Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Excess inventory, including returned items, from e-commerce, logistics and retail companies often end up being disposed. Manila-based Humble Sustainability is a circular economy startup that wants to keep them out of the Philippines’ landfills. Since its launch, it has processed over 150,000 items like clothing, consumer electronics and household appliances that are either resold through […] Humble keeps excess inventory out of the Philippines’ landfills by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Day One Ventures, a venture firm launched in 2018 with a pitch to combine venture capital acumen with marketing and communications support, has launched a program aimed explicitly at those impacted by tech layoffs this year. The program, titled “Funded Not Fired”, will write $100,000 checks into 20 startup teams by the end of the […] Laid off from your tech job? Day One wants to give you $100,000 to start a company by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

We asked BuildBuddy, Monte Carlo, and Egnyte what they think about their public cloud choices, and the strengths and weaknesses thereof. Startup CEOs sound off on picking cloud providers by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Peloton co-founder John Foley's newest startup secured $25 million on the claim that the rug market requires innovation. Good luck with that. Peloton co-founder John Foley is a rug guy now by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

Troubled electric vehicle startup Arrival, which is restructuring its business to develop commercial vans for the U.S. instead of Europe, said Tuesday it doesn’t expect to earn revenue until after 2023. The British company, which has struggled to raise funds to produce EVs using its modular microfactory strategy, will halt operations at its Bicester, U.K., […] Electric commercial van maker Arrival delays revenue until 2024 by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch... →

Veriti, a platform for unifying cybersecurity infrastructure, today emerged from stealth with $18.5 million in funding, a combination of $12 million from Insight Partners and a $6.5 million round led by NFX and Amiti. According to CEO Adi Ikan, the newly announced capital is being put toward scaling Veriti’s business operations and developing its product […] Security automation startup Veriti launches out of stealth with $18.5M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Стартапы обяжут сохранять 100% рабочих мест или показывать годовой рост выручки на 12% в течение всего срока действия кредитного договора.... →

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... →