With the pandemic turning us into delivery experts, consumers have also switched on to meal-kits on droves, given that it combines both delivery and home cooking. But many meal kits can be inflexible. The Kitchenful startup in Germany realized this and so it allows users to browse recipes from food bloggers and have personalized meal […]... →
360Learning has raised a $200 million funding round from Sumeru, SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and Silver Lake Waterman. And this time, the name of the startup describes quite well what it does. 360Learning lets you learn from your peers with an easy-to-use platform that lets you create and share courses with your peers. Existing investors […]... →
If you’ve been working in the French tech ecosystem, you may remember a startup called AppGratis. The app discovery and promotion startup basically had to stop operating overnight following a long and nasty fight with Apple. From the team that brought you AppGratis, Batch is a customer engagement platform that has been operating under the […]... →
Российский сервис для дизайна и разработки интерфейсов Sizze привлек первые инвестиции в размере $120 тысяч от синдиката бизнес-ангелов. Деньги пойдут на усовершенствование редактора, расширение компетенций команды и привлечение новых пользователей.... →
UpEquity, a digital mortgage company that makes cash offers on a buyer’s behalf, announced today it has raised $20 million in equity funding and secured $30 in debt financing. S3 Ventures led the equity raise, which brings the startup’s total funding haul since its 2019 inception to $77 million, with $29.15 million of that in […]... →
Element Finance has raised a $32 million Series A round at a $320 million valuation. The company has been building a new DeFi (decentralized finance) protocol on top of the Ethereum blockchain. It lets you earn predictable returns on investments thanks to fixed rates over a predetermined period of time. Polychain Capital is leading today’s […]... →
A company from the creator of Ello and Kidrobot is announcing a new $20 million funding round to build out an imagined virtual world populated with deranged-yet-cute cartoon influencers. Superplastic‘s investors include Google Ventures, Index Ventures, Founders Fund, Craft Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Mantis VC/The Chainsmokers, Kakao, LINE Friends and individual investors like Cyan Bannister, Jared […]... →
Hash, a payment infrastructure fintech, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series C funding round co-led by QED Investors and Kaszek. The raise comes just six months after the Brazilian startup raised $15 million in Series B financing led by Alexandria, Virginia-based QED, and brings its total raised to nearly $59 […]... →
You’ve heard of Neo-banks. Meet the Neo-lender. One of the newest is London-based Proportunity. It’s now raised a $150m mixed debt and equity funding round ($7 million equity financing and $143 million in debt), on top of its $10m debt round in 2020. The round was led by VentureFriends, Kibo Ventures, and existing investors Anthemis, […]... →
Семен Кибало — предприниматель, спикер TEDx, автор подкаста про бизнес и инвестиции «Деловая библиотека», автор книги-бестселлера издательства «Альпина Паблишер» «Инвестор за выходные: руководство по созданию пассивного дохода».
За последние три года он заработал на акциях больше 35 млн рублей, но прежде чем прийти к безопасной и прибыльной стратегии инвестирования, потерял миллионы. В своей колонке Семен поделился популярными ошибками начинающих инвесторов, которые совершал сам, и рассказал, как их избежат... →
BluePallet, an online marketplace connecting manufacturers with the chemical industry, announced today that it has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Vinmar Ventures, a subsidiary of petrochemical manufacturer Vinmar International. The startup also announced today that it has become the first industrial commerce platform to “officially” operate on Alibaba.com. This means that […]... →
Instagram today announced a number of new features that will roll out this week across both the Instagram Feed and its TikTok competitor, Reels. The creator-focused additions will allow users to collaborate with one another, raise funds, and make better use of music on Reels, among other things. The company will also make its Instagram […]... →
Electric, the IT infrastructure software for SMBs, has been on a tear lately. The company is today announcing the close of a $90 million Series D financing round. GGV, which is an existing investor, is leading the round, with participation from other existing investors Bessemer, Primary Venture Partners, Greenspring Associates, 01 Advisors, Atreides Management, Vintage […]... →
There’s nothing easy about learning a language, and so it’s also maybe no surprise that there are plenty of startups that want to make life easier for students. But while some mostly focus on individual learners and bypass the school systems, others are trying to make inroads in schools, too. One of the latest entrants […]... →
A rush of platforms have been built in the last several years that cater to the needs of knowledge workers, helping them find jobs (and employers find workers), managing the remuneration process regardless of location, and addressing their professional development. But that is not the whole story. Today, a startup called Wonolo that has built […]... →
Valence, a Tel Aviv-based security startup that aims to help businesses better protect what Valence calls the “business application mesh,” today announced that it has raised a $7 million seed round, led by YL Ventures. Stonemill Ventures, the St. Louis Cyber Interest Group (STLCIG) and a number of angel investors, including a group of prominent […]... →
The market for corporate data privacy products is heating up, with Skyflow announcing a $45 million Series B this morning, just a day after TripleBlind announced a $24 million round. Skyflow, which TechCrunch has covered since its early-2020 seed financing, offers an API-delivered service that stores personally identifying information (PII), among other sensitive data for […]... →
Newfoundland-based CoLab Software, which provides a web-based collaboration tool and issue-tracking platform for engineering teams, announced today that it has raised $17 million in Series A funding. New York-based investment firm Insight Partners led the funding round with participation from new and existing venture capitalists and angel investors from companies such as Xometry, Onshape, GrabCAD, […]... →
Most FMCG brands rely on a combination of owned and outsourced assets to carry out delivery operations. The variety of both models brings about a fragmented logistics cycle and FMCGs can lose significant value in the process. ILLA is an Egyptian startup that provides full-stack delivery solutions to corporates and small businesses in the FMCG […]... →
