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While refurbished device marketplaces like Back Market have raised substantial amounts in funding (Back Market reached a $5.7B valuation last year after a D round) and Raylo in the UK provides leases for electronics (it’s raised raised $180.6M from the likes of Octopus Ventures and Channel 4 Ventures), the device leasing services for small businesses […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

While the idea of owning rental properties is appealing to many Americans, the ability to vet and afford such investments in single-family homes is out of reach for a large part of the population. mogul club is a new startup that wants to help more people achieve their dreams of becoming a landlord. It’s hardly […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Ozone, the maker of an AI-powered collaborative video editor in the cloud, has raised $7.1 million in seed funding and is launching in open beta. The Y Combinator alum aims to provide content creators with AI assistance that lets them complete repetitive editing tasks in seconds, rather than in hours. Ozone doesn’t want to replace […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Rivian continued to close the gap on losses, reduce costs and ramp up production in the third quarter, a result that beat Wall Street expectations and suggested a rosier future, including raising its annual production guidance from 52,000 to 54,000 vehicles. The EV maker reported Tuesday after markets closed revenue of $1.33 billion, a result […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Multiple studies show that younger generations aren’t buying homes as quickly as their generational predecessors. Yet a relatively new startup, Summer, thinks it can convince this cohort to snatch up a second property to rent out on marketplaces such as Airbnb. Founded by team of former Airbnb employees, Summer claims to use “data and analytics” […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Excellent hardware requires an excellent software stack. Few parts of that stack more clearly illustrate this point than telemetry, which essentially refers to the collection of real-time, critical data on machine performance. A weak telemetry system can spell catastrophe for hardware projects, so many companies rely on expensive, complicated solutions, like knitting together multiple open-source […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

“Digital transformation” among enterprises hasn’t happened with quite the gusto that people predicted it would a few years ago. But today, a startup building fintech technology — for businesses to modernize legacy financial services like payments — is announcing a decent round of funding, a sign of how change is coming, even if slowly. Volante […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

The startup’s solution takes over where project proposal software leaves off, from the first site visit until the solar array is running and on the grid. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

There are plenty of angel investors out there who are more confident than VCs. Here are tips on raising a substantial round by focusing on angel investors. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

While the number of cybersecurity funding deals reached a high point in 2022, that doesn’t mean that the sector’s tapped out — far from it. According to Statista, there were 148 deals in Q2 2023 worth a combined $1.6 billion. And — at least anecdotally — Q3 deal flow seems healthy, too. Case in point, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Kuva Space, a hyperspectral imagery startup founded in Finland, has closed a €16.6 million ($17.6 million) Series A funding round as it looks to deploy up to 100 satellites by the end of the decade. The startup, formerly called Reaktor Space Lab, was founded in 2016 and spent its first four years focused on building […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Funding for cybersecurity startups continues to look bleak. According to a recent Crunchbase survey, companies in the digital security space raised 30% less funds — $1.9 billion — in Q3 2023 compared to Q3 2022. But some startups are bucking the trend. Case in point, FusionAuth, a company that provides authentication and user management tools […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

EarlyBird, an app that lets families and friends gift investments to children, has raised $4.5 million in a seed extension round that was partially funded by its user base. The app lets parents create a custodial account, also known as a UGMA (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act) account, which allows them to invest in stocks, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

The decline in VC funding for cybersecurity startups might finally be reversing course after months of discouraging trend lines. Recently, Crunchbase reported that cybersecurity startups raised nearly $1.9 billion through 153 deals in Q3 — a 12% increase from the $1.7 billion raised across 181 deals in the previous quarter. There’s anecdotal evidence of a […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Less than six months after launching to the public and announcing a $7.5 million seed raise, a startup providing banking services to Americans over the age of 62 has raised additional funding. The days of closing two capital raises in a matter of months are mostly long gone, so it naturally caught our attention when […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Shield AI has raised $200 million in new funding as it looks to scale its autonomous flying systems for the U.S. military and its allies. The startup, which was founded in 2015, is now valued at $2.7 billion. This latest round was led by U.S. Innovation Technology Fund (USIT) with major participation from Riot Ventures, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

The Covid-19 pandemic put a spotlight on how critical the development and distribution medicine can really be. Vaccines for the coronavirus typically needed to be kept at very specific temperature controls to remain active, so getting them to where they needed to be in temperature-safe condition became nearly as important as making them at all. […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Obesity and prediabetes are major health concerns in Africa and the Middle East, affecting over 40% of the population. In Egypt, 20% of adults have diabetes; the figure in Saudi Arabia is 30%. In Nigeria, 1 in 17 adults has diabetes. The issue of prediabetes and obesity is even more widespread. Yet, it’s essential to […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Honasa Consumer, the parent firm of skin and personal care brand Mamaearth, has raised about $92 million in an anchor round ahead of its initial public offering starting Tuesday in a major boost to the Indian startup that in many ways is testing the current appetite of the local public markets. A group of over […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Insurtech has had a rocky few years. Several startups in the space raised a lot of money and tried their luck on the public markets, but found that investors were unwilling to grant them valuations on par with other tech companies for just trying to make insurance more efficient. Indeed, the market seems to demand […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →