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How to failwhale the blockchain
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Every Monday, Grace and Alex scour the news and record not
Google-backed neobank Open becomes unicorn with new funding
India has 100 unicorns now. The Bengaluru-headquartered neobank Open entered the coveted club on Monday with a new funding round, it said. The five-year-old startup did not disclose the size of its Se
Indian neobank Niyo raises $100 million, tops 4 million customers
India’s Niyo has raised $100 million in a new financing round as the consumer-facing neobank platform looks to add lending and insurance to its offerings and make deeper inroads in the world’s sec
Google-backed neobank Open acquires Finin for $10 million
Open has acquired consumer neobanking startup Finin for $10 million as the Bangalore-based, Google-backed business-focused neobanking platform looks to broaden its offerings and deepen relationships w
Google and Temasek back Indian neobank Open in $100 million funding
Google has invested in Bangalore-based Open, becoming the latest high-profile investor to back a neobanking platform. Open said on Tuesday it has raised $100 million in a Series C financing round. Sin
Temasek and General Atlantic in talks to back Indian neobank Open
Bangalore-based neobank Open is in advanced stages of talks to raise about $100 million, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Temasek, the Singaporean government’s sovereign wealth
&Open raises $7.2M from First Round Capital and LocalGlobe to send gifts at scale
We live in a world where companies have to send out “gifts” to individuals. Chocolate bars. Bottles of wine. You name it. Companies are gifting it. But right now, that operation is buried
Tonik raises $21 million to launch digital bank in the Philippines
A wave of digital banks, or neo-banks, has flourished in recent years in Western nations as people begin to flee megabanks. While most of these startups are yet to prove they can turn a profit, entrep
Automattic pumps $4.6M into New Vector to help grow Matrix, an open, decentralized comms ecosystem
Automattic, the open source force behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Longreads, Simplenote and Tumblr, has made a $4.6M strategic investment into New Vector — the creators of an open, decentrali
Facebook now allows users in the US & Canada to export photos and videos to Google Photos
Facebook is today rolling out a tool that will allow users in the U.S. and Canada to export their Facebook photos and videos to Google Photos. This data portability tool was first introduced in Irelan
Former Google Pay execs raise $13.2M to build neo-banking platform for millennials in India
Two co-founders of Google Pay in India are building a neo-banking platform in the country — and they have already secured backing from three top VC funds. Sujith Narayanan, a veteran payments ex
&Open helps businesses distribute gifts to reward customer loyalty
&Open is a startup with an unusual name, and one that fills an unusual niche in the business world. It has built a gift-giving platform, so that businesses can reward loyalty with a small token of
Ahead Of ITU Summit, Google Wants You To Help Preserve A Free And Open Internet With New Campaign
Today, Google announced a new initiative to support an open and free Internet called "Take Action." The company has set up a website with materials to help educate you on <a href="https://techcrunch.c
Twitter, Jobs, Democracy and The US Elections
I recently wrote a post about the open nature of Twitter and why I'm long on its future. I know it's easier to write "horse race" stories about who's signing up more users, raising more funding or who
Steve Jobs tells the world just what he thinks of Flash
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/a_separate_peace.jpg">Once upon a time there were two little boys, Apple and Adobe. Back when they were kids, they used to hang out, play
Early look at the Neuros LINK internet video box
CG reader Shaila was kind enough to send in some early impressions and info about the Neuros LINK box that we reported a couple of weeks ago. Keeping in mind that Neuros is currently in a gamma testin
Neuros soft launches ‘LINK’ internet video set-top box
Here comes yet another set-top box that connects to the internet and streams web video. Thankfully, this one looks pretty cool. It’s called the Neuros LINK and it’ll leverage the Neuros.TV interfa
Battle Over: Twitter Opens Up To Gnip
Since launching TechcrunchIT we have been pounding away about open standards and data availability. One of the biggest victims of this focus recently has been Twitter, who went from being a leading li
Verizon joins open Linux mobile group 'LiMo'
Verizon has signed up as the final member on the board of directors of the LiMo Foundation, a group founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, Samsung, and Vodafone “to deliver an open and