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Stockholm-based startup Atlar raised a $5 million (€5 million) seed round led by Index Ventures. The company has been working on an application programming interface (API) that facilitates bank-to-bank payments for European businesses. In addtion to Index Ventures, La Famiglia VC, Cocoa and various business angels also participated in the round, such as Revolut CFO […] Former Tink employees launch Atlar, a payment automation startup by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn is increasing its investment in EV startup Lordstown Motors by buying $170 million in common stock and newly created preferred shares. Once the deal is complete, Foxconn will hold all of Lordstown’s outstanding preferred stock and 18.3% of its common stock on a pro-forma basis. Foxconn will also have the right to […] Foxconn invests another $170M into EV SPAC Lordstown Motors by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Siri, show me fintech companies, founded in the last two years, that haven’t raised over the past year but have grown headcount by 100% in the same time frame; and can it be founded by Stanford alumni whose Twitter traction has grown by at least 50% in the last six months? This is Harmonic’s vision; […] Harmonic helps investors query the startup searches of their wildest dreams 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: Say ‘fromage’! French startup PhotoRoom captures $19M Series A by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Evidently, the downturn hasn’t soured investors on the travel industry. Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One, bringing the company’s total raised to close to $730 million. The fresh cash will be put toward several efforts, CEO and co-founder Frederic Lalonde said in a press […] Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

How do venture capital firms attract more diverse investors to make it easier for startup founders to build more diverse cap tables? These folks are working to bring more diversity to the venture LP investing pool by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

EdgeDB, the startup looking to modernize databases for cutting-edge apps, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Nava Ventures and Accel. The new capital brings the startup’s total raised to $19 million, which CEO Yury Selivanov said will be used to boost headcount and launch the previously announced […] EdgeDB raises $15M ahead of the launch of its cloud database service by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Unacademy has eliminated 10% of its workforce, or about 350 roles, in its second round of layoff this year as the Indian edtech warns of harsh economic conditions. In an email to employees on Monday, Unacademy co-founder and chief executive Gaurav Munjal said the startup is cutting jobs across several verticals, many of which it […] Indian edtech Unacademy cuts 10% of jobs by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you’ve ever had to sit through corporate training videos while you feel your will to live slowly ebb out of every pore of your body, a new startup has some good news for you. Describing itself as “the TikTok of workplace learning,” 5Mins recently raised a round of funding in a bid to introduce […] 5Mins makes your employees better, a few minutes at a time by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

French startup PhotoRoom has raised a $19 million Series A funding round. The company develops a popular photo editing app for e-commerce vendors and small businesses. In particular, it helps you remove the background behind objects you are about to sell so that your photos look more professional. Balderton Capital is leading the Series A […] After 40 million app downloads, PhotoRoom raises $19 million by Romain Dillet 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. We’ve been living through a lot of tech history over the past two years, but the brutal Twitter layoffs feel especially sad, complex and exhausting […] Tweep’s Twitter 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: Twitter layoffs violated federal worker protections, class action lawsuit alleges by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Stability AI, the venture-backed startup behind the text-to-image AI system Stable Diffusion, is funding a wide-ranging effort to apply AI to the frontiers of biotech. Called OpenBioML, the endeavor’s first projects will focus on machine learning based approaches to DNA sequencing, protein folding, and computational biochemistry. The company’s founders describe OpenBioML as an “open research […] Stability AI backs effort to bring machine learning to biomed by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

This week Amanda Silberling and I went live on LinkedIn and Twitter Spaces to talk about Elon Musk’s questionable plans for blue checks on Twitter. Then, I talk with Natasha Mascarenhas about a new startup, Rewind, that wants to help humans have perfect memory. And as always, we break down the biggest stories in tech. […] Buying your own identity on Elon’s Twitter and other news by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch... →

Santa Claus makes a list and checks it twice. Can your e-commerce startup make the same claim this holiday season? TechCrunch+ roundup: TAM tough love, ‘building in public,’ 6 key SaaS metrics by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

As a startup, when you’re trying to stay as lean as possible, outsourcing is the name of the game; if you can get someone else to do the work for you (and manage the team, deal with hiring and HR, etc.), that’s a win. The major exception is anything that creates core intellectual property and […] Why ButcherBox built two dry ice factories during the pandemic by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Surfe, the startup that was originally named Leadjet, is an interesting browser extension if you spend a lot of time on LinkedIn and are tired of switching between your CRM and the professional social network. When you install Surfe’s browser extension, you get some nifty syncing features between your CRM and LinkedIn. For instance, you […] Surfe brings your CRM data to LinkedIn — and vice versa by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Danish startup Pleo has announced that it plans to lay off around 15% of the company’s workforce. As the company currently has nearly 1,000 employees, it could affect up to 150 people. Pleo develops expense management tools for SMBs around Europe. “I’ll be honest. Pleo today, at the point of almost 1,000 employees and with […] Spend management startup Pleo lays off 15% of its workforce by Romain Dillet 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: WhatsApp’s new discussion groups offer end-to-end encryption and support up to 1,024 users by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →