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Wynd gets $2.5 million in seed funding for its portable smart air purifier
Back in June, Raymond Wu stopped by our New York office to show off what he had been working on. It was small and conical, with holes on all sides. It looked like a desktop speaker or maybe some startup Amazon Echo competitor. Turns out Wu’s company was getting ready to leap headfirst into the decidedly less sexy world of air purification. The hardware startup has the fairly… Read More
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Large CPGs are under attack by startups… and consumers are winning
Consumer packaged goods are big business — valued at more than $2 trillion — with much of that market share dominated by CPG powerhouses like Unilever, P&G and Nestlé. These CPG leaders know a lot about packaged goods — a lot about how to manufacture and market and sell at scale. But, as is becoming more and more apparent, they don’t really know very much at all… Read More
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Uber teams with Sears on new rewards program for drivers and riders
Uber today announced yet another rewards program for its drivers and riders, this time in partnership with retailer Sears and its “Shop Your Way” loyalty platform. The program offers drivers points redeemable for products at Search, Kmart and Lands End, as well as discounts on vehicle maintenance and repairs at Sears Auto Centers. Meanwhile, riders who sign up will earn the chance… Read More
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Where Pokémon Go is going, and Tesla’s trajectory: Listen to TCBC Episode 4 with Greg Kumparak
On this week’s episode of TCBC, after a brief Disrupt-induced hiatus, longtime TechCruncher Greg Kumparak dishes on Pokémon Go – what made it so appealing at launch, what’s going on with product development, and where he’d like to see it go in the future. Me and Greg are both big Pokémon fans, so it’s a subject about which we have no shortage of things to say. Read More
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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick gets updated with faster hardware and an Alexa-enabled remote
Slowly but surely, Amazon is incorporating Alexa functionality into its numerous existing hardware lines. A few weeks ago, the company announced an update that would bring its friendly voice assistant to its TV streaming hardware solutions, the set top Fire TV and its smaller dongle-based brethren, the Fire TV Stick. A newly announced version of the latter will now ship with that… Read More
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Figma now lets interface designers collaborate on projects
Interface design collaboration tool Figma is launching its Multiplayer feature, which allows designers to collaborate in real time on the same projects. Read More
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Tyra Banks on startup investing and her new TV show
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Musk says under 5 percent of SpaceX is working on Mars mission, 2024 launch is ‘optimistic’
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Samsung waiting to see where VR hype cycle lands before moving on standalone headsets, next-gen 10K displays
At a company event today in San Francisco, Samsung President & Chief Strategy Officer Young Sohn detailed that the company is actively pursuing both smartphone-focused VR headsets and standalone solutions. The decision to market and ship a dedicated all-in-one device would rely largely on where the VR market goes in the upcoming months and years, he says, and whether the clunky headsets… Read More
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GoGoGuest helps coffee shops manage their Wi-Fi, customer-by-customer
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PoweredLocal
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- Categories: Advertising, Marketing
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AgPlus diagnostics
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- HQ: Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Categories: Medical Device
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InstaCar
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Greyloft
- $1.1M Seed
- HQ: Singapore, Central Region
- Categories: Real Estate
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Vehicles for Change
- $500K Grant
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Druva
- $51M Series E
- HQ: Sunnyvale, California
- Categories: Enterprise Software, Cloud Data Services, File Sharing, Mobile, Compliance ... See More
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Yodeck Digital Signage
- Not available Convertible Note
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Outdoor Advertising, Internet of Things, Software, Digital Signage, SaaS ... See More
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Guazi.com
- Not available Venture
- HQ: Beijing, Beijing
- Categories: Automotive, Trading Platform, E-Commerce
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A.I. Nemo
- $10M Series B
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Not available
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Tink Labs
- $125M Venture
- HQ: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island
- Categories: Mobile, Hospitality, Travel
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TRACON Pharmaceuticals
- $5.0M Post IPO Equity
- HQ: San Diego, California
- Categories: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
- Investors: Not available
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AnyPerk
- $12M Series B
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Human Resources, Subscription Service, E-Commerce, Loyalty Programs
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XGene
- $10M Series A
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Priceza
- Not available Series B
- HQ: Bangkok, Krung Thep
- Categories: Product Search, Price Comparison, E-Commerce
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Pycom
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- HQ: Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant
- Categories: Internet of Things, Consumer Electronics, Software, Developer Platform, ... See More
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Dooer
- $4.6M Seed
- HQ: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan
- Categories: Accounting
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VSwork
- $9.0M Funding Round
- HQ: Sankt Petersburg, Saint Petersburg City
- Categories: Social Recruiting, Consulting, Recruiting, Online Portals
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LionShare Media
- $125K Seed
- HQ: Manhattan Beach, California
- Categories: Mobile
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Beardo.in
- $500K Seed
- HQ: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Categories: E-Commerce
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Qihoo 360 Technology
- $30M Post IPO Equity
- HQ: Beijing, Beijing
- Categories: Internet, Mobile
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InMotion
- Not available Seed
- HQ: New Delhi, Delhi
- Categories: Advertising, Financial Services
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Skymind
- $3.0M Seed
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, ... See More
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Bitso
- $2.5M Seed
- HQ: Mexico City, Distrito Federal
- Categories: Bitcoin, Security, Financial Services, Finance
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Advwhere
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Not available
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Invitel Holdings
- 6.3M EUR Grant
- HQ: Budaörs, Pest
- Categories: Telecommunications, Public Relations
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Kakitangan.com
- 1.0M MYR Equity Crowdfunding
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- Categories: Human Resources
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WhoDoYou
- $1.5M Convertible Note
- HQ: Lod, HaMerkaz
- Categories: Social Media, Internet
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Contrast Security
- $16M Series B
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: Cyber Security
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