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MindFi gets $2M seed to create localized mental wellness programs for APAC markets
Mental wellness startup MindFi operates throughout APAC, but wants to deliver “culturally competent” care in each of its markets. To do that, it develops programs for its app, available as an emplo...
Singapore-based Reebelo raises $20M to save pre-owned devices from landfills
Based in Singapore with offices throughout Asia and Australia, Reebelo wants to make buying pre-owned tech as desirable as a brand new device. “What we have seen is that many younger generations ar...
Korean internet giant Naver backs e-commerce aggregator New Vessel in seed round
According to eMarketer, Japan and Korea’s e-commerce markets were estimated at $144 billion and $121 billion, respectively, in 2021. Despite the large e-commerce market size, both countries have fe...
TC Sessions: Mobility 2022
The early bird has landed — buy your in-person pass to TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 today and save
Who’s ready to mobilize and meet up in real life? And by “mobilize” we mean join more than 2,000 mobile-minded movers and shakers at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California, on May 18-1...
Daily Crunch: Hackers leak names, personal details of donors to ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest
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Max Q: Is one guy building out private human space demand?
When SpaceX’s first paying space customer flew on a Crew Dragon with a handpicked crew of three last year, it had all the markings of a one-and-done stunt kind of thing. Billionaire Jared Isa...
Tesla opens entire Supercharger network in the Netherlands to all EVs
Tesla said Monday that non-Tesla owners can charge their electric vehicles at all Supercharger stations in the Netherlands. The announcement marks an expansion of a pilot program that kicked off in...
What BlockFi’s $100M settlement with the SEC means for future of DeFi lending
Crypto lending platform BlockFi will pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) $100 million in a settlement over claims that the company violated securities law through its interest acc...
Joby Aviation partners with Japanese airline to launch air taxi service
Joby Aviation is partnering with Japanese airline ANA to bring aerial ridesharing services to Japan. Toyota Motor Corporation will be partnering with the two companies, as well, in order to explore...
Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote
The first hire at our SaaS startup was not an engineer. It might seem counterintuitive, but the first person on board at Wingback was a Fractional Head of Remote — and it was the best decision we m...
How one founder is using fintech to get more EVs on the road
When serial founder turned venture capitalist Sunil Paul decided to step back into startups, it was only after trying to give away the idea behind his fintech company Spring Free EV for over a deca...
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Schoolytics is a dashboard that keeps teachers, students and parents on the same page
When I was in school — which, judging by how my spine feels most mornings, was fourteen thousand years ago — keeping track of how you were doing on your homework felt, itself, like homework. Parent...
TechCrunch Early Stage 2022
Here’s what you’ll learn at TechCrunch Early Stage in San Francisco this April
TechCrunch Early Stage is the ultimate educational resource for a founder who is just getting started. We’ve tapped experts across myriad startup core competencies, from fundraising to operat...
Proxi is making digital maps cooler
Depending on your age, getting from point A to point B might have involved paper maps — what we called an “atlas,” the giant book that lived in the pocket behind the passenger seat of the car. As m...
Novoloop says it’s worked out how to upcycle plastic waste, raises $11M Series A
Upcycling polyethylene (the normal ubiquitous plastic we are all familiar with) into high-value plastics that can compete with “virgin” plastic (meaning plastics made directly from petr...
Exploring the many faces of sidewalk delivery robots with Cartken’s Anjali Jindal Naik
“Sidewalks, to us, seem like the best way to get to an origin and an end destination. So that’s kind of where we’ve landed.”
Here are the best and worst 2022 Super Bowl tech ads
What’s more illustrative of American capitalism than that day-after water cooler chat about the advertisements we saw during the Super Bowl? From food delivery apps to phones that were shocki...
Texas attorney general files lawsuit against Meta over Facebook’s facial recognition technology
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Meta over Facebook’s facial recognition practices, his office announced on Monday. The news was first reported by The Wall Street...
FBI warns BlackByte ransomware is targeting US critical infrastructure
The BlackByte ransomware gang appears to have made a comeback after targeting at least three U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, according to an advisory from the FBI and the Secret Service. Blac...
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‘Horizon: Forbidden West’ is the final boss of the outgoing gaming generation
It’s hard to imagine a bigger game than Horizon: Forbidden West. The second in the open-wor...