TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Brett Bauman , the developer of PlayListAI (previously LinupSupply), launched a new app called Songburst on the App Store this week. The app doesn’t have a steep learning curve. If you can’t think of a prompt the app has prompts in different categories, including video, lo-fi, podcast, gaming, meditation and sample.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

The phrase “app economy” gained popularity about a decade ago, when smartphones completed their evolution from cool gadget to essential device of modern living. Since then, of course, apps, and mobile apps in particular, haven’t gone anywhere. That year, app-focused companies pulled in nearly 14% of all funding.

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DevOps.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Entertainment apps represent a broad category of software, ranging from mobile games, to social media platforms, to streaming video apps and beyond. However, all entertainment apps share a few key traits in common: They typically host dynamic content that is unique for each user.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Squad Mobility’s vision of the perfect urban vehicle is a low-cost EV equipped with solar panels, swappable batteries and enough zip and range in its diminutive 6.5-foot Interested customers can go on Squad’s website and pay a €5 reserve fee, but where Squad really sees its path to market is with shared mobility companies.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Givingli , a small LA-based startup with an app aiming to challenge how Gen Z sends digital greeting cards, is picking up some seed funding from investors betting on their philosophy around modern gifting. “Initially, we thought it would mainly be birthdays and categories like weddings, graduation, etc., Image via Givingli.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

He added that Netflix plans to add “exclusive games designed for every kind of gamer and any level of play” that will be included with its membership, and have no ads or in-app purchases. Netflix launches new mobile games in Poland, Italy and Spain as a members-only perk.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

In 2012, he co-founded a company called YourMechanic (and won TechCrunch’s Disrupt that year) that provides on-demand automotive mobile maintenance and repair services. So in 2017, he teamed up with Lina Zhang and Musawir Shah to found Jerry, a mobile-first car ownership “super app.” Image Credits: Jerry.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Toronto-based Flashfood , a mobile marketplace that provides customers with access to discounted food nearing its best-by date, has raised $12.3 The app allows users to browse through available deals at participating stores near them. The app was founded based on Flashfood CEO Josh Domingues’s personal experience in 2016.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

Traina is the CEO and co-founder of HiNOTE , an app that helps people create messages, set over personalized backdrops of anything from a tipped-over wineglass to a branded letterhead notebook page. Since launching in 2022, 1 million HiNOTES have been shared by users with over 2,000 types of notes that can be personalized on the app.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Just a few months later, the company has raised a $75 million Series B from a roster of top investors and pro athletes, made big hires and is prepping to launch its mobile app, all while it starts to expand the scope of the alternative assets it covers. Launching its mobile app. Next up on the company’s roadmap?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2022

A new startup called Skich wants to help mobile users find games to play that better match their interests. To do so, it’s created a game recommendation app that carefully toes the line in order to not bump up against Apple’s App Store rule that prohibits other apps from acting as App Stores themselves.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Mobile well-being apps topped 1.2 billion downloads last year, while leading meditation app Calm alone pulled in $118.2 While most mobile games focus on having users compete against one another or achieve some sort of goal, the startup’s forthcoming title, Kinder World’s main aim is to help users relax.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

David Eduardo Arrambide Montemayor and Maurizio Caló Caligaris, both Stanford-educated engineers, started Calii, a mobile grocery app that connects with producers and brands to automate the supply chain end-to-end and deliver more than 5,000 products, like produce, meat, seafood and prepared items, via a network of micro-fulfillment centers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It sells its products directly to end customers through its website and app. The mobile app acts as a key part of the company’s product offering as you can buy new insurance products, manage your existing contracts and file claims directly through the app. And Getsafe has a lot of engagement with its app.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

HUSSLUP , currently an invite-only beta, is a job search and networking app for creative professionals in the media and entertainment industry to connect with studios and production companies looking to hire talent. Today, the company announced a web version of its mobile app. It will roll out widely next week.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Goalsetter raises $15 million to go B2B with children’s financial literacy app. While many people already rely on other video chat apps, Kinoo wants to tailor the experience for families with elderly relatives living away from them. Its “Housing” section included three companies focused on personal mobility.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

But as lockdowns lifted and people began resuming their outdoor hobbies, mobile-first businesses have seen growth accelerate as consumers turned to digital tools to improve their time outdoors. The Dyrt, for example, is the top camping app on the Apple and Google Play App Stores.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

These features are made available by way of Insight’s extensions, some of which are suggested during the app’s first launch. Others, meanwhile, can be browsed inside the app, where they’re organized into categories like Search, Shopping, Cooking & Dining, News, Health, and Reading.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

million in seed funding, has developed a digital well-being assistant for iOS that allows you to block distracting websites and apps, set schedules around app usage, lock down apps for stricter and more focused quiet periods, and more. The service works by way of a VPN system that limits your access to apps and sites.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2022

Atma says up to over 100 million people in Indonesia fit into this category. For job seekers, Atma is building a mobile app. Atma’s app will also provide them with real-time job application updates, so job seekers don’t suffer being ghosted after submitting an application.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It works with regulators and incumbent banks, and was recently awarded a Bank of Indonesia (BI) Payment Service Provider Category 1 license. Its APIs are cover two categories: open banking APIs and payment services APIs, with the goal of building the most complete open finance stack in Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

French startup Lydia is entering a whole new category by adding trading to its financial super app later this year. Lydia started as a peer-to-peer payment app that lets you send and receive money instantly from a mobile app. Like Venmo or Cash App in the U.S., And it’s been working well as Lydia now has 5.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Coming off of a $13 million Series A led by Battery Ventures, which the company announced today, Compt allows teams to assign set stipends in broad categories like “health and wellness” or “family” and then let employees pick services in those categories that appeal to them. ” A path to perks. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Anonymous social apps have a history of devolving into bullying and harassment, ultimately leading to their failure. To test this theory, the company has now launched its Ghost messaging app that allows users to share an anonymous message in a group chat with friends in order to flirt, joke or ask questions without revealing their identity.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The round follows several milestones for the company, including an FDA premarket approval for a progesterone urine test and the rollout of a mobile app. But the Proov tests, she says, were created for women who also find themselves in the “unexplained” category of infertility diagnoses. million Series A round this week.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Details: A mobile application aimed at the youth market that combines music with social features. The company reports that its application has reached the top 10 slots in the App Store’s music category. Companies’ websites and authors’ Twitter profiles are linked. Alex Wilhelm: Discz Music.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2021

The company’s product, a mobile app , focuses on teaching leadership skills to the younger generations more accustomed to learning in smaller chunks, often on the go. Gutnick told TechCrunch that related apps in her category tend to struggle with retention, so they charge up front and then don’t mind limited usage later on.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Its premise is that while a lot of these tradespeople have managed for generations to operate their businesses with absolutely no technology whatsoever, mobile phones have opened the door to making their work lives significantly more efficient. and Canada are by far its biggest countries.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

In the category of intranets, competitors include Simpplr (raised $29.1 Staffbase claims its advantages are that it brings together mobile employee apps and intranets into one platform, as well as integrating with the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, as well as the messaging platform Slack. million) and Unily (raised $68 million).

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

In a statement shared with TechCrunch, Qwili said it would use the investment for app development, new hires (improvement in operations and development capabilities) and hardware production. The company’s hardware is a low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone called Qwili Pula that allows merchants to send and receive payments.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

PreShow Interactive is giving gamers a new way to earn in-game currency in exchange for watching ads — a concept that’s become familiar in mobile games but hasn’t really made much headway on PCs or consoles. The startup is led by MoviePass’ founding CEO Stacy Spikes.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Women-led mobile gaming startup Robin Games raised funding around the idea of carving out a new niche in the market of “lifestyle gaming.” Today, the startup is releasing its first title to tackle this concept with the launch of a mobile game, PLAYHOUSE, which combines both gameplay and shopping in one experience.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Two years later, he became part of the founding team of Kenyan-based fintech PawaPay , whose API connects up to 25 telecom operators’ mobile money systems and allows merchants from 10 countries to receive and send payments between mobile money accounts. pre-seed for its small business finance management app.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Users can order groceries, fresh produce and other essential items, including medicines, as well as sports goods from the Airlift website or app and have it delivered to them in 30 minutes. And then the pandemic arrived, disrupting all mobility in the country. The startup quickly amassed traction, clocking over 35,000 rides a day.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Social commerce startup Flip is mixing live commerce mobile apps with real customer reviews to improve the buying experience and opportunity for the creator economy. Our app is like if TikTok and Amazon had a baby.”. Today, the Los Angeles-based company closed on a $28 million Series A led Streamlined Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

It’s transforming entire categories of enterprise software.”. At one point, the no-code/low-code category was seen to be the greatest market enabler for the majority of the non-technical workforce segment. Second, we think the no-code/low-code category is horizontally getting a little bit saturated.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Unlike other marketplaces, Camlist (derived from camera listing) allows sellers to list videos of the pets they wish to sell, and once contact is made, the buyer and seller can engage through both video and text-chat within the app. Camlist has rehomed over 6,000 pets to date. where items were often misrepresented and scams high.

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