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RiverSouth is called the smartest building in North America and features a wild array of technology for tenants, business owners, and real estate managers. Kode OS underpins the building’s systems, a real estate platform developed by the Detroit-based startup, Kode Labs. The platform ingests data from any number of systems and provides users with a […] Kode Labs raises $8m to advance its smart building platform by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch... →

A new startup wants to make it easier for any company to sell phone and data plans as part of their own branded mobile network subscriptions — and to help, it has secured the backing of big-name investors including Google’s early-stage venture capital arm Gradient Ventures and Uber’s CEO. Gigs, which was founded out of […] A ‘Stripe for phone plans’: Gigs raises $20M to help any company be an MVNO by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

From healthcare to manufacturing, traditional industries have been getting a digital makeover over the past decade. But some sectors have been left behind. Maritime shipping, argued Fabian Fussek, CEO and co-founder of Kaiko Systems, is the “last frontier of digitzation.” Kaiko Systems is a Berlin-based startup trying to digitize operations on commercial vessels. Around 90% […] Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ivorian payments-led fintech startup Julaya has extended its pre-Series A round by $5 million. The company, which facilitates B2B payments for businesses in Francophone West Africa, mainly via mobile money channels, has raised a total of $7 million in the financing round.  In 2019, West Africa reported the most live mobile money services in any […] Ivorian fintech Julaya gets $5M to become banking partner for businesses in Francophone Africa by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meet Immortal Game, a startup that wants to turn chess into a web3 game with NFTs, play-to-earn rewards, quests, a marketplace and more. Online chess has never been so popular and Immortal Game wants to take advantage of that trend to modernize the game. The company has raised $15.5 million across two rounds, including a […] Immortal Game is building a web3 chess platform by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meet Loctax, a company that wants to change how tax teams work in multinational companies. There are still many departments that rely on outdated tools and processes to get something done. According to this startup founded in 2020, tax reporting is currently a fragmented and error-prone process that could benefit from a software upgrade. Loctax […] Loctax is a collaborative platform for global tax teams by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Synthetic speech tech startup Murf gives a voice, literally, to content creators of all sizes. Murf, which now has a library of more than 120 human-parity AI voices across 20 languages, announced today it has raised $10 million Series A funding led by Matrix partners. Participation came from returning investors Elevation Capital and several prominent […] Synthetic speech startup Murf lends a voice to content creators of all sizes  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: Revolut advises users to take caution after hacker breach triggers phishing campaign by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Leoparda Electric, a São Paolo–based startup, wants to be the Gogoro of Latin America. In other words, it’s looking to build out a network of battery swapping stations that should help spread adoption of electric two-wheelers in the region. While LatAm is the second largest two-wheeler market after Southeast Asia, electrification in the region has […] Leoparda Electric is bringing battery swapping for two-wheelers to LatAm by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

In a sign that national security tech is a safe bet even during troubled economic times, defense- and security-focused VC firm Razor’s Edge Ventures today announced the closing of its third startup investment fund at just under $340 million. It exceeded the initial target of $250 million, the firm notes, and will target companies developing […] Razor’s Edge Ventures closes $340M fund as it looks to invest in defense startups by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

About five months after raising $15 million, PassiveLogic, which provides a platform to autonomously control building systems, has secured an additional $15 million in an “off-round” strategic investment from Nvidia’s venture arm, nVentures. The new cash brings PassiveLogic’s total raised to over $80 million, and CEO Troy Harvey tells TechCrunch it’ll be put toward expanding […] Building control startup PassiveLogic inks partnership with Nvidia, secures $15M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunc... →

Its 2015 acquisition of Aldebaran didn’t go as smoothly as SoftBank hoped. At the time, the French robotics startup was best known for its Nao, which had become a fairly ubiquitous presence in research facilities across the globe. The small humanoid robot formed the foundation for the rebranded SoftBank Robotics’ best-known creation, Pepper. Nao mostly […] SoftBank Robotics Europe is now Aldebaran (again) by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meet Nilos, a startup that wants to bridge the gap between crypto wallets and traditional business bank accounts. The company provides a dashboard that displays all your transactions — whether those are fiat transactions or crypto payments. From this platform, you can initiate payments and reconcile operations across multiple accounts. The startup raised a $5.2 […] Nilos unifies crypto and fiat accounts for small businesses by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

As fintechs become more efficient, so too do fraudsters. “Faster instant payments mean faster fraud,” Sardine CEO and co-founder Soups Ranjan told TechCrunch. That’s the thesis behind his startup, which uses behavioral, financial and device-specific user data to detect fraud on behalf of its clients in the crypto and fintech industries. Those conditions also mean […] Sardine raises $51.5M led by a16z to sniff out fishy fintech transactions by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch... →

Fintech startup Revolut has confirmed it was hit by a highly targeted cyberattack that allowed hackers to access the personal details of tens of thousands of customers. Revolut spokesperson Michael Bodansky told TechCrunch that an “unauthorized third party obtained access to the details of a small percentage (0.16%) of our customers for a short period […] Revolut confirms cyberattack exposed personal data of tens of thousands of users by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last week, we got a glimpse of how SoftBank is pulling away from some of its more exuberant investing of the past years, when news broke that it had sold its entire stake in edtech startup Kahoot, at a loss. This week, we’re getting a look at what SoftBank is doing to diversify how it […] DTCP, the former venture arm of Deutsche Telekom, taps SoftBank as an anchor LP for its next $500-600M fund by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Early this year, Nigerian health-tech startup Remedial Health announced plans to scale within the West African country digitizing pharmacies and bringing efficiency in the pharmaceutical supply chain after raising seed funding. The YC-backed startup has since February grown its reach from six to 16 states within the populous nation, and plans to cover the remaining […] Nigeria’s YC-backed Remedial Health raises $4.4M seed funding by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →

A group of former Meta engineers is building a platform to help enterprises deploy machine learning models at the speed of big tech companies. Their startup, TrueFoundry, has raised $2.3 million in a funding round. The San Francisco, California-headquartered startup automates repetitive tasks in the machine learning pipeline to allow data scientists and engineers to […] Meta alumni’s startup TrueFoundry raises $2.3 million to accelerate ML deployments by Jagmeet 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: Rockstar’s whoopsie means you can get an early look at GTA 6 by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Swiftly’s technology taps into that online shopping experience to make shopping at a brick-and-mortar store just as engaging and easy. Retail tech startup Swiftly valued at $1B after bagging another $100M by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →