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One of the bigger trends in telecoms has been the evolution of cloud computing and how software operating in the cloud is being used by carriers to build out and manage their networks — moves disrupting traditional business models based around the purchasing and deployment of costly telecoms routers, switches and other costly physical equipment. […] Mavenir raises $100M to build more AI into its cloud-based automated network technology for telecoms services by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunc... →

Several years ago, entrepreneur Dhiraj Sharma’s first company, a software consultancy, was hired by an HR tech firm to develop an app to improve the employee onboarding experience. Instead of creating a one-off, ad hoc solution, Sharma spearheaded a platform, Simpplr, which later spun off into its own company. Today, Simpplr sells what’s essentially an […] Simpplr raises $70M for its AI-powered intranet platform by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Nigerian payment service provider Nomba has raised $30 million in a pre-Series B investment to support the delivery of bespoke payment solutions for African businesses. The round, which values the company at $150 million+ according to YCombinator data on its most valuable companies, was led by San Francisco-based Base 10 Partners.  Partech and Khosla Ventures, […] African payment service provider Nomba raises $30M, backed by Base10 Partners and Shopify by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ann Lai, a general partner at Bullpen Capital, has been fired from the firm, she says. The investor described the termination experience as “discriminatory and retaliatory” in a LinkedIn post published on Monday. Lai helped raise Bullpen Capital’s most recent fund, a $145 million investment vehicle, the first investment vehicle in which she was named […] Ann Lai says she was fired from Bullpen Capital after helping deliver a $145M fund by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

In this increasingly AI-driven era, creative and media teams will probably need to employ the technology to up their game on analyzing their creative assets and A/B testing — or someone else will simply beat them to the punch. Alison is a startup out of Israel that analyzes creative work, such as typeface characters, colors, […] AI platform to analyze creative advertising raises $5.1M from investors, including a16z by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, we’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous […] Spend management space sees a large raise, and layoffs, in the same week by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Investors continue to pump money into generative AI tech. Case in point, Replit, an IDE startup developing a code-generating AI-powered tool called Ghostwriter, this week raised nearly $100 million ($97.4 million) at a $1.16 billion post-money valuation. Andreessen Horowitz led the round — a Series B extension — with participation from Khosla Ventures, Coatue, SV […] Replit, the web-based IDE developing a GitHub Copilot competitor, raises $100M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Japanese shared micromobility startup Luup has raised $30 million (4.5 billion yen) in a Series D financing round, which consists of 3.8 billion yen in equity and 700 million yen in debt. Luup has now amassed a total of $68 million in equity, debt, and asset financing to date, at what sources said valued the […] Luup raises $30M ahead of Japan’s new micromobility rules by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

Bobsled, a startup that is building a cross-cloud data sharing platform, today announced that it has raised a $17 million Series A funding round co-led by Greycroft and Madrona Venture Group. This round follows a $7 million seed round led by .406 Ventures. In this most recent round, Bobsled’s valuation was $87 million. Prior to […] Bobsled raises $17M Series A to make cross-cloud data sharing easier by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Survey a lot of industrial warehouses and you’ll see a lot of cages. It’s a safety thing — effectively a way of ensuring that robots don’t accidentally hurt people. They’re big, fast and made of metal. We’re small, squishy and don’t always look where we should. It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s the best […] Robotics safety firm Veo raises $29 million, with help from Amazon by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Super.com's super app is focused on helping “everyday Americans” find deals and savings across multiple categories, including travel and shopping. Super.com targets $85M equity, debt raise into new savings super app by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Первым проектом стал производитель детской мебели «Друг Кузя», в который фонд инвестировал 10 млн руб. Инвестиции пойдут на расширение ассортимента, в том числе запуск линейки детских игрушек. .... →

Largely because of their age, houses in Europe can be notoriously hard to heat. Most were built for an era when the knowledge about energy consumption just wasn’t available in the way it is today. With energy becoming more expensive, and energy security ratcheting-up as a geopolitical issue, tech startups looking at this problem have […] Home energy assessment startup Enter raises €19.4M Series A to expand in Germany and beyond by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

When the company started, Robust.AI’s founders had no intention of making hardware. “Hardware’s hard,” co-founder and CTO Rodney Brooks tells TechCrunch, “and doing hardware at scale is harder. It takes a lot of resources and it takes a long time to get there. Which is why people love pure software plays: the marginal cost of […] Robust.AI raises $20M as it scales robot deliveries for pilot customers by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Danish company LMS365, an online learning management system (LMS) built for use inside Microsoft products, has raised $20 million in its first institutional round of funding. Used by companies including logistics giant Hellmann and soda bottling franchise G&J Pepsi, LMS365 allows users to create their own courses from scratch or import them from a third-party such […] LMS365, a learning management system built into Microsoft 365 and Teams, raises $20M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

I’m excited to announce the co-founder and CEO of Habi, Brynne McNulty Rojas, is joining me on an extra-special edition of TechCrunch Live on April 12 at 12 p.m. PDT. Brynne leads the hot real estate startup out of Colombia, which reached unicorn status last year with a $200 million raise. The topic is uncertainty. […] How to manage uncertainty with Habi and Inspired Capital on TechCrunch Live by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch... →

As Gen Z turns into their early-to-mid 20s, a new generation of business owners is coming online. Many of these new entrepreneurs do the vast majority of work on their phones. This is especially true in emerging markets like Latin America, where SMEs comprise 99.5% of firms in the region. In Mexico, for instance, 97.4% […] Ukrainian startup Zeely raises $1M for SMB growth app aimed at US, UK, Brazil, Mexico by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

NetBox Labs, a new open source startup spun out of VC-backed network automation company NS1 back in January, today announced it has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding from a slew of high-profile investors. NS1, for the uninitiated, is a 10-year-old domain name system (DNS) and network automation platform used by […] After spinning out of IBM-acquisition NS1, open source startup NetBox Labs raises $20M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Clear Street, which says it is building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, has raised $270 million in the second tranche of a Series B funding round at a $2 billion valuation. Growth equity firm Prysm Capital led the financing, which brings the round total to $435 million. New York-based Clear Street raised the first tranche […] Fintech startup Clear Street raises $270M at a $2B valuation by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →