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Electric scooter maker Gogoro raises $300 million for growth
Electric scooter maker Gogoro has closed a massive $300 million Series C round to expand its service. The company has sold scooters in its native Taiwan since 2015, and it Europe it offers them on a short-term rental basis. That’s in Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France, where Gogoro provides a combined 1,600 scooters for an on-demand sharing service that’s operated by… Read More
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Boundless helps you navigate the US immigration labyrinth for your partner
Boundless is a Seattle based startup addressing the enormous issue of applying for immigrant status in the US. Founder Xiao Wang came to the US over when he was young from China. “My family spent five months of rent money on immigration lawyers because we just didn’t know how to do it and didn’t know any better. And this is an experience that’s repeated by millions… Read More
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Onēva expands platform for child and elder care, housecleaning
Trust is one of the most important aspects of selecting a caregiver and Onēva believes that it has a vetting process that’s better than the rest. The San Francisco-based booking platform for elder, child and special needs care, screens its applicants with fingerprinting technology and FBI background checks as well as reference checks and interviews. Onēva touts a 6% acceptance rate. It… Read More
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Tomorrow looks to make it easier to draw up plans for a will and life insurance
Talking about filling out a will and setting up life insurance is probably one of the more sensitive subjects you’ll tackle as you get older — but Dave Hanley says it’s something that a lot of people end up dodging altogether. That’s why he started Tomorrow, a company that makes it easier to set up life insurance and how assets and guardianship are divvied up. Rather… Read More
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What working on Pebble taught me about building hardware
Building hardware is fun but tough. We worked on Pebble for a full four years before we launched on Kickstarter in 2012. We went on to sell over $230 million worth of Pebbles, or just over 2 million watches. While it wasn’t our top goal to sell to Fitbit last year, I’m grateful that they’re continuing to work on low-power, fun, hackable smartwatches. Startups in general are… Read More
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Verbal common sense will prevent AIs from harvesting kings and unlocking oranges
If I hand you an apple, you know from experience that it isn’t something you can drive. And the tree it came from can’t be woven, or its seeds bandied. You know that’s nonsense, but AIs don’t have the benefit of years spent navigating the world, and as such have no real idea as to what you can do with what — but a little common sense could be coming their way. Read More
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Here are the best ARKit apps for iOS 11 you should try right now
Apple just released iOS 11 to the public, and a big feature is ARKit, the company’s SDK that lets developers easily create cool augmented reality apps. Even though Apple announced ARKit a few months ago, there aren’t a ton of good options available right now to test out AR on your phone. But we’ve found a few good ones that will at least let you see the potential of… Read More
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Poshtel launches an international network of luxe pop-up shipping container suites
Launching on the Disrupt 2017 Startup Battlefield stage, the Danish startup Poshtel is really, really into shipping containers. And with good reason. The modular, industrial train car-esque structures are a versatile idea for the near future of housing, from providing permanent homes for the houseless to giving backpackers on a budget somewhere to crash for a night. While Poshtel sounds… Read More
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M8 wants your friends to be the matchmaker
Forget algorithms. M8 is a dating app that’s powered by human matchmakers. And these aren’t just any matchmakers, they’re your friends! M8 is unveiling its concept for a different dating app at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Battlefield competition in San Francisco. Read More
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Olfaguard is an electronic nose for smelling pathogens in food factories
Mitigating risk of food-borne illnesses can be a costly and time-consuming business for food manufacturers — but one that is necessary. With what it calls an electronic “sniffer,” Olfaguard, a new Toronto-based startup, is working to reduce the time it takes food manufacturers to discover food-borne pathogens like Salmonella and E. Coli in the food we buy. Read More
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By integrating with lenders and carriers, Matic makes it easier to buy homeowner’s insurance
Matic, a company that wants to make the process of finding the right homeowner’s insurance easier and more efficient, is launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt. If you’ve ever shopped for homeowner’s insurance, you know the process can be challenging, especially for first-time home buyers who aren’t familiar with coverages, how they vary, or why they should pick one… Read More
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Lilu’s compression bra aims to help nursing mothers pump more milk faster
A startup called Lilu took the stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco to show off their prototype bra designed to help breastfeeding mothers pump milk more efficiently, and hands-free. The device, which is meant to be worn over or even attached to a standard nursing bra, utilizes a built-in compression mechanism that simulates the breast massage that some mothers perform to help… Read More
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Augmedics is building augmented reality glasses for spinal surgery
Meet Augmedics, an Israeli startup working on augmented reality headsets for surgeons performing spinal surgery. The company is participating in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. Computer assisted surgery systems are nothing new. Plenty of surgeons look at a screen while performing an operation. But Vizor is something new. Instead of making you look away from your patient… Read More
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Future astronauts could ‘feel’ alien ground with new space boots
New technology developed by Draper labs could help astronauts actually feel the ground beneath them. The product in question is a boot, outfitted with sensors and feedback motors that generate tactile response based on what they detect. You may not have worn space boots in the past, but they’re very similar to any standard heavy boot – albeit likely heavier or at least thicker… Read More
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A bunch of Amazon customers were told about a purchase on their non-existent baby registries
Something weird is going on over at Amazon. It seems the online retail giant is randomly telling some customers about purchases on their baby registry. The problem is these customers say they don’t have a baby registry — and some don’t even have a baby. Read More
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Citizen’s controversial crime tracker expands to SF, picks up $12 million from Sequoia
The app formerly known as Vigilante isn’t going away. Today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, the crime tracker now known as Citizen announced that its parent company Sp0n has raised a $12 million Series A round led by Sequoia Capital. Paired with the funding news, Citizen, previously exclusive to New York City, will open its crime-conscious geogates to San Francisco. Read More
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Materialize.X is using machine learning to disrupt the $300B engineered wood industry
What’s the next $300 billion industry to be disrupted by technology? Wood. Specifically, engineered wood. Materialize.X, launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017, has two new products that it thinks will revolutionize the $300 billion-a-year engineered wood market. Read More
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Apple’s huge App Store makeover arrives today in iOS 11
Apple today is releasing its completely redesigned iOS App Store to the wider public as part of the launch of the new iOS 11 operating system. First previewed at its Worldwide Developer Conference in June, the new App Store has made changes focused on the goal of improving app discovery across a storefront that now has over 2 million applications, according to App Annie. Read More
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Amazon inks exclusive TV deal with ‘Stranger Things’ writer
The next project for TV from Stranger Things writer and producer Justin Doble. The overall deal means that he’ll be producing television projects exclusively for Amazon Studios and Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service. Doble’s CV isn’t limited to just his work on the Emmy-winning Stranger Things, which has been a huge surprise hit for Netflix, with a second season set… Read More
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iZettle
- 30M EUR
- HQ: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan
- Categories: software, fintech, mobile payments, financial services, point of sale
- Investors: Not available
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GoCardless
- $22M
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: financial services, internet, payments
- Investors: Not available
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Luno
- $9.0M
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: financial services, bitcoin
- Investors: Not available
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Threat Stack
- $45M
- HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: cloud security, saas, security
- Investors: Not available
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Skyword
- $6.0M
- HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: search engine, content, semantic search, seo, advertising
- Investors: Not available
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The Zebra
- $40M
- HQ: Austin, Texas
- Categories: auto insurance, search engine, automotive, insurance, price comparison
- Investors: Not available
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Smartly.io
- $20M
- HQ: Helsinki, Southern Finland
- Categories: advertising platforms, analytics, social media advertising, ad targeting ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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Raise Marketplace
- $60M
- HQ: Chicago, Illinois
- Categories: e-commerce, gift card, fintech
- Investors: Not available
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Tourmaline Labs
- Not available
- HQ: San Diego, California
- Categories: mobile, big data, automotive, location based services, developer tools
- Investors: Not available
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Power2SME
- $26M
- HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Categories: b2b, enterprise software, small and medium businesses
- Investors: Not available
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Aqua Security
- $25M
- HQ: Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv
- Categories: software, cloud security, security, cyber security, virtualization
- Investors: Not available
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Volo Commerce
- 6.5M GBP
- HQ: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Categories: retail, e-commerce, software
- Investors: Not available
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Younited Credit
- $48M
- HQ: Paris, Ile-de-France
- Categories: finance, internet, fintech, financial services
- Investors: Not available
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Victor
- $20M
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: tourism, air transportation, customer service, travel
- Investors: Not available
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Synthace
- 7.3M GBP
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: biotechnology, internet of things, artificial intelligence
- Investors: Not available
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Minio, Inc.
- $20M
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: data center, cloud storage, open source, software, internet
- Investors: Not available
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Motormax
- $150K
- HQ: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal
- Categories: automotive, fintech, credit
- Investors: Not available
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IceBrkr
- $43K
- HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Capsule8
- $6.0M
- HQ: Brooklyn, New York
- Categories: information technology, information services, security
- Investors: Not available
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8fit - Change starts here.
- $7.0M
- HQ: Berlin, Berlin
- Categories: fitness
- Investors: Not available
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98point6
- $20M
- HQ: Seattle, Washington
- Categories: software, health care
- Investors: Not available
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Le Collectionist
- $10M
- HQ: Paris, Ile-de-France
- Categories: adventure travel, travel, food processing
- Investors: Not available
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LogicGate
- $500K
- HQ: Chicago, Illinois
- Categories: enterprise software, saas
- Investors: Not available
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MealPal
- $20M
- HQ: New City, New York
- Categories: food and beverage, internet, restaurants
- Investors: Not available
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ValiRX
- Not available
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: health diagnostics, biotechnology, therapeutics
- Investors: Not available
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ED Band, Inc.
- Not available
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: health care, medical device, medical
- Investors: Not available
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DouxMatok
- $8.1M
- HQ: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
- Categories: food and beverage, food processing, agriculture
- Investors: Not available
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TalkIQ
- $14M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: analytics, information technology, mobile
- Investors: Not available
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Analytical Space, Inc.
- Not available
- HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: aerospace, satellite communication
- Investors: Not available
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Funnel
- $10M
- HQ: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan
- Categories: marketing, social media marketing, saas
- Investors: Not available
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