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After years of outsourcing and offshoring manufacturing to countries with cheaper labour and bigger production ecosystems, the U.S. and Europe are on a mission to bring some of that industrial work back to its own shores. Today, a startup that believes it can help with that shift is announcing some funding. Robco, a Munich-based startup […] Robco links up with $14M led by Sequoia to bring modular robotics to industrial SMBs by Ingrid Lunden 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. Outschool laid off a quarter of staff, or 43 people, earlier this week, according to an e-mail obtained by TechCrunch. The edtech company, last valued […] Edtech’s brightest are struggling to pass by Natasha Mascarenhas 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: Grocery delivery app Getir bags rival Gorillas in a $1.2B acquisition by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft today announced that it acquired Lumenisity, a U.K.-based startup developing “hollow core fiber (HCF)” technologies primarily for data centers and ISPs. Microsoft says that the purchase, the terms of which weren’t disclosed, will “expand [its] ability to further optimize its global cloud infrastructure” and “serve Microsoft’s cloud platform and services customers with strict latency […] Microsoft acquires startup developing high-speed cables for transmitting data by Kyle Wiggers originally publish... →

Brodmann17, an Israeli computer vision technology startup that developed a novel approach to take on a marketplace dominated by Mobileye, shut down this week. Brodmann17’s co-founder and CEO Adi Pinhas posted a message on LinkedIn announcing the move, stating that while the company would not be able to bring its products to the mass market […] Computer vision technology startup Brodmann17 has shut down by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Founders are at a distinct disadvantage in the valuation game. By design, VCs play this game far better than most founders ever will. How to respond when a VC asks about your startup’s valuation by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch... →

Primer, a U.K. startup founded by alums of Braintree and PayPal that provides a drag-and-drop framework for merchants to build online payment stacks, last year raised $50 million at a $425 million valuation from investors like ICONIQ, Accel, Balderton Capital and Seedcamp– a round the came amid a bullish period for e-commerce, with record-levels of […] Primer, the UK e-commerce tech startup, has laid off one-third of its staff by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ubie, a Tokyo-based startup providing an AI-powered symptom checker app and hospital SaaS products, has closed a $19 million extension to its previous Series C round. This brings the health tech startup’s total funding to $45.2 million in Series C. The extension round consists of 90% equity and 10% debt financing, according to the co-founder […] Japan’s health-tech Ubie wants to fuel its U.S expansion with $19M Series C extension by Kate Park 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: Airtable lays off 250+ as CEO cites importance of ‘being a lean organization’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

The slide deck bespoke vitamin startup Rootine used to raise a $10 million Series A is a master class. Let's check out some of the highlights. Pitch Deck Teardown: Rootine’s $10M Series A deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

David Lin believes his quick commerce startup, Duffl, is an outlier in an industry that has seen its fair share of struggles lately. Duffl’s David Lin dishes on why traditional rapid grocery delivery is not working by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

The IPO window is all but closed right now, but a few things appear still to be getting through the cracks and there are big sums attached to that. Today, Banzai — an engagement marketing startup that provides tools to source and connect with potential sales leads, and tools to build and run online video […] Banzai, a marketing tech startup, acquires Hyros for $110M, raises $100M and goes public via a $580M Spac by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

A startup from former Meta employees aims to streamline the content moderation process for companies grappling with some of the internet’s most complex, dangerous challenges. Cinder, which likes to describe itself as an “operating system for trust and safety,” boasts years of combined experience in security and content policy work. That includes CEO and co-founder […] Cinder’s content moderation software is custom-built for trust and safety teams by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Metagood, a for-profit social impact NFT startup, has raised $5 million in its pre-seed round, the team exclusively told TechCrunch. “We launched the company on the concept of using NFTs as an expression where everyone does good things for each other and the good stuff is tokenized and exchangeable,” Bill Tai, co-founder and chairman of […] NFT-focused startup Metagood raises $5 million to grow ‘social good’ impact by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

WeWalk, a U.K.-based startup developing a “smart cane” for visually-impaired people, today announced it has raised £2 million ($2.4 million) in venture funding from several notable institutional and angel investors — this includes Manchester City and German international footballer İlkay Gündoğan. Founded out of London in 2019, WeWalk has developed a GPS-enabled smart cane and […] WeWalk raises cash to bring computer vision to smart cane for visually-impaired people by Paul Sawers originally published on Te... →

There’s an ever-growing list of wearables that track people’s health, but what about a vehicle that monitors one’s blood pressure and heart rate with smart sensors and algorithms? That’s the vision of BeyonCa, a young super-premium electric vehicle startup founded by Weiming Soh, the Singaporean auto veteran who’s the current CEO of Renault China and […] Renault China boss is making super-premium EVs that monitor your health by Rita Liao 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: Plaid unravels a fifth of its workforce after ‘growth did not materialize as quickly as expected’  by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

The former COO of disgraced blood testing startup Theranos, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was sentenced to 155 months, or about 13 years, in prison, and three years of probation. After a three-month trial, in July, Balwani was found guilty on all twelve criminal charges, ranging from defrauding patients and investors to conspiring to commit fraud. Theranos […] Theranos exec Sunny Balwani sentenced to 13 years in prison for defrauding patients and investors by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Electric leisure boat startup Navier has managed to bring its concept hydrofoiling watercraft into reality, and has opened pre-orders — if you happen to have a few hundred grand laying around. It may not be affordable, but it’s not like the other 30-foot boats you can order are a bargain either. At least this one […] Navier’s 30-foot hydrofoiling electric boat hits the water and prepares for production by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

Setpoint, a startup that has built software to help other companies close loan transactions faster, has raised $43 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The raise comes just six months after Austin, Texas-based Setpoint closed a $5.5 million seed round and $150 million in securitization. Serial entrepreneurs Ben Rubenstein, Stuart […] Andreessen Horowitz leads $43M Series A for Setpoint, which aims to be the ‘Stripe for credit’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →