Richard Dal Porto 2021-07-23 18:10:45 feedproxy.google.com To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for July 23, 2021.…
Kirsten Korosec 2021-07-23 15:50:41 feedproxy.google.com Rivian announced Friday that it has closed a $2.5 billion private funding round led by Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, D1 Capital Partners, Ford Motor and funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates…
Alex Wilhelm 2021-07-23 12:08:54 feedproxy.google.com News that China’s government may force domestic tutoring-focused companies to go nonprofit is taking a huge bite out of the value of several technology companies. Bloomberg notes that the value of companies like New…
Brian Heater 2021-07-23 10:35:08 feedproxy.google.com Alphabet’s public-facing history with robotics has, thus far, been a spotty one. Most notably, Google X’s big acquisition push culminated in its selling Boston Dynamics to Softbank (who eventually flipped it to Hyundai). Alphabet/Google’s…
Christine Hall 2021-07-23 08:00:17 feedproxy.google.com It’s pretty easy for individuals to send money back and forth, and there are lots of cash apps from which to choose. On the commercial side, however, one business trying to send $100,000 the…
Manish Singh 2021-07-23 06:09:54 feedproxy.google.com Shares in Zomato, a Gurgaon-based food delivery company and first of India’s consumer tech startups to go public, closed up 64.7% in its debut day of trading in Mumbai, delivering a key insight into…
Kirsten Korosec 2021-07-23 00:00:16 feedproxy.google.com GM is rolling out three major upgrades including automatic lanes changes and towing support to its hands-free driver assistance system Super Cruise and making it available in six vehicles, including the 2022 all-new GMC…
Jordan Crook 2021-07-22 15:48:55 feedproxy.google.com Extra Crunch Live has taught us a lot. From how Retail Zipline’s Series A pitch deck ticked every box for Emergence Capital to how Coda perfected the growth fly wheel, much to the delight…
Sarah Perez 2021-07-22 15:55:00 feedproxy.google.com VOCHI, a Belarus-based startup behind a clever computer vision-based video editing app used by online creators, has raised an additional $2.4 million in a “late-seed” round that follows the company’s initial $1.5 million round…
Rebecca Bellan 2021-07-22 19:10:00 feedproxy.google.com Arrival, the commercial electric vehicle company that is shaking up the traditional auto production line with AI-run microfactories, has been chosen to build electric buses for the City of Anaheim, California. The Federal Transportation…
Alexandra Ames 2021-07-22 16:00:23 feedproxy.google.com TechCrunch Disrupt 2021, the world’s original and most epic conference dedicated to tech startups, takes place September 21-23. Are you ready to take full advantage of this opportunity-packed event? Start right now and buy…
Ram Iyer 2021-07-22 15:11:40 feedproxy.google.com Bob Ma is an investor at WIND Ventures, where he invests in energy, retail and mobility startups. Prior to joining WIND, he was an investor at Soma Capital, where he invested venture capital globally…
Christine Hall 2021-07-22 12:00:37 feedproxy.google.com Sendlane, a San Diego-based multichannel marketing automation platform, announced Thursday it raised $20 million in Series A funding. Five Elms Capital and others invested in the round to give Sendlane total funding of $23…
Carly Page 2021-07-22 10:31:10 feedproxy.google.com Thoma Bravo-owned Sophos has announced it’s acquiring Braintrace, a cybersecurity startup that provides organizations visibility into suspicious network traffic patterns. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Braintrace, which was founded in 2016 and…
Brian Heater 2021-07-22 09:00:48 feedproxy.google.com Conventional wisdom holds that one ought let sleeping does lie. But no one says you’re barred from tracking them while they do. New York-based smart collar maker Fi announced today that it’s adding sleep…
Annie Siebert 2021-07-21 13:38:06 feedproxy.google.com Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects…
Aria Alamalhodaei 2021-07-21 18:06:31 feedproxy.google.com Rivian electric vehicle charging stations are coming to yet another state park system. The EV startup said it would install its so-called “waypoint” chargers at all of Tennessee’s 56 state parks, just four months…
Lucas Matney 2021-07-21 14:14:35 feedproxy.google.com While direct-to-consumer growth has exploded in the past year, some brands are finding there’s still plenty of room to forge ahead in building a more direct relationships with their customers. Sydney-based Okendo has made…
Walter Thompson 2021-07-21 14:26:04 feedproxy.google.com Jonathan Martinez Contributor Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. As we move toward a privacy-centric, less targeted future…
Romain Dillet 2021-07-21 12:07:56 feedproxy.google.com Fintech startup Upgrade is launching a new credit card today. The Upgrade Bitcoin Rewards Card is a classic Visa credit card that works across the Visa network. But you get 1.5% in bitcoin rewards…
Jordan Crook 2021-07-21 10:00:02 feedproxy.google.com We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedback from…
Carly Page 2021-07-21 08:00:32 feedproxy.google.com DNSFilter, an artificial intelligence startup that provides DNS protection to enterprises, has secured $30 million in Series A funding from Insight Partners. DNSFilter, as its name suggests, offers DNS-based web content filtering and threat protection.…
Mary Ann Azevedo 2021-07-21 07:03:28 feedproxy.google.com Just over five months after securing $50 million in debt & equity, Valoreo has closed on a $30 million Series A funding round. Mexico City-based Valoreo aims to invest in, operate and scale…
Rebecca Bellan 2021-07-20 17:47:45 feedproxy.google.com A Tesla in full self-driving mode makes a left turn out of the middle lane on a busy San Francisco street. It jumps in a bus lane where it’s not meant to be. It…
Natasha Mascarenhas 2021-07-20 15:03:53 feedproxy.google.com The tech boom in Southeast Asia isn’t just seeding a wave of new entrepreneurs building the next generation of unicorns, it’s also ushering young talent into the roles of first-time managers. And NewCampus, a…
Aria Alamalhodaei 2021-07-20 12:54:44 feedproxy.google.com Jeff Bezos was so triumphant he was practically glowing at a press conference following the Blue Origin’s first crewed mission to space, 21 years after he founded the company in 2000. The billionaire talked…
Amanda Silberling 2021-07-20 12:00:13 feedproxy.google.com YouTube announced its latest feature, Super Thanks, on Tuesday. This is YouTube’s fourth Paid Digital Good, which is what the platform calls any product that lets fans directly pay creators. So far, these tools…
Jordan Crook 2021-07-19 12:10:02 feedproxy.google.com We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedback from…
Manish Singh 2021-07-20 00:39:37 feedproxy.google.com YouTube has acquired social commerce startup Simsim, the Google-owned firm said on Tuesday. Neither of the firms disclosed the terms of the deal, but two people with knowledge of the matter told TechCrunch the…
Ram Iyer 2021-07-19 15:08:22 feedproxy.google.com Yin Wu, a three-time YC alum, is founder of Pulley, which offers cap table management tools that help companies better understand and optimize their equity. More posts by this contributor How to start a…
Richard Dal Porto 2021-07-19 18:10:41 feedproxy.google.com To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for July 19, 2021.…
Kirsten Korosec 2021-07-19 18:04:06 feedproxy.google.com GM will add a full-size electric pickup truck to its GMC lineup, the latest in a string of EV product announcements by the automaker in the past year as it pushes to deliver more…
Zack Whittaker 2021-07-19 17:13:42 feedproxy.google.com Over the weekend, an international consortium of news outlets reported that several authoritarian governments — including Mexico, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates — used spyware developed by NSO Group to hack into the…
