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Indonesian earned wage access platform Wagely raises $8.3M as it expands into Bangladesh
Wagely, an earned wage access (EWA) platform based in Jakarta and Dhaka, has raised $8.3 million in pre-Series A funding, just seven months after announcing its seed round. The new funds will be us...
Well…Facebook has a TikTok now
What’s Facebook doing on TikTok? Scoping out the competition? DM’ing Charli? Recruiting beta testers? Buying ads? We’ll know soon enough because the social networking company has ...
Mercedes-Benz shows off the interior of the 2023 EQS SUV
Ahead of its official debut on April 19th, Mercedes-Benz has shared a first look at the interior of the 2023 EQS SUV. As you can see from the photos the automaker provided, Mercedes didn’t reinvent...
Mark Zuckerberg says NFTs are coming to Instagram soon
Meta wants you to mint in the metaverse. In a conversation at SXSW, Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company plans to introduce NFTs into Instagram in the “near term.” While the Meta ...
Cadillac will offer two new features to select Super Cruise drivers this summer
GM’s Super Cruise will learn two new tricks this summer. GM announced on Tuesday that the driver assist system will offer Automatic Lane Change and Trailering capabilities for eligible owners...
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Bird’s Q4 revenues beat expectations, but investors don’t love its conservative 2022 growth forecast
Shared micromobility company Bird disclosed its 2021 fourth quarter and full year earnings on Tuesday after the bell. The report was the company’s second public earnings release after finaliz...
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Startup banking service Mercury jumps into debt lending to take on Silicon Valley Bank
Mercury, a well-funded, three-year-old startup that offers a host of banking services to startups, is today rolling out a new offering for its customers: venture debt. The idea is to loan out $200 ...
Russia’s App Store lost nearly 7K apps since its invasion of Ukraine, but some Big Tech apps remain
The Russian App Store has lost 6,982 mobile apps since the start of the Ukraine invasion, as numerous companies have now pulled their apps and games from Apple’s iPhone and iPad App Stores in...
Infrastructure bill could promote lean construction via data capture
Construction crews’ job site knowledge is rich with insights, and technology can convert these insights into process benchmarks to improve performance, validate workers’ skills and plan projects.
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Bear Robotics targets restaurant staffing shortages with another $81M raise
One of the most interesting things about following food robotics startups over the past couple of years is tracking all of the different tasks companies are looking to automate, from prep to delive...
Google unveils ‘Immersive Stream for Games,’ its service that lets companies use Stadia’s tech
At its Google for Games Developer Summit, Google today unveiled Stadia’s B2B offering called “Immersive Stream for Games.” The offering, which was created in partnership with Google Cloud, wi...
Apple’s Studio Display fills an obvious gap in the monitor market
At Apple’s March event, the company announced the Studio Display, a new, 27-inch external monitor that starts at $1,599 — a huge step down in price from the company’s only other monitor...
TechCrunch+ roundup: Crypto tax prep, no-code survey, 4 VCs discuss how to pitch them
Even after due diligence, it’s still hard to determine exactly which kinds of deals an investor is looking for at the moment.
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Ukraine’s Mykhailo Fedorov talks about corporate sanctions and running a government during wartime
The Russian army started invading Ukraine three weeks ago. And the conflict has been multifaceted...
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How the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to shake up BNPL in 2022
BNPL services offer customers accessibility and flexibility for payments, but unregulated service...
How European startups are aiding Ukrainian refugees
Thomas Duscha, founder and CEO of Berlin-based battery swapping startup Swobbee, was in Poland visiting family in early March when the reach of the Ukraine crisis galvanized him to action. “I was j...
Google launches a new program to offer tools to select game developers on Google Play
Google made a handful of announcements related to the Play Store at its Games Developer Summit this morning. Firstly, Google launched a new “Google Play Partner Program for Games” to pr...
When should an early-stage startup hire a full-time lawyer?
It’s better to hire your first in-house lawyer when it hurts a bit — when you start to feel stretched thin — rather than too early in your business’ lifecycle