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Simple rolls out shared bank accounts that work for anyone, including roommates
Online banking service Simple is today rolling out a new product: shared accounts. However, unlike joint checking accounts typically shared by spouses, Simple’s shared accounts work differently. They allow customers to maintain their own accounts, but quickly fund then switch over to shared accounts to collaborate with each other on financial planning by tracking shared expenses… Read More
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Facebook at Work will launch on October 10 in London
Some more details are coming through on Facebook at Work, the social network’s big effort to move into enterprise communication services with a business version of its popular platform. Facebook has now sent out invites for a Facebook at Work launch event to take place in London on Monday, October 10. The invite confirms our report earlier this week that it would launch next month… Read More
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Karamba Security raises $2.5 million to keep self-driving cars safe from hackers
A cybersecurity startup based in Hod Hasharon, Israel, Karamba Security, has raised $2.5 million in new series A funding to protects internet-connect cars and self-driving vehicles from hackers. Fontinalis Partners, a venture firm that is focused on mobility and transportation-related technologies, led the investment joined by Karamba’s earlier seed backers YL Ventures and… Read More
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Chat app Line backs VC funds to unlock global growth opportunities
Chat app company Line is investing in international opportunities after it announced that it is backing two VC firms: DAG Ventures in the U.S. and France-based Korelya Capital. Read More
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Lose It launches Snap It to let users count calories in food photos
Boston-based Lose It! (incorporated as FitNow Inc.) has released a new beta feature today called Snap It within its weight loss and calorie tracking app. As is easily guessed by the name, Snap It beta lets users take photos of their daily meals and snacks to automatically log them and derive approximate calorie counts. For now, users will be able to open the Lose It! app, pick a meal-type… Read More
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Crunch Network
Africa Roundup: Zuckerberg’s visit, IBM’s new research center
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s surprise August/September trip to Nigeria and Kenya put the global spotlight on Africa’s emerging IT ecosystem. Unsurprisingly, when one of the world’s most recognized tech entrepreneurs pops up at startups and tech hubs few have heard of it draws attention. News of Zuckerberg’s unannounced visit broke with social media photos of him… Read More
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Line invests $45 million into Snapchat clone Snow
Line, the messaging company that went public in the year’s highest IPO to date, is diversifying its business and focusing on social after it invested $45 million (50 billion KRW) in Snow, a Snapchat clone focused on Asia. Read More
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Sign up to volunteer at Disrupt London 2016
Are you interested in rolling up your sleeves and get to work helping the TechCrunch Disrupt team put on the best startup show in Europe? If so, you should definitely sign up to be a Work Exchange Volunteer at Disrupt London 2016. Applications are now open, and you can submit one here. Volunteers selected for the Work Exchange program are required to work up to 16 hours during the conference. Read More
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Singapore’s Greyloft lands $1.1M to build a real estate agency for the digital era
Greyloft is a Singapore based startup running what it describes as an estate agency for the digital era. Read More
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Lydia grabs $7.8 million for its peer-to-peer payment service
French startup Lydia raised $7.8 million (€7 million) from New Alpha AM and Oddo & Cie in order to expand to other European countries. The startup lets you easily pay back your friends without any fee using a mobile app — among other things. Think about it as a sort of Venmo for France. While Lydia has only been available in France, with today’s funding round, the company… Read More
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Meet the I.D., Volkswagen’s first purely electric car on track for 2020
Volkswagen did indeed debut its first dedicated electric car at the Paris Motor Show, as heavily teased. The I.D. revealed at the show is still labeled a “concept,” but VW says it’s due to become a buyable car in 2020, with a total range of ups to 373 miles per charge, driven by a 168hp electric motor. The concept design for the I.D., which will be Volkswagen’s… Read More
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Spotify finally launches in Japan, the world’s second largest music market
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Didi Chuxing makes information security push with new U.S. research lab and hires
Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing company, has hired two distinguished security experts to lead a new U.S.-based research center as part of a major push to increase its data security efforts. Read More
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Crunch Report | Facebook’s futuristic frozen facility
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A look inside how Here Be Dragons is pioneering VR storytelling
Here Be Dragons is a term for describing dangerous or unexplored areas. It’s also the name of Chris Milk’s new VR creative studio that’s looking to explore the dangerous world of spherical video. The VR production studio is aiming to continue rediscovering storytelling techniques for the immersive medium. With filmmaker Chris Milk taking the role of Creative Director at… Read More
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With a new Costco partnership, Ticketmaster’s developer outreach hits the right notes
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Why have some of Silicon Valley’s top investors started investing in Latin America?
Latin America just might be the most overlooked emerging market on the planet. The venture dollars in Latin America can’t hold a candle to India or China (compare China’s $11.8 billion in new VC funds for the first half of 2016, down 14 percent according the WSJ, to Latin America’s $218 million), and the region’s 600 million inhabitants get overlooked by investors who… Read More
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AgPlus diagnostics
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St. Louis Children’s Hospital
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Coriell Institute for Medical Research
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Apttus
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InstaCar
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DaySmart Software
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Trunomi
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LoftSmart, Inc.
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Blockchainiz.io
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Greyloft
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Vehicles for Change
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AppNexus
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Druva
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Pricebook Co., Ltd.
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Yodeck Digital Signage
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Centaur Analytics
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Tink Labs
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TRACON Pharmaceuticals
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- Categories: Biotechnology, Medical Device, Health Care
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AnyPerk
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- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Subscription Service, Loyalty Programs, E-Commerce, Human Resources
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Shiftgig
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Canadian Solar
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Garden Girl
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