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Fintech startup Bitpanda is splitting into two companies as Bitpanda Pro — the company’s cryptocurrency exchange — is going to become its own independent company called One Trading. As part of this move, One Trading is also raising $33 million (€30 million) in funding. Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures is leading the funding round with participation […] Bitpanda’s crypto exchange separates from Bitpanda and secures $33 million by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Gleamer, a five-year-old French startup that has developed AI software to help radiologists diagnose and detect bone trauma lesions in scans among other conditions, has raised €27 million ($29.5 million) in a Series B round of funding. Founded in 2017, Gleamer’s core flagship BoneView software, which it touts as an “AI companion for bone trauma […] Gleamer, which provides AI software for radiologists, raises $29.5M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meet Flowie, a new French startup that wants to facilitate money movements between companies. The company centralizes everything related to accounts receivable and accounts payable so that everyone in the company can see relevant information when it comes to getting paid by clients and receiving money from suppliers. Flowie was started by Yann Ravel-Sibillot, Rémi […] Flowie wants to make invoices flow freely by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

German startup Airmo is taking aim at climate change, with plans to launch a twelve-satellite constellation to monitor greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the planet. To fuel its ambitions, the company announced today that it closed €5.2 million ($5.7 million) in pre-seed funding, which includes €1.5 million from venture investors and a €3.7 million contract […] Airmo combines space and climate tech with emissions monitoring satellites by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Rubber Ducky Labs, a San Francisco-based startup, is looking to make it easier for teams to debug, analyze and improve their recommendation systems.  The quest for better AI recommendation engines by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by the founders of Spout, a startup that makes a device that can pull fresh drinking water out of the air. Co-founder Reuben Vollmer talked about trying and failing to get the company off the ground […] Still, sparkling, or made from the air? with Reuben Vollmer and Tyler Breton from Spout by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you own a home, you know that there is always something that needs to be repaired, installed or generally addressed. Whether it’s a leaky faucet, a new bed that needs to be assembled or a Nest thermostat that needs to be installed, there is always something. One startup wants to make that particular part […] Khosla Ventures just doubled down on this handyman-on-demand service for homeowners by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last May, Astropad celebrated its two-year anniversary of being Sherlocked with a blog post. “In the first few years of Astropad’s existence,” the startup noted, “we were too dependent on the Apple ecosystem, and we paid the price.” Simply making it to the second anniversary was its own act of defiance. Many companies with similar […] Astropad returns with a $120 iPad drawing stand by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Infrastructure automation company HashiCorp today announced that it has acquired code security startup BluBracket. Founded by the team behind Vera Security, BluBracket raised a $12 million Series A round led by Evolution Equity partners in 2021. The two companies did not disclose the price of the acquisition. HashiCorp’s security play so far has focused on […] HashiCorp acquires code security startup BluBracket by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

In 2020, Cisco bought Thousandeyes, a network monitoring company that provides a wealth of data on the health of networks, something near and dear to Cisco, whose core business after all remains networking hardware. As an extension of that three year old acquisition, the company announced a pair of startup acquisitions today, grabbing Accedian and […] Cisco increases its network monitoring capabilities with a couple of acquisitions by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

TechCrunch+ surveyed four active VCs about their views on the ecosystem for ML startups, an underexplored subfield of AI. 4 VCs illustrate why there’s good reason to be optimistic about the machine learning startup market by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Brilliant Labs’ augmented reality wearable stands in stark contrast to Apple’s pricey, bulky, stealthy Vision Pro. The startup’s inaugural product, Monocle, is an open-source, pocket-sized AR lens that can be clipped on any eyewear or held to the eye, Launched in March, Monocle has a much more accessible price tag of $349. “Other AR and […] Brilliant Labs puts AI in front of your eye with its tiny open-source AR lens by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Prosus, the largest non-founder shareholder in Byju’s, has drastically slashed the worth of its stake in the edtech giant, implying a starkly diminished valuation of $5.1 billion to the Indian startup. Prosus disclosed on Tuesday that it had downsized the value of its 9.6% stake in Byju’s to around $493 million in the financial year […] Prosus slashes edtech giant Byju’s valuation to $5.1 billion by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Building a fintech startup isn’t an easy task, as you have to deal with complex regulation and make sure that your service is extremely reliable because you’re handling money. That’s why we created the brand-new Fintech Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt and invited some of the brightest minds in fintech to learn how they pulled it […] Announcing the Fintech Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Spinal is one of the fastest-growing categories of surgery, with the number of operations taking place annually now approaching 8 million. But their frequency belies the complexity and sometimes less-than-perfect outcomes of these procedures. That’s created a vacuum that technology is mobilizing to fill: today, a startup called Augmedics that’s built an augmented reality-based navigation […] Augmedics snaps up $82.5M advance spinal surgery navigation using AR and AI by Ingrid Lunden originally published on ... →

Several years ago, Noah Stanford teamed up with Michael Melone to found 0pass, a startup that aims to make it easier for companies to replace usernames and passwords with biometrics, like Touch ID and Face ID. Relatively quickly, 0pass gained the attention of investors including Y Combinator, recently closing a $3.5 million seed round led […] Y Combinator-backed 0pass seeks to replace passwords in the enterprise by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

A trend accelerated by the mass move to digital during the pandemic, enterprises are having to handle an increasing amount of proprietary data. According to one survey, the average company deals with 63% growth in data volume per month, with 12% of respondents reporting a whopping 100% growth. As the amount of data grows, it […] Data security startup Cyera lands a $100M investment by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Socure, the identity verification service that raised a massive $450 million Series E round at a $4.5 billion valuation during the heady fundraising days of late 2021 (and $100 million earlier in 2021), today announced that it has acquired identity verification service Berbix for $70 million in cash and stock transactions. Berbix previously raised a […] Socure acquires identity verification startup Berbix for $70M by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

The jury is still out on whether AI adoption really will spell the end of humanity as we know it, but in the meantime, we’re continue to see a boom of AI startups and AI dealmaking. In the latest development, a generative AI-based language learning startup called Loora is coming out of stealth with $9.25 […] Loora, a generative AI app that uses an audio interface to help users learn English, raises $9.25M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Kenyan fashion e-commerce startup ShopZetu is set to add beauty and home décor categories to its portfolio, in response to the growing needs of the young and style-conscious women in Africa. This is as it currently scales regionally over the next few months while working to attract international fashion brands, and more than triple the […] ShopZetu raises pre-seed funding to fuel growth of its fashion marketplace beyond Kenya by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →