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Fintech startup Klarna taps Permira for around $250M at $2.5B valuation
Klarna, the Swedish startup that works with e-commerce businesses and retailers to provide financing and other payment services, today announced that it has picked up yet another large investment, its third inside of two months. Permira, the private equity firm and prolific late-stage tech investor, has taken a minimum 10 percent stake in the fintech business. Klarna and Permira are not… Read More
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Equity podcast: Roku’s IPO, Netflix’s momentum and Shyp’s layoffs
Roku is doing an IPO this year, Netflix shares soared after an earnings beat and Shyp is throwing in the towel everywhere but San Francisco. Cord-cutting was the theme of the latest episode of TechCrunch’s “Equity,” a podcast about tech business news. This week, our special guest was Roy Bahat, head of Bloomberg Beta. TechCrunch’s Silicon Valley editor Connie Loizos… Read More
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Stargate returns with Stargate Origins series, an MGM streaming exclusive
Stargate is the epic, storied TV and movie sci-fi franchise that gets the least amount of credit, overshadowed by the likes of Star Trek and Star Wars. But fans of the series know the truth: Stargate is a deep well of space adventure fiction that you can lose yourself in, and it’s fantastic that it’s coming back with Stargate Origins, a new series coming to MGM’s… Read More
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Hong Kong is showing promise as a destination for tech IPOs
The U.S. tech IPO window may have reopened in 2017 following a lull last year, but the outlook is also looking rosier for another listing platform located on the other side of world. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) is experiencing a renaissance of sorts among the tech industry. Selfie app company Meitu held the largest listing from a tech company for nearly a decade in December —… Read More
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The ORII smart ring lets you control your smartphone using only your voice
ORII is a new smart ring that gives you full hands-free control of your smartphone. The device connects to your phone with Bluetooth and it can be used to provide crystal-clear audio, which makes it an interesting tool for those with sight or hearing issues. Read More
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Microsoft is quietly fighting a clever war against Russian hacking group Fancy Bear
While the White House mulls striking up a joint cyber program with Russia, an unlikely vigilante is taking care of business. As the Daily Beast reports, Microsoft has been waging a quiet war against the hacking entity known as Fancy Bear, which is believed to be associated with the GRU, Russia’s covert military intelligence agency. Read More
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Crunch Report | Elon Musk Wants To Make Infrastructure Great Again
Legendary Pokémon come to Pokémon GO, Elon Musk says he has verbal OK to build tunnel on the East Coast, YouTube Live launches in 10 more markets and Intel launches deep learning on a stick with Movidius technology. All this on Crunch Report! Read More
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Only one more day to apply to Startup Battlefield Africa
Alright, sub-Saharan African startups, if you want to get in on our inaugural Startup Battlefield Africa, the time to act is now. Seriously. Right now. Tomorrow is the last day to submit an application to the Battlefield, so be sure to get over to our application page right now and get your application in. Read More
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The long-term cost of sexual harassment
When news recently broke that multiple women have accused 500 Startups founder Dave McClure of sexual harassment, I felt like I’d been punched in the stomach. In 2015, I was propositioned and groped by a 500 Startups venture partner named Tristan Pollock during an event here in Taipei while working as a contributor for TechCrunch. After 500 Startups conducted an internal… Read More
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Samsung’s Unpacked event happens August 23, likely bringing the Galaxy Note 8 with it
Samsung’s next Unpacked event is arriving right on schedule — and all signs point to it bringing the Galaxy Note 8 along for the ride. The big show lines up with the phablet’s traditional release schedule, and the graphic appears to show an Infinity Display version of the Note 8, along with the requisite S-Pen (don’t call it a) stylus. Read More
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Crunch Network
The very first question to answer when taking on new investors
Fundraising is a stressful process. You do all you can to impress prospective investors by honing the story, optimizing key metrics and making your company look as attractive as possible. But before you decide the amount of money you raise and the type of investor you want on board, you must decide the kind of relationship you intend to have with your new partner. Read More
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Watch all of the panels from TC Sessions: Robotics right here
The robotics industry is at an important crossroads. We were honored to host many of the greatest minds in the field as industry and university leaders joined us at TC Sessions: Robotics, including Amazon Robotics’ Tye Brady, Disney Robotics’ Martin Buehler, MIT CSAIL director Daniela Rus, ABB’s Sami Atiya and all three iRobot co-founders, Colin Angle, Helen Grenier and… Read More
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Shyp is reducing headcount and suspending all operations outside of SF
Shyp, the on-demand shipping service launched in 2013, has announced in a blog post that they are withdrawing from all but one city and “reducing headcount at headquarters” in an effort to “prove their business model and set Shyp up for long-term success.” The company will suspend operations in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York, and only operate in San Francisco. Read More
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EBay shares sink after posting financial results
EBay shares were down about 4 percent in initial after-hours trading, after posting second-quarter financial results. But in terms of revenue and earnings per share, the company’s results were in line with expectations. Read More
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Microsoft earnings beat expectations thanks to strong cloud performance
Following its longstanding tradition of reporting quarterly earnings for its fourth financial quarter of the year in July, Microsoft today announced non-GAAP revenue of $24.7 billion and GAAP earnings per share of $0.83 (and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.98) for the last three months. Operating income was $7.0 billion non-GAAP. Read More
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YouTube launches its counter-terrorism experiment for would-be ISIS recruits
Google’s experiment in digital counter-terrorism begins rolling out today. Collaborating with its own in-house think tank, Jigsaw, the new effort seeks to bury ISIS-related propaganda on YouTube. When a potential ISIS recruit searches for known extremist content using a predefined set of keywords, they’ll instead be redirected to videos that deconstruct and confront the… Read More
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Mobile savings and investment service Acorns is on track to do 1 billion trades in 2017
Acorns is quickly turning into an oak tree in the financial services space. The company now boasts more than 2 million investment accounts (with 600,000 opened in 2017 alone) and is on track to do 1 billion trades in 2017 through the proprietary broker-dealer that it created. Read More
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Watch this teaser for Pacific Rim: Uprising that looks like a Jaeger commercial
Your next ride could be a huge, amazing combat robot designed to fight monsters: That’s the message behind this new teaser for Pacific Rim: Uprising, the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s 2013 Kaiju movie. The new instalment is set to star Star Wars’ John Boyega, and it’s arriving in theaters next February. This teaser isn’t a straight up trailer – it’s… Read More
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Citus Health
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- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Health Care
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Group K Diagnostics
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Health Diagnostics
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Marmo Health
- $50K Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Health Care
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Premy
- Not available Angel
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Limitless
- 60K EUR Angel
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MortgageGym
- 20K GBP Series A
- HQ: Camberley, Surrey
- Categories: Social Network
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Elimu Digital Media
- $100K Grant
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Relab.co.nz
- Not available Seed
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Fox Rent A Car, Inc.
- $25M Venture
- HQ: Los Angeles, California
- Categories: Rental, Car Sharing
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FableStreet
- Not available Seed
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EatOut.co.ke
- Not available Venture
- HQ: Nairobi, Nairobi Area
- Categories: Restaurants, Online Portals
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UrbanThings
- 70K GBP Grant
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Apps, Mobile Apps, Public Transportation, Transportation, Developer ... See More
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TickSmith
- 2.0M CAD Seed
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Millennial Esports Corp.
- $4.5M Post IPO Equity
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Geneseeq
- Not available Series C
- HQ: Toronto, Ontario
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lvl5
- $2.0M Seed
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- Categories: Customer Service, Mapping Services
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Cargo
- $1.8M Seed
- HQ: New York, New York
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Perch Security
- Not available Round
- HQ: Tampa, Florida
- Categories: Cyber Security
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Monsoon CreditTech
- Not available Angel
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Country Archer Jerky Co
- Not available Series B
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Klarna
- $225M Private Equity
- HQ: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan
- Categories: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Payments
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Betterment
- $70M Series E
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: FinTech, Financial Services, Impact Investing, Finance
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Crowdz
- Not available Series A
- HQ: Sunnyvale, California
- Categories: Enterprise, Marketplace, B2B, Predictive Analytics, Artificial ... See More
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Aire
- $5.0M Series A
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Credit, Machine Learning, FinTech
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Dreamleague Gaming
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Pasadena, California
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Wesgro
- $12M Venture
- HQ: Cape Town, NA - South Africa
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fastgardener
- Not available Equity Crowdfunding
- HQ: London, England
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SoT - Security of Things
- Not available Series A
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DoubleNet Pay
- $4.0M Seed
- HQ: Atlanta, Georgia
- Categories: Finance, Employee Benefits, Financial Services
- Investors: Not available
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