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Musinsa, a Seoul-based fashion marketplace, said Wednesday it has raised a $190 million round of Series C funding led by KKR, with participation from Wellington Management.  The new capital put Musinsa’s valuation at approximately $2.76 billion (more than 3 trillion won), per sources familiar with the situation. The Korean fashion e-commerce startup declined to provide […]... →

Cameo, a website for ordering video greetings from celebrities, is downsizing again. The Chicago startup, which was valued at more than $1 billion in 2021, intends to lay off 80 workers, according to a report from the Information. Reached by TechCrunch, CEO Steven Galanis confirmed that Cameo decided to “reduce the size of our team,” […]... →

The yardstick for measuring performance has changed, but changing startup performance standards mean that we need a new baseline for 'fast growth.'... →

Data may be “the new oil,” but only when it can be extracted and put to use. Today, a five year-old startup called Hammerspace that is giving any kind of data that lease of life is announcing $56 million in funding — its first institutional investment — as it expands its business. Prosperity7 Ventures — […]... →

When it comes to transforming business operations, artificial intelligence holds a lot of promise across many industries. Today, a startup that has been an early mover in the area of applying AI, and specifically computer vision, to the world of insurance is announcing a round of growth funding to continue expanding its business. Tractable — […]... →

Another grim stage for VanMoof, the e-bike startup backed by venture capitalists to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. After making a last-hour effort to stave off bankruptcy last week, the court of Amsterdam has taken the step of officially declaring bankruptcy for the company’s Dutch legal entities, VanMoof Global Holding B.V., VanMoof […]... →

London-based climate intelligence startup Sylvera has closed another chunky funding round — bagging $57 million in Series B funding led by Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Speedinvest, Seedcamp and LocalGlobe. New investors Fidelity Strategic Ventures, Bain & Company and 9Yards Capital are also joining the round. The […]... →

Carbon removal — technology that aims to remove carbon emissions from the environment by breaking it down and turning it into something less harmful — saw a big splash of attention last year after Stripe, Shopify, Meta, Alphabet and more collectively agreed to pump $1 billion into funding removal startups. Today, a London startup called […]... →

Mukesh Bansal of Myntra and Cultfit fame is evaluating a new venture. Though he has yet to narrow down on what he plans to do with the new startup – and in what order – he has a price in mind. Bansal and entrepreneur Mohit Gupta have pitched several investors – including Peak XV, Lightspeed […]... →

Meta’s Threads has become a household name shortly after its debut earlier this month. Within a week of its launch, it attracted over 100 million users worldwide. The platform also recently achieved one-fifth of Twitter’s weekly active user base globally. Now, a startup named Artie is exploring new possibilities for the Twitter alternative by bringing […]... →

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Here’s the rundown from this morning! Stocks are largely down around the […] Intel backs robotics startup, Twitter loses money, and fintech shows signs of life by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Sheela Foam, the maker of the mattress brand Sleepwell, will be acquiring a 35% stake in furniture startup Furlenco, the publicly listed firm said Monday as it pushes for a bigger share of India’s mattress market. Sheela Foam has proposed to pay $36.5 million for the 35% stake in the Bengaluru-headquartered startup, the older firm […] India’s Furlenco to sell 35% stake for $36.5 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Between Instrument 1 and Orba, Artiphon has established itself as the maker of innovative — and delightful — music instruments. Today the Nashville-based hardware startup returns to the crowdfunding platform that started it all, with the launch of Chorda, a device that splits the difference between the aforementioned products. The instrument effectively integrates Orba’s pads […] Artiphon’s latest mashes Orba and Instrument 1 into a clever new music maker by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Thunes, a Singapore and London-based fintech that has built a payments platform for businesses to send money to each other internationally by tapping into the growing network of mobile wallets and other alternatives to bank accounts, has closed its Series C round of funding to expand its business. The startup has raised $72 million, money […] Thunes pockets $72M at a $900M+ valuation to expand its cross-border, B2B payment platform by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Your usual host Kirsten Korosec is off having a glorious vacation, so I will be doing the roundup this week. As the EV revolution takes hold, one problem keeps plaguing automakers: […] VanMoof skids off track, another mobility startup goes SPAC and e-bike batteries catch fire by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Performance Livestock Analytics spun out from Zoetis because the startup thought it could achieve better scale on its own. Deal Dive: Backing a founder again after they’ve spun out from their acquirer by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

The creator monetization platform Fanhouse announced yesterday that it was acquired by Passes, a similar startup that only launched in beta in December. “We only hopped on a call maybe 36 hours ago, and then we closed the deal 24 hours ago,” Lucy Guo, the founder of Passes, told TechCrunch. Guo declined to disclose the […] Passes acquired Fanhouse, but some creators are apprehensive by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Big moves ahead for Kahoot, the Oslo startup that’s built a popular platform for users to create, share and play education-focused “games”, played by billions of students and adults over the years. The company has announced that it is going fully private in an all-cash PE deal at 35 NOK per share, valuing Kahoot at […] Gamified e-learning platform Kahoot gets acquired in a $1.7 deal led by Goldman Sachs, Lego and more by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Flipkart commenced a $700 million “one-time discretionary” cash payout to employees on Friday, the single-largest such compensation in the Indian startup ecosystem. The Walmart-backed Bengaluru-headquartered startup is compensating employees for the separation of fintech PhonePe from the e-commerce group. The two firms completed a full ownership separation late last year in a deal that was […] Flipkart makes $700 million payout to employees following PhonePe split by Manish Singh originally published on Tec... →

African startups clashing with regulators due to non-compliance are often faced with far-reaching consequences, including some that render their businesses defunct or inoperable in some markets – as was experienced by some scale-ups last year. Non-compliance incidents are pervasive in Africa’s startup community, often due to the lack of proper guidance at the foundation stage. […] Kenya’s Lawyers Hub gains traction helping startups meet regulatory compliance by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunc... →