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Workmate, a Singapore-based on-demand staffing platform, has been acquired by Persol Asia Pacific, one of the region’s largest HR service providers. Workmate focuses on frontline and essential workers, and the acquisition will allow it to expand its HR solutions throughout the Asia Pacific. Workmate currently operates in Thailand and Indonesia and is expanding operations into […] Singapore-based staffing platform Workmate acquired by Persol Asia Pacific by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

The economy may be showing many signs of contraction right now, but many companies still need to do business internationally. Now a startup providing the tools to make and manage those transactions is announcing some funding. Airwallex, the Hong Kong/Australia startup that provides cross-border banking and other financial services for businesses, has raised $100 million, […] Airwallex raises $100M to power cross-border business banking, valuation stays flat at $5.5B by Ingrid Lunden originally published on ... →

Companies like Instagram are getting been heavily fined (and dragged through the publicity coals) over how they have mishandled children’s privacy on their platforms. But if a recent report from Ofcom is accurate, maybe they are getting off lightly. The UK media watchdog is publishing research today that found that one-third of all children aged […] UK’s Ofcom says one-third of under-18s lie about their age on social media by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

A couple of weeks ago, Apple removed the OG App from its app store, and today Google followed suit, booting the app from its platform as well. And I’m left scratching my head wondering what the end game was for the founders of the OG App. As far as I can tell, the company basically […] OG App, what exactly was your end game here? by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: After bans by Apple and Google, The OG App ‘will be unable to continue serving users’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

AgriWebb is on a mission to help livestock producers feed the world efficiently, profitably and sustainably by providing its comprehensive, ground-truth database for beef production worldwide. The Australian startup, which builds a livestock management platform for ranchers and farmers, wants to digitize farm records and the meat production process from the cow to the consumer […] AgriWebb’s software seeks to boost yields, lower environmental impacts for farmers and ranchers by Kate Park originally publishe... →

Will every October issue have a Halloween/autumn pun as its title? I'LL NEVER TELL. Max Q: Oh my gourd by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

We’ve seen AIs create music, pornography and art. The Estonian startup Yummy started off creating a meal-kit startup, but along the way created an AI that can create and adapt recipes based on your taste and dietary restrictions, complete with AI-generated images of what your dishes might look like. “Imagine a world where you would […] Great, now the AI is coming for your grandma’s recipes as well! by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Antonio Rodriguez, who joined Matrix in 2005 after a company he’d founded — that Matrix backed — was sold to Hewlett-Packard, talked with us last week about Matrix’s biggest fund in years, an $800 million vehicle that the firm closed in June and is announcing for the first time now. It’s a lot of capital […] Matrix Partners, long an investor in software infrastructure, has some questions about web3 by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

В мае производители соков и других напитков перешли на белые коробки — из-за нехватки красок.... →

We’re on the home stretch, startup fans. TechCrunch Disrupt kicks off in less than 10 days and runs from October 18–20. This message goes out to all the last-minute decision-makers. It’s the final week you can save serious cheddar on a Disrupt pass. It’s go time. Buy your pass before October 14 at 11:59 p.m. […] It’s your last week to save on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

In the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso,” characters Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) and Sam Obisanya (Toheeb Jimoh) download Bantr, a fictional dating app where users can’t see each other’s photos. Bumble, the women-focused dating app, has now partnered with “Ted Lasso” to bring the experience of Bantr to its users. On Thursday, October 13, Bumble […] Apple TV+’s ‘Ted Lasso’ partners with Bumble to give users a blind dating experience by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Climate tech investment is about to go exponential. Fears of climate tech underinvestment are probably overblown by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

As Meta makes deeper inroads with businesses on WhatsApp, its biggest bet to monetize the instant messaging app with over 2 billion users, we are getting an early glimpse at how user experience might change on the free app. It’s not great. Scores of people in India, WhatsApp’s largest market by users with over 500 […] In India, businesses are increasingly spamming users on WhatsApp by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Gen Z social media app BeReal encourages its users to take a photo every day — a format designed to create a daily habit. But only a small number of the app’s users are currently doing so, new estimates from a third-party app intelligence firm indicate. According to research from Sensor Tower, BeReal is demonstrating […] BeReal tops 53M installs, but only 9% open the app daily, estimates claim by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meilisearch, the creator behind the open source search engine project of the same name, today closed a $15 million Series A round led by Felicis, with participation from CRV, LocalGlobe, ESOP, Mango Capital, Seedcamp and Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch. CEO Quentin de Quelen tells TechCrunch that the new cash will help to expand Paris-based Meilisearch’s […] Meilisearch lands $15M investment to grow its ‘search-as-a-service’ business by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Let's talk crypto venture capital activity, NFT activity, price changes, DeFi, and, finally, September trading data. Green shoots appear in crypto land as winter reigns by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

YouTube is making it easier for creators to direct viewers to their channels. The company today announced “handles,” a new way for creators to identify their channel with an @username format in order to interact with their viewers across YouTube Shorts, channel pages, in video descriptions, in comments, and more. These handles will be made […] YouTube to broadly support the @username format with launch of YouTube handles by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

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