Why crypto art and sports collectibles are suddenly so popular
Digital avatars listed on the non-fungible token platform CryptoPunks.Ryan Browne | CNBCThe cryptocurrency world is abuzz with talk of digital collectibles, unique virtual tokens that can represent anything from art to sports memorabilia.People have been paying...
VCs are chasing Hopin upwards of $5-6B valuation – Startups
Virtual events platform Hopin is hopin’ for a mega valuation. According to multiple sources who spoke with TechCrunch, the company, which was founded in mid-2019, is running around the fundraise circuit and perhaps nearing the end of a fundraise in which it is...
In brief: India’s Rephrase.ai, Singapore’s Filmplace raise capital
The Filmplace team Filmplace raises US$220,000 to help influencers, media houses shoot content in unique rented spaces Investors: New York’s Admiralty Holdings. What the funding will be used for: Bolster infrastructure, marketing capabilities and tech...
Everyone is going public so what’s wrong with your startup? – Startups
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some...
From our community: All the Clubhouse hype, words of solace from Vertex VC and more….
Have you tried Clubhouse yet? Well, I am still waiting to be invited. It sort of reminds me the time in college when we waited to get on a guest list of the city’s elite clubs. Speaking of ageing, one of our contributors shares his excellent view on why...
Sneak peek at TikTok shopping, new iOS and Android betas, kids’ app Prodigy hit with FTC complaint – Startups
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global...
Dole Asia launches US$2M fund to support startups in sustainability, food access and waste
Dole Asia Holdings, a unit of international agricultural giant Dole, has announced the launch of “Sunshine for All” fund. With a corpus of US$2 million, the fund will seek to support global strategic partnerships and innovation in areas of...
Sources: KKR’s APAC managing director Terence Lee resigns
He was part of the boards of startups such as Voyager Innovations, PropertyGuru, Gojek, and Weststar Aviation Services. Source link
Lakestar founder Klaus Hommels launches Europe’s first tech SPAC
Lakestar founder Klaus Hommels appears on stage at a tech conference in London on October 21, 2014.Anthony Harvey | Getty Images for TechCrunchLONDON — The SPAC craze has officially arrived in Europe.European tech investor Klaus Hommels on Wednesday launched a...
LA-based Metropolis raises $41 million to upgrade parking infrastructure – Startups
Metropolis is a new Los Angeles-based startup that’s looking to compete with BMW-owned ParkMobile for a slice of the automated parking lot management market. Upgrading ParkMobile’s license plate-based service with a computer vision based system that recognizes...
Pixibo raises US$1.4M to help fashion e-tailers reduce product return rates
Pixibo, a Singapore-based fashion-tech startup, has raised US$1.4 million in a Series A extension round from early-stage VC firm Atlas Ventures, reports TechInAsia, citing sources. The startup will use the funds to enhance its service and hire for positions...
Select Star raises seed to automatically document datasets for data scientists – Venture Capital
Back when I was a wee lad with a very security-compromised MySQL installation, I used to answer every web request with multiple “SELECT *” database requests — give me all the data and I’ll figure out what to do with it myself. Today in a modern, data-intensive...
Value proposition of SaaS for SMEs has to be clear from the beginning: Akshay Bhushan of Lightspeed
Akshay Bhushan, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners The worst-kept secret in venture capital? VCs love software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups. With SaaS startups bringing in predictable and recurring revenue, often at more or less the same fixed costs, the...
The lidar SPAC craze and 10 investors give their mobility predictions – Venture Capital
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hi friends and new readers, welcome back to The Station, a newsletter dedicated to all the present and...
Gillmor Gang: Leave Quietly – Venture Capital
It turns out the most important decision made was not the vote to choose (and remove) in the election but Twitter’s permanent banning of the former President from the social network. Suddenly the temperature cooled, the new administration engaged with the...
As the SPAC frenzy continues, questions arise about how much the market can absorb – Venture Capital
Another week and the biggest story in a sea of big stories continues to center on SPACs, these blank-check companies that raise capital through IPOs expressly to acquire a privately held company and take it public. But some industry watchers as starting to...
Why Disaster Tech in Asia holds great potential, and how to scale the field
A person who lives in the Asia Pacific region is five times more likely to suffer from disasters than anywhere else in the world. Indeed, the ruin from disaster events is catastrophic: over 500,000 lives have been lost and 1.4 billion people affected since...
Ether (ETH) hits record high as bitcoin (BTC) rally continues
Ether, the world's second-largest digital currency, hit a record high on Thursday, driven up by the continuing rally in bitcoin.The price of ether hit $1,918.52 during morning trade in Asia but has since pared some gains, according to CoinDesk data. It was...
Connect with 10 more verified investors on e27 today
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been working on verifying the investors on the e27 platform. Being a verified investor means that there are people managing the investor profile in an official capacity. More than just reassurance that these are legitimate...
Ad Practitioners acquires Knoq to move the startup’s door-to-door marketing approach online – Venture Capital
Knoq (formerly known as Polis) was a startup that recruited representatives to go door-to-door in their neighborhoods, talking up client products and services. So for obvious reasons, it faced challenges in 2020. “We stopped knocking on doors in February, and...
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