TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

San Francisco-based Postman, which operates a collaborative platform for developers to help them build, design, test and iterate their APIs, said on Wednesday it has raised $225 million in a new financing round that values it at $5.6 API platform Postman delivers $150M Series C on $2B valuation. Image Credits: Postman.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

The startup’s ambitions aren’t cheap, FlyMachine tells TechCrunch it has raised $21 million in investor funding to bankroll its plans. Meanwhile, startups like Wave raised huge bouts of VC funding to turn real performers into digital avatars in a bid to create more digital-native concerts.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

The San Francisco-based startup’s SaaS (software-as-a-service) platform currently processes over $5 billion in mortgages and consumer loans per day, up from nearly $3 billion last July. Today, Blend made its debut as a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol “ BLND.” million in 2020.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Today, the unified payments app is announcing that it has raised $32.8 So, u sers from different countries — Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya, for now — can connect their bank or mobile money accounts to Dash, pay bills, and send and receive money to other users while the platform handles currency conversions. The Dash team.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In 2018, Leslie Feinzaig , the founder of Female Founders Alliance , launched a free, equity-free accelerator for women called Ready, Set, Raise. The goal was to provide under-networked female founders the coaching and connections needed to raise money. Here’s a look at Ready, Set, Raise’s third cohort of startups: ?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Founded in 2015, Getaway builds “Outposts” — collections of tiny cabins in rustic locations within a two-hour drive of major cities like Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles and New York. He recalled talking to tech-focused venture capitalists who would ask, “Why isn’t this a platform?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

The latest such neobank to emerge is New York-based Daylight , which describes itself as the first LGBTQ+ digital banking platform in the United States. First Boulevard raises $5M for its digital bank aimed at Black America. There is a digital bank in Brazil with a similar mission called Pride Bank ).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Fashion items are among the most — if not the most — sought after on many e-commerce platforms. While general e-commerce activities between African shoppers and global brands have occurred informally via long-held relationships, several platforms have used tech to centralize these processes across various shopping brackets.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

In the latest development, Stitch — one of the prominent players building and operating these APIs in Africa — confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised $21 million in Series A funding. In total, Stitch has raised $27 million to date. New York-based long-term investment firm The Spruce House Partnership led this round of funding.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2023

Today, Hack The Box , one of the startups that’s built a platform to help cultivate more of the latter group with a gamified approach, is announcing $55 million in funding to expand its business after racking up 1.7 Its last valuation, previously updated in 2021 after it raised $10.6 million users.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Alloy, which has built an identity operating system for banks and fintechs, announced Thursday that it has raised $100 million at a $1.35 Lightspeed Venture Partners led the Series C round, which comes just over one year after New York-based Alloy raised $40 million in a Series B financing. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Ukio , a short-term furnished apartment rental platform aimed at the “flexible workforce,” has raised €27 million ($28 million) in a Series A round of funding. It’s worth noting that guests book initially for a set period of time, but they can extend their stay through Ukio’s online platform.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Mundi, a financial services platform for cross-border trade, announced today it has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Union Square Ventures. . The New York-based firm has also backed the likes of fintech giants such as Coinbase and Stripe.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

Pet pharmacy Mixlab has developed a digital platform enabling veterinarians to prescribe medications and have them delivered — sometimes on the same day — to pet parents. The platform manages the home delivery of medications across branded, generic and over-the-counter medications, as well as reduces a clinic’s on-site pharmacy inventories.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

Clear Street , which says it is building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, has raised $270 million in the second tranche of a Series B funding round at a $2 billion valuation. New York-based Clear Street raised the first tranche of the round in May of 2022 at a $1.7 billion valuation. Sign up here.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Last year we covered how “&Open” (yes, “ampersand open,” pronounced “And Open”) had raised a raised $7.2 Other new and existing investors also contributed to this round. The Series A brings &Open’s total capital raised to $33.2 and plans to open an office in New York City in the next year.

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Futurism

MARCH 18, 2025

I t's a platform where millions of monthly users the company has declined to say how many are children and teens, but it's clearly a dominant portion of its audience engage in immersive conversations with AI chatbots designed to act like real-life celebrities, beloved fandom characters, and original personas. is striking.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In 2016, Andrew Hoag, formerly a senior manager at Verisign and a web project lead at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay , a platform that attempts to automate the software purchasing process for companies. ” Teampay’s platform provides workflows for employees to submit and approve spending. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Blockchain developer platform Alchemy announced today it has raised $80 million in a Series B round of funding led by Coatue and Addition, Lee Fixel’s new fund. The company previously raised a total of $15.5 million, so the latest financing brings its total raised to $95.5 million since it launched in 2017.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

Today’s news is from Alerzo , a little-known B2B e-commerce retail startup based in Ibadan, Nigeria. million Series A round led by New York-based Nosara Capital. In total, Alerzo has raised more than $20 million since its launch. About one-third of the total retailers on Alerzo use the platform monthly.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Xreal announced in January 2024 it had raised an additional $60 million in funding for further development of its AR glasses. And in October, it shared that it has sold more than 430,000 pairs of glasses as it promoted new retail distribution deals around the world, including with Micro Center in the United States.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Last year, former Glossier executives Henry Davis and Bryan Mahoney unveiled a new e-commerce startup called Arfa. Today, they’re announcing a new vision for the company, along with a new name, new funding and an acquisition. ” ‘Headless’ e-commerce platform Fabric raises $43M.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

Over the years, London-based Invstr has built out an educational platform with features such as an investing Academy. Over 1 million users have downloaded the platform globally. In the unveiling of its new offerings, Invstr also announced Wednesday that it has closed on a $20 million Series A in the form of a convertible offering.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Vets , a tech-enabled pet healthcare platform that provides at-home care, has raised $40 million in seed funding led by Target Global, PICO Venture Partners and Bolt Ventures. Starting today, The Vets’ services are now available in New York City as well. The Vets has served more than 7,000 pets to date.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

and Europe comb through their data and derive better insights from it, has raised $12 million in a new financing round following a strong year of growth, it said Thursday. Sigmoid plans to deploy the fresh funds to strengthen its offerings, build new capabilities, broaden delivery centers and enhance its sales, he said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Earlier today, we reported that New York-based startup Adapty raised $2.5 By magnitude of funding, the leader by far is YC-backed RevenueCat , which has raised $56.5 Why mobile subscription management platforms are enjoying tailwinds by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

New York-based private investment firm Avenir Growth Capital and U.S. New and existing investors who participated include DST Global, Early Capital Berrywood, Green Visor Capital, Greycroft Capital, Insight Ventures, PayPal, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Management, Worldpay FIS 9yards Capital. . Maybe just a few.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Vast Data, to make an obvious pun, is raising vast sums of cash. The New York-based startup, which provides a scale-out, unstructured data storage solution designed to eliminate tiered storage (i.e.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Titan , a startup that is building a retail investment management platform aimed at the new generation of “everyday investors,” has closed on $58 million in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The financing comes just over five months after Titan raised $12.5 Titan nabs $12.5M

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Angling to cash in on the gold rush, LexCheck, an AI-powered contract analysis platform, closed a $17 million Series A funding round today led by Mayfield Fund, the startup announced. ” Sangha, a law lecturer at the University of Pennslyvania and a licensed attorney in the State of New York, founded LexCheck in 2015. .”

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Yesterday (the pre-push) was really strong for our NPOs, which was encouraging to see,” said a spokesperson for platforms GoFundMe and Classy. The Classy platform data was showing organizations are “generally holding strong compared to last year, and we are seeing an uptick in big gifts coming online,” according to the spokesperson. “We

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Substack , the five-year-old newsletter platform that has aggressively positioned itself as a disruptive force in media, has abandoned efforts to raise a Series C round, the New York Times is reporting today. It had earlier raised a $15.3 million Series A round led by a16z in 2019. and global economies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

This year’s top auctioneers are driving impactful change, raising crucial funds and leveraging their expertise to make a difference for great causes worldwide. In fact, she will often offer a surprise song during fundraising to encourage more donations – her songs have raised up to an additional $10,000 for her beloved clients!

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Following its 2023 unveiling of two of the largest quantum computers ever made, IBM expanded and upgraded its cloud quantum service and its open-source Qiskit quantum software platform in 2024. The same month, IBM delivered its first quantum computer on a university campus, at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

French startup Upflow has raised a $15 million Series A round. You can charge your clients from your existing invoicing platform. Where systems were previously closed and disconnected, Upflow's platform enables smooth and clear processes,” co-founder and CEO Alexandre Louisy said in a statement.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Today, B12 , a startup that is focused on helping those smaller professional service organizations such as law and accounting firms or mortgage brokerages more easily accept online payments and build a digital presence in general, announced it has raised $15.7 million in funding led by Tola Capital. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

The pair had one previous successful exit in Dealtable.com, a social data room platform. . TechCrunch reported on the New York-based startup’s $10 million Series A raise in mid-March 2021. The great Gatsby raises millions to take on Robinhood. Its app launched into iOS and Android in early 2020.

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