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    Cannabis banking act passes U.S. House with bipartisan support – TechCrunch

    The U.S. House of Representatives passed a landmark bill aimed at easing restrictions placed on the cannabis industry. The SAFE ACT (Secure and Fair...

    Chargebee valued at $1.4 billion in new $125 million fundraise – TechCrunch

    A startup that enables businesses to set up and manage their billing, subscription, revenue operations and compliance has become the newest firm to earn...

    ‘Bowl food’ startup Poke House closes $24M Series B led by Eulero Capital to expand in Europe – TechCrunch

    The FoodTech industry is effectively now going into fast food. Sweetgreen in the US is a ‘fast-casual’ restaurant chain that serves healthy “bowl food”....

    UK drone startup sees.ai gets go ahead to trial beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights – TechCrunch

    The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has given the go ahead to local startup sees.ai, which is developing a beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) command & control...

    Venmo adds support for buying, holding and selling cryptocurrencies – TechCrunch

    Venmo is adding support for cryptocurrency, starting today. The company says it will begin to roll out the ability for Venmo’s more than 70...

    Tesla mulls cars tailored to China amid mounting criticisms – TechCrunch

    Tesla is working on vehicles tailored to Chinese consumers as complaints about the quality of its electric vehicles send shock waves through the internet...

    A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived

    On Dec. 9, the Federal Trade Commission and nearly every state filed bipartisan lawsuits accusing Facebook of acting anticompetitively. Less than a week later,...

    Newer Planes Are Providing Airlines a Trove of Useful Data

    This article is part of our new series, Currents, which examines how rapid advances in technology are transforming our lives.With few flights and even...

    FintechOS nabs $61.5M for a low-code approach to modernizing legacy banking and insurance services – TechCrunch

    “Challenger” startups in banking and insurance have upended their industries, and picked up significant business, by building more customer-friendly tools and services — more...

    ‘Pure’ nutritional supplements startup Feel closes $6.2M investment, led by Fuel Ventures – TechCrunch

    Earlier this year we covered the launch of Heights, a new supplements startup in an increasingly hot category. Feel, is a year-old UK startup...

    Cusp Capital launches with a $361M fund for early stage startups in Germany and Europe – TechCrunch

    In the past ten years, an investment team led by Christian Winter, Jan Sessenhausen, Helmut Klawitter and Wilken Engelbracht worked principally with German family offices, investing...

    Qapita, a developer of equity management software for startups, raises $5M led by MassMutual – TechCrunch

      Qapita’s co-founders. Fom left to right: Vamsee Mohan, Ravi Ravulaparthi and Lakshman Gupta Qapita, a Singapore-based fintech that provides capitalization table and employee stock...

    European e-scooter and micromobility startup Dott raises $85 million – TechCrunch

    Dott has raised a new $85 million Series B funding round — this round is a mix of equity and asset-backed debt financing. Belgium-based...

    Huawei is not a carmaker. It wants to be the Bosch of China – TechCrunch

    One after another, Chinese tech giants have announced their plans for the auto space over the last few months. Some internet companies, like search...

    Singapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms for financial institutions – TechCrunch

    Singapore-based fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (STACS) announced today it has raised $3.6 million USD in pre-Series A funding. The company develops blockchain platforms that...

    Indonesian edtech CoLearn gets $10M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation and GSV Ventures – TechCrunch

    A Zoom screenshot with CoLearn’s founding team: Marc Irawan, Abhay Saboo and Sandeep Devaram Indonesian startup CoLearn started as a chain of physical tutoring centers...