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Teams dedicated to boosting customer acquisition, retention and sales don’t necessarily have the time or tools to use data insights effectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stripe, a richly-valued payments startup, has cut its internal valuation yet again, according to sources familiar with the manner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Project Eaden produces edible plant-based protein fibers, similar to those already being used to create textiles, that mimic the texture and appearance of animal-based meats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The need for data observability, or the ability to understand, diagnose and orchestrate data health across various IT tools, continues to grow as organizations adopt more apps and services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Running a data center means that you have to find innovative ways to manage heat from the servers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

About a decade ago, Donghwan Kim helped his cousin, a ceramist, look for sales channels, like flea markets, to sell his ceramics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Releaf, a Nigerian agritech startup that supplies ingredients (starting with the oil palm) to consumer goods manufacturers and their food factories, has received $3.3 million in an oversubscribed pre-Series A round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Superscript, an insurance broker and tech platform targeting SMEs and “high-growth” tech firms, has raised £45 million ($54 million) in a Series B round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft plans to collaborate with the Indian space agency to give Indian space tech startups free access to cloud tools, the two said Thursday, the latest in the U.S. tech giant’s attempts to deepen its ties with young firms in the South Asian market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Indian fintech Kreditbee has raised an additional $100 million in a funding round, it said, as the lender looks to scale its business in the South Asian market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the past year, OneRoof has transformed from a chat room app into a platform offering in-person events, a neighbor directory and a “grow” feature to help people create their own communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not everyone believes that the metaverse — social, VR-centric worlds — has staying power. But MeetKai is among the steadfast optimists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s plenty of vendors in the managed database services market — and plenty that are well-financed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Food waste and food packaging take up a significant portion of the world’s landfills. AlterPacks is tackling both issues with technology that turns food waste into takeout boxes and other containers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Uber and Airbnb have long been the poster children for the sharing economy. In other realms of society, entrepreneurs are also trying to match demand with untapped assets and services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SpaceX is poised to launch 114 payloads to orbit on a Falcon 9 tomorrow morning, the sixth mission of its smallsat rideshare program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss, has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 trillion won ( $7 billion), up from 8.5 trillion won in June 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Meta faces antitrust scrutiny over its acquisition of VR fitness developers Within, the tech giant is making another acquisition. Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that it is purchasing Luxexcel, a smart eyewear company headquartered in the Netherlands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fintech startup Vint thinks everyone should invest in wine and spirits and is hoping to facilitate such investments with the help of fresh seed funding. Fintech Vint hopes to turn wine and spirits into a mainstream asset class by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A few bright spots remain in the autonomous vehicle industry even amid macroeconomic headwinds that have nearly shut off the spigot of venture capital and led to further consolidation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Galaxy plans to acquire Argo’s bitcoin mining facility Helios for $65 million and provide a $35 million loan amid the miner’s restructuring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For organizations that do a good chunk of their work through virtual meetings, simply hitting record or taking notes isn’t enough to capture everything that’s said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As generative AI like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 attract investor attention, startup entrepreneurs are looking to cash in with new business models built around them. One of the more interesting ventures to emerge from the space recently is Poly, which lets designers create video game and other virtual assets, including textures for 3D models, using […]Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art ass...

Jakarta-based fintech Akulaku has raised $200 million from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the largest bank in Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Whether you’re singing “Take This Job and Shove It” while workin’ “9 to 5” or you’re a fledgling startup founder, TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 is the bootstrapping bootcamp designed just for you. The daylong founder-focused summit — on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts — covers the essential building blocks you need to build a solid foundation […]TechCrunch Early Stage focuses on fledgling founder...