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Blackbird invests in Carepatron’s ‘radically accessible’ healthcare management platform

When TechCrunch covered Carepatron’s pre-seed last year, the startup was focused on serving solo practitioners and small health practices. Now the healthcare management system has scaled along with

Resy and Eater co-founder raises $24M for Blackbird, a restaurant loyalty platform

Blackbird Labs, a hospitality tech company whose platform helps restaurants stay in touch with guests and incentivize them to dine out more frequently, today announced that it raised $24 million in a

Tracksuit raises $5M to make brand tracking more accessible

Tracksuit, a New Zealand-based brand tracking startup, wants to take on traditional market research players by offering a more affordable, accessible brand insights tool. “Market research and br

Vow’s first cultured meat product close to Singapore unveiling after $49.2M Series A

Another cell-based meat company is poised to have its meat products introduced in restaurants.

Blackbird’s latest $1B AUD fund signals maturation of Australian, New Zealand venture scene

The Australian and New Zealand startup community will see a boost in funding this year. Blackbird, a VC fund based in the two south Pacific countries, on Wednesday closed a fund at over AUD $1 billion

Carepatron is passionate about helping solo practitioners and small healthcare practices

The founders of New Zealand-based Carepatron, a healthcare platform used by providers and patients, say they are passionate about solo practitioners and small health teams. With that in mind, they bui

Melbourne-based Blinq wants to make paper business cards obsolete

Business cards feel almost as outdated as Victorian calling cards, but they are still a networking staple. Melbourne-based Blinq wants to do away with them altogether. The app generates a QR code that

AskNicely answers how companies can best connect with frontline workers

The company's tools pull in Net Promoter Score, workflow, recognition and feedback, coaching and insights so that businesses can lead from their frontline workers.

Foundry Lab raises $8M to quickly, cheaply create metal castings using a microwave

Remember Easy Bake Ovens? You’d mix up some colored powder and water until a dough or batter formed, put it in a mold, pop it in the oven and before you knew it – ding! A disgusting treat. Fou

Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

Welcome back to the TechCrunch transportation newsletter; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. We love the reader feedback. Keep it coming. Never heard of

Flight-hailing startup BlackBird raises $10 million to replace driving with flying

The origin story of BlackBird, a startup that links travelers to planes and commercial pilots through an app, didn’t begin with air travel. It was prompted by car sickness. BlackBird CEO and fou

Headphone rack for your HP Blackbird system

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hp2.jpg" />I'm not going to lie to you. I raised an eyebrow at this when I heard about it, but now I see that a headphone rack on your ca

Race And The Web: Going After Niche Markets Or Practicing Digital Segregation?

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/angela-benton.jpg" alt="" /><em>This is a guest post by Angela Benton, Founder & Publisher of <a href="http://www.blackweb20.com">Black

Blackbird Is A Custom Browser For African Americans Built On Top Of Mozilla

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/blackbird.jpg" alt="" /><a href="http://www.blackbirdhome.com/about.html">Blackbird</a> is a new browser built on top of Mozilla technology

HP Blackbird 02 to sport dual GeForce 280s. In other news, give me a break

When the 9800GX2 cropped up, I thought, “That’s ridiculous. Who could possibly need that much power?” Yet now NVIDIA has eclipsed its dual-card beast with a single next-generation wo

HP's Blackbird 002 gets refresh, e-tailer availability

HP’s stunningly good-looking and high-powered Blackbird 002 gaming PC is getting its availability expanded. I have no trouble recommending the configuration they have for retailers: a Core2 Quad

Voodoo's vanity case is the shiniest of them all

The Voodoo booth was an orgy of exposed PCB, flashy accessories, and some guy with dreds up in a topknot. And rotating in a glass case was this gold thing, which really just seems incredibly impractic