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Commerce specialist Lightspeed POS raises $166M as it preps for an IPO in 2019
E-commerce and digitally-based financial transactions have consistently been one of the biggest and most lucrative areas of the tech world, and today a commerce startup out of Canada is laying down its claim to be among the significant players in the field. Lightspeed POS, which provides point of sale, accounting, inventory management, purchasing analytics, and other related services to… Read More
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BuddyGuard raises €3.4M for its home security camera powered by AI
BuddyGuard, the Berlin startup behind the Flare AI-powered home security camera, has raised €3.4 million in new funding, money it plans to use to ramp up marketing of the newly-launched device. Leading the round is German electrical specialist Bachmann Group, with participation from over 20 unnamed angel investors across Europe. Read More
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Crunch Report | HQ Trivia, New App from Vine Founders
The former founders of Vine release their new app, “HQ Trivia,” Alphabet is looking to turn Toronto into a model smart city and Magic Leap raises $502 million. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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Google Lens on Pixel 2 still has a long way to go
The reveal of Google Lens at I/O was one of the most exciting moments of the conference, with the tool promising to be a new type of visual browser identifying the world around users and giving them easy access to a web of information and context. I’ve taken a look at a beta of Lens on the Pixel 2 XL and it’s clear that we’re a long way from realizing its true utility. Read More
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Twitter is done with hate symbols and violent groups
Twitter, a platform infested with trolls, hate and abuse, can be one of the worst places on the internet. As a followup to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s tweetstorm last week, in which he promised to crack down on hate and abuse by implementing more aggressive rules, Twitter is gearing up to roll out some updates in the coming weeks, Wired reported earlier today. Read More
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Ticketmaster is taking NFL ticketing digital
The football ticket is about to go paperless. As part of a multi-year contract extension between The National Football League and Ticketmaster, the ticketing giant has said it will be selling the NFL “the first open architecture, fully digital ticketing system in sports.” Ticketmaster will also continue to run the NFL’s resale marketplace, the NFL Ticket Exchange, which will… Read More
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WeChat begins censoring users ahead of China’s National Party Congress
Expect to see plenty of censorship news coming out of China over the next week. The country’s National Congress is a hugely influential political summit that takes place every five years, and includes the selection of central party leadership. It is also a time when Chinese censors are on high alert, particularly when it comes to online media. Read More
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Images hidden in Pokémon GO suggest new Pokémon might appear around Halloween
If you’re still poking around Pokémon GO, there’s a good chance you’ve caught most of what’s available by now. Good news! It seems Niantic is getting really, really close to adding Gen 3 (or “Hoenn”) Pokémon to the game. Some of them, at least. Read More
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Genetic testing startup Prenetics gets $40M from investors, including Alibaba’s Hong Kong fund
Prenetics, a genetic testing startup, plans to expand into more Asian countries after raising a $40 million Series B led by Beyond Ventures and Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund. Read More
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The next revolution will be reclaiming your digital identity
An identity is a difficult thing to lose. I found this out the hard way when my passport was stolen while backpacking through Asia and Africa earlier this year. The bureaucratic process to get a new passport gave me a glimpse at how broken our system of identity management is today. Fortunately, technology is on the cusp of a major paradigm shift in the field of identity. Read More
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Amazon Studios head Roy Price steps down amid sexual harassment allegations
Less than a week after being suspended from his gig as the head of Amazon Studios, Roy Price has officially stepped down from his role, TechCrunch has learned. The resignation came after producer Isa Hackett told The Hollywood Reporter that she was subject to “shocking and surreal” sexual harassment by Price. Read More
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More than 3,000 tech employees are volunteering their skills to turn the tables politically
More than 3,000 skilled tech workers have now signed on to help a nonprofit called Tech for Campaigns that injects tech talent into the campaigns of centrist and liberal candidates who need advice and tools to better make use of Facebook and Twitter, craft individualized emails for segmented voters and more. We talked recently with co-founder Jessica Alter. Read More
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Barry Diller takes shots at VCs, startup valuations
Media mogul and IAC chairman Barry Diller had some choice words for venture capitalists when he took the stage at WSJ D.Live in Laguna Beach on Tuesday. “These valuations don’t bear reality,” said Diller, speaking about the high multiples that some startups are generating. “They’re truly made up.” Read More
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Microsoft looks to iOS and Android for its path forward in mobile
Between the release of Windows 10 Fall Creators Edition and the announcement of a new Surface Book, today’s Microsoft news was firmly focused on the desktop. But as the company works to build its future ecosystem, it’s keenly aware that no play in the space is complete without a mobile strategy. What shape that strategy will take, however, has been pretty unclear in the wake… Read More
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Magic Leap confirms $502 million Series D round
Mixed reality slash augmented reality startup Magic Leap announced today that it raised a $502 million Series D round led by Temasek with participation from EDBI, Grupo Globo, Janus Henderson, Alibaba Group, Fidelity Management and others. Just last week, a Delaware filing confirmed that Magic Leap authorized up to $1 billion in new shares. Read More
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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Australia, Sydney Nov 16
Hard to believe that TechCrunch’s first Startup Battlefield Australia is just one month away. The Sydney event on November 16 at ATP’s Locomotive Workshop will present a tremendous day of programming and an epic competition to find early-stage best startups across Australia and New Zealand. TechCrunch and our partner, Elevacao, are very pleased to announce the agenda for the big day. Read More
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The Trump team has failed to address the nation’s mounting cybersecurity threats
Government civilian and military agencies had a 90-day deadline to review and assess their cybersecurity status and propose improvements. Eight deadlines related to this have come and gone, and more are approaching. Why the sluggish performance? Read More
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Robots will touch more tenderly when they wear this sensitive skin
Robots increasingly have to interact with ordinary (that is to say, human-focused) objects and environments, and part of that is imitating the extremely delicate and complex human grip. A new type of electronic skin allows a robot to feel not just the pressure from its grip, but whether and in what direction an object is sliding or slipping. Read More
Recent Funding Data by
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Magic Leap
- $502M
- HQ: Plantation, Florida
- Categories: wearables, consumer electronics, augmented reality, video, software
- Investors: EDBI, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Alibaba Group, Temasek ... See More
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Galvanize
- $7.0M
- HQ: Denver, Colorado
- Categories: education, communities, venture capital, coworking
- Investors: ABS Capital Partners, University Ventures
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Open Data Institute
- 6.0M GBP
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: service industry, consulting, information technology
- Investors: Not available
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BankBazaar.com
- $30M
- HQ: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Categories: finance, e-commerce, marketplace, insurance
- Investors: Experian
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BlueVine
- $130M Debt Financing
- HQ: Redwood City, California
- Categories: small and medium businesses, fintech, finance
- Investors: Silicon Valley Bank, Bank Leumi, Suntrust, TriplePoint Venture Growth
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Lightspeed POS
- $207M
- HQ: Montréal, Quebec
- Categories: mobile payments, point of sale, restaurants, retail technology, cloud ... See More
- Investors: Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Silicon Valley Bank, Investissement ... See More
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LendingHome
- $57M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: real estate, marketplace, financial services
- Investors: Noah Holdings, Sberbank
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Snaps
- $6.0M
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: e-commerce, mobile, brand marketing, advertising, mobile advertising
- Investors: Signal Peak Ventures
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Feedzai
- $50M
- HQ: San Mateo, California
- Categories: risk management, fintech, analytics, big data, information technology
- Investors: Sapphire Ventures
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Pluto TV
- $8.3M
- HQ: Los Angeles, California
- Categories: video, internet, media and entertainment
- Investors: Samsung Ventures
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Allset
- $5.0M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: b2b, food and beverage, service industry, consumer applications, ... See More
- Investors: Vaizra Investments, SMRK VC Fund, Greycroft Partners, FJ Labs, Compound, ... See More
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ClickUp
- $1.0M Seed
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: hardware, enterprise software, computer
- Investors: Not available
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Vacasa
- $104M
- HQ: Portland, Oregon
- Categories: vacation rental, travel, tourism
- Investors: Riverwood Capital, Assurant Growth Investing, NewSpring Capital, Level ... See More
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Cydan
- $34M
- HQ: Lincoln, Massachusetts
- Categories: medical, health care, biotechnology
- Investors: Lundbeckfonden Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments, New Enterprise ... See More
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WIFIPLUG
- Not available
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: manufacturing, consumer electronics, smart home, ios, internet of things ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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Spotahome
- 14M EUR
- HQ: Madrid, Madrid
- Categories: real estate, rental, reservations
- Investors: Seaya Ventures, Passion Capital, Samaipata Ventures, Howzat Partners, Samos ... See More
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WilsonHCG
- Not available Private Equity
- HQ: Tampa, Florida
- Categories: recruiting, consulting, human resources, employment, outsourcing
- Investors: CIP Capital
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BridgeU
- $5.3M
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: big data, saas, edtech, education, machine learning, analytics, enterprise ... See More
- Investors: Octopus Ventures, Fresco Capital, Downing Ventures
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Prenetics
- $40M
- HQ: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island
- Categories: life science, genetics, biotechnology
- Investors: REAPRA, M Fund, Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, Beyond Ventures, Ping An ... See More
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Janasense
- 177K EUR Debt Financing
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: internet of things, elder care, health care, artificial intelligence, apps ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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DZone
- Not available Private Equity
- HQ: Cary, North Carolina
- Categories: saas, software, enterprise software, news
- Investors: SFW Capital Partners
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Appzio
- 450K EUR Convertible Note
- HQ: Sofia, Grad Sofiya
- Categories: software, developer tools, android, ios, mobile apps, apps, enterprise ... See More
- Investors: UniCredit Bulbank
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Mission Bio
- $10M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: health care, genetics
- Investors: Silicon Valley venture fund, Tsingyuan Ventures, Tapestri, Mayfield Fund ... See More
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BitClave
- $15M ICO
- HQ: Mountain View, California
- Categories: search engine, cryptocurrency
- Investors: Not available
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Attune Medical
- $10M
- HQ: Chicago, Illinois
- Categories: wellness, medical device, health care
- Investors: Gopher Angels, TWB Investment, Praetorian Financial Group (PFG), Heartland ... See More
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Tifosy
- 1.0M GBP Equity Crowdfunding
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: sports
- Investors: Not available
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SenGenix
- $6.3M
- HQ: Durham, North Carolina
- Categories: service industry, sensor, health care
- Investors: Not available
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Forty Seven
- $75M
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: health care, biotechnology, clinical trials
- Investors: GV, Clarus Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, ... See More
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Certain Affinity
- $10M
- HQ: Austin, Texas
- Categories: online games
- Investors: Leyou Technologies Holdings
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eROCKIT
- Not available Round
- HQ: Berlin, Berlin
- Categories: battery, automotive, transportation, e-commerce
- Investors: Not available
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