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Washington’s political class doesn’t know Y Combinator exists — yet
After educating the D.C. market, YC aims to leverage its influence, particularly in areas like competition policy. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
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Restate raises $7M for its lightweight workflows-as-code platform
When one of the co-creators of the popular open-source stream-processing framework Apache Flink launches a new startup, it’s worth paying...
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Paris-based AI startup Mistral AI raises $640 million
Mistral AI has closed its much rumored Series B funding round with General Catalyst leading the round. The company has secured €600 million...
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Kelvin wants to help save the planet by applying AI to home energy audits
French startup Kelvin, which uses computer vision and machine learning to make it easier to audit homes for energy efficiency, has raised $5.1M....
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Stake raises $14M to bring its fractional property investment platform to Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi
Dubai-based fractional property investment platform Stake has raised $14 million in Series A funding. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved....
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BlackRock has slashed the value of stake in Byju’s, once worth $22B, to zero
HSBC and BlackRock estimate that the Indian edtech giant Byju's, once valued at $22 billion, is now worth nothing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
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Kleiner Perkins leads $14.4M seed round into Fizz, a credit-building debit card aimed at Gen Z college students
Carlo Kobe and Scott Smith believed so strongly in the need for a debit card product designed specifically for Gen Zers that they dropped out of...
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Prolific Machines, with a $55M Series B, shines ‘light’ on a better way to grow lab proteins for food and medicine
Prolific Machines believes it has a way of transitioning away from molecules to something better: light. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved....
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Eyebot raised $6M for AI-powered kiosks that provide 90-second vision exams without an on-site optometrist
Over half of Americans wear corrective glasses or contact lenses. While there isn’t a shortage of low-cost and luxury frames available...
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Hoop uses AI to automatically manage your to-do list
If you’re anything like me, you’ve tried every to-do list app and productivity system, only to find yourself giving up sooner rather...
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SiTration uses silicon wafers to reclaim critical minerals from mining waste
The startup is hoping its durable filters can make metals refining and battery recycling more efficient, too. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
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Insurance provider Understory gets into renewable energy following $15M Series A
After growing 500% year-over-year in the past year, Understory is now launching a product focused on the renewable energy sector. © 2024...
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Taloflow puts AI to work on software vendor selection to reduce costs and save time
Taloflow, an early stage startup changing the way companies evaluate and select software, has raised $1.3M in a seed round. © 2024 TechCrunch....
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Eko Health scores $41M to detect heart and lung disease earlier and more accurately
In 1816, French physician René Laennec invented an instrument that allowed doctors to listen to the heart and lungs. That device — a stethoscope —...
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WndrCo officially gets into venture capital with fresh $460M across two funds
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Sujay Jaswa, along with three general partners, manage $1.5 billion in assets today through their Build, Venture and Seed...
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Fintech startup Forward grabs $16M to take on Stripe, lead future of integrated payments
It’s a lofty goal to take on legacy payments infrastructure, however, Forward’s model has an advantage by shifting the economics back to SaaS...
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Tech startup Odyssey goes on journey to help states implement school choice programs
The company's public fund disbursement and e-commerce platform makes accepting school tuition and enabling educational enrichment more accessible....
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Kinnect’s new app aims to help families record and store generational memories
A new startup called Kinnect aims to help people privately save generational memories, traditions, recipes and more. The company’s app, launched...
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Avendus, India’s top venture adviser, confirms it’s looking to raise a $350M fund
Avendus, the top investment bank for venture deals in India, confirmed on Wednesday it is looking to raise up to $350 million for its new private...
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Synapse, backed by a16z, has collapsed, and 10M consumers could be hurt
Synapse's bankruptcy shows just how treacherous things are for the often-interdependent fintech world when one key player hits trouble. © 2024...
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Meet the Finnish biotech startup bringing a long-lost mycoprotein to your plate
The best known mycoprotein is probably Quorn, a meat substitute that’s fast approaching its 40th birthday. But Finnish biotech startup...
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Finout lands cash to grow its cloud spend management platform
In 2021, Roi Ravhon, Asaf Liveanu and Yizhar Gilboa came together to found Finout, an enterprise-focused toolset to help manage and optimize cloud...
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Patronus AI is off to a magical start as LLM governance tool gains traction
These days every company is trying to figure out if their large language models are compliant with whichever rules they deem important, and with...
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Linktree surpasses 50M users, rolls out its social commerce program to more creators
Link-in-bio startup Linktree has crossed 50 million users and is rolling out the beta of its social commerce program. © 2024 TechCrunch. All...
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Immigrant banking platform Majority secures $20M following 3x revenue growth
For a $5.99 per month, immigrants have a bank account and debit card with fee-free international money transfers and discounted international...