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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- Episodes
- 3555
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Indian startups Ola Electric, FirstCry gut valuations ahead of IPOs
Two large Indian startups, Ola Electric and FirstCry, are set to test investor appetite with their public listings this month, but both have had to price their shares below their previous valuations …
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Fri 02 Aug 2024
Sybill raises $11M for its AI assistant that helps salespeople reduce administrative burden
Sybill, a startup that has built an AI assistant specifically for sales reps, has raised $11 million in a Series A round led by Greycroft.
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Fri 02 Aug 2024
Date Like Goblins, a new dating platform, allows users to virtually date and play video games
Date Like Goblins is geared toward the gaming community and allows users to connect through voice chat while playing video games.
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00:09:04 |
Thu 01 Aug 2024
Applied Carbon’s farm robot turns plant waste into biochar to capture CO2
The startup has raised $21.5 million to build more of its machines and deploy them throughout the U.S.
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00:05:24 |
Thu 01 Aug 2024
Lime is piloting two new e-bikes to attract more women and older riders
Shared micromobility giant Lime is piloting two new vehicles designed to appeal to women and older folks who might appreciate a lower step-through frame, smaller wheels and an upgrade from pedal-assi…
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Wed 31 Jul 2024
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is gearing up for a comeback
The California Department of Motor Vehicles this week granted Nuro approval to test its third-generation R3 autonomous delivery vehicle in four Bay Area cities, giving the AV startup a positive boost…
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Wed 31 Jul 2024
Alphabet X spinoff Skip partners with Arc’teryx to bring ‘everyday’ exoskeleton to market
Skip exited stealth this week to announce a partnership with outdoor clothing specialist Arc’teryx. The deal is the first to bring Skip’s MO/GO technology to market: “powered pants” that utilize a so…
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Tue 30 Jul 2024
Stripe acquires payment processing startup Lemon Squeezy
Payments giant Stripe has acquired a four-year-old competitor, Lemon Squeezy, the latter company announced Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. As a self-proclaimed “merchant of record,” Lem…
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Mon 29 Jul 2024
Energy tech startup Greenely grabs €8M to reach more households and support Europe’s energy transition
The energy transition is a marathon, not a sprint. But opportunities for acceleration are growing. Swedish startup Greenely* has just spotted one. It’s closing an €8 million Series A funding round to…
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Mon 29 Jul 2024
Intron Health gets backing for its speech recognition tool that recognizes African accents
Voice recognition is getting integrated in nearly all facets of modern living, but there remains a big gap: speakers of minority languages, and those with thick accents or speech disorders like stutt…
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Fri 26 Jul 2024
Kodiak Robotics is taking self-driving trucks off road to reach profitability faster
Don Burnette, CEO and co-founder of self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics, had an “a-ha” moment when the company started working with the U.S. Department of Defense. Kodiak’s mission has always…
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Fri 26 Jul 2024
Micropep taps tiny proteins to make pesticides safer
Farmers have got to do something about pests. But nobody really likes the idea of using more chemical pesticides. Thomas Laurent’s company, Micropep, thinks the answer might already be in the plants …
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Thu 25 Jul 2024
QA Wolf secures $36M to grow its app QA-testing suite
Quality assurance in the app development world is a necessary, but often resource-draining, undertaking. According to Statista, 23% of companies’ annual IT budgets are allocated to in-house or third-…
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Thu 25 Jul 2024
Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity
Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years. One of the main reasons it has become the gift that keeps on giving to ma…
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Wed 24 Jul 2024
Farmblox puts the control into farmers’ hands with its AI-powered sensor-reading platform
Nathan Rosenberg, the founder of farm automation platform Farmblox, said if there is one thing to know about trying to sell technology to farmers, it’s that you can’t tell them what to do.
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Wed 24 Jul 2024
Without this company’s technology, future fusion power plants might never light up
Marathon Fusion emerges from stealth with a plan to help fusion power plants extract tritium, a necessary fuel.
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00:04:58 |
Tue 23 Jul 2024
Unpacking how Alphabet’s rumored Wiz acquisition could affect VC
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. TechCrunch’s sources heard similar and a…
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Tue 23 Jul 2024
PE firm PartnerOne paid $28M for HeadSpin, a fraction of its $1.1B valuation set by ICONIQ and Dell Technologies Capital
Canadian private equity firm PartnerOne paid $28.2 million for HeadSpin, a mobile app testing startup whose founder has been sentenced for fraud earlier this year, according to documents viewed by Te…
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Mon 22 Jul 2024
Fintech startup Coast lands $40M just 4 months after its last $25M raise
Coast, a startup that describes itself as “a financial services platform for the future of transportation,” has raised $40 million in Series B funding — just four months after announcing a $25 millio…
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Mon 22 Jul 2024
WHAM! Nuclear fusion experiment hits new record for magnet strength
Strong magnets are essential for the type of fusion power being pursued by Commonwealth Fusion Systems and a number of other startups.
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00:03:56 |
Fri 19 Jul 2024
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