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Disperse, a U.K.-based construction tech company that offers an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform to help project managers track work and capture data from building sites, has raised $16 million in funding. Founded out of London in 2015, Disperse effectively creates a digital version of an entire construction site, including visual snapshots that track the progress […] Disperse, which brings AI-fuelled data to construction projects, raises $16M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Nibiru, a new derivatives protocol co-founded by Tribe Capital GP Arjun Sethi, has raised $7.5 million seed funding at a valuation of $100 million, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Tribe Capital, Republic Crypto and Kraken invested in the seed round, a source said, requesting anonymity as the information is not public. Sethi […] Arjun Sethi’s derivatives protocol Nibiru raises maiden funding at $100M valuation by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Mark Shaw likes running around. The serial entrepreneur joined activity and fitness tracking platform Strava as a co-founder in 2009 to lead engineering as CTO. He spent eight years there, and as of its most recent raise in 2020, Strava had reached 70 million members globally and amassed an almost cult-like following from its users, […] A Strava co-founder races into a lucrative market – lending against life insurance by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

A cloud kitchen — also known as a ghost kitchen or a shared kitchen — offers restaurant owners and food entrepreneurs a commercial kitchen space at a reduced cost for food delivery and takeout. This trend has been circling around the restaurant industry. More food entrepreneurs are turning to cloud kitchens to reduce their operation […] Cloud kitchen startup CloudEats raises more capital to ramp up Southeast Asian expansion  by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

Investors are spending 24% less time looking at pitch decks in 2022, compared to 2021. On average, you have just under three minutes to convince them to take a meeting with you. In fact, for decks that fail to raise funding, investors give up in just 2 minutes and 13 seconds. That’s not a lot […] Looking at 320 pitch decks, here’s what science tells us works best by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Let's take a look at the deck that Party Round used to raise $7 million. Pitch Deck Teardown: Party Round’s $7M, er, party round deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Remote work has never been as accepted, or mainstream, as it is today. Yet some businesses hesitate to explore the option of hiring people in other countries because the prospect can be daunting and costly. Nurasyl Serik and Volodymyr Fedoriv started Remofirst in 2021 to open up that option to more businesses with a SaaS […] Remofirst raises $14.1M to make it cheaper and easier for businesses to hire remote workers globally by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

It was around this time last year that we reported on Immunefi – one of the emerging bug bounty and security services platforms for DeFi – had raised $5.5 million in funding. Given that almost $2 billion has been lost to hacks and scams in crypto so far this year, it would seem this was […] Web3 bug-bounty platform Immunefi raises $24M for its Series A funding round by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

RiverSouth is called the smartest building in North America and features a wild array of technology for tenants, business owners, and real estate managers. Kode OS underpins the building’s systems, a real estate platform developed by the Detroit-based startup, Kode Labs. The platform ingests data from any number of systems and provides users with a […] Kode Labs raises $8m to advance its smart building platform by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch... →

A new startup wants to make it easier for any company to sell phone and data plans as part of their own branded mobile network subscriptions — and to help, it has secured the backing of big-name investors including Google’s early-stage venture capital arm Gradient Ventures and Uber’s CEO. Gigs, which was founded out of […] A ‘Stripe for phone plans’: Gigs raises $20M to help any company be an MVNO by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Pie Insurance, which provides workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, has closed on a  $315 million Series D round of funding. In 2021, the size of this round wouldn’t have turned heads. But in today’s environment, where investors are pulling back and venture funding has slowed considerably, a $315 million raise stands out.  The financing […] SMB-focused Pie Insurance raises $315M Series D by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Dame doubled revenue, customers and employees each year for the past two years, and the new funding gives it runway for product expansion. Dame Products expands sexual wellness product line following $7M raise by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you’ve experienced any form of harassment on Twitter in the last couple of years, then you’ve probably heard of Block Party. And if you haven’t, lucky you! Developed by software engineer and tech diversity advocate Tracy Chou, Block Party helps people curate a safer experience on Twitter. By building on top of Twitter’s API, […] Block Party, a tool to combat online harassment, raises a $4.8M seed by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

African capital markets exist in silos, as various exchanges within the continent are often inaccessible to investors outside their home countries. For instance, a South African investor who wants to diversify their portfolio outside the Johannesburg Stock Exchange may find investing in the Nigerian Stock Exchange difficult. Not only does this limit investors’ access to […] Ghanaian fintech SecondSTAX allows investors to access capital markets outside their countries, raises $1.6M by Tage Kene-Okafor origin... →

Managing cap tables and equity at high-growth companies can be a complicated (and sometimes messy) business, a fact that founders and employees often discover too late. That’s given rise to a wave of companies building software to help, and today a European leader in that pack is announcing some funding to fuel its own growth. […] Ledgy, a Carta for European startups to manage equity and cap tables, raises $22M from NEA, Sequoia and more by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

TrovaTrip, a travel planning and booking platform that lets creators host adventures with their communities, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Madrona. Founded in 2017, the Portland-based company makes it easy for creators to sell and host multi-day experiences around the world. TrovaTrip offers more than 150 experiences in 48 countries. […] TrovaTrip, a group travel management platform and marketplace, raises $15M by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

As fintechs become more efficient, so too do fraudsters. “Faster instant payments mean faster fraud,” Sardine CEO and co-founder Soups Ranjan told TechCrunch. That’s the thesis behind his startup, which uses behavioral, financial and device-specific user data to detect fraud on behalf of its clients in the crypto and fintech industries. Those conditions also mean […] Sardine raises $51.5M led by a16z to sniff out fishy fintech transactions by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch... →

Tres, a financial “data lake” for web3 companies, has raised $7.6 million in a seed round led by boldstart ventures, its founder and CEO Tal Zackon, exclusively shared with TechCrunch. Investors include F2, The Chainsmokers’ venture fund Mantis, New Form Capital, Kenetic Capital, Blockdaemon Ventures and Alchemy. As well as angel investors like Fireblocks CEO […] Tres raises $7.6M to help web3 teams manage their financials and crypto data by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Early this year, Nigerian health-tech startup Remedial Health announced plans to scale within the West African country digitizing pharmacies and bringing efficiency in the pharmaceutical supply chain after raising seed funding. The YC-backed startup has since February grown its reach from six to 16 states within the populous nation, and plans to cover the remaining […] Nigeria’s YC-backed Remedial Health raises $4.4M seed funding by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →