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After the end of the startup era
There’s a weird feeling afoot these days, in the Valley, and in San Francisco. Across the rest of the world — Denver, Santiago, Toronto, Berlin, “Silicon Glen,” “Silicon Alley,” “Silicon Roundabout“, Station F — it seems every city still wants to be a startup hub, dreaming of becoming “the new Silicon Valley.” But in the… Read More
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OmniHub tries to fix the MacBook Pro’s port shortage with magnets and modules
My five-year-old MacBook Pro finally gave up the ghost. After traveling the world and surviving several CESes, it was time to finally lay the thing to rest. I had some misgivings about replacing the old workhorse with one of the new models, not the least of which was the company’s fairly unpopular decision to ditch all existing ports for a quartet of ThunderBolt 3 ports. Read More
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GitHub’s scandalized ex-CEO returns with Chatterbug
Translation earbuds might eliminate some utilitarian reasons to know a language, but if you want to understand jokes, read poetry, or fall in love in a foreign tongue, you’ll have to actually learn it. Unfortunately, products like Rosetta Stone leave people feeling burned after claiming the process should be easy while never helping you practice talking with a real native speaker. You… Read More
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Antisocial media?
As Facebook finds itself publicly on the hook for enabling Russian agents to spread divisive propaganda via its platform, be it in the form of fake news, ‘dark ads’, issue pushing Facebook pages, and even political rallies organized using its Event tools, there’s another side to the story of how tech tools are impacting the democratic process currently playing out in… Read More
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Stop what you are doing and watch Nathan for You’s brilliant Uber episode right now
If you have not yet had the pleasure of being introduced to Nathan for You, you’re in for a treat! The man behind the show, Nathan Fielder, is so wonderfully awkward in his delivery he might just make you pee your pants from laughing so hard. Last week’s episode “Andy vs. Uber” almost made me do just that. Warning: lots of spoilers in this post so stop reading if… Read More
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Redesigning the TechCrunch app
Over the last two years we have been working hard to improve the experience of TechCrunch products for our readers. Our tiny-but-mighty product team launched the brand new TechCrunch mobile app earlier this month and we couldn’t be more excited. It has been completely redesigned with the goal of giving you easy access to the news you care about most, no matter where you are. Read More
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CapHorn Invest raises $150 million fund to invest in B2B startups
French VC firm CapHorn Invest recently closed a new $150 million fund (€130 million). Around 250 CEOs and executives of big established companies invested in the fund as limited partners. This is CapHorn Invest’s second fund. The firm plans to focus on Series A rounds, from $600,000 to $6 million (€500,000 to €5 million). What’s interesting about this VC firm is that it… Read More
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Southeast Asia gaming and e-commerce firm Sea ends first day on NYSE up 8%
Sea, the gaming and e-commerce company holding the first major U.S. IPO from a Southeast Asian tech firm, had a bumpy start to life on the NYSE after closing the day up around eight percent on its list price of $15. The company raised $884 million from its listing, but it could surpass $1 billion if all allotted shares are purchased by underwriters. The share — listed as… Read More
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Crunch Report | SoftBank Vision Fund Sequels
SoftBank is planning to create $100 billion Vision Fund sequels, Chariot is temporarily paused in San Francisco and Stitch Fix shows us what a good IPO looks like. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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Mozilla proposes combined WebXR standard for virtual and mixed reality in the browser
Although we may disagree on the usefulness of VR and AR today, it’s hard to argue with the idea that it should be easier to develop for and deploy — especially on the web. That’s why Mozilla is working on a combined framework that gives developers standardized, well-documented tools with which to access the user’s chosen mixed reality platform. Read More
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Robert Scoble has allegedly continued to sexually harass women after going sober
Venture capitalists Dave McClure, Jason Caldbeck and Chris Sacca, SoFi CEO Mike Cagney and a top Uber engineer have all been accused of sexual impropriety in the last six months as a growing number of women have come forward about the harassment they have endured by those in power. However, Robert Scoble, who has been accused of sexual misconduct in the past, has so far gone unscathed. Read More
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Apple and AT&T activate LTE Band 8 to give iPhone users in Puerto Rico cellular service by Loon Balloon
Apple, AT&T, the FCC and Alphabet’s X division have all put into motion efforts to give residents of Puerto Rico more cellular connectivity. Apple has been working with AT&T to extend and activate cell service for users in Puerto Rico. To improve what is a terrible connectivity situation there, it’s going to enable a provisional band of LTE that has been recently approved… Read More
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Vungle CEO arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, lewd act with 3-year-old son
Zain Jaffer, who has been CEO of fast-growing mobile ad startup, Vungle, is out of the company after being arrested on a slew of charges, including a lewd act upon a child and assault with a deadly weapon. The alleged victim was his three-year-old son, according to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Wagstaffe told us that Jaffer was initially charged with attempted murder… Read More
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Apple hires Amazon Studios exec Morgan Wandell in push for scripted programming
Apple’s first few pieces of original programming, Carpool Karaoke and Planet of the Apps, felt more like stumbles out of the gate. In this era of prestige television from cord-cutting platforms like Netflix and Amazon, the shows weren’t exactly, say, House of Cards or Transparent. But a number of moves over the past several months find the company positioning itself as a… Read More
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Elon Musk gets permission to begin Boring Co. digging in Maryland
Elon Musk’s week is going pretty great thus far, between meeting the creators of Rick & Morty and now gaining permission to dig even more tunnels — besides the one he already got the OK to begin digging closer to home in Hawthorne. Read More
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Shopkick lays off about 10 percent of staff
Shopkick, a shopping rewards app owned by SK Telecom, laid off a little more than 10 percent of its staff (about 30 people) yesterday, TechCrunch has learned. Shopkick CEO Bill Demas confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch, saying they were part of a broader restructuring of the business. Read More
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Disputed DNA analysis software’s code open for inspection after court order
If you’re going to convict or acquit based on evidence provided by a piece of software, you’d better be damn sure that software is reliable. One such program, a DNA analysis tool used in over a thousand cases, has been called unreliable by critics — and a federal judge has just ordered that its code be opened for all to see so we can find out one way or the other. Read More
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Rebecca Kaden joins Union Square Ventures as general partner
Rebecca Kaden has announced that she’s leaving Maveron to join Union Square Ventures as a general partner on the investment team. She’ll be the first female partner at USV. She said that her faith in the team and also a return to her native NYC were motivating factors in joining the firm. Read More
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Twitch unveils a suite of new tools to help creators grow their channels and make money
Amazon-owned video game streaming site Twitch today announced a number of new features for streamers aimed at helping their grow their online communities and generate revenue from their online channels. Notably, the company will soon debut several features that will allow video creators to better track their path towards achieving either Affiliate or Partner status – a designation… Read More
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Google says 64% of Chrome traffic on Android now protected with HTTPS, 75% on Mac, 66% on Windows
Google’s push to make the web more secure by flagging sites using insecure HTTP connections appears to be working. The company announced today that 64 percent of Chrome traffic on Android is now protected, up 42 percent from a year ago. In addition, over 75 percent of Chrome traffic on both ChromeOS and Mac is now protected, up from 60 percent on Mac and 67 percent on ChromeOS a year ago. Read More
Recent Funding Data by
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Grab
- $700M Debt Financing
- HQ: Midview City, Central Region
- Categories: ride sharing, transportation, travel, internet, mobile
- Investors: Not available
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Ninebot
- $100M
- HQ: Beijing, Beijing
- Categories: robotics, transportation, manufacturing
- Investors: SDIC Fund Management, China Mobile Innovation Industry Fund
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Thin Film Electronics ASA
- $110M Post IPO Equity
- HQ: Oslo, Oslo
- Categories: nanotechnology, nfc, internet of things
- Investors: Not available
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CupoNation
- $10M Debt Financing
- HQ: München, Bayern
- Categories: coupons, e-commerce, internet
- Investors: Not available
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CupoNation
- $12M
- HQ: München, Bayern
- Categories: coupons, internet, e-commerce
- Investors: HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, ru-Net, Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Bank
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WIFIPLUG
- Not available
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: ios, internet of things, manufacturing, consumer electronics, smart home ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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Madison Reed, Inc.
- $25M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: cosmetics, beauty, retail technology, wellness
- Investors: Calibrate Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners - NVP, Comcast Ventures, True ... See More
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Claret Medical
- $21M
- HQ: Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: medical, hardware, enterprise software
- Investors: Gore Range Capital
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Fair
- Not available
- HQ: Santa Monica, California
- Categories: automotive, point of sale, financial services
- Investors: BMW i Ventures, Penske Automotive Group
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Fair
- $1.0B Debt Financing
- HQ: Santa Monica, California
- Categories: point of sale, automotive, financial services
- Investors: Not available
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Janasense
- 177K EUR Debt Financing
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: artificial intelligence, smart home, cloud computing, health care, elder ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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Moovenda
- Not available
- HQ: Roma, Lazio
- Categories: internet, e-commerce, transportation
- Investors: SS Lazio
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Horizon Robotics
- $100M
- HQ: Beijing, Beijing
- Categories: service industry, robotics, semiconductor
- Investors: Intel Capital, Morningside Venture Capital, Hillhouse Capital Group, ... See More
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Fieldly
- 2.8M SEK
- HQ: Helsingborg, Skane Lan
- Categories: mobile, saas, software, construction
- Investors: Not available
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XTREME DESIGN Inc.
- 312M JPY
- HQ: Tokyo, Tokyo
- Categories: software, information technology, cloud computing
- Investors: World Innovation Lab (WiL)
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Dave.com
- $13M
- HQ: Los Angeles, California
- Categories: fintech, artificial intelligence, internet
- Investors: Financial Solutions Lab
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Hashtiv
- Not available ICO
- HQ: Norfolk, Virginia
- Categories: social media
- Investors: Not available
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eROCKIT
- Not available Round
- HQ: Berlin, Berlin
- Categories: battery, transportation, automotive, e-commerce
- Investors: Not available
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Collectly
- $1.9M Round
- HQ: Walnut Creek, California
- Categories: apps, financial services, debt collections
- Investors: Pulsar Venture Capital
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Bloom Impact
- Not available
- HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: financial services, social entrepreneurship, emerging markets, fintech
- Investors: Engineers Without Borders Canada
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BikesBooking.com
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Dublin, Dublin
- Categories: e-commerce, tourism, travel, transportation, leisure
- Investors: Enterprise Ireland
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CoinLoan
- Not available ICO
- HQ: Tallinn, Harjumaa
- Categories: fintech, lending, finance, cryptocurrency
- Investors: Not available
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Clash Royale Deck
- Not available
- HQ: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Categories: video games, casual games, online games
- Investors: Not available
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LeapMind, Inc.
- $10M Round
- HQ: Tokyo, Tokyo
- Categories: hardware, fpga, artificial intelligence, machine learning, software ... See More
- Investors: Innovative Ventures Fund Investment L.P. (Japan), NTT Data, Visionnaire ... See More
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RenovaCare, Inc.
- $2.3M Post IPO Equity
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: medical device, biotechnology
- Investors: Not available
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Trace
- Not available
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: sensor, quantified self, sports
- Investors: Intel Capital
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Trill Financial
- $370K Debt Financing
- HQ: Durham, North Carolina
- Categories: artificial intelligence
- Investors: Not available
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M-Shule
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Nairobi, Nairobi Area
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Engineers Without Borders Canada
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Spicebox
- 450K GBP
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: food and beverage
- Investors: Not available
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CyberX Project
- Not available
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrency, fintech
- Investors: Not available
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