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Zeal banks $13M to offer employers a ‘build your own’ payroll product infrastructure
Enterprises use Zeal to pay large volumes of workers and keep payment data on their own native systems.
Crypto infra startup Fireblocks raises $310M, triples valuation to $2.2B
The latest financing brings Fireblocks’ total raised since its 2018 inception to $489 million. The valuation boost correlates with its increase in customers and ARR this year.
Spinn taps into $40M to create better coffee brewing, discovery experiences
When you are a coffee lover, taste matters, and Spinn is brewing up some fresh funding to bring connected coffee to new customers through its hardware-enabled coffee marketplace.
Cybereason raises $275M at Series F, adds Steven Mnuchin to board
Cybereason, a U.S.-Israeli late-stage cybersecurity startup that provides extended detection and response (XDR) services, has secured $275 million in Series F funding. The investment was led by Liberty Strategic Capital,…
Australian fintech Zeller lands $50M AUD led by Spark Capital at a $400M AUD valuation
Zeller, a Melbourne-based fintech founded by former Square executives to serve small- to mid-sized businesses, has raised $50 million AUD (about $37.5 million USD) led by Spark Capital, the investment…
Amid controversy, Dispo confirms Series A funding, high-profile advisors and investors
It’s only been nine months since Dispo rebranded from David’s Disposable. But the vintage-inspired photo-sharing app has experienced a whiplash of ups and downs, mostly due to the brand’s original…
Dooly raises $80M more for its AI tools to help salespeople manage their busywork
Salespeople have more tools than ever these days to help them with their work, whether they are tools to source new leads, keep those leads interested or informed about what’s…
Handshake raises $80M at a $1.5B+ valuation as its diversity-focused recruitment network for grads passes 18M users
Job-hunting for those close to leaving or just out of college is a different ballgame these days than it used to be. Gone (at least for now) are the open…
Wunderite raises $3M to build software for indie insurance agencies
This morning Wunderite, a Boston-based software startup, announced that it has raised $3 million in an early-stage round led by Spark Capital. Wunderite builds and sells software designed to help…
Remote hiring startup Deel raises $156M at a $1.25B valuation after 20x growth in 2020
Many of the world’s organizations shifted to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But even as more people are vaccinated and offices are planning re-openings, it’s clear that for…
Dispo is in the midst of a sexual assault controversy, Zoom introduces an SDK and Android owners will have to continue waiting for Clubhouse access. This is your Daily Crunch…
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Spark Capital decides to ‘sever all ties’ with David Dobrik’s Dispo app weeks after leading deal
Venture capital firm Spark Capital has decided to “sever all ties” with Dispo, a photo-sharing app co-created by famous YouTuber David Dobrik. The move, announced by the firm late Sunday, was triggered by a recent investigation by Business Insider that exposed allegations from a woman who said that a member of Dobrik’s Vlog Squad sexually…
The newly resurrected Gowalla wants to realize its mobile dreams from the early-aughts in an augmented reality world, and they’ve raised some new funding to make it happen. The AR…
X1 Card raises $12 million for its credit card with limits based on your income
X1 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.…
Mirror founder Brynn Putnam on life with Lululemon — and whether or not she sold too soon
Brynn Putnam has a lot to feel great about. A Harvard grad and former professional ballet dancer who opened the first of what have become three high-intensity fitness studios in…
MessageBird, the ‘omnichannel platform-as-a-service,’ raises $200M Series C at $3B valuation
MessageBird, the Amsterdam-headquartered cloud communications company, has raised $200 million in Series C funding in a round led by Silicon Valley’s Spark Capital. The new investment gives 2011-founded MessageBird a…
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Noyo raises $12.5M Series A to keep building its health insurance API business
This morning, Noyo, a startup that provides APIs that link players in the health insurance space, announced that it has closed a $12.5 million Series A round of funding. The…
Postmates cuts losses in Q2 as it heads towards tie-up with Uber
Popular food delivery service Postmates is in the process of merging with Uber in a blockbuster $2.65 billion deal that would see it join forces with its food delivery competitor,…
Morgan Beller, co-creator of the Libra digital currency, just joined the venture firm NFX
Morgan Beller, who is a co-creator of the proposed Libra digital currency, along with Facebook vice presidents David Marcus and Kevin Weil, has left the company to become a general…
Deel nabs $30M more for payroll, compliance and other tools to run global workforces
Remote working has become the norm for many of us not on the front lines, and what’s been notable is that this is also changing the mindset for a lot…
Meet the Disrupt 2020 ‘TC10’
If 2020 hasn’t been wild enough, there’s an extra special twist going down at Disrupt 2020 beyond the fact that, for the first time ever, the conference will be fully…
Disrupt 2020 is a few weeks away and we’re looking for founders to submit their pitch decks. In the Pitch Deck Teardown, top venture capitalists and entrepreneurs will evaluate and…
Tatch raises $4.25M to build a patch that helps diagnose sleep disorders
Sleep apnea is a huge problem, but is often under-diagnosed because getting a diagnosis often involves getting hooked up to numerous machines and sleeping under the supervision of a doctor.…
Colin Kaepernick joins Medium board of directors and inks partnership publishing deal
The online publishing platform Medium said that it has added former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and civil rights advocate Colin Kaepernick to its board of directors. The company also said…
Outreach nabs $50M at a $1.33B valuation for software that helps with sales engagement
CRM software has become a critical piece of IT when it comes to getting business done, and today a startup focusing on one specific aspect of that stack — sales…
Square acquires European peer-to-peer payment app Verse
Square acquired Verse, a Spanish peer-to-peer payment app that works across Europe. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. According to Crunchbase, Verse had raised $37.6 million from Spark Capital, eVentures,…
Rewarding civic pride and boosting the local economy? Akron, Ohio is trying out a startup for that
Akron, Ohio, the hometown of LeBron James; the seat of the U.S. tire industry; the 127 largest city in the U.S.; and the home of America’s first toy company, is…
Clyde raises $14 million Series A to help e-commerce businesses offer extended warranty plans
Four years ago, Brandon Gell was an architecture student who spent most of his time working on 3D printing modular housing. Now, he’s the founder of Clyde, an extended warranty…
With $8 million to consolidate Amazon’s top marketplace sellers, Perch makes its first deals
After raising $8 million in November to roll up top Amazon marketplace companies, the new Boston-based startup Perch has begun putting that money to work in its first few deals.…
