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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Sep 13, 2023 • 5min
Kolors acquires Urbvan to transform corporate bus travel in Mexico
Kolors, a Mexico City-based startup that connects intercity bus riders with bus drivers, is acquiring B2B van pooling provider Urbvan for $12 million cash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 13, 2023 • 3min
Taiwan-based lifestyle app FunNow merges with Eatigo to broaden its Southeast Asia reach
FunNow, the Taiwan-based app that lets users book activities on-demand in five Asian countries, is growing its reach in Southeast Asia through a merger with restaurant booking app Eatigo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 12, 2023 • 6min
Ascento’s robots aid overstretched security guards
Like in many industries, there’s an acute shortage of security guards. This means guards still on the job have to pull extra hours and are more likely to make mistakes because of fatigue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 12, 2023 • 5min
Scala Biodesign makes it easy to re-engineer proteins one molecule at a time – or 50
There’s a gold rush on in biotech as AI and other tools are used to find new drugs and treatments. With $5.5 million in new funding, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 11, 2023 • 4min
Perfios raises $229 million for its real-time credit underwriting solutions
Perfios, an Indian fintech that provides real-time credit underwriting solutions to banks and non-banking financial institutions, has raised $229 million in a new funding round as it looks deepen its expansion into North America and Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 11, 2023 • 4min
Low-code platform Retool makes it easier to bring AI smarts to business apps
Retool started out as a platform for building line-of-business apps, but over the last few years, the well-funded startup added a number of backend services as well, including, most recently, a workflow automation service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 8, 2023 • 5min
Compliance and risk management startup Certa raises $35M
Certa, a compliance, governance and risk management platform for enterprises, today announced that it raised $35 million in a Series B round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 8, 2023 • 6min
SimpleClosure raises $1.5M in less than 24 hours to help companies shut down faster and cheaper
It’s easy to start a startup. But it’s far more difficult to shut one down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 7, 2023 • 5min
U.K. rejoins Europe’s Horizon R&D program after prolonged Brexit stalemate
The U .K. is set to rejoin the European Union’s (EU) preeminent science R&D funding program, after a three-year hiatus resulting from a Brexit fallout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 7, 2023 • 3min
Josys, a SaaS management platform, raises $93M
Josys, a startup offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to automate corporate IT software application management, has raised a $93 million Series B round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
