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While venture capital remains the most popular avenue for startups, founders should take advantage of all the financing options available to them. Revenue-based financing: A new playbook for startup fundraising by Ram Iyer 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: Sequoia Capital writes off its $210M investment in crypto exchange FTX by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last year, OpenAI announced the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which it and its partners, including Microsoft, are investing in early-stage AI companies tackling major problems. Mum’s been the word since on which companies have received infusions from the Fund. But today, the OpenAI Startup Fund revealed that it led a $23.5 million investment […] OpenAI leads $23.5M round in Mem, an AI-powered note-taking app by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Whoever said you can’t have your cake and eat it too should have called their accountants and lawyers first. Use IRS Code Section 1202 to sell your multi-million dollar startup tax-free by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch... →

The bin moving robots designed by Kiva Systems still form the foundation of Amazon’s warehouse robotics play a decade after it acquired the startup. There’s a reason — for example — that the recently announced fully autonomous Proteus robot effectively looks like a green (“Seahawks green,” per robotics VP, Joseph Quinlivan) version of one of […] Amazon debuts Sparrow, a new bin picking robot arm by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

A startup that wants to democratize data in the enterprise? That may sound awfully familiar, but Directus, which is announcing a $7 million Series A round led by True Ventures today, is taking a different approach to most of its competitors by combining traditional developer tools with a no-code approach to offer a highly flexible […] Directus wants to democratize data across the enterprise by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you look past the current downturn, it's likely your startup will have higher chances of survival if you hold on to specialized talent. In times of crisis, fintech startups should take the long view instead of hibernating by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch... →

Cleantech startup Airly wants to help communities around the world improve air quality with affordable sensors and software that provides actionable insights. Based in London and Krakow, the startup announced today it has raised $5.5 million. The round was led by firstminute capital and Pi Labs, with participation from returning investors like the Sir Richard […] Airly fights air pollution with a network of affordable sensors by Catherine Shu 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: Meta decimates its staff as the social media giant lays off 11,000 by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Electric vehicle maker Rivian affirmed Wednesday that the company is on track to hit its annual production target of 25,000 vehicles despite unpredictable supply chain crunches and component shortages. The startup-turned-public company remained committed to its production goal, even as industry-wide challenges, supply chain snarls and macroeconomic forces conspired to keep automakers from satisfying a […] Rivian upholds 2022 production targets as net loss widens by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCr... →

Last year, OpenAI announced the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which it and its partners, including Microsoft, are investing in early-stage AI companies tackling major problems. Mum’s been the word since on which companies have received infusions from the Fund. But today, the OpenAI Startup Fund revealed that it led a $23.5 million investment […] OpenAI leads $23.5M round in Mem, an AI-powered note-taking app by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

TechCrunch conducted a vibe check with investors and founders to gauge how they feel as the results of the US midterm elections continue trickling in. VC investors and startup founders see hope in the red wave that wasn’t by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch... →

Astra, a rocket startup that went public last year, told investors Tuesday it laid off 16% of its workforce as part of a wider strategy to increase shrinking financial runway and decrease expenses. The company also said it would reduce near-term investments in space services to grow its core businesses: namely, launch and spacecraft engines. […] Astra lays off 16% after nearly tripling workforce in the last year by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Notifi, a communication infrastructure platform for Web3, said Tuesday it has raised $10 million in an oversubscribed seed funding co-led by previous backers Hashed and Race Capital. Other investors include Struck Capital, HRT Capital, Wintermute, Superscrypt founded by Temasek, bringing its total funding to $12.5 million.    The ten-month-old startup wants to address the broken […] Web3 messaging infrastructure Notifi raises $10M seed round co-led by Hashed, Race Capital  by Kate Park originally published ... →

Equals, a New York-based startup ambitiously aiming to challenge Excel’s dominance with a supercharged spreadsheet, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Craft Ventures, Box Group, Worklife and Combine. Co-founded by Ben McRedmond and Bobby Pinero, two former Intercom employees, Equals […] Equals secures $15M investment to supercharge spreadsheets by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meet Plain, a new startup that wants to reinvent support tools. While the customer support space is a competitive industry with big tech companies like Intercom and Zendesk, Plain believes it has a different approach as it focuses on API integrations to make your company’s product and your support platform work hand in hand. Plain […] Plain is a new customer support tool with a focus on API integrations by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Kuda, the London-based and Nigerian-operating startup taking on incumbents in the country with a mobile-first and personalized set of banking services, is expanding to the U.K. by offering a remittance product to Nigerians in the diaspora.  The digital bank has seen some success since launching in Nigeria in 2019. Kuda claims to have up to […] Kuda takes digital banking play to the U.K. with its remittance product by Tage Kene-Okafor 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: Binance says it will buy FTX after smaller rival stumbles through ‘liquidity crunch’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Spaceflight startup Skyroot wants to make history by launching India’s first privately developed rocket, and it’s aiming to do so as early as next week. The company said Tuesday that the first launch of the Vikram-S suborbital rocket could occur as early as November 12, with a launch window that extends until November 16. The […] Skyroot wants to kickstart private spaceflight in India with first rocket launch next week by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

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... →