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It's becoming clear that while venture capital investment into startups has slowed, it's still a great time to build a software company. What gloom? Data show it’s still a great time to build a SaaS startup by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

A Kenya-based venture studio with a focus on tourism, Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), has raised $1 million pre-seed funding to build the next generation of startups that use technology to modernize the tourism sector. Investors participating in this round include Klister Credit Corp., a Canadian investment firm, The Untours Foundation, and a number of angel […] Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1M pre-seed funding by Annie Njanja 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: Everything you wanted to know about Google Fall Event 2022 (but were afraid to ask) by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

We think you’ll be as amazed as we are by 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 […] The Startup Battlefield 200: Climate tech and health tech edition by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch... →

A notable changing of the guard is afoot at Intercom, the unicorn SaaS startup that powers the ubiquitous smiley customer service bots that sit on tens of thousands of company homepages: the company has reappointed co-founder, and current chairman, Eoghan McCabe as CEO. He’s replacing Karen Peacock, who is taking an advisory role for the […] Eoghan McCabe, the controversial Intercom co-founder who left the CEO role in 2020, is stepping back in by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

German electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startup Volocopter conducted its first crewed public test flight in Italy Thursday morning. The flight launched from a vertiport built at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, Italy’s first advanced air mobility (AAM) testing vertiport, during a two-day event meant to demonstrate what a service between the airport and the city […] Volocopter completes crewed eVTOL test flight out of Rome vertiport by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

The startup's iron-air chemistry could help store intermittent wind and solar power for far less than the competition. Form Energy’s iron-air battery on pace for 2024 launch with $450M Series E by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

Square Off charmed us at CES 2019, when the startup showed off its robotic chess board at our Hardware Battlefield event. Watching the pieces move on their own, courtesy of underlying AI, grabbed the attention of a jaded crowd of showgoers. This morning, it takes the next step in the startup lifecycle, as Bay Area-based […] Miko Robotics acquires majority stake in AI chess startup, Square Off by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Jiko started its life as a mobile bank for consumers. But over time, the fintech startup has evolved its model – mostly fueled by demand – and is now making a push into corporate money storage. In 2020, Jiko made headlines by being the first fintech to acquire a nationally regulated U.S. bank. The company […] Jiko wants to help companies park their cash in T-Bills as everyone yield hunts by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Revelio Labs, a startup developing analytics software for HR teams, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A round with participation from Elephant Partners, Alumni Ventures, BDMI, K20 Ventures, Techstars and Barclays. Bringing the company’s total raised to $19 million, the proceeds will be put toward expanding Revelio’s offerings for corporate HR […] Revelio Labs raises cash to scrape the public web for HR insights by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Nobody wants to think about a prenup while planning a wedding, but it is the best time to address complications that may follow the honeymoon. Why your startup needs a prenup by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch... →

Techstars, a network of startup accelerators and an investment company, is launching a new accelerator in Paris called Techstars Sustainability Paris. This isn’t the first time that Techstars is running an accelerator in France as the company originally launched Techstars Paris in 2017. With this sustainability-focused accelerator, Techstars is hitting the reboot button. Going forward, […] Techstars unveils sustainability-focused acceleration program in Paris by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCru... →

Gather AI, a startup using drones to inventory items in warehouses, today announced that it raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Tribeca Venture Partners with participation from Xplorer Capital, Dundee Venture Capital, Expa, Bling Capital, XRC Labs and 99 Tartans. The proceeds bring the company’s total raised to $17 million, which […] Gather AI secures new cash to scan inventory in warehouses using drones by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Вообще, предполагалось, что я с утра сяду и быстро напишу в канал несколько новостей, заранее отобранных, но тут в твиттере мне попалось полстрочки и голова ушла в творческий отпуск, придумывая дальше. Я, в общем, решил поддаться порыву, иначе оно не отвяжется. Итак, музыка Чиж и компания, размер не везде ровный, но, если кто захочет напеть, попробуйте: В коворкинге над крафтовым баром Пили смузи стартап и ментор Готовились к хакатону По виртуальной реальности. Фронтендеры, сейлы и девопс И, конечно, бэкенд... →

В будущем компания Владимира Потанина сможет получить неконтролирующий пакет акций стартапа.... →

In South Korea, there are about 7.3 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) — defined as firms with less than 250 employees. Their workforces combined make up 83.1% of all corporation employees in the country, totaling about 17.1 million people, according to OECD data. To help meet SMEs’ financial needs in the country, Seoul-based fintech […] Fiserv, LG back Korea Credit Data as the SME-focused fintech startup raises another $24.7M by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

Halo Car, a Las Vegas-based startup that combines teleoperations and car sharing, said it will remove the human safety operator from behind the wheel later this year — the last hurdle before its commercial launch. The milestone would mean Halo Car will use humans to remotely control vehicles through public streets and deliver them to […] Halo Car’s teleoperated car-sharing service to roll out this year with no one behind the wheel by Jaclyn Trop 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 will use private subsea cable to launch its first full-scale cloud region in Africa by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

A world-class tech conference like TechCrunch Disrupt — coming to you live and in person in San Francisco on October 18-20 — doesn’t just happen. It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation, and we want to direct your attention to an essential group of deck hands — our partners. Building a startup is no easy task — not […] Engage with AT&T, Polygon, & more at TechCrunch Disrupt by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

Months after Sendy laid-off 10% of its workforce, the Kenyan logistics startup is at it again after sending more staff home, while announcing the decision to wind-down its supply service. Sendy confirmed to TechCrunch that discontinuing the supply service affected 20% of its staff, which is about 54 employees – the latest casualties of the […] Sendy conducts second round of layoffs, 20% of its remaining staff affected by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →