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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
Jan 22, 2024 • 4min
Farm-ng makes modular robots for a broad range of agricultural work
Agriculture is poised to be one of the next great robotics categories. Everyone needs to eat, and much of what we eat in this part of the world comes from large farms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 20, 2024 • 7min
What happened to Artifact?
Last week, Artifact, a buzzy news app from Instagram’s co-founders, announced it was shutting down after failing to gain critical mass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 19, 2024 • 10min
International Battery Company powers up with $35M funding to bridge EV gap in India
International Battery Company, a startup developing lithium-ion battery cells for electric vehicles, has raised $35 million as it plans to bridge the demand-supply gap in the growing EV market in India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
