TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The additional financing brings Current to over $180 million in total funding to date, and gives the company a valuation of $750 million. Existing investors returned for the Series C, as well, including Foundation Capital, Wellington Management Company and QED. Mobile banking app Current raises $20M Series B, tops half a million users.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s one of our favorite days of the week. Definitely in the top 7. Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Crypto wallet in disguise : Ledger, a company that designs and manufactures crypto wallets, is now flush with actual cash. The company just raised $42 million, Kyle reports. PDT, subscribe here. Big Tech Inc.

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CIO

AUGUST 9, 2023

Most CEOs (72%) continue to prioritize digital investments, according to the 2022 CEO Outlook report from KPMG, in part due to concerns about emerging and disruptive technology, a top three risk to organizational growth. Digital transformation is the integration of digital technologies into all aspects of business operations.

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CIO

JANUARY 25, 2023

Already a leader in Malaysia’s burgeoning cloud services and solutions sector when it was acquired by Time dotCom, one of the region’s largest fixed-line communications companies in 2021, AVM Cloud recently became one of the select group of providers who offer VMware Cloud Verified Services to earn the VMware Sovereign Cloud distinction.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Identifying the top technical skills that you should hire for is even harder. Based on the hiring trends we have seen on our HackerEarth Assessments platform, we made a list of the top technical skills you should be focusing on in 2024. It continues to be a top choice for building robust and versatile applications.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Twitter’s recent acquisition spree continues today as the company announces it has acqui-hired the team from news aggregator and summary app Brief. Before starting Brief, co-founder and CEO Nick Hobbs was a Google product manager who had worked on AR, Google Assistant, Google’s mobile app, and self-driving cars, among other things.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

On-demand shuttle service and transit tech company Via has raised another $110 million, bringing the company’s total funding to around $1 billion. billion at the same price per share as the company’s previous financing in November of 2021. The company has already scaled to 600 communities and more than 35 countries.

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CIO

AUGUST 22, 2023

Underlining the need for building a customer-centric mindset , he says IT leaders must “adopt a methodology that elevates customer experience as a top-level metric, on par with technical and functional requirements that technology teams have traditionally been responsible for.” How do you do it? I’ve not done it alone, however.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

A new company from the creators of the Godot game engine is setting out to grab a piece of the $200 billion global video game market — and to do so, it’s taking a cue from commercial open source software giant Red Hat. On top of that, the company told TechCrunch that it has raised $8.5 Godot editor demo.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

At these shows-within-our-show, you’ll engage with smart, driven founders, and investors and members of your community, and have the opportunity to cross-collaborate with leaders from other industries. Industry Days TechCrunch has created six new programming days around the most groundbreaking industries in the startup world.

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CIO

MAY 16, 2023

For companies looking for an edge in the tight talent market, a solid DEI strategy and employee engagement often go hand in hand, creating a balance that fosters an inclusive work environment. 1 on Computerworld’s 2023 Best Places to Work in IT list for large companies. It is embedded in our purpose. BCBSNC also ranked No.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

Today, one of the trailblazers in this area, Kuda Technologies , is announcing funding to continue building out its specific ambition: to provide a modern banking service for Africans and the African diaspora, or as co-founder and CEO Babs Ogundeyi describes them, “every African on the planet, wherever you are in the world.”

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OTS Solutions

JULY 28, 2022

The financial services industry has changed a lot in the last few years due to innovations in mobile and digital apps and modern technology has made it easier for individuals to invest and borrow money. This blog will examine how mobile app for financial services. What makes people use mobile banking and finance apps?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise. Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. What are our cloud principles?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Riiid , a South Korea-headquartered AI-powered edtech company, acquired its Japanese distribution partner Langoo to expand its Japan footprint. . The acquisition comes after the company’s latest $175 million Series D round from SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 in May. How is edtech spending its extra capital?

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CIO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Most companies have transitioned to become more software-centric, and with this transformation, application programming interfaces (APIs) have proliferated. If companies want to input, leverage, and embed these digital brains into their business, they’ll need an API to connect the LLM to various business applications,” he says.

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 19, 2024

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based based companies? This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Founded in 2019, the company has raised $1.8 billion, per Crunchbase.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Embedded finance solutions in less developed markers are becoming more prominent as platforms look to provide various financial solutions to the unbanked and underserved. They allow businesses such as mobile operators, e-commerce platforms, and logistics companies to embed and enable banking products for their customers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In a recent survey by Zapier — not the most unbiased source, granted, given that the company sells automation software — about 44% of employees say that automation saves them time while almost a third (33%) say it enables them to accomplish more with fewer resources. Fair question. After all, Jiffy.ai

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

If you missed any of our gift guides, here’s our full set of them so far! Our favorite gift would be “more hours in the day” and “a week of sleep,” but failing that, perhaps some hot chocolate and a three-hour uninterrupted block of time to read books would be magnificent. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Tyltgo wants to make it easier for restaurants and small businesses to compete with same-day delivery services offered by the likes of Amazon and HelloFresh. The Canadian company, which recently raised CAD $2.3 I think about us as a post-purchase experience company,” co-founder and CEO Jaden Pereira told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Our popular, stand-alone TC Sessions are coming to the mothership for the very first time: In addition to the Disrupt Stage, we’re filling six stages with salon-like programs that focus on the industries that matter most to the tech world today. Sessions will include Breakthrough Energy Ventures, S2G, and the City of Atlanta.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

More companies are adding payments and other financial features to their offerings; however, this often requires technical expertise that some don’t have. Co-founder and CEO Joseph Akintolayo started the company with Daniel Paramo in 2019 after years of working with banks and listening to people describe how they want their money to work.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

The company made a name for itself through partnerships with Uber Eats and DoorDash to help delivery workers access e-bikes through weekly subscriptions at discounted rates. Now, the startup hopes to expand its service outward toward continental Europe and other states across the U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The service replaces the otherwise empty lock screen with locally relevant news, stories and casual games. India’s Glance tops 100M daily active users in 21 months. The subsidiary maintains tie-ups with nearly every top Android smartphone vendor, including Xiaomi and Samsung, the two largest smartphone vendors in India.

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CIO

MAY 17, 2023

That number should be higher when you consider that women-owned businesses are one of the most underutilized drivers of innovation and job growth in both developed and emerging markets. With funding from USAID to solve these challenges, WEConnect International worked with SAP to develop a new multi-lingual solution called WECommunity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Founder and CEO Seun Alley , in a statement, said the company plans to use the seed investment to deepen its work in Nigeria (which has a $10 billion transport and logistics market) while it considers expansion — from Q4 2023 — into other African markets, including Ghana, Kenya and South Africa.

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CIO

JULY 20, 2022

“It would be naïve to underestimate the pandemic’s influence on many companies’ digital transformation,” says Sunil Nair, Group CIO at GMG. The pandemic affected our ability to conduct business in-person, so companies had no choice but to quickly roll out digital tools and amend plans to ensure business continuity.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

. “As software developers ourselves — working in health tech and fintech, where even minor bugs could have an outsized impact on people’s lives — we know firsthand how critical robust end-to-end testing is for all software businesses,” Perl said. Neither, obviously, are very desirable scenarios.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

When Uils launched in 2021, it was a car rental service for rideshare drivers. Both Uber and Lyft host marketplaces where approved vehicle rental companies can show their wares; Uber has piloted a short-term credit program offering up to $500 to drivers. Rideshare vehicle lending is a crowded market.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In the past decade, celebrity interest and investment in tech companies has significantly increased. It’s been a little over a year since Ryan Reynolds bought a majority stake in Mint Mobile, a deal that has already had a dramatic impact on the the MVNO (mobile virtual network operator).

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Some go years before topping off again following a big fundraise. Using Crunchbase data, we identified a sample set of 28 private companies that have a peak valuation of $1 billion or more but haven’t raised a round for years. They’re still around, just not top of mind. How long, of course, will vary.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. As the war began, the company relocated the team of 70 to safer regions in western Ukraine and EU.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Japan-headquartered company, which builds drone software, hardware and uncrewed aircraft traffic management software, said the new capital brings its total raised to $97 million since its inception in 2016. For example, fossil fuel companies in Saudi Arabia will utilize Terra Drone’s technology for inspection services.

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CIO

MAY 12, 2023

And the results are truly multicloud, as Hannah has opted to work with all the top cloud vendors to fill the company’s various back-office needs — AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud — as well as Workday for HR and other SaaS vendors for specific needs. Still, the 10 units are not all islands.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Workstream is one of the startups working on a solution for this problem, in its case, mobile-first hiring and onboarding tools. The company got a boost from investors to the tune of $60 million in Series B extension funding, led by GGV Capital. At the same time, the company grew its own workforce to 220. There are 2.7

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OTS Solutions

JULY 28, 2022

Several financial businesses have launched their apps to compete in this digital transformation in financial services. The financial services industry has traditionally been a slow adopter of modern technology. In the last five years, the rise of FinTech companies and solutions has completely changed how financial services are done.

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