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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- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Electric gets another $7 million in funding from 01 Advisors and the Slack Fund
Electric, the platform that puts the IT department in the cloud, has today announced new funding following a continuation of its Series B earlier this year. Dick Costolo and Adam Bain (01 Advisors) a…
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Tue 19 May 2020
Users complain of Robinhood, Etrade outages as stocks soar
Users are reporting that stock trading platforms Robinhood and Etrade are not working on a day that’s seem stock markets soar. Neither company acknowledged immediate outages with their platforms. Ro…
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Mon 18 May 2020
E-bike startup Angell partners with SEB for manufacturing and investment
French startup Angell has signed a wide-ranging partnership with SEB, the French industrial company behind All-Clad, Krups, Moulinex, Rowenta, Tefal and others. As part of the deal, SEB will manufact…
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Mon 18 May 2020
Atlassian acquires Halp to bring Slack integration to the forefront
Atlassian announced today that it was acquiring Halp, an early stage startup that enables companies to build integrated help desk ticketing and automated answers inside Slack. The companies did not d…
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Fri 15 May 2020
FortressIQ snags $30M Series B to streamline processes with AI-fueled data
As we move through life in the pandemic, companies are being forced to review and understand how workflows happen. How do you distribute laptops to your workforce? How do you make sure everyone has t…
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Fri 15 May 2020
Quizlet valued at $1 billion as it raises millions during a global pandemic
As millions of students and teachers shift to learn from home in response to the novel coronavirus disease, modern-day flashcard business Quizlet has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Gen…
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Thu 14 May 2020
LeoLabs launches its global satellite monitoring and collision avoidance service
LeoLabs has been building out its global network of space-scanning radars for the last couple years, leading up to today’s launch of its Collision Avoidance system, essentially satellite-monitoring-a…
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Thu 14 May 2020
Target Global has a €1M “super seed” fund incoming to switch on laid off tech talent in Spain during COVID-19
Target Global is backing a €1 million support fund for tech talent in Spain laid off or furloughed as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The aim is to provide pre-seed financing to help crisis-hit t…
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Wed 13 May 2020
RenovAI helps retailers offer automated interior design advice to their customers
Alon Gilady, CEO of RenovAI, told me his startup is trying to solve the problem that many of us face when we’re moving into a new home — we aren’t interior designers, but we can’t afford to hire real…
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Wed 13 May 2020
Trillions are at stake in the retirement wars, and Vise nets $14.5M from Sequoia to manage it
The retirement wars are heating up. As millions of baby boomers leave their jobs in the coming years and transition into retirement, there is a huge competition for who will manage their savings. On …
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Tue 12 May 2020
Banjo’s CEO resigns after report details KKK ties in his past
After investigative reporting revealed his undisclosed involvement in shooting at a synagogue with KKK members at age 17, the CEO of Banjo will leave the company he founded. In a short blog post, the…
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Tue 12 May 2020
Your startup can still be seen and heard: Exhibit in Digital Startup Alley
We’re not letting this pandemic disrupt Disrupt SF 2020. Like any determined early-stage startup founder, we’re adapting and moving forward. Can’t join us in person on September 14 – 16? No problem. …
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Mon 11 May 2020
Owkin raises $25 million as it builds a secure network for healthcare analysis and research
Imagine a model of collaborative research and development among hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, universities and other research institutions where no one shared any actual data. That’s the dream…
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Mon 11 May 2020
Sleuth raises $3M Seed to bring order to continuous deployment
Sleuth, an early stage startup from three former Atlassian employees, wants to bring some much-needed order to the continuous delivery process. Today, the company announced it has raised a $3 million…
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Fri 08 May 2020
As investing apps boom, Public doubles down on its social focus
Savings and investing apps are having a moment. While many startups are struggling in the wake of COVID-19 and its economic impacts, services that help regular folks save a bit more or invest their f…
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Fri 08 May 2020
Invisible AI uses computer vision to help (but hopefully not nag) assembly line workers
“Assembly” may sound like one of the simpler tests in the manufacturing process, but as anyone who’s ever put together a piece of flat-pack furniture knows, it can be surprisingly (and frustratingly)…
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Thu 07 May 2020
As Wunderlist shuts down, its founder announces a new productivity app called Superlist
Wunderlist is going away, but fans of the productivity app may find some consolation in founder Christian Reber’s announcement that he is launching a new startup called Superlist. “Superlist will be …
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Thu 07 May 2020
Goldman Sachs backs electric toothbrush startup Burst Oral Care
Burst Oral Care, a startup that sells an electric toothbrush boasting charcoal bristles and 33,000 sonic vibrations per minute, has raised a Series C of undisclosed size. Although we don’t know the a…
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Wed 06 May 2020
Treasury Prime raises $9M to bring its banking APIs to market
Treasury Prime, a startup that built software tooling to help banks automate and accelerate routine tasks, announced today that it has closed a $9 million Series A. The new capital was sourced from A…
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Wed 06 May 2020
Cockroach Labs scores $86.6M Series D as scalable database resonates
Cockroach Labs, the NYC enterprise database company, announced an $86.6 million Series D funding round today. The company was in no mood to talk valuations, but was happy to have a big chunk of money…
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Tue 05 May 2020
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