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Watch the Australia Post Regional Pitch Finals right here, right now
It was only a year ago that Di Somrville held the first Regional Pitchfest in the can’t-be-really-named-but-is-really-named town of Wagga Wagga. At the time, the event founder and entrepreneurially minded Somerville had no idea that the eyes of Australia Post were on her, and eager to help grow the pitch competition into a national event. Now, only a year later, all of you night owls… Read More
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Travis Kalanick strikes back against Benchmark lawsuit, calling it a ‘public and personal attack’
Uber co-founder, former CEO and current board member Travis Kalanick fired back at Benchmark Capital in legal documents filed Thursday, arguing that the venture capital firm’s lawsuit was initiated “as part of its public and personal attack” on him. The legal filing, first spotted by Axios, also posits that Benchmark’s claims are subject to mandatory arbitration, and… Read More
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Crunch Report | Essential Phone Now Available to Order
Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone is now available to order and ships soon, ZeroCater expands to providing snacks and Fat Lama is my new favorite startup name. All this on Crunch Report! Read More
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Alt-social network Gab booted from Google Play Store for hate speech
Gab, the conservative social network that has acted as a haven for people banned from the usual platforms, has been removed from the Google Play Store for violating the company’s hate speech policy, the company announced on Twitter. Apple removed it from the App Store in June for similar reasons. Read More
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An iOS 11 feature could let you quickly disable TouchID and keep cops out
TouchID has always been a legal grey area when it came to cops and border patrol asking you to fork over your phone. But with the new update in iOS 11, that no longer seems to be a problem. Read More
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Original Tech helps banks offer better loan applications
Americans apply for more than 250 million new financial products each year, but the majority of those applications are completed on paper or over the phone. A startup called Original Tech wants to change that by providing white-label software to improve loan applications completed online. Read More
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‘Airbnb for boats’ startup Boatsetter buys competitor Boatbound
You don’t have to be rich or T-Pain to be “on a boat.” You can rent one plus a captain for the day from Boatsetter. And now it’s got boats in more than 300 locations around the U.S. since it just acquired rival maritime marketplace Boatbound. Read More
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Crunch Network
Changing the security landscape for entrepreneurs
Cloud computing and the IoT have given rise to seemingly intractable security exposure. The good news is that a new technological advance could unleash the full promise of cloud computing and put IoT on the verge of everyday use by U.S. intelligence agencies and in the private sector. Called “homomorphic encryption,” it allows data to be queried and analyzed without decrypting it. Read More
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New Star Wars movie focused on Obi-Wan Kenobi is in the early stages
The next standalone spin-off series set in the Star Wars universe could be focused on Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi who took Luke Skywalker under his wing in the original series, and who also helped train the child who would become Darth Vader. Variety reports that Disney is in the early stages of development on the project, with Stephen Daldry in talks to potentially direct. Read More
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LiftIgniter raises $6.4M to bring website personalization to the rest of the internet
You’ve probably had the experience of going to a website and seeing a lot of content that’s not really relevant. For the most part, a lot of this is organized in a way that’s either pre-defined or based on a limited number of signals that aims to sort of personalize the experience for a normal user. But as time goes on and the competition for eyeballs continues to heat up… Read More
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Forever Labs preserves young stem cells to prevent your older self from aging
Stem cells have the potential to become any type of cell needed in the body. Forever Labs, a startup in Y Combinator’s latest batch, is preserving adult stem cells with the aim to help you live longer and healthier. Read More
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First round of Disrupt SF Hackathon tickets now available
The wait is over, hackathon fans. Disrupt SF 2017 is right around the corner, and with just a few short weeks until we kick off the best startup show in the Bay Area, we thought it was high time we released the first batch of tickets to the Disrupt SF Hackathon. Read More
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Independent inquiry called for in FCC’s secretive cyberattack claims
The FCC’s claim that its commenting system was attacked on the night of May 7 has been the subject of considerable controversy, but not because of the attack itself. The agency has been so reluctant to release any substantive details about the attack or the countermeasures it has taken since that Congress is calling for an independent investigation by the Government Accountability Office. Read More
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Cloudflare CEO calls for a system to regulate hateful internet content
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has called for the implementation of a framework to govern how the internet’s gatekeepers deal with cases like The Daily Stormer. This comes after a number of tech companies have revoked support for the neo-Nazi website for its close association with the violent far-right demonstrations in Charlottesville. Seven-year-old Cloudflare took the step of… Read More
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Survey adds detail to patterns of sexism and harassment in the tech industry
The problem of sexism is front and center in the technology industry right now, but for those not directly affected (read: men like me) the problem can languish in the middle: too close to see the scale of it, but not close enough to see the details. A new survey of tech workers fills out this picture nicely, and identifies interesting — and depressing — contrasts in… Read More
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Apple’s ARKit could be huge for virtual car showrooms and online sales
Apple’s iOS 11 includes ARKit, developer tools that make it surprisingly easy to build great quality augmented reality experiences. This could have an impact in the automotive world, since it makes it a lot easier to bring virtual showroom experiences to potential car buyers and automakers via ordinary consumer devices. Here’s an example of what that could look like: Developer… Read More
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Steve Jurvetson on why the digital divide needs to be addressed now
Space and autonomous driving are longtime areas of interest for Steve Jurvetson, as is the digital divide that technology has helped create between the haves and the have-nots. We’re delighted to be able to explore these issues with Jurvetson during a fireside chat at our upcoming Disrupt SF show. Read More
Recent Funding Data by
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China Unicom
- $12B
- HQ: Beijing, Beijing
- Categories: telecommunications, mobile, wireless
- Investors: Not available
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Investcorp
- $0K
- HQ: Manama, Al Manamah
- Categories: financial services
- Investors: Not available
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Tokopedia
- $1.1B
- HQ: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya
- Categories: internet, marketplace, e-commerce, shopping
- Investors: Not available
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ThoughtSpot
- $60M
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: business intelligence, big data, analytics, enterprise software
- Investors: Not available
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Wine.com
- $15M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: e-commerce, internet, wine and spirits
- Investors: Not available
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ReNew Power
- $50M
- HQ: Gurgaon, Haryana
- Categories: renewable energy, solar, wind energy
- Investors: Not available
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Codacy
- $5.1M
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: developer tools, saas, software, b2b
- Investors: Not available
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Atreca
- $35M
- HQ: San Carlos, California
- Categories: therapeutics, health care, biotechnology
- Investors: Not available
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Appcast, Inc
- $3.0M
- HQ: Lebanon, New Hampshire
- Categories: recruiting, human resources, advertising platforms, employment
- Investors: Not available
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Care Academy
- $1.7M
- HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: education, home health care, training
- Investors: Not available
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BotsAndUs Ltd
- 100K GBP
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: robotics, machine learning, retail technology, retail, artificial ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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ZingBox
- $22M
- HQ: Mountain View, California
- Categories: internet of things, cyber security, security, machine learning, analytics ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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LiftIgniter
- $6.4M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: information technology, personalization, machine learning, artificial ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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Intec Pharma
- $58M
- HQ: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim
- Categories: biotechnology
- Investors: Not available
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otelz.com
- $3.6M
- HQ: Istanbul, Istanbul
- Categories: travel, tourism
- Investors: Not available
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UNITY Biotechnology
- $35M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: biotechnology
- Investors: Not available
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Ripcord
- $15M
- HQ: Hayward, California
- Categories: office administration, software, digital media
- Investors: Not available
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Ripcord
- $25M
- HQ: Hayward, California
- Categories: software, office administration, digital media
- Investors: Not available
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breadwallet
- $7.0M
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: fintech, virtual currency, bitcoin, mobile payments
- Investors: Not available
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Kiadis Pharma
- 15M EUR
- HQ: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
- Categories: biotechnology, pharmaceutical, biopharma
- Investors: Not available
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Vincross
- $118K
- HQ: Beijing, Beijing
- Categories: consumer electronics, artificial intelligence, robotics
- Investors: Not available
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Tifosy
- Not available
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: sports
- Investors: Not available
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Altimmune
- $15M
- HQ: Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Categories: health care, clinical trials, test and measurement, biotechnology
- Investors: Not available
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Simpl
- Not available
- HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Categories: fintech, payments
- Investors: Not available
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for; to (do) Centers
- Not available
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: customer service, logistics, cloud computing, shipping
- Investors: Not available
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HiScene
- $15M
- HQ: Pudong, Shandong
- Categories: augmented reality
- Investors: Not available
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DisLedger
- Not available ICO
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: information technology, communities, financial services
- Investors: Not available
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SQand
- $500K
- HQ: Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Unisound
- 300M CNY
- HQ: Beijing, Beijing
- Categories: speech recognition, natural language processing, cloud data services
- Investors: Not available
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Netology Group
- $20M
- HQ: Moscow, Moscow City
- Categories: career planning, education, internet
- Investors: Not available
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