage... |
‘Horizon: Forbidden West’ is the final boss of the outgoing gaming generation | Devin Coldewey | 2,022 | 2 | 14 | a bigger game than Horizon: Forbidden West. The second in the open-world series following the adventures of Aloy, future cave woman, in a post-apocalyptic landscape populated by robot dinosaurs, it’s literally difficult for me to think of things the developers include that they didn’t at least try to. In an age of e... |
Waymo to keep robotaxi safety details secret, court rules | Rebecca Bellan | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | Waymo, the autonomous driving arm of Alphabet, was granted a win on Tuesday when a California court ruled it could keep secret certain details regarding its AV technology. The company filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles in late January in order to keep some information about its , as we... |
Daily Crunch: How to remove common consumer-grade spyware from your Android phone | Alex Wilhelm | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, February 22, 2022! We are back! Yes, after a lovely long weekend, your entire TechCrunch team is back in the saddle. Which is good because everything appears to be going on at once. So it was perfect that Slack decided that it actually wanted a -day weekend and . Oof. In... |
Apple says employees and customers are safe after store hostage situation in Amsterdam | Natasha Mascarenhas | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | In response to a now-resolved hostage situation at an Amsterdam store, Apple says that all employees and customers are safe “after this terrifying experience,” per a statement obtained by TechCrunch. There is still an ongoing investigation, the company added. “We want to thank local law enforcement for their exceptiona... |
Tesla gets wrist slap from EPA for violating Clean Air Act | Rebecca Bellan | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | Tesla has agreed to pay a $275,000 fine for violating the federal Clean Air Act at its electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Fremont, California. The penalty is next to nothing for a company that generated a net income of . The EPA found Tesla to be in violation of specific regulations known as National Emissions ... |
Verdant aims to be the (robotic) king of carrot weeders | Brian Heater | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | Agtech is a massive industry aching to be disrupted by robotics. It’s a big category that’s going to require a number of solutions to various problems, though lately it’s been hit by a number of false starts. , for instance, went under, only to be resurrected by a new brand currently exploring the equity crowdfunding ... |
Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders | Anna Heim | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | month, personal care and beauty retailer Sephora is selling vibrators on its U.S. website. It is a significant milestone not just for and , the startups it partnered with, but also for the sexual wellness product category. These startups than the one founders encountered just a few years ago, but raising money is... |
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How this mother and daughter became co-founders and are making professional coaching personal | Maggie Stamets | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | Listen in to the first-ever episode of . We were joined by the mother-daughter duo Jordan Taylor and Edith Cooper who co-founded — a group coaching platform focusing on personal and professional growth. They talked with the Found hosts about navigating a co-founder relationship with your mother or daughter. They dis... |
Zenjob nabs $50M for its student job matching marketplace | Natasha Lomas | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | More money for casual job-matching in Europe: , a marketplace platform that targets students and others looking for side jobs in sectors like retail, logistics and hospitality and promises to connect them with employers in need of temporary labor, has closed a $50 million Series D round of funding. It’s just under two... |
Google’s Area 120 debuts Checks, an AI-powered privacy compliance solution for mobile apps | Sarah Perez | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | A team at Google is today launching a new product for mobile app developers called which leverages AI technology to identify possible privacy and compliance issues within apps, amid a rapidly changing regulatory and policy landscape. The freemium solution will be offered to both Android and iOS app developers of all ... |
Clearco co-founder Andrew D’Souza steps back as Michele Romanow assumes CEO role | Natasha Mascarenhas | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | co-founder tells TechCrunch that he has stepped back from his role as chief executive at the fintech company. the co-founder and president of Clearco, is now chief executive of Clearco. D’Souza, meanwhile, has assumed an executive chairman role and continues to be the largest shareholder in the company, he tells T... |
Facebook Reels rolls out worldwide along with new creative tools and ads | Sarah Perez | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | After in the U.S. this past September, Facebook Reels today is becoming globally available in more than 150 countries. The feature, which is a key part of Meta’s response to the TikTok threat, allows creators to share short-form video content on Facebook or cross-post Reels from Instagram in order to reach a broader ... |
The Found podcast is coming to you live in March with Cityblock’s Toyin Ajayi and Tala’s Shivani Siroya | Jordan Crook | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | The early bird gets the worm. And what is the startup world if not a bunch of early birds snatching up an excess of worms? And yet I come bearing even more worms. (This is getting weird, but roll with it.) Found, TechCrunch’s kickass new podcast that tells the stories behind the startups, is coming to you live in the m... |
Alloy Automation raises $20M to scale its e-commerce automation tech | Alex Wilhelm | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | , a Y Combinator graduate focused on connecting different e-commerce tools, announced this morning that it has closed a $20 million Series A led by a16z. The startup characterized the funding event as brisk, a contrast to its 2021 capital event when it was harder for the company to secure funding. TechCrunch , when th... |
Greylock’s Glen Evans shares strategies for hiring top talent in a hyper-competitive market at TechCrunch Early Stage | Jordan Crook | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | Before anyone ever heard of COVID-19, recruiting and hiring the best people to help build a successful startup was challenging enough. Now consider the pandemic and the seismic shift it caused in the U.S. job market. As a result, millions of people quit working — in a phenomenon known as — effectively shrinking the av... |
What’s worth more: Unicorns or the biggest US tech companies? | Alex Wilhelm | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | by Crunchbase News indicates that the value of global unicorns has crested the $4 trillion mark. The valuation milestone is notable not merely for its scale, but its relative size. Compared to what? The value of the major tech companies of the West, namely the U.S. Big Five. Once they were known as Google, Microsoft, ... |
Behind the stalkerware network spilling the private phone data of hundreds of thousands | Zack Whittaker | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | spyware you hear of today are the powerful nation-state-backed exploits that can quietly and anywhere in the world. These powerful hacking tools are bought and operated by governments, often targeting their — journalists, activists and human rights defenders. There is another kind of spyware that is more prevalent... |
Your Android phone could have stalkerware, here’s how to remove it | Zack Whittaker | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | in is putting at risk the private phone data of about 400,000 people, a number that’s growing daily. The operation, identified by TechCrunch, is run by a small crew of developers in Vietnam but has yet to fix the security issue. In this case it isn’t just one problematic spyware app. It’s an entire fleet of apps — C... |
Behold the orby new PlayStation VR2 headset | Brian Heater | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | Sony to its upcoming virtual reality headset back at CES. That’s kind of what Sony does at the show most years — offer a bunch of nuggets about upcoming products without providing much in the way of details. And hey, if you’ve got something exciting up your sleeve, might as well tease it out a bit. Today, the officia... |
Slack confirms it’s down for some users, says it’s working on a resolution | Aisha Malik | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | is currently experiencing some issues and is down for some users on Tuesday morning. Users are taking to social media to report that they can’t send messages, while some are having trouble accessing the platform altogether. The company’s indicates that “Slack is not loading for some users.” The page notes that issues... |
Equity Monday: Tensions go up, stocks go down | Alex Wilhelm | 2,022 | 2 | 22 | Hello and welcome back to , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Every Monday, or Tuesday, and scour the news and record notes on what’s going on to kick off the week. We are a day late here thanks to the American holiday, which means that it’s goin... |
Daily Crunch: State-sponsored hackers target private email addresses of Ukrainian military | Alex Wilhelm | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, February 25, 2022. It has been a challenging week, so I hope you’re safe and in good spirits (if possible) when this letter reaches you. Toward a more fair and just world. – We have three sections of startup news today, starting with mobility, continuing with venture fund ... |
Nvidia confirms it is investigating a cybersecurity incident | Carly Page | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | U.S. chipmaker has confirmed that it’s investigating a cyber incident that has reportedly downed the company’s developer tools and email systems. Nvidia told TechCrunch in a statement that the nature and scope of the incident are still being evaluated, adding that the company’s commercial activities have not been imp... |
Zendesk terminates $4.1B SurveyMonkey acquisition after its own investors reject deal | Ron Miller | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | announced today that it was walking away from the proposed , the owners of SurveyMonkey, after stockholders . The announcement comes just two weeks after the company spurned by private equity firms. Officially the company announced it this way: “Zendesk, Inc. (NYSE: ZEN) today announced that it has terminated the ... |
TechCrunch+ roundup: Climate tech survey, sex tech strategy, startup advisor compensation | Walter Thompson | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | Oil and gas production generates so much excess methane, it’s cheaper to set it on fire in a process called flaring than it is to capture it for sale or storage. Just in the U.S., producers flare so much gas that astronauts aboard the International Space Station can identify oil fields 254 miles below in North Dakota a... |
Katherine Wu leaves Coinbase Ventures to join crypto investment firm Archetype | Anita Ramaswamy | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | Coinbase Ventures investor Katherine Wu is leaving the company for early-stage crypto venture capital firm , less than a year after joining Coinbase as a senior deal lead in September. The move was first reported by . “[T]oday is my last day at coinbase sometimes you take that leap of faith and it just doesn’t land q... |
Dear Sophie: How can US tech companies support Ukrainians with immigration? | Sophie Alcorn | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their dreams,” says , a Silicon Valley immigration a... |
Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup | Brent Jackson | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | to financing, startups and established organizations will have vastly different experiences. Traditional financing may not always be available to high-growth startups, and even when it is, it often depends on the founder’s personal financial picture and their company’s existing revenue. While larger companies can turn... |
Amazon Music to overtake Pandora as No. 2 US music streamer this year | Amanda Silberling | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | According to from Insider Intelligence (previously eMarketer), Amazon Music will surpass Pandora this year to become the music streamer with the second most number of users in the U.S. Notably, this study includes users on both paid and ad-supported plans for these services — so, while Apple Music has an estimated 38... |
Russia says it is restricting access to Facebook in the country | Taylor Hatmaker | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | The Russian government announced Friday that it will begin to “partially restrict” access to Facebook, according to an from its internet regulatory agency Roskomnadzor. Russia claimed that it would implement the measures, which were not specified, after Facebook put its own restrictions on four Russian state-linked m... |
Fresh from new round, Egypt’s proptech Nawy plans full-suite offering | Annie Njanja | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | Egyptian proptech startup , which began life in 2016 as an AI-driven property, listing has grown to offer brokerage services, supporting the closing of property deals. It is now looking for its next path of growth after connecting 40,000 buyers to sellers last year alone, winning the confidence of the Sawiris family —... |
Day One Ventures adds climate-focused partner Sanjiv Sanghavi | Haje Jan Kamps | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | — which, among other things, invested in Superhuman, Truebill, DuckDuckGo and others — is bringing on ClassPass co-founder Sanjiv Sanghavi as a partner focusing exclusively on climate tech. Sanghavi represents a goal for the fund to deploy 20% of its $50 million fund into early-stage companies focusing on solving clim... |
The idea that university degrees don’t matter is a Silicon Valley fantasy | Jamie Beaton | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | Silicon Valley loves to celebrate the cult of the dropout — the inspired entrepreneur who decides that traditional education isn’t for her because it teaches her nothing of relevance, slows her down, and, in a world of readily available information, no longer gates learning resources like it once did. Legendary advocat... |
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Hack VC raises $200M fund to back early-stage crypto startups | Anita Ramaswamy | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | The investors behind virtual , the world’s largest blockchain programmer event, have launched a $200 million crypto seed fund under the umbrella, fund partner Alex Pack told TechCrunch in an interview. Ed Roman, formerly a solo GP, invested in early-stage tech and crypto companies for over 10 years through Hack VC b... |
Will Mobile World Congress be more of the same? | Brian Heater | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | precisely when the change occurred, but at some point Mobile World Congress became the smartphone show. It’s a fine thing to be in the world of tech trade shows — and certainly has a kind of outward-facing excitement that’s largely lacking in the world of cellular infrastructure. Big booths and flashy press conference... |
MWC to bar some Russian companies from next week’s show | Natasha Lomas | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | The GSMA, which puts on the world’s largest annual mobile connectivity show (aka ) has confirmed it will ban some Russian companies from exhibiting at the Barcelona-based conference which is due to kick off on Monday. However, at the time of writing, the telco industry body is still intending to allow Russian presence... |
Ukraine says Belarusian hackers are targeting its defense forces | Carly Page | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | Ukrainian cybersecurity officials have warned that Belarusian state-sponsored are targeting the private email addresses of Ukrainian military personnel. , Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) said that a mass campaign is targeting the private and accounts belonging to Ukrainian military personne... |
Peruvian startup Leasy secures $17M in debt, equity to provide auto loans to LatAm ride-hailing drivers | Mary Ann Azevedo | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | null |
Should we be growing trees in the desert to combat climate change? | Jesse Klein | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | Reforestation is one of our best tools to fight the climate crisis. In the tropics, forests have been reported to absorb of carbon dioxide every year. A can absorb about 48 pounds of CO per year. In the U.S., our forests store of all annual carbon dioxide emissions, according to the nonprofit American Forests. T... |
Are late-stage startup valuations going to suffer this year? | Alex Wilhelm | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | its most recent quarter. Its came in far ahead of street expectations, with the U.S. crypto exchange posting net revenues of $2.49 billion, net income of $840 million and adjusted EBITDA of $1.21 billion. In comparative terms, Coinbase’s Q4 2021 results bested its full-year 2020 results by a huge margin. And yet, Co... |
Can Taur be the brand that makes e-scooter ownership cool? | Rebecca Bellan | 2,022 | 2 | 25 | Much of the e-scooter conversation has been dominated by the happenings of shared vehicles, the companies that deploy them and the cities in which they are deployed. But Carson Brown, co-founder and lead designer of Taur Technologies, a London-based e-scooter brand, says it’s time to separate scooter sharing from scoot... |
EV-maker Arrival gets delisting warning from Nasdaq | Rebecca Bellan | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | Commercial electric vehicle company has gotten a warning from the Nasdaq Stock Market because its stock price is trading too low. The company issued a Thursday saying it received a notification at the start of the week that it was not in compliance with the Nasdaq’s requirement to trade ordinary shares above $1.00 ... |
Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun | Amanda Silberling | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | UPDATE: Based on tweets from employees showing that they’ve lost access to their work emails and Slack, layoffs are starting to happen: All your access suddenly shut off in the middle of the night? Same 🙃 — ariasafaria (@SrinivasanAria) Has it already started? Happy layoff eve! — Rumman Chowdhury (@ruchowdh) 🫡 Yep... |
iPhone maker Foxconn and Saudi Arabia are going into the EV business | Kirsten Korosec | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has formed a joint venture with Foxconn to build and sell EVs, the latest move by the nation to meet its Vision 2030 goal of reducing its dependence on oil and diversifying its economy. The new company, , will design, manufacture and sell a portfolio of EVs using BMW’s component te... |
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Daily Crunch: WhatsApp’s new discussion groups offer end-to-end encryption and support up to 1,024 users | Christine Hall | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | Oh heeeey! How are you doing today? We’ve had a pretty busy day on the site today, with a veritable cornucopia of news spilling all over the internet. We’ve selected some of the most interesting slices for you below. Enjoy (as far as you can enjoy another day of news about cutbacks and whispered advice to try and panic... |
Rocket Lab will attempt to catch an Electron rocket booster with a helicopter again | Aria Alamalhodaei | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | Rocket Lab is gearing up for a second attempt to catch a rocket booster mid-air using a helicopter, a technique the company is hoping to perfect after a partially successful recovery earlier this year. The mission, playfully dubbed “Catch Me If You Can,” is scheduled to take place no earlier than November 4 from the co... |
Iron Ox lays off 50, amounting to nearly half its staff | Brian Heater | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | There are no sure bets in this — or any — business. Automation, agriculture and a climate-bent are green flags, but no category is immune from mounting economic headwinds on top of the already difficult task of launching a successful startup. While robotics has thus far seen a limited slowdown in investing relative to ... |
Wii? More like Woof, as video games for dogs become a thing | Haje Jan Kamps | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | File this in the “did not see that coming” category; , an U.K.-based startup, is building a series of video games for dogs, with the ultimate goal of helping do further our four-legged furry friends. Check out the video below and go “awww,” if you like, but the company’s founder is eager to highlight that this goes ... |
Warner Bros. Discovery falls short of expectations in Q3 despite success of ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff | Lauren Forristal | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) its fiscal quarterly earnings this afternoon before the company is set to launch a new streaming service next year that . Since reported decent Q3 results, the market likely anticipated an okay turnout for WBD. However, it’s clear the company fell short. HBO, HBO Max and Discovery+ end... |
Amazon exec confirms corporate hiring freeze through end of year | Brian Heater | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | Given the ongoing economic headwinds and the company’s expensive belt-tightening under CEO Andy Jassy, it ought not come as a surprise that Amazon has instituted a corporate hiring freeze. The retail giant’s senior vice president of People Experience and Technology, Beth Galetti, confirmed the move in a staff memo that... |
Why the CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange backed Musk’s Twitter buyout | Anita Ramaswamy | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | Binance’s CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao made headlines outside his typical wheelhouse of web3 as an investor in Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout. Zhao, who put in $500 million, that he would consider joining the social media company’s board if Musk asked him to do so. But why is he eager to get involved with the messy pro... |
I reviewed 1,000+ pitch decks. These are the most common mistakes | Haje Jan Kamps | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | six months, I’ve written up 25 Pitch Deck Teardowns — the popular series of articles where I review a pitch deck in detail, celebrating the wins and gently (and sometimes not-so-gently) suggesting improvements. We’ve seen (yes, really), decks that are and bogged down by hideous design (but still work incredibly we... |
There’s still green in climate robots | Brian Heater | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | with a big this week for a couple of reasons, but when push comes to shove, it comes down to something really simple: There are a lot of great reasons to be bullish on automation and there are a lot of equally great reasons to be bullish on climate tech. If you can manage to position yourself right in the middle of ... |
Bitcoin’s future could hinge on mines over matter | Anita Ramaswamy | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | TechCrunch |
Review: God of War Ragnarok | Devin Coldewey | 2,022 | 11 | 3 | of long-running PlayStation action series God of War as a more contemplative, open-world adventure raised a few eyebrows at first, but the astonishing quality of the finished game put all doubts to rest. The sequel, God of War Ragnarok, is not the revelation the first was, but even “more of the same” is a welcome trea... |
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