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Jan 6, 2021 • 4min
Sources: Hinge Health has raised $310M Series D at a $3B valuation
Hinge Health, the San Francisco-based company that offers a digital solution to treat chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions — such as back and joint pain — has closed a $310 million in Series D funding, according to sources. The round is led by Coatue and Tiger Global, and values 2015-founded Hinge at $3 billion post-money, people […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 6, 2021 • 5min
Kyte raises $9 million to deliver rental cars to your doorstep
More than two years ago, Ludwig Schoenack, Nikolaus Volk and Francesco Wiedemann looked at the bevy of scooter services, ride-hailing apps, public transit and car-sharing options available in most urban centers in the United States and saw a gap in the mobility market. Consumers who didn’t want to own a car, but needed one for […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 5, 2021 • 5min
Divvy raises $165M as the spend management space stays red-hot
Today Divvy, a Utah-based startup that focuses on corporate spend management, announced that it has closed a $165 million round at a $1.6 billion valuation. The company said that the new capital was raised from Hanaco, Schonfeld, PayPal Ventures, and Whale Rock, along with a cadre of prior investors. The new investment is not Divvy’s […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 4, 2021 • 3min
It’s not just you, Slack is struggling this morning
Slack did its best to ease the working world back into their jobs this morning by breaking, ensuring that everyone’s return to the grind would be as chaotic and unproductive as possible. Precisely when the downtime began is not clear, though problems amongst the TechCrunch staff began a little after ten o’clock in the morning. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 1, 2021 • 3min
Union Square Ventures and Learn Capital file paperwork indicating new funds
As 2020 comes to a long-awaited end, a series of filings indicate that venture capitalists are ending the year with fresh money. According to SEC paperwork, Learn Capital and USV have filed paperwork that shows the firms have raised new, multimillion-dollar funds. If you’ve been paying attention to news this past year, it’s clear that […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 30, 2020 • 4min
CommonGround raises $19M to rethink online communication
CommonGround, a startup developing technology for what its founders describe as “4D collaboration,” is announcing that it has raised $19 million in funding. This isn’t the first time Amir Bassan-Eskenazi and Ran Oz have launched a startup together — they also founded video networking company BigBand Networks, which won two technology-related Emmy Awards, went public […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 30, 2020 • 3min
Skyroot successfully test fires India’s first privately-made solid rocket stage
Rocket launch startup Skyroot is closing out 2020 with a key milestone in the development program for their Vikram-I launch vehicle: A successful test firing of a solid rocket propulsion stage that serves as a demonstrator of the same tech to be used in the production Vikram. This is the first time that a private […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 29, 2020 • 5min
Estonian proptech Rendin raises €1.2M seed for its long-term rental platform
Rendin, an Estonian proptech startup that wants to improve the home rental experience, including offering a no-deposit feature, has raised €1.2 million in seed funding. Backing the round is Tera Ventures, Iron Wolf Capital, Truesight Ventures, Atomico’s Angel Programme, and Startup Wise Guys. Launched in Estonia in March this year and currently expanding to Poland, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 28, 2020 • 4min
Chinese online education app Zuoyebang raises $1.6 billion from investors including Alibaba
The rivalry between China’s top online learning apps has become even more intense this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest company to score a significant funding round is Zuoyebang, which announced today (link in Chinese) that it has raised a $1.6 billion Series E+ from investors including Alibaba Group. Other participants included returning […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 28, 2020 • 4min
Bandit ML helps e-commerce businesses present the most effective offer to each shopper
Bandit MLÂ aims to optimize and automate the process of presenting the right offer to the right customer. The startup was part of the summer 2020 class at accelerator Y Combinator . It also raised a $1.32 million seed round in September from YC, Haystack Fund, Webb Investment Network, Liquid 2 Ventures, Jigsaw Ventures, Basecamp Fund, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
