TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Applications in the metaverse often feel like more of a marketing gimmick than something that a critical mass of consumers would use, let alone pay for. To meet these expectations, both technology that is easy to use and accurate as well as high-quality software and content are needed. Image Credits: Varjo.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

More recently, Unreal Engine has been used for different use cases beyond video games, such as special effects, 3D explorations of virtual worlds, mixed reality projects and more. 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

JANUARY 19, 2023

Co-founder and CEO Marlon Misra said that the funds will be put toward expanding Copilot’s team, particularly on the engineering and product organization side, to build a “Shopify-like” app store specifically for services business. ” Using Copilot for invoice payments.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

This way of growing users, by getting third-party brokers to use Wefox to advise their own customers, is how CEO and founder Julian Teicke reckons helped the company double its revenues to $320 million last year. “Our model enables Wefox to drive a superior financial profile which puts us on a clear path to profitability.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Pakistani children are less likely to go to school for each kilometer of distance between school and their home — with girls being four times affected, Maqsad co-founder Aziz said. Maqsad announced today its $2.1 million pre-seed round to enhance its content platform growth and invest in R&D.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

. “We monitor and track publicly available job listing data, showing trends and fluctuations in labour demand,” StudentFinance co-founder and CEO Mariano Kostelec explained to TechCrunch. “We also use data from analyzing systemic and market changes such as government incentives for companies to become ‘greener.’

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Founded out of London in 2019, WeWalk has developed a GPS-enabled smart cane and smartphone app, helping users navigate their surrounding environment. The cane, which costs around $600, can detect physical obstacles on the sidewalk and alert the user through vibrations and sounds, while the app integration enables turn-by-turn navigation too.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

The Israeli company is only a year old, but has already tackled the structure of the whole cut, which is complex, co-founder and CEO Ofek Ron told TechCrunch. State of Mind Ventures led the round and was joined by Pitango Health Tech, Unovis, TechAviv Founder Partners, SmartAgro, E2JDJ, Alumni Ventures, FoodHack Syndicate and OurCrowd.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

And finally, its investors in the round include a high-profile mix of institutions and individuals such as DFJ Growth, K5 Global, the Chainsmokers, actor Jared Leto and the Glazer family (owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Manchester United). Hennessy, Charles Schwab, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and others. While in Web 2.0,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Tessera Therapeutics , the Boston-based spin-up from Flagship Pioneering, is the latest company to enter the mix with $230 million in new financing to build up its platform for better biological programming. The round was led by Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

A spin-off from LanzaTech , one of the last surviving climate tech startups from the first cleantech boom that’s still privately held, LanzaJet is taking a phased investment approach with its corporate backers, enabling them to invest additional capital as the company scales to larger production facilities.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

The funding round was a mix of $1.5 Joe Merullo, founder and CEO, grew up in Boston and started his first business in real estate at 19 years old. Merullo plans to use the debt portion of the new funding for loans and financings issued. Convene uses landlord partnership model to outclass WeWork. Image Credits: Arrenda.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

TechCrunch spoke with Brex co-CEO and co-founder Henrique Dubugras, who confirmed that the company did in fact put its name in the hat for SVB but only for the early-stage and growth portfolios within its business. The idea actually came from a customer, he said, who thought Brex “could handle those customers better than big banks.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Dubai-based VUZ says that this round which has seen it onboard a mix of U.S.- 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.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Scooter ADAS is probably the most doable and cost-effective method that cities can use to prevent unwanted rider behavior. “This technology comes from a need for protected bike lanes,” said Dmitry Shevelenko, co-founder and president of Tortoise, an automated vehicle positioning service for micromobility companies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

And Chicago, one of the most important American metropolises, is funding more and more underrepresented founders at the seed and angel stages. You can program it and use it for all sorts of things. But it’s also expensive to use at times, with transaction fees jumping up and down. We dug into how that change is happening.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Other existing investors include Matthias Biilman and Chris Bach, co-founders of Netlify; Jon Dal CEO and co-founder of Mux; and Edvard Engsæth, co-founder of NURX. These days, the medium, as they say, is the message, and in that regard “publishing” has taken on a new meaning in the digital age.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The grocery delivery startup operates a network of its own dark stores to do fulfilment — enabling it to offer the promise of “fresh groceries in 15 minutes” Currently it has eight London stores — now with the funds to expand. unicorn goPuff is also in the mix — having acquired UK startups Fancy and Dija.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Vecmocon, an abbreviation for vector motor control, is trying to solve all this using its core EV components and software that it sells to OEMs. The New Delhi-based startup additionally offers platforms for cloud integration to enable remote diagnostics for fleet operations.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. We believe very much in the consumerism of healthcare, and what that means is you have to build healthcare around the consumer,” says founder and chairwoman Gina Bartasi. Zimmerman, the founder and CEO of Drift. With 12 outlets in 10 U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Kruger previously partnered with Matt Kopel, SwiftConnect’s other co-founder, to start Waltz , an access control company launched in Kopel’s dorm room that was acquired by WeWork in mid-2019. “SwiftConnect also tapped into the fact that administrators were also seeking to use physical space and real estate more efficiently.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

He is a co-founder and CTO of CoCoPIE LLC. Here’s why we applied for a federal grant and why we think you should add “America’s Seed Fund” to your deep tech fundraising mix. CoCoPIE’s vision is to enable real-time AI for off-the-shelf mobile devices. Share on Twitter. We’re a group of Ph.D.s Build credibility.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Exotel, which counts Blume Ventures and IIFL Asset Management among its backers, has raised about $100 million in a mix of debt and equity rounds in the last 12 months. Indian ride-hailing giant Ola uses Exotel’s platform to send text messages to its customers.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

The company, which is now fully owned by factory14, has kept the original founders on to lead the smaller company. But in the process of planning out how factory14 might differentiate itself in that mix, Steinbruch said it found some distinct differences. But we took the decision to focus only on high-quality assets,” he said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

There were a lot of cool businesses coming out of Asia and being efficient in real estate, which enables you to cut down and save money on rent and push customers to order ahead,” Menda told TechCrunch. Blank Street’s co-founders Vinay Menda and Issam Freiha. and King David Tacos. and King David Tacos.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Co-founders Aylon Steinhart and Thomas Bowman believe Eclipse Foods has come a long way since its 2019 origins. The proprietary technology uses micelles, which Steinhart called “the microscopic magic of milk,” to create the replacement plant-based dairy products, but that don’t sacrifice on taste, texture or functionality.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Six months after announcing $30 million in equity and debt, Boopos , a Miami-based lending platform for business acquisitions and growth, is back with an even bigger round, a $58 million Series A, again in a mix of equity and debt. Founderpath secures $145M in debt and equity to help B2B SaaS startup founders avoid dilution.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Based in Hong Kong, Finverse ’s ambitious goal is to enable open banking throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Founder and chief executive officer Stephane Lesaffre told TechCrunch that Finverse plans to launch in one new market per quarter, with the goal of covering about 75% of consumer and SMEs banks in each place.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

chances are you’re selecting products off shelves that have made it there using Hivery’s core product,” he told TechCrunch. “It sits between the big brands and retailers, enabling them to customise a store’s assortment to match the needs of the local consumer. We call it ‘hyper-local retailing.'”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

CrowdStrike CEO and co-founder George Kurtz also participated in this round, in addition to former Zscaler CISO Michael Sutton, former Bank of America Chief Security Scientist Sounil Yu, Fireglass co-founder Dan Amiga, Cynet CEO and co-founder Eyal Gruner and Hexadite co-founder Eran Barak. and.NET). .

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

His co-founder, John Hering, was the founder and CEO of cybersecurity firm Lookout. “If they’re in a place where they can be touched by law enforcement, that can be used to get them to stop,” he said. “It was the universe telling me to use the name,” he said with a little smile. Cyber Command.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

So instead, Meyer, founder and CEO, created Ghost Financial to initially do two things: provide what he touts as “the first cash-back credit card for food and beverage inventory” and use data and technology to underwrite restaurant expansion loans and credit limits for the card. Ghost Financial founder John Meyer.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

This seed round, one of the largest in the Middle East and Africa, is a mix of debt and equity financing. While Opontia does not disclose the ratio of equity and debt, it confirmed that the majority was debt which will be used to make acquisitions. Valoreo closes on $50M to roll up LatAm e-commerce brands.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

But the foot traffic and location analytics startup saw growth in new categories, including consumer packaged goods (CPG) and hedge funds that use its tech to perform due diligence. The new capital will be used on research and development and expanding Placer.ai’s sales and marketing teams.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

It plans to use the funding to continue building out its software and its capabilities, to hire more people, and for business development, according to Artificial’s CEO and co-founder David Fuller. As those liquids are mixed, a robotic system typically moves around pipettes, liquids, in and out of plates and mixes.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“Faster instant payments mean faster fraud,” Sardine CEO and co-founder Soups Ranjan told TechCrunch. That’s the thesis behind his startup, which uses behavioral, financial and device-specific user data to detect fraud on behalf of its clients in the crypto and fintech industries.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

“We believe that music is always a multisensory experience, and we designed Orbacam as an auditory, visual and tactile experience that anyone can play immediately,” says Artiphon’s CEO and founder Mike Butera. Now people can create musical videos that are entirely their own.”. The Orba originally saw the light of day following a $1.4

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