TechCrunch Startup News
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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- every day
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- 3563
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Relativity Space will open a 1 million square foot factory to scale Terran R production
Fresh off the heels of a $650 million Series E funding round, 3D printed rocket startup Relativity Space is now preparing to increase production capacity by a factor of ten, with the opening of a 1 m…
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Wed 30 Jun 2021
Zoom to acquire German startup to bring real-time translation to meetings
As companies expand worldwide, and meet online in tools like Zoom, the language barrier can be a real impediment to getting work done. Zoom announced that it intends to acquire German startup Karlsru…
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Wed 30 Jun 2021
Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley steps back from the company
Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley has announced that he is stepping back of his full-time role at the company. During the first seven years of the company, he was the startup’s Chief Executive Off…
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Tue 29 Jun 2021
Real estate tech startup Side raises $50M more at a $2B valuation as it preps for an IPO
Side, a real estate technology company that works to turn agents and independent brokerages into boutique brands and businesses, has raised “$50 million-plus” in a funding round that doubles its valu…
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Tue 29 Jun 2021
PayMaya owner Voyager Innovation raises $167M from KKR, Tencent and IFC, to launch digital bank in the Philippines
Voyager Innovations, the Manila-based owner of PayMaya, one of the Philippines’ most popular payment and financial services apps, announced today it has raised $167 million in new funding to launch m…
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Mon 28 Jun 2021
Mercuryo raises $7.5M for crypto-focused cross-border payments after crossing $50M in ARR
Mercuryo, a startup that has built a cross-border payments network, has raised $7.5 million in a Series A round of funding. The London-based company describes itself as “a crypto infrastructure compa…
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Mon 28 Jun 2021
Circle wants to help companies access DeFi lending markets with new API
Cryptocurrency company Circle has announced that it plans to launch a new API for companies using Circle accounts to manage crypto assets — and in particular USDC stablecoins. The new API will let co…
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Fri 25 Jun 2021
Env0 lands $17M Series A as infrastrucure as code control plane gains traction
As companies deliver code ever faster, they need tooling to provide some semblance of control and governance over the cloud resources being used to deliver it. Env0, a startup that is helping compani…
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Fri 25 Jun 2021
Revolut revenue grew by 57% in 2020
Fintech startup Revolut has filed some financial results and is sharing details with the press. In 2020, the company reported $361 million in revenue (£261 million) — that’s a 57% increase compared t…
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Thu 24 Jun 2021
Autonomous trucking startup Embark to go public in $5.2B SPAC deal
Five-year old self-driving truck startup Embark Trucks Inc. said Wednesday it would merge with special purpose acquisition company Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. II in a deal valued at $5.2 billi…
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Thu 24 Jun 2021
These Forge cofounders just raised $5 million to work on a new, still-stealth investing startup
Sohail Prasad and Samvit Ramadurgam are cofounders who met during Y Combinator’s 2012 summer batch and went on to cofound Forge, which helps accredited investors and institutions buy and sell private…
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Wed 23 Jun 2021
Vantage raises $4M to help businesses understand their AWS costs
Vantage, a service that helps businesses analyze and reduce their AWS costs, today announced that it has raised a $4 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. A number of angel investors, includ…
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Wed 23 Jun 2021
Fintech veteran Jitendra Gupta is ready for his new inning — now he is going after banks in India
For most people in India, having to engage with banks doesn’t instill a sense of joy. Banks in the South Asian market are notorious for making unannounced spam calls to upsell customers loans and cre…
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Tue 22 Jun 2021
Uber to become the sole owner of grocery delivery startup Cornershop
Uber has reached a deal to become the sole owner of Latin American delivery startup Cornershop, just one year after acquiring a majority stake in the company. The ride-hailing giant said in a regulat…
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Tue 22 Jun 2021
Vietnamese financial services app MFast gets $1.5M pre-Series A led by Do Ventures
MFast, a mobile app that lets Vietnamese users in remote areas access financial services, announced it has raised a $1.5 million pre-Series A today. The round was led by Do Ventures, with participati…
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Mon 21 Jun 2021
Mediflash is a freelancer marketplace for health professionals
Meet Mediflash, a new French startup that wants to improve temp staffing in healthcare facilities, such as nursing homes, clinics and mental health facilities. The company positions itself as an alte…
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Mon 21 Jun 2021
Neo4j raises Neo$325m as graph-based data analysis takes hold in enterprise
Databases run the world, but database products are often some of the most mature and venerable software in the modern tech stack. Designers will pixel push, frontend engineers will add clicks to make…
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Fri 18 Jun 2021
Twine raises $3.3M to add networking features to virtual events
Twine, a video chat startup that launched amid the pandemic as a sort of “Zoom for meeting new people,” shifted its focus to online events and, as a result, has now closed on $3.3 million in seed fun…
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Fri 18 Jun 2021
Construction robotics firm Dusty raises $16.5M
It certainly follows then that some leading construction robotics companies are able to strike while the iron is hot with some healthy raises. Today, Bay Area-based Dusty Robotics announced a $16.5 m…
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Thu 17 Jun 2021
Messaging social network IRL hits unicorn status with SoftBank-led $170M Series C
Social calendar app IRL has been busy building a messaging-based social network, or what founder and CEO Abraham Shafi calls a “WeChat of the West.” Following its pandemic-fueled growth and further p…
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Thu 17 Jun 2021
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