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Blue-chip NFT owners explore alternative uses as sales decline
8:03 am PDT • April 12, 2022
Blue-chip NFT holders who have “strong beliefs” in their NFTs are finding new ways to utilize their assets without selling.
Just two days — with only a handful of tickets remaining — until TechCrunch Early Stage drops invaluable knowledge on the newest generation of startup founders in San Francisco on April…
Startups
HacWare lands $2.3M to expand cybersecurity awareness training
7:30 am PDT • April 12, 2022
If you work at a company above a certain size, you’ll understand just how little patience we all feel for internal phishing awareness, even despite the fact that phishing remains…
Startups
Twitter acquires mobile engagement platform OpenBack to enhance push notifications
7:22 am PDT • April 12, 2022
Twitter is acquiring Dublin-based mobile engagement platform OpenBack, the social media giant’s head of consumer product, Jay Sullivan, announced on Tuesday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.…
Startups
BlackRock, Fidelity and others to invest $400M in USDC stablecoin issuer Circle
7:16 am PDT • April 12, 2022
Circle, a crypto-focused financial technology firm, has entered an agreement for a $400 million funding round, the company announced. It is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022.…
There’s not a lot new under the sun in the world of venture capital — look at 20 VC websites and they’re pretty much all indistinguishable. Yes, they invest in…
Media & Entertainment
Spotify brings live audio shows to its main app, rebrands companion app Greenroom as ‘Spotify Live’
7:00 am PDT • April 12, 2022
As an earlier report had suggested, Spotify today announced it will integrate the live audio capabilities from its companion app, Spotify Greenroom, within the main Spotify streaming app. Greenroom will…
Media & Entertainment
FIFA gets into the streaming business with the new soccer platform FIFA+
6:57 am PDT • April 12, 2022
Looks like FIFA will be another streaming rival for sports associations and services alike. Launching today, Tuesday, April 12, FIFA+ is a free, ad-supported platform that will release as an…
Media & Entertainment
TikTok launches its own AR development platform, Effect House
6:48 am PDT • April 12, 2022
Last August, TechCrunch noted TikTok was working to build its own augmented reality (AR) development platform called Effect House, which would allow creators to build AR effects for use in…
Security
Ukraine disrupts attempt by Russian hackers to take down energy provider
6:47 am PDT • April 12, 2022
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disrupted an attempt by Sandworm, a hacking group known to work for Russia’s military intelligence, to take down a Ukrainian energy…
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Meta M&A exec leaves role to join real estate startup Pacaso as COO
6:02 am PDT • April 12, 2022
Lara Cumberland is leaving her role as head of M&A Integration at Meta (formerly Facebook) to join proptech unicorn Pacaso as its chief operating officer (COO). Cumberland first joined Meta…
Enterprise
Jobox is building a bridge between skilled labor, available work
6:02 am PDT • April 12, 2022
Jobox connects companies with vetted professionals for home service jobs via a marketplace, thus eliminating the need for customers to vet professionals themselves.
Showing that the product analytics industry is alive and well, Kubit today announced that it raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners, bringing its…
Enterprise
PassiveLogic, which creates digital twins of building systems, raises $15M
6:00 am PDT • April 12, 2022
PassiveLogic, a startup developing a platform to autonomously control building systems, today announced that it raised $15 million from Brookfield Growth, the investment arm of asset management firm Brookfield. CEO…
Enterprise
EvolutionIQ secures $21M to streamline insurance claims processing with AI
6:00 am PDT • April 12, 2022
Processing claims at scale presents a challenge for insurers, particularly where the claims entail factors like complex underlying health conditions. According to data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners,…
Startups
FLOWN raises £2.5M to combine Calm-meets-Peloton-meets ‘deep work’ in a B2B platform
6:00 am PDT • April 12, 2022
With individuals and teams transitioning to a fully remote or hybrid working models, post-pandemic, there’s a theory that employees still desire the structure and accountability that working in an office…
Adobe brings its Frame.io acquisition to its Creative Cloud
6:00 am PDT • April 12, 2022
Last August, Adobe acquired Frame.io, an online video review and collaboration platform for creative professionals, for $1.275 billion in cash. At the time Adobe signaled that it would build out…
Real, a mental health app, has raised a $37 million oversubscribed Series B. The round was led by Owl Ventures, with participation from former Cityblock CEO Iyah Romm and chief…
Enterprise
Box is adding free whiteboarding tool for collaborating on visual content
6:00 am PDT • April 12, 2022
When you talk to folks about what they have missed most about the office since we moved to work from home in 2020, people often point to whiteboarding in a…
