TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. But over 90% of Ukrainian startups say they need financial support to survive the war.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I had the pleasure of interviewing Ashley Nader, the visionary founder behind Fini , a revolutionary platform empowering health and wellness creators. What motivated you to launch your startup? Enabling individuals to lead healthier lives while supporting creators’ success is truly invigorating. This was very insightful.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Voltron Data was launched last year by former employees from NVidia, Ursa Computing, BlazingSQL and the co-founder of Apache Arrow. Voltron Data co-founder and CEO Josh Patterson said that at its heart, the startup is a standards company that aims to spread the word on the power of data and analytics standardization via Apache Arrow.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Fashion startup Virgio, co-founded by Amar Nagaram, former chief executive of Myntra, has raised $37 million in a new financing round as the young firm looks to build “a global fashion brand” from the South Asian market. The startup’s approach has prompted some to draw comparisons between its model with that of the behemoth Shein.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Register Indonesia-based mobile cafe startup Jago has raised $2.2 Users can download the Jago app on iOS and Android to order freshly brewed beverages for both pickup and delivery, eliminating the need to go out to a café for refreshment. The post Jago, Indonesia’s mobile cafe startup, raises $2.2m The round was oversubscribed.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 16, 2023

Having accumulated more than 40 million app downloads and disbursing over $4 billion in loans, Atome Financial has demonstrated its impactful presence in the fintech sphere. Atome’s extensive network encompasses over 15,000 retail partners across ten Asian markets, enabling seamless and flexible payment options for consumers.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 3, 2023

Prominent Venture Capital Firms and Individual Investors back the AI Startup to build world’s largest AI Cluster While follow on funding is a hurdle for many startups, Inflection AI faces no such challenge. Based in Palo Alto, California the AI startup just raised $1.3 Mobile: download Pi, your personal AI for iPhone or iPad.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Davit Buniatyan, founder and CEO at the company says the company developed out of research he was doing at Princeton where saw the need for a streaming database of unstructured data like images and video specifically designed for AI use cases. The program has been downloaded 300,000 times so far. Activeloop image database.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Funding backers included Y Combinator, Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen, Canary, Hustle Fund, Necessary Ventures and the co-founders of TaskUs. Vicente Zavarce, Yummy’s founder and CEO, launched the company in 2020 and is currently part of Y Combinator’s summer 2021 cohort. Born in Venezuela, Zavarce came to the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Get ready for your close-up : PhotoRoom, a photo-editing app for e-commerce sellers that enables users to remove the background behind objects, has attracted 40 million app downloads and now raised $19 million, Romain reports. Startups and VC. We are nothing if not creatures of habit, after all. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

We had Farb Nivi , who is the founder & CEO of Grockit , a website that enables online group learning. Farb is the founder & CEO of Grockit.com. Estimated 15mm downloads to date. Here’s this week’s outline: INTRO to FARB NIVI. Raised angel money from Rob Lord, Reid Hoffman, Benchmark Capital and others.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

More than one smartphone app startup has tried to convince you that by using their app you will miraculously stave off the ravages of age and flab. But today you get to download and kick the tires on a new app that is laying claim to be able to literally slow your aging. based startup is clearly making waves amongst investors.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

New York-based startup Sketchfab has been acquired by Epic Games , the company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine. Sketchfab has been building a platform to upload, download, view, share, sell and buy 3D assets. We are proud to work alongside Epic to build the Metaverse and enable creators to take their work even further.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Tom Ferrier, the founder of Greener , an Australian cleantech startup, wants to help. For consumers, Greener offers an app that links to the user’s bank account, enabling customers to learn about their carbon impact and get suggestions to make better choices on shopping greener based on potential purchases for 250+ brands.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

Instant delivery startup Getir has announced that it has closed a new $768 million Series E founding round. The company has managed to attract 40 million app downloads across nine countries. That’s why these instant delivery startups have been raising mega rounds of funding. Overall, Getir manages 1,100 dark stores.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Févry and his co-founder Korkmaz envisioned Stoovo as a way to level the playing field by providing gig workers with information about the highest paying jobs available on the gig platforms at any one time. Download the Chrome extension to detect if UberEats has underpaid you. After a stint in Europe, Févry moved back to the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

The Boston-based startup built a platform, which provides tech-enabled caregiver support through employers and health plans. Previous backers, including Slow, Founder Collective, Indicator Venture, Entrée Capital and CueBall also made follow-on investments in the round. ianacare announced this morning it has raised a $12.1

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The startup designed a web-based, real-time collaboration tool for electronics design and engineering. Today’s chip shortage is just the latest sign of that,” co-founder and CEO Matthias Wagner said in a release tied to the news. Flux says its technology is supported by “all modern browsers,” requiring no downloads.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

One-click checkout continues to stretch out its moment, and Sleek is the latest startup to get in on the venture capital action, where similar companies like Ownit , Bolt , Checkout.com , OurPass and Rapyd have collectively raised over $3 billion in investments within the past 18 months. It raised $1.7 billion by 2026, up from $3.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

In recent years, a handful of startups have made it easier for users — especially the millennials — to invest , but the figure has largely remained stagnant. Now, an Indian startup believes that it has found the solution to tackle this challenge — and is already seeing good early traction. s recurring payment support.)

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2022

South Korean startup Bucketplace , which operates a home decorating and interior app OHouse, is looking to continue capitalizing on that trend with its most recent $182 million Series D round, the startup’s co-founder and CEO Jay Lee said on Monday in an interview with TechCrunch. billion by 2028-end , up from $333.7

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm , Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all things startups! First off, 3-year-old one-click checkout startup Fast announced it was shutting down after struggling to raise more capital to keep operations running.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

based cybersecurity startup, has secured a $12 million Series A investment to bring multi-factor authentication (MFA) to machine-to-machine API traffic. “With human MFA, as soon as you get your authenticator downloaded and set up, you’re pinning access to your trusted machine. The startup’s link to the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

As the child explores the FabuLingua world, more stories unlock, enabling more teaching opportunities. The company says it has more than 80,000 downloads, 15,000 registered users and over 1,000 families paying for the subscription. The service is available through a monthly subscription, and is available on Android and iOS devices.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 22, 2023

The manifesto’s six sections address policymaking, how to support and educate entrepreneurs to enable an innovation nation, the commercialisation of research, how to attract talented entrepreneurs, and how to enhance and expand our entrepreneurial ecosystem on the global stage. “We

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

If you follow startup news from Indonesia, you know that the country’s estimated 60 million small businesses are a hot target for tech companies. Before downloading and onboarding on Bukugaji, the vast majority of our users utilized notebooks to mark attendance and track payroll,” Mahansaria said. “A

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Personalized nutrition startup Zoe — named not for a person but after the Greek word for ‘life’ — has topped up its Series B round with $20M, bringing the total raised to $53M. The latest close of the B round was led by Ahren Innovation Capital, which the startup notes counts two Nobel laureates as science partners.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Depression and anxiety were taking a serious toll on peoples’ well-being even before COVID-19, and the pandemic prompted more interest (and venture capital) in mental health startups. In Southeast Asia, for example, a growing list of startups is increasing access to mental healthcare and support. to expand across Asia.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A new startup called Insight is bringing web browser extensions to the iPhone, with the goal of delivering a better web browsing experience by blocking ads and trackers, flagging fake reviews on Amazon, offering SEO-free search experiences, or even calling out media bias and misinformation, among other things. ” Image Credits: Insight.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Founder and chief executive officer Khaled Zaatarah launched VUZ, formerly 360VUZ, as a platform to bridge the gap between physical and virtual worlds by offering premium immersive content to a global audience. Seven existing investors participated as well. The Dubai-based VUZ says that this round which has seen it onboard a mix of U.S.-

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Indonesian social commerce app KitaBeli’s team, including founders Prateek Chaturvedi (seated, right front row and Ivana Medea Tjandra (center front row). Indonesian logistics startup SiCepat raises $170 million Series B. “Indonesian customers are also new to the internet and need to be educated on how e-commerce works.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

I’d love it if you’d take a moment to download the app and tell us what you think. I first met the Ferris founders ( Paul Boukadakis & Chris Shaheen ) more than a year ago. The backend services to enable scrolling, click-and-watch, scroll forward with minimal buffering, etc. Otherwise known as a tech startup.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The startup has raised $4 million in a seed round to build a neobank app that will enable individuals to sign-up with their preferred credit unions to access various financial services. “We The beta version of the app has been tested for feasibility, with an uptake of between 60% and 90%, Kwara co-founder and COO, David Hwan said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Indonesia’s credit bureaus currently have about 92 million credit records, but the founders of SkorLife say many people have trouble accessing their own data. The Jakarta-based startup announced today it has raised $2.2 The Jakarta-based startup announced today it has raised $2.2 million in pre-seed funding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

” Then he stumbled across coverage of a San Francisco startup called Made Renovation that promised bathroom remodels “made easy.” To enable customers to check out its design ideas, it launched its very first storefront in a popular shopping district of San Francisco in February 2020. to shut down.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 10, 2020

Building a business with real profits, good jobs and sustainable growth takes time, as Charles Fred, TrueSpace founder and CEO, knows. As a successful serial entrepreneur, he has experienced firsthand the difficulties associated with leading a business through the startup stage to post-startup and finally mid-market.

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