MasterClass co-founder’s Outlier.org raises $30M for affordable, virtual college courses – TechCrunch
Outlier.org — a startup offering intro-level college courses online at a relatively affordable price — is announcing that it has
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Window Snyder’s new startup Thistle Technologies raises $2.5M seed to secure IoT devices – TechCrunch
The Internet of Things has a security problem. The past decade has seen wave after wave of new internet-connected devices,
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Universal Hydrogen raises $20.5M Series A to help launch hydrogen aviation – TechCrunch
The race to decarbonize aviation got a boost this Earth Day with the announcement of a $20.5 million Series A
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Fraud prevention platform Sift raises $50M at over $1B valuation, eyes acquisitions – TechCrunch
With the increase of digital transacting over the past year, cybercriminals have been having a field day. In 2020, complaints
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E-commerce tracking platform AfterShip raises $66M led by Tiger Global – TechCrunch
AfterShip launched in 2012 to help online sellers track packages across different carriers, but since then it has built a
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Podcast recording platform Riverside.fm raises $9.5M – TechCrunch
The past year has changed the way we work, on so many levels — a fact from which podcasters certainly
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Applied XL raises $1.5M to build ‘editorial algorithms’ that track real-time data – TechCrunch
AppliedXL, a startup creating machine learning tools with what it describes as a journalistic lens, is announcing that it has
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Bux, a European Robinhood, raises $80M to expand its neo-broker platform – TechCrunch
A new wave of apps have democratized the concept of investing, bringing the concept of trading stocks and currencies to
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Dutch startup Go Sharing raises $60M to expand beyond e-mopeds and into new markets – TechCrunch
On-demand access to electric mopeds — the small, motorised scooters that you sit on, not kick — has been a
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OCUS raises 20M€/$24M to accelerate the delivery of the best performing images at scale
PARIS, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Paris based OCUS™, the API for Imagery, today announced it has closed a 20M€/$24M investment
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Ornikar raises $120M as its driving school marketplace goes up a gear with car insurance – TechCrunch
A French startup that set out to bring a new approach to driver education and road safety, and then used
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Hive raises $85M for AI-based APIs to help moderate content, identify objects and more – TechCrunch
As content moderation continues to be a critical aspect of how social media platforms work — one that they may
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Per Diem raises $2.3M to help local businesses build subscription programs – TechCrunch
It might be time for neighborhood restaurants and coffee shops to start thinking about a subscription business — at least
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Affect raises a seed round to grow its stimulant abuse recovery service – TechCrunch
There are any number of seed rounds that cross our desks every day, a never-ending march of enterprise software, consumer
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Creator+ raises $12M to build a film studio and streaming service focused on digital storytellers – TechCrunch
In the words of co-founder and CEO Jonathan Shambroom, Creator+ is a new startup that will “finance, produce and distribute
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Discount grocery startup Misfits Market raises $200M – TechCrunch
Misfits Market, a startup known for selling “ugly” fruits and vegetables at discount prices, announced this morning that it has
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Remote hiring startup Deel raises $156M at a $1.25B valuation after 20x growth in 2020 – TechCrunch
Many of the world’s organizations shifted to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But even as more people are
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AppOmni raises $40M for tools to secure enterprise SaaS apps – TechCrunch
Enterprises are adopting an ever-wider range of SaaS applications to work and interface with customers, and that is proving to
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ActiveCampaign raises $240M at a $3B valuation as marketing and sales automation come into focus for SMBs – TechCrunch
As businesses continue to adopt new digital tools to get their names out into the world, a startup that’s built
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UK startup Causal raises $4.2M to kill Excel with a better number-crunching app – TechCrunch
Excel and Google Sheets can only address pure ‘number crunching’ in a limited way. A new UK startup, Causal hopes
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Nigerian fintech Okra raises $3.5M backed by Accenture Ventures and Susa Ventures – TechCrunch
The last five years have seen a plethora of fintech applications in Nigeria (and Africa, in general) grow at an
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BlaBlaCar raises $115 million to build all-in-one travel app – TechCrunch
French startup BlaBlaCar has raised a new $115 million funding round (€97 million). While the company is better known for
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Injective Protocol raises $10M from Pantera Capital, Mark Cuban for its ‘DeFi Robinhood’ – TechCrunch
Back in December last year Injective Protocol, launched the testnet for its DeFi protocols for cross-chain derivatives trading, with backing
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Catch&Release raises $14M to help marketers find and license content from across the web – TechCrunch
Catch&Release founder and CEO Analisa Goodin told me that she wants to help brands break free from the limitations of
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Gaming infrastructure startup Pragma raises $12M from Greylock, Mark Pincus and others – TechCrunch
Pragma is building what it calls a “backend as a service,” providing ready-made infrastructure to developers of online, live service
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Grip Security raises $6M to improve SaaS security – TechCrunch
Many large enterprises now rely on hundreds of third-party SaaS applications to do business, but their security organizations can barely
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Singapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms for financial institutions – TechCrunch
Singapore-based fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (STACS) announced today it has raised $3.6 million USD in pre-Series A funding. The company
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Alan raises $220 million for its health insurance and healthcare superapp – TechCrunch
French startup Alan has raised a $220 million funding round at a $1.67 billion valuation (€185 million and €1.4 billion
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Druva raises $147M at a valuation north of $2B as the cloud rush continues – TechCrunch
Druva, a software company that sells cloud data backup services, announced today that it has closed a $147 million round
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HDS, from the Borders and Webvan founder, raises $3M as it gears up to launch its robot-run grocery and general merchandise play – TechCrunch
The online grocery market is poised to get a little more crowded in the next several months, with the launch
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