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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...

ErudiFi raises $5 million Series A to give students in Southeast Asia more education financing options 23.02.2021 3:47

Based in Singapore, ErudiFi wants to help more students in Southeast Asia stay in school by giving them affordable financing options. The startup announced today it has raised a $5 million Series A, co-led by Monk’s Hill Ventures and Qualgro. ErudiFi currently works with more than 50 universities and vocational schools in Indonesia and the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

Creatio raises $68M as the low-code space keeps attracting huge checks 23.02.2021 5:54

This morning Creatio, a Boston-based software company, announced that it has raised $68 million. Volition Capital, a growth-equity fund, led the round. The deal was a minority investment in the startup. The deal is notable not merely thanks to its sheer size, but because up until today Creatio had bootstrapped. That’s according to founder and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

Indonesian investment platform FUNDtastic lands $7.7 million Series A 22.02.2021 3:03

Despite the market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, retail investing is increasing in Indonesia, especially among people aged 18 to 30. Today, investment platform FUNDtastic announced it has raised a $7.7 million Series A to tap into that demand, with plans to launch new products for retail investors, reports DealStreetAsia. The round was led by […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...

AccountsIQ scores €5.8M for its financial management software for multi-entity SMEs 22.02.2021 4:59

AccountsIQ, a financial management software (FMS) startup founded by a team of chartered accountants (when accountants want to be entrepreneurs, you know startups are a thing), has raised €5.8 million in funding. Backing the Dublin-based company, which targets mid-sized businesses that operate multi-entities, is Finch Capital, the fintech focussed VC that recently outed its third […] Learn more ab...

Torii announces $10M Series A to automate SaaS management 19.02.2021 5:13

Today, that software is offered as a cloud service should be pretty much considered a given. Certainly any modern tooling is going to be SaaS, and as companies and employees add services, it becomes a management nightmare. Enter Torii, an early stage startup that wants to make it easier to manage SaaS bloat. Today, the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Robinhood goes to Congress 19.02.2021 5:23

Update: There’s an entire second session of this? My lord. Today the House Financial Services Committee dragged the CEO of Reddit, a Cato wonk, social media icon DeepFuckingValue, the CEO of Citadel Kenneth Griffin, a hedgefund bro who got whomped by DeepFuckingValue, and the CEO of Robinhood Vlad Tenev, who got womped when individual investors […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...

Locus Robotics has raised a $150M Series E 18.02.2021 4:07

Massachusetts-based Locus Robotics today announced a $150 million Series E. The round, led by Tiger Global Management and Bond, brings the firm’s total to around $250 to date, and values the robotics company at $1 billion. Locus is notable for a more modular and flexible solution for automating warehouses than many of its competitors (see: […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

Ally.io rasies $50M Series C as the OKR software market stays explosive 18.02.2021 4:29

This morning Ally.io, a software startup with a focus on the OKR (objectives and key results, in case you’ve somehow avoided being exposed) goal-setting technique, announced that it has closed $50 million in new capital. The Series C round was led by Green Oaks Capital, Madrona Capital, and its Series B lead, Tiger Global. Ally […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...

Jet co-founder Nate Faust is building a more sustainable e-commerce experience with Olive 17.02.2021 5:06

Nate Faust has spent years in the e-commerce business — he was a vice president at Quidsi (which ran Diapers.com and Soap.com), co-founder and COO at Jet (acquired by Walmart for $3.3 billion) and then a vice president at Walmart. Over time, he said it slowly dawned on him that it’s “crazy” that 25 years […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bitcoin briefly breaks the $50,000 barrier as Coinbase’s direct listing looms 17.02.2021 3:34

The hodl-crew are having quite the moment as bitcoin passed the $50,000 mark earlier today for the first time. Data pegs the peak at just over $50,500. The price of bitcoin, the world’s best-known cryptocurrency, has historically proven a reasonable proxy for consumer interest in the cryptocurrency space, and for trading activity amongst blockchain-based assets. […] Learn more about your ad choice...

After pausing the business, Fronted finally launches to offer loans to cover rent deposits 16.02.2021 5:10

Fronted, the London-based fintech aiming to make life easier for renters, including lending the cash needed for a deposit, has finally launched. In March, its founders took the decision to “hibernate” the nascent business after the first lockdown and with the pandemic taking hold. But, now with regulatory approval from the FCA and rents falling […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...

Delivery company goPuff is in talks to acquire the UK’s Fancy 16.02.2021 3:58

GoPuff, the U.S.-based startup that operates its own “microfulfillment” network and promises to deliver items such as over-the-counter medicine, baby food and alcohol in 30 minutes or less, is in talks to acquire the U.K.’s Fancy Delivery, TechCrunch has learned. According to sources, terms of the acquisition are still being fleshed out, and the deal […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...

Online workspace startup Notion hit by outage, citing DNS issues 15.02.2021 3:27

Notion, the online workspace startup that was last year valued at over $2 billion, is currently offline after a DNS outage knocked the site off the internet. The collaborative online office and document service was not loading as of around 9am ET on Friday, preventing anyone who relies on the service from accessing their cloud-stored […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...

Datadog to acquire application security management platform Sqreen 15.02.2021 3:36

Cloud monitoring platform Datadog has announced that it plans to acquire Sqreen, a software-as-a-service security platform. Originally founded in France, Sqreen participated in TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield in 2016. Sqreen is a cloud-based security product to protect your application directly. Once you install the sandboxed Sqreen agent, it analyzes your application in real time to find […] Lea...

Ramp secures $150M debt line from Goldman Sachs as the corporate spend market grows 12.02.2021 5:14

This morning Ramp, a startup that competes in the corporate spend market, announced that it has secured a $150 million debt facility with Goldman Sachs. Ramp previously raised a $30 million Series B in late December 2020, after raising a $23 million Series A earlier in the same year. TechCrunch spoke with Ramp co-founder and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2up launches ahead of Valentines Day to help gamers find one another 12.02.2021 3:35

People don’t often equate gaming with dating, but maybe they should. As gaming continues to grow in popularity, particularly in the wake of the pandemic, a new startup called 2up is launching to help gamers connect both on and off screen. The app was founded by sibling duo Stephanie and Lincoln Smith, who have been […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monzo, the British challenger bank nearing 5 million customers, has recruited a new U.S. CEO 11.02.2021 3:51

Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank with just shy of 5 million customers, has recruited a new U.S CEO to head up its efforts states-side, TechCrunch has learned. Carol Nelson, who previously spent ten years as CEO of Cascade Bank and prior to that was a long time senior vice president of Bank of America, will […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices