TechCrunch Startup News
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Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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Oct 11, 2023 • 4min
Zest Equity, a UAE-based startup digitizing private market deals, raises $3.8M seed funding
UAE-based Zest Equity, a startup digitizing private market dealings, has raised $3.8 million seed funding to build more tools for enabling fast and transparent transactions by ecosystem players while increasing their liquidity through secondary deals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 11, 2023 • 3min
Orus offers business insurance products to restaurant owners and other small companies
French startup Orus has raised an $11.6 million Series A funding round (€11 million). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 10, 2023 • 8min
Heura adds ‘York ham style slices’ to its 100%-plant-based vegan mix
Barcelona-based Heura, a disrupter in the plant-based protein space since 2017, has a product hitting shelves shortly in Spain and France that it reckons will have the most committed meat eaters sitting up in disbelief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 10, 2023 • 4min
Wanda Fish navigates VC waters to catch $7M for production of cultivated bluefin tuna
The company aims to create whole-cut cultivated fish filets, starting with bluefin tuna, using muscle and fat cells. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 9, 2023 • 9min
Singapore’s tech subscription service Circular wants to keep devices out of the landfill
Circular, backed by Y Combinator, is a service that offers consumers in Singapore and Australia subscriptions to high-end electronics, like iPhones, Samsung Galaxy, iPad Pros and MacBook Pros. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 9, 2023 • 9min
Consumer brand accelerator SuperOrdinary gets $58M Series B at $800M valuation
The average shopper probably hasn’t heard of SuperOrdinary, but if they are a beauty or skincare fan, they’ve definitely heard of some of the brands the startup works with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 6, 2023 • 4min
Ohm’s Quest is an electronic puzzle console inspired by escape rooms
Ohm’s Quest is a steampunk-inspired cubical device that acts as a sort of escape game console. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 6, 2023 • 3min
Amazon shutters its live radio app Amp
Amazon has shut down its Clubhouse competitor’s live radio app Amp almost 18 months after its launch. The app allowed users to play DJ and provide commentary alongside playing tracks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 5, 2023 • 5min
CoPilot, a training app that matches users with remote fitness coaches, raises $6.3M
CoPilot, a digital training app that matches users with one-on-one remote fitness coaches, has raised $6.3M in Series A-1 funding led by Jackson Square Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 5, 2023 • 5min
Sam Altman backs teens’ AI startup automating browser-native workflows
Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman’s AI grant are among backers of an AI startup, founded by two teenagers, that’s aiming to assist businesses in automating numerous workflows in previously unexplored ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
