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M-KOPA snaps up $250M+ debt, equity for its asset financing platform

M-KOPA, the asset financing platform that offers underbanked African customers access to “productive assets” and the ability to pay for them via digital micropayments, has secured more than $250 m

Zymergen raised $300 million because synthetic biology is so hot right now

Zymergen, one of the companies that’s developing biomanufacturing technologies that could reshape any number of industries, said it has raised $300 million in financing. It’s part of a wav

Moon lander startup ispace raises $28 million and launches a new lunar data platform

Ispace, one of the startups working on putting a private lunar lander on the moon sometime in the next few years, has raised a $28 million Series B funding round, which will be used to help it continu

Video: Japanese Robot Helps Humans Clean Offices

<a href="http://www.fhi.co.jp/english/">Fuji Heavy Industries</a> and <a href="http://www.sumitomocorp.co.jp/english/">Sumitomo</a> have developed a cute <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/robots">ro

Report: Japanese Company Develops Cheap, Powerful Home And Car Battery

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sumitomo_battery.jpg" /> Looks like we're getting better, cheaper batteries soon: <a href="http://global-sei.com/">Sumitomo Electric Ind

Autonomous office cleaning robot

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Picture-5.png" /> Japanese conglomerates <a href="http://www.fhi.co.jp/english/">Fuji Heavy Industries</a>, <a href="http://www.sumitomo

Fuji develops cleaning robot that's able to use elevators to clean floors

Japanese mega companies Fuji Heavy Industries and Sumitomo today presented their jointly developed floor cleaning robot [JP, PDF] in action in an office building in Osaka , Japan. The autonomous clean