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Swedish fashion e-commerce company NA-KD raises $45M Series B
6:39 am PST • January 15, 2018
NA-KD, the Swedish fashion e-commerce company that sells women’s clothes direct to consumers, has raised $45 million in Series B funding. Noteworthy, $5 million of that is secondary investment as…
Transportation
Ford will boost electric vehicle spending to $11B and offer 40 electrified models by 2022
6:18 am PST • January 15, 2018
Ford Motor will boost its investment in electric vehicles to $11 billion by 2022, said chairman Bill Ford at the Detroit Auto Show today. This is a huge increase from…
Startups
True Fit, the personalisation platform for apparel and footwear, raises $55M Series C
6:00 am PST • January 15, 2018
If the funding fits, keep it. True Fit, the Boston-based “personalisation platform for apparel and footwear” that helps online shoppers find clothes that fit and are to their liking, has…
Startups
One year old Pony.ai raises $112 million Series A to build autonomous car future
5:00 am PST • January 15, 2018
No that’s not a typo. Yes, that is larger than the median IPO fundraise last year. But few problems are as daunting as trying to build a fully autonomous car,…
Media & Entertainment
PSA: Google’s art selfie feature is US only for now
4:04 am PST • January 15, 2018
Google’s Arts & Culture app has been around for about a year and half. But it’s taken an art selfie feature to generate a bit of viral interest in the…
Media & Entertainment
Rappler, a new media organization critical of the Philippines government, faces closure
2:41 am PST • January 15, 2018
Rappler, a high-profile new media news organization in the Philippines, is facing closure after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revoked its registration for an alleged breach of the country’s constitution. Rappler…
Startups
Softbank invests €460M in Germany’s Auto1 car dealer platform
2:13 am PST • January 15, 2018
Softbank’s Vision Fund has made another investment: The Japanese conglomerate has agreed to invest €460M in Berlin-based online car dealer Auto1.
Startups
London proptech startup Goodlord appoints LoveFilm co-founder William Reeve as CEO
1:30 am PST • January 15, 2018
London ‘proptech’ startup Goodlord, which offers cloud-based software to help estate agents, landlords and tenants manage the rental process, has announced the appointment of serial entrepreneur and investor William Reeve…
Media & Entertainment
Alibaba blames politics as Taobao retains place on US government naughty list
1:28 am PST • January 15, 2018
It hasn’t been a great couple of weeks for Alibaba in the U.S.. First affiliate Ant Financial’s proposed acquisition of MoneyGram collapsed due to objections from the U.S. government, now…
Media & Entertainment
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ returns to Hulu on April 25 (and here’s a new trailer)
2:00 pm PST • January 14, 2018
The first season of The Handmaid’s Tale has been a home run for Hulu — the series has been embraced by awards voters, and it was one of the streaming service’s…
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The state of Israel’s cybersecurity market
12:30 pm PST • January 14, 2018
The Equifax breach, WannaCry, NotPetya, the NSA leak, and many more cyber incidents – 2017 was certainly a busy year for hackers, illustrating yet again just how vital innovative cybersecurity…
Everyone hates us, and it’s not because of our sex parties
6:00 am PST • January 14, 2018
It was, briefly, the zeitgeist’s perfect Silicon Valley story: a sex-and-drugs party hosted hosted by since-ousted top-tier VC Steve Jurvetson, at an official Draper Fisher Jurvetson event,attended by multiple billionaires…
Startups
Brit + Co had a round of layoffs this month as part of a ‘reorganization’
8:26 pm PST • January 13, 2018
Brit + Co laid off some employees earlier this month as part of a reorganization, TechCrunch has learned. Brit + Co declined to comment on the number laid off, but…
Gillmor Gang: Smart Speakers
4:02 pm PST • January 13, 2018
The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Frank Radice, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, January 12, 2018. G3: Last Hope — Mary Hodder, Halley Suitt Tucker,…
Gillmor Gang: Smart Speakers
2:58 PM PST • January 13, 2018
Recorded on January 13, 2018. The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Frank Radice, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, January 12,…
Never has there been more talk of innovation and yet more disappointment in the future than in the health care industry. AngelList shows almost a thousand startups just in the…
I’ve been going to CES for almost ten years now, and it amazes me that really, nothing has changed. The same people are saying the same things on the same…
‘Inexcusable’ false ballistic missile alert in Hawaii was caused by human error
11:57 am PST • January 13, 2018
Hawaiian residents were briefly but intensely disturbed this morning by a state-wide alert via TV and phone warning of an incoming ballistic missile. It was, however, shortly afterwards confirmed to…
Startup investors in the U.S. and Canada have been putting a little less money to work across a lot fewer deals in recent months. After three quarters of rising investment…
