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Grab raises up to $856M to boost payments business as rumors swirl of a merger with rival Gojek
Southeast Asian on-demand transport startup Gojek denies that it is involved in talks to merge with Grab but today Grab…
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Speedinvest raises new €190M fund to continue backing early-stage European tech startups
Speedinvest, the European seed-stage VC that was started from Vienna but has since added offices in London, Berlin, Munich and…
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Revolut raises $500 million at a $5.5 billion valuation
Fintech startup Revolut is raising a large Series D round of funding. TCV is leading the $500 million round, valuing…
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VC firm Oxx says SaaS startups should avoid high-risk growth models
Oxx, a European venture capital firm co-founded by Richard Anton and Mikael Johnsson, this month announced the closing of its…
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Mirantis co-founder launches FreedomFi to bring private LTE networks to enterprises
Boris Renski, the co-founder of Mirantis, one of the earliest and best-funded players in the OpenStack space a few years…
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With cinnamon, fruit and mint-flavored nicotine gum, is LA’s Lucy Goods the next Juul?
David Renteln, the Los Angeles-based co-founder of Soylent and the co-founder and chief executive of new nicotine gum manufacturer Lucy…
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ProtoPie helps designers translate their work to engineering without the hassles
It’s the golden age of design for software companies. Designers are becoming more visible and popular on engineering teams, figuring…
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Stocks fall, Square earnings, and Capiche raises $1.1M
Good morning friends, and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a short-form audio hit to kickstart your week. Regular Equity episodes…
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The Plaid “mafia” begins with John Whitfield joining student loan fintech startup Summer
So far this year, one of the most eye-popping startup exits has been Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of fintech data…
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Chattermill raises $8M Series A to enable companies to gain customer feedback insights ‘at scale’
Chattermill, the London startup that offers what it calls a “customer understanding” platform that uses machine learning to gain scalable…
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