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Millions of personal injury cases are settled in the U.S. every year, as few go to trial — but the vast majority are kept under wraps. This leaves lawyers guessing what they should propose as a settlement price, oftentimes resulting in victims being undercompensated. It’s what led Rami Karabibar to launch EvenUp, a startup that […] EvenUp wants to automate personal injury settlements — to a point by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Paris-based startup Pigment has raised a Series C round of $88 million — the investment was led by Iconiq Growth. Pigment wants to take on Microsoft Excel and offer a business planning platform that works better than products from enterprise software behemoths, such as Oracle or SAP. It’s a new take on a critical product for […] Pigment secures $88 million for its business planning tool that will make you forget about Excel by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Haul247, a Nigerian end-to-end logistics platform connecting businesses to haulage and warehousing assets, has raised a $3 million seed round. Gender-lens investing fund Alitheia Capital provided the equity capital, with Investment One contributing $1 million in debt financing. The logistics startup allows small businesses and large companies to book trucks and warehouses across multiple African […] Nigeria’s Haul247 wants to be Africa’s “Airbnb for trucks and warehouses” by Tage Kene-Okafor originally publ... →

Uber plans to bring peer-to-peer car sharing to North America, starting with Toronto and Boston, the company said Thursday at its Go-Get product event in London. The ride-hailing and delivery app company launched a car-sharing service in Australia last year after acquiring local startup Car Next Door. The service, which lets apps users rent out […] Uber is taking its car-sharing service to North America by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Amsterdam-based insurtech startup Insify has completed its Series A funding round with another €10 million ($10.7 million at today’s exchange rate). Overall, the startup has raised €25 million as part of its Series A round ($26.7 million). Munich Re Ventures, the venture capital division of the large reinsurance company, is leading the extension round. Insify […] Insify raises another $10.7 million for its business insurance startup by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Julie Wainwright, founder and former CEO of the publicly traded, luxury online consignment company The RealReal, is back with a new startup. Called Ahara, the Los Angeles-based outfit describes itself as a personalized nutrition company that provides recommendations to its customers after they first fill out a health questionnaire that asks them about their diet […] Julie Wainwright is back with a new, venture-backed startup by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

At least five people have been laid off from rocket engine startup Ursa Major, with one person citing budgetary constraints as the reason for being let go, according to posts on LinkedIn. Ursa Major did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s inquiry into the layoffs, or the number of people affected. According to LinkedIn, 292 people […] Layoffs hit rocket engine maker Ursa Major by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCE1vtiHBss&ab_channel=TechCrunch Atlanta’s venture scene is growing. To give you a look at the market’s strengths and areas of improvement, TechCrunch caught up with two local VCs as part of TechCrunch’s virtual spotlight on the city. Zane Venture Fund founder and managing partner Shila Nieves Burney and Overline co-founder and managing partner Sean O’Brien both told […] Atlanta investors are bullish on where the city’s startup scene is headed by Rebecca Szkutak originally p... →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF0FlPMGyVE&ab_channel=TechCrunch TechCrunch sat down with investor and entrepreneur Rodney Sampson as part of a fireside chat for our TechCrunch Live Atlanta program. The topic at hand was his work with the Atlanta-based ecosystem OHUB, which was started by him and his wife in 2013 and seeks to engage the next generation of diverse startup and […] Why the economics of equality is key to Atlanta’s future by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch... →

OpenAI is still not training GPT-5, the likely successor to the current generation GPT-4, months after the Microsoft-backed startup pledged to not work on it “for some time” after many industry executives and academics expressed concerns about the fast-rate of advancements by Sam Altman’s large language models. “We have a lot of work to do […] OpenAI still not training GPT-5, says Sam Altman by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Nuview, a startup that wants to map the entire landmass of the Earth on an annual basis using space-based light detection and ranging (lidar) technology, has raised $15 million so far, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. That capital includes a $3 million seed round and an in-progress Series A, of which $12 million has closed so […] Nuview’s lidar satellites hit $15M in funding as Leonardo DiCaprio joins latest round by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple has acquired Mira, an augmented reality (AR) headset startup, for an undisclosed amount, according to reporting by The Verge. Founded by entrepreneur Ben Taft in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, Mira had been making AR headsets for customers including Universal Studios for attractions at its Nintendo World theme parks. Investors including Blue Bear […] Apple acquires Mira, a startup building lightweight AR hardware by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Instabase, a startup providing an apps platform that can be used to understand and analyze “unstructured” data, today announced that it raised $45 million in a Series C round led by Tribe Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), New Enterprise Associates and Spark Capital. The round values Instabase at $2 billion — double its […] Instabase lands $45M investment to help companies automate document processing by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Whether you’re pursuing customer number five, 50, or 500, the process of determining if there’s a fit remains largely the same. How to approach customer discovery as an early-stage startup (and beyond) by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

Spanish startup Life5 has raised its third funding round and has been growing nicely since my previous post. The company also has a new name as it used to be called Getlife. In addition to its home country, Life5 now sells life insurance produts in France. After raising a €1 million pre-seed round and a […] Life insurance startup Getlife becomes Life5 and raises $10.7 million by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Eli Ben-Joseph, the co-founder and CEO of Regard, a startup that uses AI to streamline the clinical side of medicine in an effort to reduce physician burnout. Eli talked about his journey from deciding to […] Curing physician burnout with Eli Ben-Joseph form Regard by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

TechCrunch Disrupt, our flagship startup event, returns to San Francisco on September 19–21, and you can bet TechCrunch+ will be in the house. It’s going to be the biggest and best Disrupt we’ve ever hosted: Along with a few to-be-announced surprises, we’ll have Startup Battlefield and six new stages with targeted materials for founders of […] Announcing the final agenda for the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt by Richard Smith originally published on TechCrunch... →

The core technology is a proprietary ledger capable of processing more than 50 million transactions per second and a network of interconnected real-time payment rails. Eric Schmidt backs Keeta, a startup working to make cross-border payments ‘as easy as Venmo’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Config is the software that founder James Proud wishes he had at his last startup Hello, maker of sleep tracker Sense. “Config would have been a lifesaver for us at Hello and had a massive positive impact on our team,” he told TechCrunch. The platform pulls together different elements of the hardware development process, ranging […] Hello’s founder is back with Config to make hardware development simpler by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

River, an Indian EV startup that introduced its first two-wheeler in February, has raised $15 million in a funding round led by Dubai’s Al Futtaim Group. With today’s funding round, the startup looks to take on the likes of SoftBank- and Edelweiss-backed Ola Electric, and Ather Energy, which counts Tiger Global, Caladium Investment and Hero […] Indian EV two-wheeler startup River raises $15M led by Dubai’s Al Futtaim Group by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →