$100M from PayPal and Carlyle – TechCrunch
The e-commerce boom that started with the Covid-19 pandemic shows little sign of slowing down, and today a company called Shopware, which provides a...
Boston Dynamics’ warehouse robot gets a $15M gig working for DHL...
Back in March of last year, Boston Dynamics unveiled its second commercial robot, Stretch. The system, built from its impressive box-moving Handle concept, is...
iPhone payments, App Store upgrades, Snapchat’s AR shopping – TechCrunch
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall...
Russian search giant Yandex tells investors it’s looking for a media...
Russia’s Internet giant Yandex has told investors it’s exploring “strategic options” for its media products — including a potential sale of its news aggregator,...
Crypto forensics startup Chainalysis raises $170M at $8.6B valuation – TechCrunch
Chainalysis, a startup that provides crypto investigation and compliance services, has secured $170 million in a Series F funding round led by GIC, a...
Tokyo-based Luup to more than double shared e-scooters, e-bikes – TechCrunch
Shared micromobility company Luup has raised $8 million (1 billion yen) in debt and asset financing to meet the growing demands of Japan’s micromobility...
Family locator service Life360 to acquire Tile for $205 million –...
Lost-item tracker company Tile, which competes with Apple’s AirTag is being acquired by family communication service Life360. The deal is valued at $205 million...
Here’s how far startup valuations fell in Q1 2022 – TechCrunch
Average startup valuations are in decline, new data indicates.
In March, The Exchange parsed a dataset from Carta, a unicorn whose software helps companies manage...
Medium acquires Knowable to bring audio to the platform – TechCrunch
Medium announced today its third and final acquisition of the year: Knowable, an audio-based learning platform featuring podcast-like courses from experts like Reddit co-founder...
Ford and Rivian cancel plan to jointly develop an EV –...
Ford and Rivian have abandoned a plan they had to jointly develop an EV together. In an interview with , Ford CEO Jim Farley said...
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Donation site for Ottawa truckers’ ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest exposed donors’ data – TechCrunch
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Sourceful grabs $20M to make more packaging less polluting – TechCrunch
Sourceful, an Index Ventures-backed supply chain transparency startup, has fast-fuelled with a $20 million Series A around half a year after it announced a...
Are poison pills really that bitter? – TechCrunch
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