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18:21 20.05.2020

Remote operators in Mexico are driving scooters to riders in this Atlanta suburb

In one Atlanta suburb, finding and returning an electric shared scooter will be taken care of by teleoperators some 1,700 miles away in Mexico City. Riders in the enclave of Peachtree Corners will be able to use an app beginning this week to hail a GoX scooter equipped with tech from teleoperations startup Tortoise. Using […]... →

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18:15 20.05.2020

What to do when your VC writes your startup off

The novel coronavirus has been devastating for many people, families and communities — and the consequences are still being calculated. The tech world has seen wave after wave of layoffs, sometimes multiple waves at one company only weeks apart. Some startups have lost nearly all their revenue, and depending on their cash reserves, have little […]... →

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17:43 20.05.2020

Sphero appoints new CEO, spins off robotics startup for first responders

Sphero just announced that it has spun off another company. Once again, the new startup has a decidedly different focus from its parent company’s core of education-focused products. While still a robotics company at its heart, the underwhelmingly named Company Six will create robotic systems designed for first responders and other humans whose work requires […]... →

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17:31 20.05.2020

Cybersecurity insurance startup Coalition raises $90M Series C

This morning, Coalition announced that it has closed a $90 million Series C. The funding comes around a year after the cybersecurity insurance startup raised a $40 million Series B that TechCrunch covered at time. The startup’s new, larger funding round was led by Valor Equity Partners and included participation from Greyhound Capital and Felicis, along […]... →

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17:05 20.05.2020

Despite COVID-19, optimism reigns in the Midwest’s startup scene

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Startups in the Midwest are optimistic despite the fact that a fair number of companies in the region are suffering from economic impacts stemming from COVID-19, recently collected data shows. The global pandemic has shaken […]... →

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17:00 20.05.2020

Former Stitch Fix COO Julie Bornstein just took the wraps off her app-only e-commerce startup, The Yes

After teasing the launch of their new startup last year, e-commerce veteran Julie Bornstein and her technical co-founder, Amit Aggarwal, are today launching The Yes, a women’s shopping platform that they’ve been quietly building for 18 months and they say will create tailor-made experiences for each user, courtesy of its sophisticated algorithms. Bornstein’s experience and […]... →

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16:21 20.05.2020

Directly, which trains customer service chatbots with expert advice, raises $11M more

Directly, a startup whose mission is to help build better customer service chatbots by using experts in specific areas to train them, has raised more funding as it opens up a new front to grow its business: APIs and a partner ecosystem that can now also tap into its expert network. Today Directly is announcing […]... →

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16:00 20.05.2020

MasterClass just raised $100 million for celebrity-fueled content

MasterClass, a startup that sells celebrity-taught classes to people, has raised $100 million in a Series E round. The round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company with participation from new investors including Owl Ventures, 01 Advisors and existing investors NEA, IVP, Atomico and NextEquity Partners. The new financing brings MasterClass’ valuation to $800 […]... →

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15:15 20.05.2020

Identity management startup Truework raises $30M to help you verify your work history

As organizations look for safe and efficient ways of running their services in the new global paradigm of increased social distancing, a startup that has built a platform to help people verify their work details in a secure way is announcing a round of growth funding. Truework, which provides a way for banks, apartment-rental agencies, […]... →

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14:17 20.05.2020

«Мы сделали приложение для себя и друзей». Как студент запустил стартап Friends&Reviews

Friends&Reviews — приложение, в котором можно сохранять интересные места в городе и отправлять их друзьям, а отзывы знакомых помогают выбрать подходящее развлечение. Мы поговорили с одним из его создателей — Максимом Ратнером — и выяснили, каково делать стартап, когда ты ещё учишься в университете, чем приложение уникально, как оно выживает сейчас, когда все сидят по домам, и как будет развиваться дальше.... →

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14:07 20.05.2020

Фонд «Сколково» совместно с компанией «Россети» проведут конкурс в сфере энергетики

К участию в конкурсе «Энергопрорыв-2020» приглашаются стартапы, малые и средние инновационные компании, команды ученых и студентов, зрелые технологические компании и предприятия, работники группы «Россети».... →

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11:39 20.05.2020

Названы победители конкурса «СТАРТ-2» — каждый получит до 3 млн рублей

Победителями конкурса «СТАРТ-2» стали шесть команд. Стартапы получат до 3 млн рублей каждый от Инвестиционно-венчурного фонда Республики Татарстан. Деньги пойдут на коммерциализацию проекта, создание прототипа или опытного образца. Об этом Rusbase рассказали в пресс-службе фонда.... →

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08:25 20.05.2020

Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raises $6M Series A led by Anthemis

Apollo Agriculture believes it can attain profits by helping Kenya’s smallholder farmers maximize theirs. That’s the mission of the Nairobi based startup that raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Anthemis. Founded in 2016, Apollo Agriculture offers a mobile based product suit for farmers that includes working capital, data analysis for higher crop […]... →

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03:34 20.05.2020

India’s Khatabook raises $60 million to help merchants digitize bookkeeping and accept payments online

Khatabook, a startup that is helping small businesses in India record financial transactions digitally and accept payments online with an app, has raised $60 million in a new financing round as it looks to gain more ground in the world’s second most populous nation. The new financing round, Series B, was led by Facebook co-founder […]... →

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21:43 19.05.2020

Стартап United Dwelling привлёк $10 млн для строительства домов-студий на месте гаражей

Компания строит жильё за свой счёт и зарабатывает на аренде. Доходами она делится с владельцами участка.... →

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19:15 19.05.2020

Autonomous retail startup Standard Cognition acquires competitor Checkout Technologies

As cashiers across the country take precautions to limit interactions with customers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s hard to think of a better time for the rollout of an Amazon Go vision of autonomous retail. Standard Cognition CEO Jordan Fisher has been building towards that future for the past several years. His […]... →

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18:00 19.05.2020

Microsoft says it teamed up with OpenAI to build a massive AI supercomputer in Azure

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that it has teamed up with OpenAI, the startup trying to build a general artificial intelligence with — among other things — a $1 billion investment from Microsoft, to create one of the world’s fastest supercomputers on top of Azure’s infrastructure. Microsoft says that the 285,000-core machine […]... →

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18:00 19.05.2020

Gremlin brings chaos engineering to Windows platform

Chaos engineering is about helping companies set up worst case scenarios and testing them to see what causes the operating system to fall over, but up until now, it has mostly been for teams running Linux servers. Gremlin, the startup that offers Chaos Engineering as a Service released a new tool to give engineers working […]... →

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16:54 19.05.2020

EdTech-стартап Smart School Pro привлек $1,5 млн

Образовательная платформа Smart School Pro привлекла $1,5 млн инвестиций. Об этом Rusbase рассказал представитель компании.... →

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16:00 19.05.2020

Algolia gets a new CEO as founder steps down

Search-as-a-service startup Algolia is announcing some changes at the helm of the startup. Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Dessaigne is transitioning to a non-operational role at the company. He’ll still be a board member, but Bernadette Nixon is joining the company to take on the CEO position. Algolia is building a search engine API. The company […]... →

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