Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Yfood, one of the direct-to-consumer food tech startups that has emerged over the last decade around the concept of meal replacement drinks, is bulking up. Nestle, the food and drink behemoth, has acquired 49.95% of the company’s shares, with the option to buy Yfood’s outstanding shares over the next few years. The financial terms of […] Nestle takes a big swig of Yfood in a deal that values the meal replacement startup at $469M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

As tensions between the United States and China continue to escalate, a new startup has emerged from stealth with millions raised and a plan to send intelligence-gathering pursuit satellites to orbit this year. Colorado-based True Anomaly was founded last year by a trio of ex-Space Force members. The company’s set out to supply the Pentagon […] True Anomaly wants to train space warfighters with spy satellites by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Aqua Cultured Foods is using proprietary mycoprotein (fungi) fermentation processes to create whole cuts of calamari, shrimp, scallops and filets of tuna and whitefish. Alternative seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods reels in $5.5M by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Американские стартапы привлекли $37 млрд. Инвесторы сократили как размер, так и количество выписываемых ими чеков. В первом квартале было заключено менее 3000 сделок..... →

As generative AI proliferates, it’s beginning to reach the ads we hear on podcasts and the radio. Startup Adthos this week launched a platform that uses AI to generate scripts for audio ads — and even add voiceovers, sound effects and music. Customers can optionally go in and edit the ads using a browser-based, multi-track […] Adthos uses generative AI to completely automate audio ads by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that has launched the likes of Instacart and Airbnb, has broadened its investing lens in recent years, backing companies all over Africa and India, and beyond. As the tech downturn has continued, though, Y Combinator has shrunk its cohort size, stepped back from late-stage investing, and brought on a new […] Y Combinator is back to bet on the Bay Area by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

French startup Forest Admin is launching a cloud-based version of its product. The company helps you create flexible back-end admin panels for operations teams. Essentially, Forest Admin helps development teams spend less time on back office tools so that they can focus on the actual product. With the cloud version, companies just have to integrate […] Forest Admin launches cloud version of its low-code internal tool builder by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Two of my colleagues and I were laid off, and we’re founding a company together. What do we need to do to transfer their H-1Bs and green cards to our startup? Ask Sophie: How do we transfer H-1Bs and green cards to our startup? by Jenna Routenberg originally published on TechCrunch... →

Verto, a London-based B2B cross-border foreign exchange (FX) and payments enabler for startups and small businesses, said it has acquired a quarter of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) customers from Africa and the MENA region. According to the startup’s own data, SVB had nearly 250 clients operating in both regions before its collapse — the American bank […] Verto claims a quarter of SVB customers operating in Africa are opening accounts on its platform by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch... →

Indian electric mobility startup Magenta Mobility has closed a $22 million Series A1 round, backed by $11 million each from Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure and BP Ventures. Magenta will use the all-equity investment to boost its existing logistics and last-mile delivery fleet operations. The Navi Mumbai-headquartered startup has a fleet of 800 three-wheeled electric cargo […] Morgan Stanley, BP Ventures back Indian e-mobility startup Magenta Mobility by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you ever renovate a house, you know the ordeal of getting custom-made cabinets, a costly and lengthy process that involves rounds of back-and-forth with dealers and designers and could take up to half a year to complete. Now a startup called Ronbow based out of California wants to shorten the delivery time and reduce […] Ronbow nabs $10M to deliver custom cabinets in as short as 3 weeks by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Stoke Space, a company that’s developing a fully reusable rocket, has unveiled a new tool to let hardware companies track the design, testing and integration of parts. The new tool, Fusion, is targeting an unsexy but essential aspect of the hardware workflow. It’s a solution born out of “ubiquitous pain in the industry,” Stoke CEO […] Launch startup Stoke Space rolls out software tool for complex hardware development by Aria Alamalhodaei 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: AWS now accepting applications for its new 10-week generative AI accelerator by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Charlie Javice, the founder of student financial aid startup Frank, with fraud in connection with the $175 million sale of the company to JPMorgan Chase Bank in 2021.  JPMorgan filed a lawsuit against Javice in December, alleging that she had helped “fake millions of customers in order […] SEC charges founder of financial aid startup Frank with defrauding JPMorgan by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and guest host Amanda Silberling are joined by Sarah Peterson from The Nudge, a startup that texts its users ideas of fun things to do in their cities each weekend. Sarah talked about the company’s origin and how they’ve built […] Getting people to try new things IRL with Sarah Peterson from The Nudge by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

What is a fair price premium for a startup? Per recent history, it's probably not more than 200% over public-market comps. It may even be closer to 100%. What’s a fair price premium for startup shares? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Battery materials and recycling startup Redwood Materials is expanding a partnership with Volkswagen of America in its bid to collect more end-of-life batteries from consumer electronics and strip out the valuable materials so they can be used to make batteries for electric vehicles. Redwood has said its technology can recover more than 95% of the […] VW and Redwood want to turn your old laptops into EV batteries by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

I took a deep dive with Covariant co-founder and CEO Peter Chen at ProMat the other week. The timing was either perfect or terrible depending on who you ask. I’m sure the startup’s comms people are thrilled that I’m writing a follow-up a week later on the occasion of a new funding round. Regardless, $75 […] Covariant’s robotic picking AI nabs another $75M by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

A search startup raised $26 million recently to offer an AI-powered rival to Google. Perplexity AI, which bills itself as a “conversational search engine,” closed a Series A funding round led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from Databricks Ventures and angel investors including former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun. […] AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI lands $26M, launches iOS app by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

German startup thinks its technology can freeze old fridges out of the market while consuming up to 40% less energy. Magnets and water net Magnotherm $6.9M seed round to kill hazardous refrigerants by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →