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Tackle nabs $35M Series B to help companies navigate cloud marketplaces 12.03.2021 5:33

Each of the big three cloud vendors — Amazon, Microsoft and Google — has a marketplace where software vendors can sell their wares. It seems like an easy enough proposition to throw your software up there and be done with it, but it turns out that it’s not quite that simple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

M1 Finance raises another rapid-fire round after scaling its AUM to more than $3.5B 11.03.2021 5:38

Months after raising a Series C worth $45 million, Chicago-based M1 Finance announced a new round of capital today. A Series D, the new $75 million investment was led by Coatue, with two prior investors — Left Lane Capital and Clocktower Technology Ventures — also taking part. The new financing comes after M1 raised twice […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chatbot startup Heyday raises $5.1M 11.03.2021 4:09

Montreal-based Heyday announced today that it has raised $6.5 million Canadian ($5.1 million in US dollars) in additional seed funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fleex lets you allocate a monthly budget for work from home equipment 10.03.2021 3:45

Meet Fleex, a French startup that was formally named Flexlab. The company wants to make it easier to give some cash to your employees so that they can spend it on a desk, an external monitor, some computer peripherals, a nice chair, etc. Essentially, Fleex wants to make it easier to turn remote work into […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cube raises $10M more to help companies plan their financial future 10.03.2021 4:53

This morning Cube, a startup that builds FP&A software for the mid-market, announced that it has raised a $10 million Series A. The company previously raised a $5 million seed round that TechCrunch covered last August. Mayfield led its Series A, which saw participation from Operator Collective and Bonfire Ventures. FP&A is probably not an […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

Eye surgery robotics startup ForSight raises $10M 09.03.2021 3:34

Israel-based ForSight Robotics announced today that it has raised $10 million for what it has deemed a “mega-seed round.” Led by Eclipse Ventures and Mithril Capital, the round will go toward expanding the company’s headcount and global reach, as it looks to bring its offerings to international markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vendr raises huge $60M Series A as its SaaS-purchasing service scales 09.03.2021 4:58

This morning Vendr announced a $60 million Series A round, a huge funding event led by Tiger Global, with participation from Y Combinator, Sound Ventures, Craft Ventures, F-Prime Capital, and Garage Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Swiss maker of meat alternatives Planted will expand and diversify with $18M Series A 08.03.2021 4:59

Planted, a startup pursuing a unique method of creating a vegetarian chicken alternative, has raised an $18M (CHF 17M) Series A to expand its product offerings and international footprint. With new kebabs and pulled-style faux meats available and steak-like cuts in the (literal) pipeline, Planted has begun to set its sights outside central Europe. The […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

Dan Siroker’s new startup Scribe automates Zoom note-taking 08.03.2021 6:05

Optimizely co-founder Dan Siroker said the idea for his new startup Scribe goes back to a couple of personal experiences — and although Scribe’s first product is focused on Zoom, those experiences weren’t Zoom-related at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Revolut lets customers switch to Revolut Bank in 10 additional countries 05.03.2021 3:13

Fintech startup Revolut has its own banking license in the European Union since late 2018. It lets the company offer some additional financial services without partnering with third-party companies. And the company is going to let customers switch to Revolut Bank in 10 additional countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deliverr scores $170M to bring fast delivery to every e-commerce vendor 05.03.2021 4:48

At a time when e-commerce is exploding due in large part to the pandemic, a business that helps any online merchant ship goods to a consumer in one or two days is going to be in demand. Deliverr is a startup that fits that bill, and today the company announced a $170 million financing round. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hopin confirms $400M raise at $5.65B valuation 04.03.2021 5:32

This morning Hopin, a virtual events platform and video-focused software service, announced that it has closed a $400 million Series C. The new capital values Hopin at $5.65 billion. Both numbers match prior TechCrunch reporting that the company was targeting a $400 million raise at a valuation of between $5 billion and $6 billion. Andreessen […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

Yugabyte announces $48M Series C as cloud native database makes enterprise push 04.03.2021 5:52

As demand for cloud native applications is growing, Yugabyte, makers of the cloud native, open source YugabyteDB database are seeing a corresponding rise in demand for their products, especially with large enterprise customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Indonesian supply chain startup Advotics raises $2.75M led by East Ventures 03.03.2021 4:14

The rapid growth of e-commerce in Indonesia, especially during the pandemic, is placing increasing demands on its supply chain infrastructure. But the country’s logistics industry is highly fragmented, with companies usually relying on multiple providers for one shipment, and many warehouses are still concentrated around major cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

Cornea eyes in on fighting wildfires using better data 03.03.2021 6:17

It’s not yet fire season thankfully, which affords some breathing room for firefighters and emergency responders to begin planning out how to confront the increasingly complex and unwieldy task of preventing and responding to fires in the American West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coupang may raise up to $3.6 billion in its IPO, at a potential valuation of $51 billion 02.03.2021 3:21

According to an amended S-1 filing, South Korean e-commerce leader Coupang expects to price its initial public offering between $27 to $30 per share, potentially raising up to $3.6 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Murmur, still in private beta, wants to help startups make private work agreements public 02.03.2021 7:29

As building in public continues to gain popularity with early-stage startup founders, Murmur, coming out of stealth today, wants to leverage that natural transparency to a louder frequency. Founded by Aaron Dignan, Murmur helps startups create work agreements based on the policies of other startups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rocket Lab debuts plans for a new, larger, reusable rocket for launching satellite constellations 01.03.2021 4:10

Because news of its SPAC-fueled public market debut wasn’t enough, Rocket Lab also unveiled a new class of rocket it has in development on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Atlassian is acquiring Chartio to bring data visualization to the platform 01.03.2021 3:59

The Atlassian platform is chock full of data about how a company operates and communicates. Atlassian launched a machine learning layer, which relies on data on the platform with the addition of Atlassian Smarts last fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aquarium scores $2.6M seed to refine machine learning model data 26.02.2021 4:11

Aquarium, a startup from two former Cruise employees, wants to help companies refine their machine learning model data more easily and move the models into production faster. Today the company announced a $2.6 million seed led by Sequoia with participation from Y Combinator and a bunch of angel investors including Cruise co-founders Kyle Vogt and Dan Kan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

MealMe raises $900,000 for its food search engine 26.02.2021 5:34

This morning MealMe.ai, a food search engine, announced that it has closed a $900,000 pre-seed round. Palm Drive Capital led the round, with participation from Slow Ventures and CP Ventures. TechCrunch first became familiar with MealMe when it presented as part of the Techstars Atlanta demo day last October, mentioning it in a roundup of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

Maze raises another $15 million for its user testing platform 25.02.2021 3:45

Maze has closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by Emergence Capital. The company lets you run user tests at scale so that you can get feedback before rolling out a design update or test copy. When you have a lot of users, you don’t want to roll out some changes before testing […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gamified emergency prep startup Harbor inks ADT partnership 25.02.2021 5:07

Harbor, an app that gamifies emergency preparedness, has today announced the launch of a premium tier that includes features like an emergency button called HarborHELP that it has built in partnership with home-security company ADT. The premium subscription also includes a family plan, which lets paying users add up to 12 other users to the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...

The current narrative explaining why tech stocks are getting hammered 24.02.2021 4:45

This morning the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index is off 2.34% after falling yesterday. Shares of Tesla are off more than 6% today, now mired in a bear-market correction after reaching new all-time highs earlier this year. Apple stock is worth $122.02 per share, down from over its recent highs of more than $145. After a […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Archer Aviation aims to launch network of urban air taxis in Los Angeles by 2024 24.02.2021 5:17

Archer Aviation, the electric aircraft startup that recently announced a deal to go public via a merger with a blank-check company, plans to launch a network of its urban air taxis in Los Angeles by 2024. The announcement comes two months after the formation of the Urban Air Mobility Partnership, a one-year initiative between Los […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...