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At a time when China’s zero-COVID policy continues to interrupt offline work and face-to-face interactions, Dominic Penaloza, the former head of innovation and technology at WeWork China, is introducing a bold idea — on-demand work booths placed in public locations — and has managed to quickly raise capital for the business. Penaloza named his new […] WeWork China’s former tech head introduces on-demand work pods for mental health by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Smartphone shipments have been declining in what has been a rough year for mobile handsets, and that’s meant even more pressure on an already-precarious sliver of the mobile market: feature phones. Today, one of the players in that space, the feature phone operating system startup KaiOS, is getting a small financial injection that both speaks […] KaiOS, the feature phone platform startup, raises a modest $3.4M to train its sights on growth in Africa by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ramani, a Tanzanian startup focused on consumer-packaged goods (CPG) supply chains, plans to introduce new financial services as it expands its operations in the East African country after raising $32 million in Series A debt-equity funding. The latest round, which follows an undisclosed seed funding round last year, was led by Flexcap Ventures, and Jared […] Tanzania’s YC alum Ramani raises $32M to digitize CPG supply chains, lend resellers by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →

Инвестиции в новый проект предприниматель оценивает в 100 млн рублей.... →

Ukio, a short-term furnished apartment rental platform aimed at the “flexible workforce,” has raised €27 million ($28 million) in a Series A round of funding. The cash injection constitutes €17 million in equity and €10 million in debt, and follows some 14 months after the Spanish company announced a €9 million seed round of funding. […] Ukio, a premium apartment rental platform for Europe’s ‘flexible workforce’, raises $28M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Aura, a startup founded by early Twitter employees that makes digital frames and photo sharing apps that can also be used to update those frames, has pulled in some funding to expand its business as it closes in on three million users of its app and half a million frames sold. The company has raised […] Aura, the frame and photo startup, raises $26M as app users near 3M and frames sold pass 500K by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

The logic behind many fintech companies’ automated decisions — decisions that determine whether a customer is approved for a credit line, for example — is hard-coded into their app’s backend. This means that if a head of credit, for example, wants to make a change to the lending criteria, they have to raise a ticket […] Taktile raises $20M to help fintech companies test and deploy decision-making models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Leta, a Kenyan B2B supply chain and logistics SaaS provider launched last year to optimize fleet management, is looking for growth opportunities in West Africa, even as it scales operations in its existing five markets. Leta’s proprietary route and load optimization technology is designed to boost efficiency in the delivery of goods to customers, and […] Leta, a Kenyan supply chain and logistics SaaS provider, raises $3M to scale in Africa by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →

Benefits are one of the great oxymorons of full-time employment: the name implies help and advantages, but in a lot of cases, it’s hard to know what perks and rewards you might have available to you, much less use them on a regular basis. Now, a startup called Cobee that’s built a platform and app […] Spain’s Cobee raises $41M for an employee benefits ‘superapp’ by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Genesis, a digital assets financial services firm, may be in hot water as it looks to raise fresh capital for its lending unit or potentially face bankruptcy if it can’t, according to a report by Bloomberg. Genesis was facing a liquidity crisis after FTX collapsed, which “created unprecedented market turmoil, resulting in abnormal withdrawal requests […] Crypto firm Genesis says it has “no plans to file bankruptcy imminently” by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

New data from Carta indicates that Series C is the current, and real, bottleneck in Venture Land, which means that this is the new crunch point for startups looking to raise their next tranche of cash. Series C is the new venture-startup bottleneck by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

French startup Fairmat closed a $35 million Series A funding round (€34 million) last month. It wants to turn carbon fiber composite that is no longer in use into a new material that can be used in new products. Temasek and CNP (Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille) are leading the round with Pictet Group, Singular, The […] Fairmat raises $35 million to recycle carbon fiber composite into a new material by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Despite legacy venture capital firms continuing to raise bigger and bigger funds, LPs may have more luck focusing on the small stuff. Amit Kurz, a general partner at Israel-based fund of funds Sweetwood Ventures, thinks so. He told TechCrunch that last year he started to notice more and more tiny funds he wasn’t familiar with […] Fund of funds Sweetwood Ventures bets big on VC’s smallest funds by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

A day after a bill that would codify same-sex marriage in the U.S. cleared a key hurdle in the Senate, Daylight, a digital bank that pitches itself as LGBTQIA+-friendly, closed a $15 million Series A round led by Anthemis Group with participation from CMFG Ventures, Kapor Capital, Citi Ventures and Gaingels. Daylight Co-founder and CEO […] Daylight, the LGBTQ+ neobank, raises cash to launch subscription plan for family planning by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

I spent last week in Boston, meeting with several of the area’s top automation startups. Soft Robotics — based in nearby Bedford, Massachusetts — is one of those names that comes up a lot. As the concept of soft robotics grippers have increasingly come into vogue, the company of the same name has been reaping […] Soft Robotics raises $26 million as staffing shortages continue by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Beam, a startup that helps citizens access government financial aid, has raised $6.4 million in Series A funding. The company, previously known as Edquity, helps deliver funds across a wide array of programs, like emergency cash assistance, rental relief and public utility benefits. “We fundamentally work to transmit critical services and resources to those in […] Beam raises $6.4M to help citizens access safety net funds by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here's the pitch deck that enabled Sateliot to raise an $11.4 million round of funding to enable IoT devices to communicate with satellites. Pitch Deck Teardown: Sateliot’s $11.4M Series A deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

CCTV and other kinds of security cameras have a strong big brother vibe, but for many of us that may be because we don’t really understand or know how the footage they pick up ever gets used. Today, a startup called Spot AI that’s built a system to help answer that question at least in […] Spot AI raises $40M to build smarter CCTV security camera tech by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

We’ve all been faced with a name that’s difficult to pronounce. But not everyone considers the consequences of their mispronunciations. In a piece for Fast Company, Madhumita Mallick, the head of inclusion, equity and impact at Carta, recalls how her name became a source of anxiety even when she was a grade-school student. Studies have […] Namecoach raises cash to teach users how to correctly pronounce names by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

The space industry is on the cusp of a revolution. The cost of launch, which has dramatically decreased over the past five years, will continue to drop as heavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship and Relativity’s Terran R become operational. Parallel to these developments, multiple private companies have introduced plans to build commercial space stations for […] Gravitics raises $20M to make the essential units for living and working in space by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →