While insurers continue to be bothered by startups like Lemonade, Alan, Clearcover, Pie, and many others who are using technology to rethink how a business can be built to help people and businesses manage risk with some financial security To mitigate, fraud is a problem that has not gone away. Today a startup from France … Read more
Bitso, a regulated crypto exchange in Latin America, announced today that it has raised $ 250 million in a Series C funding round that valued the company at $ 2.2 billion. Tiger Global and Coatue jointly led the round, which also included the participation of Paradigm, BOND & Valor Capital Group and existing supporters QED, … Read more
Nathan Beckord Contributor More contributions from this contributor The lightning-fast Serie A (that was 3 years in the making) Founders looking for their first check need a fundraiser sales funnel Domm Holland, co-founder and CEO of the e-commerce startup Fast seems to be living the dream of a founder. His big idea came from a … Read more
Arrival, the electric vehicle maker trying to get rid of the assembly line in favor of highly automated microfactories, is partnering with Uber to develop an electric vehicle for hail drivers. The arrival is expected to announce the final vehicle design before the end of the year and production will begin in the third quarter … Read more
Four months after a round of $ 30 million growth in Bibit, Sequoia Capital India has doubled its investment in the Indonesian robo-advisor app. Bibit announced today that it has led a new round of $ 65 million in growth, which included participation from Prosus Ventures, Tencent, Harvard Management Company, and returning investors AC Ventures … Read more
This week we welcome guest Hana Mohan to our Found Podcast. Hana is the co-founder and CEO of MagicBell, a new startup she co-founded with Josue Montano that recently completed the Y Combinator Winter 2021 cohort. MagicBell is a full-featured, plug-and-play notification inbox aimed at developers who want to add one to their own product … Read more
My mom gets to the point when she describes my beat to others. In her words, I cover companies like Uber before they become companies like Uber. And honestly? I can’t exactly contradict the description. The best feeling in tech journalism is telling a story about a startup before it becomes a household name. As … Read more
Startup life, especially in the early innings, is downright hectic. Who wouldn’t love to have a clone or two to do it all? Well we can’t clone you, but we can give you more time to sign up and save a pass to TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising July 8th-9th. We are extending … Read more
Two years ago we spoke to Lior Susan, the founder of the now six-year Eclipse Venture in Palo Alto, Ca. At the time, the outfit believed that the next big thing wasn’t another social network, but rather the transformation of old industries through full-tech Stacks – including hardware, software, and data – that could bring … Read more
The final year of the pandemic was real and sometimes harrowing evidence of the importance of having efficient and well-equipped emergency services in place. They can help people remotely if they need to, and when they can’t they make sure that personal help in medical and other situations can be dispatched quickly. Today, a company … Read more