TechCrunch Startup News
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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May 21, 2024 • 5min
CyberArk snaps up Venafi for $1.54B to ramp up in machine-to-machine security
CyberArk — one of the army of larger security companies founded out of Israel — is acquiring Venafi, a specialist in machine identity, for $1.54 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 21, 2024 • 4min
Agora raises $34B Series B to keep building the Carta for real estate
Since he was very young, Bar Mor knew that he would inevitably do something with real estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 20, 2024 • 4min
Thoma Bravo’s LogRhythm merges with Exabeam in more cybersecurity consolidation
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo has announced that its security information and event management (SIEM) company LogRhythm will be merging with Exabeam, a rival cybersecurity company backed by the likes of Cisco and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 20, 2024 • 5min
Spoor uses AI to save birds from wind turbines
Wind is the largest source of renewable energy in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, but wind farms come with an environmental cost as wind turbines can wreak havoc on bird populations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 17, 2024 • 7min
Embedded accounting startup Layer secures $2.3M toward goal of replacing Quickbooks
So did investors laugh them out of the room when they explained how they wanted to replace Quickbooks? Kind of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 16, 2024 • 4min
Meet PayHOA, a profitable and once-bootstrapped SaaS startup that just landed a $27.5M Series A
PayHOA, a previously bootstrapped Kentucky-based startup that offers software for self-managed homeowner associations is an example of how real-world problems can translate into opportunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 16, 2024 • 5min
Orange Charger thinks a $750 outlet will solve EV charging for apartment dwellers
Charging has long been the Achilles’ heel of electric vehicles. One startup thinks it has a better way for apartment dwelling EV drivers to charge overnight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 15, 2024 • 5min
Aplazo is using buy-now-pay-later as a stepping stone to financial ubiquity in Mexico
Four-year-old Mexican BNPL startup Aplazo facilitates fractionated payments to offline and online merchants even when the buyer doesn't have a credit card. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 15, 2024 • 5min
Sona, a frontline workforce management platform, raises $27.5M with eyes on US expansion
Sona, a workforce management platform for frontline employees, has raised $27.5 million in a Series A round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 14, 2024 • 5min
Retell AI lets companies build ‘voice agents’ to answer phone calls
Call centers are embracing automation. There’s debate as to whether that’s a good thing, but it’s happening — and quite possibly accelerating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
