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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- 2018 - 2025
Cajoo promises grocery deliveries in 15 minutes
Meet Cajoo, a new French startup that has raised a $7.3 million (€6 million) funding round. The company wants to make it easier to order groceries from your phone and receive them 15 minutes later. I…
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Thu 04 Feb 2021
Beam raises $9.5 million to build a web browser that collects ideas
Beam has raised a $9.5 million Series A round. The company is working on a new web browser that completely rethinks the way you start a web session and browse the web. The startup is founded by Dom L…
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Thu 04 Feb 2021
Commuting platform startup Hip lands $12 million to help companies bring employees back to the office
Nearly a year ago, the spread of COVID-19 ended the daily commute for millions of Americans, an abrupt change that sent the ridesharing industry into a free fall. Hip, which connected commuters with …
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Wed 03 Feb 2021
Alloy raises $4M to build out its e-commerce automation service
Alloy Automation, a startup that was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort, announced today that it has closed $5 million across two rounds, the most recent of which brought $4 million to the c…
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Wed 03 Feb 2021
Robinhood’s long weekend brings a total of $3.4 billion to its balance sheet
Popular, highly-scrutinized trading app Robinhood has raised $2.4 billion to its balance sheet from shareholders, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal and then confirmed by the company. The p…
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Tue 02 Feb 2021
Databricks raises $1B at $28B valuation as it reaches $425M ARR
Another hour, another billion-dollar round. That’s how February is kicking off. This time it’s Databricks, which just raised $1 billion Series G at a whopping $28 billion post-money valuation. Databr…
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Tue 02 Feb 2021
Chefclub raises $17 million to expand its food media brand beyond social networks
French startup Chefclub announced earlier this week that it has raised a $17 million funding round led by First Bridge Ventures. SEB Alliance, the venture arm of kitchen appliance maker Groupe SEB, K…
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Mon 01 Feb 2021
Stock trading app Trade Republic expands to France
German startup Trade Republic is rolling out its app and service in France this week. This is a significant expansion move as Trade Republic has only been available in Germany and Austria so far. Tra…
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Mon 01 Feb 2021
Storetasker revamps its Shopify developer marketplace
Storetasker is an online marketplace focused on connecting Shopify merchants with developers and other experts who can help grow their business. The product is now owned by the startup previously kno…
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Fri 29 Jan 2021
Qualtrics prices IPO at $30 per share, above its upgraded target range
Last night, Qualtrics priced its IPO at $30 per share, selling 50.4 million shares in the process. Notably, the company’s IPO price was harder to chase down than usual, with a formal press release in…
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Fri 29 Jan 2021
Squarespace files privately to go public
Squarespace announced this afternoon that it is going public. The online website creation and hosting service is a venture-backed entity, having raised Series A and B rounds in 2010 and 2014, respec…
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Thu 28 Jan 2021
SAP is buying Berlin business process automation startup Signavio
Rumors have been flying this week that SAP was going to buy Berlin business process automation startup Signavio, and sure enough the company made it official today. The companies did not reveal the p…
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Thu 28 Jan 2021
SaaS startup studio eFounders launches a fintech startup studio
eFounders is expanding its focus by creating a second startup studio called Logic Founders. This time, Logic Founders is going to focus on fintech startups exclusively. Camille Tyan (pictured above) …
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Wed 27 Jan 2021
Stacker raises $1.7M to help nocoders build apps from spreadsheets
Stacker, a company that helps non-developers create software from spreadsheets, announced that it has raised $1.7 million in a seed round. Stacker fits inside the growing no-code, and low-code niche …
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Wed 27 Jan 2021
Clubhouse announces plans for creator payments and raises new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz
Buzzy live voice chat app Clubhouse has confirmed that it has raised new funding – without revealing how much – in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz through the firm’s partner Andrew Chen. …
00:04:34 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
Taboola is going public via SPAC
Taboola is the latest company seeking to go public via special purpose acquisition corporation — more commonly known as a SPAC. To achieve this, it will merge with ION Acquisition Corp, which went pu…
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Tue 26 Jan 2021
Alma raises $59.4 million for its Klarna-like payment option
French startup Alma is raising a $59.4 million Series B funding round (€49 million). The company has been building a new payment option for expensive good. You can choose to pay over three or four in…
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Mon 25 Jan 2021
Sounding Board raises cash as startups wake up to executive coaching
In an unprecedented work environment defined by distributed teams and virtual-only communication, two co-founders think their 2018 bet reigns truer than ever: mentors need mentorship, too. Christine …
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Mon 25 Jan 2021
Soci raises $80M for its localized marketing platform
Soci, a startup focused on what it calls “localized marketing,” is announcing that it has raised $80 million in Series D funding. National and global companies like Ace Hardware, Anytime Fitness, The…
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Fri 22 Jan 2021
Bodyguard is a mobile app that hides toxic content on social platforms
If you’re somewhat famous on various social networks, chances are you are exposed to hate speech in your replies or in your comments. French startup Bodyguard recently launched its app and service in…
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Fri 22 Jan 2021
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