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Jenfi, a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in a little as a day. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6 million in pre-Series B funding, led by Headline Asia. Participation came from returning investor Monk’s Hill Ventures, which led Jenfi’s Series A two years ago, ICU Ventures, Granite Oak, Korea […] Jenfi raises more funding for its “growth capital as a service” platform by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCr... →

Generative AI — AI that can write essays, create artwork and music, and more — continues to attract outsize investor attention. According to one source, generative AI startups raised $1.7 billion in Q1 2023, with an additional $10.68 billion worth of deals announced in the quarter but not yet completed. There’s scores of competition, including […] Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Founders of ZestMoney have resigned from the startup, the latest twist in the fate of the Indian fintech whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers once drew the backing of many high-profile investors including Goldman Sachs. Lizzie Chapman, Priya Sharma and Ashish Anantharaman, the founders of ZestMoney, informed employees about their […] ZestMoney founders resign as Goldman Sachs-backed fintech struggles to raise funds by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Oghenetega Lortim built Nigerian-based cold chain startup Figorr after imagining better means of storage and transportation of temperature-sensitive products, following the post-harvest losses from his fresh agro-produce venture. Figorr (previously Gricd) runs IoT-powered solutions that provide businesses, especially those in healthcare and agriculture, with key data such as location, humidity, and temperature of highly-perishable products, […] Cold-chain startup Figorr raises $1.5M, backs the roll out of d... →

Byju’s has raised $250 million and is close to securing about $700 million more, two people familiar with the matter said, as the Indian edech giant builds up its war chest ahead of the highly-anticipated IPO of its subsidiary Aakash. The New York-headquartered investment firm Davidson Kempner has invested $250 million in Byju’s via structured […] Indian edtech giant Byju’s raises $250 million, on track to close another $700 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Earlier this week, Pudgy Penguins, an NFT collection that also doubles as a web3 IP company, raised $9 million for its seed round. Why does this matter? Pudgy Penguins isn’t the first NFT-focused company or collection to raise money. However, its seed round is another indication of the growing digital […] Pudgy Penguin’s $9M seed round could point to a growing NFT industry by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

In 2007, Alan O’Herlihy, who previously worked with large SAP installations as well as retail, set out to find a way to help retailers minimize “shrinkage,” or where a store has fewer items in stock than in its recorded inventory. He settled on computer vision as the solution to the problem, and founded a company, […] Everseen raises over $70M for AI tech to spot potential retail theft by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Wingcopter, a startup out of Germany that has made a name for itself in the world of delivery drones used primarily for delivery of medicine and other goods to remote areas, has picked up some more financing to expand its business. The European Investment Bank is putting €40 million (close to $44 million) into the […] Wingcopter, Germany’s drone delivery startup, raises another $44M from the EIB by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Wingcopter, a startup out of Germany that has made a name for itself in the world of delivery drones used primarily for delivery of medicine and other goods to remote areas, has picked up some more financing to expand its business. The European Investment Bank is putting €40 million (close to $44 million) into the […] Wingcopter, Germany’s drone delivery startup, raises another $44B from the EIB by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

The surge of interest in e-sports, online fantasy leagues and more extensive online financial infrastructure have made the concept of real-money gaming more popular among consumers and games developers. Today a startup called Triumph — which has built an engine, and accompanying SDK, to power real-money tournaments — is announcing $14.1 million funding to continue […] Triumph raises $14M for an SDK to add real-money tournaments into games by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

The United States credit system as it exists today has been around for decades and many would argue it’s long been in need of an overhaul. In the meantime, a number of startups have emerged in recent years to offer consumers more options when obtaining credit. Petal is one such company. The New York-based startup, […] Petal raises $35M, spins off data unit ‘to bring credit scores into the 21st century’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Now that Paige Hendrix Buckner is in the role permanently, she and her team “can settle in and have some clarity about where we're going to be going.” All Raise’s interim CEO is now full-time by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Anthropic, a startup that hopes to raise $5 billion over the next four years to train powerful text-generating AI systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, today peeled back the curtains on its approach to creating those systems. Dubbed “constitutional AI,” Anthropic argues its technique, which aims to imbue systems with “values” defined by a “constitution,” makes the […] Anthropic thinks ‘constitutional AI’ is the best way to train models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Investing in artificial intelligence (AI) startups is the latest bandwagon VCs are piling onto. But as last year’s crypto experts quickly work to rebrand as AI experts, they’ll have to compete with the VCs who have been investing in the category all along. Seattle-based Ascend is one of them. Firm founder and solo GP Kirby […] Ascend raises $25 million for pre-seed AI startups in the Pacific Northwest by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last year we covered how late-stage tech backer Liquidity Group had raised $775M for its fintech platform from Apollo (private equity) and MUFG (a Japanese bank). Liquidity is part tech platform and part lender, using its technology to make decisions on deploying debt facilities and other financial solutions from $5M to 100M relatively quickly compared […] Liquidity Group, a debt financier for growth stages, raises another $40M and aims for Europe by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

Partners of 3one4 Capital, a venture capital firm in India, recently went on a road show to raise a new fund. Within two and a half months, at the height of the worsening global economy, they had secured $200 million, they disclosed on Monday. It’s the fourth marquee fund for the Bengaluru-headquartered fund, whose portfolio […] 3one4 Capital, driven by contrarian bets, raises $200 million new fund by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s that time of week again, folks — Week in Review (WiR) time. For those new to the scene, WiR is TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the biggest tech stories over the past few days. There’s no better digest for the person on the go, we’d argue — but of course, we’re a little biased. […] Amazon launches free channels, check marks come to Gmail and OpenAI raises more moolah by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Netherlands-based Instruqt has a product allowing companies to more easily test how a new software would run inside their organization. After bootstrapping its way to growth, it has now raised €15 million in a Series A round led entirely by Blossom Capital. It’s much easier to sell a software product into a company if they […] After bootstrapping for five years, Instruqt raises a €15M Series A from Blossom Capital by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

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... →