Storm Ventures, a venture firm focused on early stage B2B start-ups, announced this week that it has promoted Pascale Diaine and Frederik Groce to partner with the company. The two new partners have worked their way up over the past few years. Groce joined Storm in 2016 and has invested in SaaS startups like Workato, … Read more
Facebook introduces another experimental app, Atlassian acquires a data visualization startup and Newsela becomes a unicorn. This is your daily crisis for February 26, 2021. The big story: Facebook launches rap app The new BARS app was created by the NPE team (Facebook’s internal R&D group), which allows rappers to choose from professionally created beats, … Read more
Raena’s team from left to right: Chief Operating Officer Guo Xing Lim, Chief Executive Officer Sreejita Deb and Chief Commercial Officer Widelia Liu Raena was founded in 2019 to create personal care brands with top social media influencers. However, after several startups, the Singapore-based startup quickly noticed an interesting trend: customers ordered batches of products … Read more
TechCrunch is launching a major project to survey venture capital investors in Europe and their cities. Our survey of VCs in the Czech Republic and Prague will show how the country is doing and what changes the coronavirus pandemic is causing among investors. We would like to know how the Prague and wider Czech startup … Read more
When Smash Ventures appeared as an investor in a $ 1.25 billion round for Epic Games in 2018 – reputedly the largest investment ever made in a video game company – it was the first time many heard of the investment outfit . When the brand reappeared in an even bigger round for Epic last … Read more
Join TechCrunch for the first edition of 2021 ask me something Series in which TechCrunch interviews experts and answers your burning questions about virtual events. Our first guest is Xiaoyin Qu, co-founder and CEO of Rule the world. Friday, February 26, 1 p.m. PT Register here Run The World is a platform for virtual events … Read more
Not everyone has type 2 diabetes, the disease that causes chronically high blood sugar levels, but many do. Around 9% of Americans are affected, and another 30% are at risk of developing. Enter the software by January. AI, a four-year-old subscription-based startup that began offering customers personalized diet and activity suggestions in November based on … Read more
Twitter recently had talks about acquiring Indian social media startup ShareChat as the company looked for ways to expand its presence in the world’s second largest internet marketplace and build a global rival to TikTok, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The American company, which is already investing in Bangalore-based ShareChat, offered to … Read more
It turned out that the most important decision was not the choice (and removal) of the election, but the permanent ban of the former president through Twitter from the social network. Suddenly the temperature cooled, the new government went through the details of introducing the vaccine, and the second impeachment attempt ended with an expected … Read more
Sie sind in der Webversion des wöchentlichen Human Capital-Newsletters gelandet. Melden Sie sich hier an, um dies jeden Freitag um 13:00 Uhr in Ihrem Posteingang zu erhalten Willkommen zurück im Humankapital. Diese Woche ist viel passiert, was On-Demand-Unternehmen wie Uber, Postmates, DoorDash und Instacart sowie deren jeweilige Gig-Belegschaft betrifft. In der Zwischenzeit schlug der New … Read more