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Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. […] The shocking allegations against Daylight, an LGBTQ+ focused startup by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Reporter’s note: Before we get into this, thank you to the Startups Weekly readers who pointed out that last week’s link to my column was […] Always be prompting by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

For Israeli entrepreneurs, the prospect of rising pressure on the country's credit rating made banking diversification a more pressing issue. There’s trouble in Startup Nation by Anna Heim 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: Citing data privacy concerns, Italy temporarily bans ChatGPT by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Some of the biggest Indian startups are taking a haircut in their valuations as their backers adjust their estimates amid the weakening global economy. BlackRock has cut the valuation of Byju’s, which is India’s most valuable startup at $22 billion, to nearly half at $11.5 billion, according to filings seen by TechCrunch. Indian news outlet […] US investors slash Byju’s and Swiggy valuation by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. AI? Crypto? Equity crowdfunding and former startup founders trying to bribe China? We had it all this week, friends, so please strap in and get ready for another catchup with your besties Mary […] Burn, community, burn by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Electric vehicle startup Canoo has agreed to a $1.5 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a regulatory filing. The SEC began investigating Canoo in May 2021, just a few months after the company merged with special purpose acquisition company Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. The investigation covered the Hennessy’s IPO and […] EV company Canoo agrees to $1.5M settlement with SEC by Rebecca Bellan 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: Ledger locks down another $108M to double down on hardware crypto wallets by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Stripe competitor Checkout.com announced last month that Céline Dufétel was appointed as its new president. She had previously served as the London-based fintech startup’s CFO and COO for about 18 months before her promotion. In her expanded role, which still includes serving as the company’s COO, Dufétel oversees all operational and go-to-market teams, including finance […] Checkout.com’s new president is bullish on US expansion, says she ‘welcomes’ comparisons to Stripe by Mary Ann Azevedo originally publ... →

TechCrunch Disrupt, the premier event for startup investors and founders, is coming back in 2023 with an enhanced new format.  This year, we’re rethinking TC Sessions, the standalone industry events series, and merging them into the big annual tech event – which will once again this year be held at the Moscone Center in San […] Discover the Disrupt 2023 Fintech Stage by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Yes, there is an anime dating sim that does your taxes, and it actually works. Tax Heaven 3000 is a game produced by MSCHF, the venture-funded creative studio behind projects like Push Party, the Lil Nas X blood shoes, the big red Astro Boy boots and Dead Startup Toys. Basically, they just make a bunch […] I played the anime dating sim that does your taxes for you by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Indian hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo is in late-stage discussions to secure about $50 million in a new financing round, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, as the Bengaluru-headquartered startup scrambles for comfort in an otherwise funding winter for younger firms. Reliance Retail and Google, two existing backers of Dunzo, are among those […] Reliance-backed Dunzo nears fresh funding of $50 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Techstars’ decided to end its Swedish accelerator program. Let's dig into the country’s startup scene to understand how the smaller venture market is adapting to a changed investing climate. A look at Sweden’s startup scene as Techstars drops Stockholm program by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch... →

Yet another startup hoping to cash in on the generative AI craze has secured an eye-popping tranche of VC funding. Called Fixie, the firm, founded by former engineering heads at Apple and Google, aims to connect text-generating models similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT to an enterprise’s data, systems and workflows. Co-founder and CEO Matt Welsh describes […] Fixie wants to make it easier for companies to build on top of language models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Green Labs, a Seoul-based agritech startup, has secured $38.4 million (50 billion won) in debt financing from existing investors BRV Capital Management and Skylake Incuvest. The new funding comes just a month after the startup laid off around 70% of its workforce, or 350 people, in February as part of a restructuring,  Green Labs CEO Sanghoon Shin said […] Green Labs secures $38.4M in debt financing about a month after conducting layoff by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

French startup Ledger has added more money to its Series C funding round. The company designs and manufactures so-called hardware wallets to secure crypto assets. In 2021, the company raised €356 million ($385 million at today’s exchange rate). And the company is adding another €100 million ($108 million) in new funding. This is an extension […] Crypto wallet company Ledger raises another $108 million by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Polytrade, a web3 protocol focused on global trade, has raised $3.8 million in a seed round led by Alpha Wave, Matrix Partners, Polygon Ventures and CoinSwitch Ventures, the startup exclusively told TechCrunch. Other investors include Singularity Ventures and GTM Ventures. The firm has previously been backed by Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal and QuickSwap co-founder Sameep […] Web3 protocol Polytrade raises $3.8M to improve global trade by Jacquelyn Melinek 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 raising $3M seed, global fintech platform Payday plans to secure licensing in Canada, UK by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Investors just pumped millions into Irrigreen, a startup vying to quench America’s thirsty lawns with “approximately 50% less water.” Seed investor Ulu led the $15 million funding round. Two tech investors that are focused on water conservation — Burnt Island and Echo River — also chipped in, among a handful of others. The San Francisco–based […] Irrigreen’s precision sprinklers prevent water waste and wet legs by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

With a drier than normal investment scene, founders are looking for more effective ways to reach the right VCs. Toward that end, over the past few weeks, thousands of founders have applied to land capital through a common app, but instead of hoping to land into a university, they’re hoping to land capital from top […] Startup founders are trying to automate the worst part of the job: fundraising by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →