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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Jan 29, 2024 • 4min
Ola founder’s AI startup becomes unicorn in $50M funding
Krutrim, an AI startup founded by Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal, said it has raised a funding round that values it at $1 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 26, 2024 • 5min
Elo Life Systems grabs another $20.5M to get its monk fruit sweetener to market
Elo Life is focused on a number of technologies from developing plant-based sweeteners to crop protection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 26, 2024 • 5min
Prompt Security wants to make GenAI safe for the enterprise
Businesses are moving faster than ever to use generative AI and bring it to both their employees and users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 25, 2024 • 4min
General Catalyst leads $200M investment into Bilt Rewards, doubling its valuation to $3.1B
Bilt Rewards, whose platform aims to allow consumers to earn rewards on rent and daily neighborhood spend, has raised $200 million at a $3.1 valuation, the company announced today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 25, 2024 • 4min
Kittl raises another $36 million for its browser-based design tool
Just a year after raising $11.6 million, Kittl raised another $36 million in a Series B round led by IVP with some existing investors participating once again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 24, 2024 • 4min
Byju’s seeks new funding at less than $2 billion valuation, a 90% drop
Byju’s, once valued at $22 billion, is willing to cut its valuation to below $2 billion as it hunts for new funding, a person familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 24, 2024 • 6min
Plural, the VC led by founders, pulls together a new $432M fund to back European startups
European VC Plural has carved out a reputation for itself as being one of the few VCs in the region started and led by entrepreneurs who grew their own startups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 23, 2024 • 4min
Day One gets more social with a new collaborative ‘Shared Journals’ feature
Journal app Day One is introducing Shared Journals, a new social feature that lets you share stories and memories with your friends and family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 23, 2024 • 4min
Kenyan agtech Shamba Pride raises $3.7M to grow its merchant network
Shamba Pride has since 2016 worked to enhance last-mile distribution for farm inputs and tackle price exploitation and quality issues for farmers through its merchant network dubbed digishops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 22, 2024 • 3min
Plex confirms plan to launch TV and movie rentals next month
Media streamer Plex’s long-delayed plans to launch a marketplace for TV and movie rentals are finally being realized after multiple false starts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
