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Are you ready to rumble, TechCrunch style? Twenty of the most promising and creative early-stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will bring the heat for $100,000 in the world-renown Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. We have an outstanding cohort of VCs ready to […] VCs at Freestyle, Plexo Capital and Sequoia join Startup Battlefield judges by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

EV startup Arrival said Friday it has produced its first battery-electric van, a significant step toward its goal to deliver the vans to commercial customers at scale. The Arrival van is the first vehicle built at the company’s Microfactory in Bicester, U.K., which uses autonomous mobile robots instead of a traditional assembly line. The remaining […] Arrival produces long-awaited battery-electric commercial van by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch... →

A wave of Amazon-merchant aggregator startups, floating close to $15 billion in funding, have rushed in, rolled up, and rushed out of the e-commerce market in the last several years. Now, a new tide, and new take on the model, appears to be rising. Today, a Berlin startup called Everstores — which seeks out, buys and […] Everstores, an Open Store-style D2C Shopify aggregator out of Europe, emerges from stealth with €18 million by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

HSBC Asset Management, the investment arm of Britain’s HSBC Group, has led a seed round of $4 million in Singapore’s customer intelligence and risk assessment startup Bizbaz, the two said Friday. Founded in June 2019, Bizbaz offers its proprietary customer intelligence and risk management solutions to banks, insurance companies and fintech startups. The startup has […] HSBC invests in Singapore’s customer intelligence and risk assessment startup by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Created by developer who needed to test apps at scale, TestGrid is an on-demand platform that lets users run tests on websites and apps across browsers, operating systems. The startup, which is launching today and can be used on premise or in the cloud, alleviates the hassle of finding and scaling physical and cloud infrastructure […] TestGrid is a “one-stop shop” for testing apps at scale by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Uniswap Labs is in early stages of putting together a new round, according to four sources familiar with the matter, as the parent firm of the popular eponymous decentralized protocol gears up to broaden its offerings. The startup is engaging with a number of investors including Polychain and one of Singapore’s sovereign funds to raise […] Uniswap Labs eyes over $100 million in new funding by Manish Singh 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: Google to sunset Stadia in January 2023, will refund hardware purchases by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

We’re stoked for what’s shaping up to be a glorious Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Twenty of the most promising and creative early stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will go toe-to-toe for bragging rights and $100,000. This year’s contenders will have to […] VCs at Index Ventures, Serena Ventures, NEA and Volition Capital join Startup Battlefield judges by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

We caught up with Treepz co-founder and CEO Onyeka Akumah, whom we first interviewed a year ago, to check in on the African startup's progress. Treepz founder Onyeka Akumah on how to succeed in transportation tech by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

We’re beyond amazed at the collective creativity, ingenuity and technical prowess of the Startup Battlefield 200. Out of thousands of applications, only 200 early-stage startups made the final cut, and you’ll find all of them — and only them — exhibiting on the TechCrunch Disrupt show floor on October 18-20 in San Francisco. That’s a […] The Startup Battlefield 200: SaaS, Enterprise, Retail and FinTech edition by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

Amazon’s steady march to bring Amazon Go-powered instant checkout stores across the U.S. and U.K. has been well-documented. Far less known is that it has also been making some moves to expand the technology in another very key market for the business: India. TechCrunch has learned that Amazon quietly picked up the founders of a […] Amazon quietly picked up a cashierless store startup to stock its Amazon Go play in India by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

The future of Kenya-based Sky.Garden — an Amazon-style marketplace for third-party merchants to sell electronics, home goods and more — is in the balance after the startup failed to close a round of financing, according to a memo the startup sent out to employees. An insider told TechCrunch that the startup’s Co-founder and CEO, Martin Majlund, sent […] Sky.Garden, Kenya’s Amazon-style marketplace, faces closure after funding fell through by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →

Software product marketers typically are charged with creating demos for potential customers. These let people who are interested in the product see how a function inside an application works as a way to whet the appetite of the potential buyer. Arcade, a startup launched by two former Atlassian employees, decided to attack this problem with […] Arcade scores $7.5M seed to make it simple to build a product demo by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Swedish startup Ripe raised a $2 million pre-seed to aid companies with product-led growth. Stockholm-based Ripe helps product-led B2B companies find the ripest leads in their customer base by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch... →

Software-as-a-service dev platform Airplane today closed a $32 million Series B funding round led by Thrive Capital with participation from Benchmark, bringing the startup’s total raised to $40.5 million. Ravi Parikh says that the new funds will be put toward growing Airplane’s 19-person team while expanding its product to new markets. Airplane was founded in […] Airplane lands $32M in new cash to make it easier for companies to build internal dev tools by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last week, a startup called Un1feed launched an Instagram client called The OG App, which promised an ad-free and suggestion-free home feed along with features like creating custom feeds like Twitter lists. The app raked up almost 10,000 downloads in a few days, but Apple removed the app from the App Store for violating its […] Meta says ad-free Instagram client The OG App breaks its rules by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

So-called ‘stakeholder capitalism’ has not had the most illustrious of histories. Yes, there have been ‘Walmart Associates’ who were able to own stock in the company, or ‘John Lewis Associates’ (in the UK), but it’s hardly made the average person well off. At least they got something? In tech startups, however, tech founders are helped […] Can companies issue stakes in their success without using shares or options? This startup thinks so by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

Doccla, a Sweden founded but London-headquartered health tech startup that sells a remote patient monitoring platform to hospitals to run so-called ‘virtual wards’, has closed a £15 million (~$17M) Series A funding round a year after raising a $3.3M seed. The Series A is led by US VC General Catalyst, with participation from funds managed […] ‘Virtual ward’ startup Doccla gets Series A injection as it eyes AI tools by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

French startup Pigment has raised a new round of funding less than a year after raising a $73 million Series B round. If you’re not familiar with Pigment, the company develops a business planning and forecasting platform. For small companies that are growing up, it can replace Microsoft Excel as it’s more secure and more […] Pigment raises another $65M to build the modern business planning platform by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

We’re beyond amazed at the collective creativity, ingenuity and technical prowess of the Startup Battlefield 200. Out of thousands of applications, only 200 early-stage startups made the final cut, and you’ll find all of them — and only them — exhibiting on the TechCrunch Disrupt show floor on October 18-20 in San Francisco. That’s a […] The Startup Battlefield 200: Hardware, Robotics, AI+ML & Mobility + Transportation by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →