FEBE Ventures launches $75 million second fund
[ad_1] FEBE Ventures’ name stands for “For Entrepreneurs By Entrepreneurs,” and true to form, it is continuing to support seed-stage...
Fearless Fund grant program was already ‘at risk’ before lawsuit
[ad_1] Fearless Fund’s Strivers Grant Program was already in danger before Edward Blum’s American Alliance for Equal Rights sued it...
Polestar’s climate bot isn’t really a bot. It’s better that way.
[ad_1] “When is a bot a person?,” my colleague Kirsten asked after I learned that Polestar’s climate bot is more...
Building for Medicaid’s regulatory moment with Neil Batlivala from Pair Team
[ad_1] Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined...
Pika, which is building AI tools to generate and edit videos, raises $55M
[ad_1] The generative AI hype hasn’t died down yet. Case in point, Pika, a startup creating an AI-powered platform to...
Meta’s EU ad-free subscription faces early privacy challenge
[ad_1] Meta’s shiny new bid to circumvent European Union privacy rules — by offering users a false choice between paying...
Wind.app makes DeFi accessible to the average consumer
[ad_1] Hussain Elius is best known as the co-founder of Pathao, one of Bangladesh’s top ride-sharing apps. For his latest...
Apple partner Foxconn to invest $1.5 billion in India
[ad_1] Foxconn plans to invest $1.54 billion in India, the latest in its growing expansion plan, following a surge in...
Reddit might once again be flirting with an IPO
[ad_1] Social media giant Reddit is once again reportedly testing the IPO waters. Bloomberg reported on Monday that Reddit “is...
Ransomware ‘catastrophe’ at Fidelity National Financial causes panic with homeowners and buyers
[ad_1] Last Tuesday, Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, a real estate services company that bills itself as the “leading provider...
RepeatMD lands capital to grow its aesthetics and wellness booking business
[ad_1] Traditionally, the aesthetics and wellness industry — med spas, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, weight loss clinics, OBGYNS and so on...
After two ambitious years, TikTok parent ByteDance starts mass layoffs in gaming
[ad_1] ByteDance’s gaming ambition has been an expensive, short-lived pursuit. In late 2021, the TikTok parent’s plans for video games...
India’s EMotorad rides high with $20M investment for global e-bike push
[ad_1] EMotorad, an Indian startup manufacturing electric bikes, raised $20 million in a Series B round as it aims to...
TC Startup Battlefield master class with Blumberg Capital: Make the most of your investors’ expertise
[ad_1] Funding is a necessary part of growing and scaling your startup. However, investors can do more than just provide...
Reflections on Web Summit: Out of the frying pan, and out of the fire?
[ad_1] “What controversy?” said the journalist from a global mainstream television outlet to me at the Web Summit Media Dinner,...
What startup founders need to know about AI heading into 2024
[ad_1] Now that the OpenAI leadership saga has died down, startup founders building with AI can get back to work...
Bruised Cruise shifts gears in scaled-down robotaxi comeback plan
[ad_1] Cruise executives are taking a measured business approach that preserves cash and improves safety culture in an attempt to...
Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant startup, quietly raises an additional $43M
[ad_1] Neuralink, the Elon Musk-founded company developing implantable chips that can read brain waves, has raised an additional $43 million...
Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, Apple adopts RCS, and Binance’s CEO pleads guilty to charges
[ad_1] Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular recap of the past few days in tech. The...
Black Friday online buying hits a record $9.8B in the US, $70.9B globally
[ad_1] A rush of deep discounts and the growth of flexible payment options were the drivers behind $9.8 billion in...
