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    Astranis raises $250M at a $1.4B valuation for smaller, cheaper geostationary communications satellites – TechCrunch

    Space startup Astranis has raised a $250 million Series C round to provide it with a capital injection to help scale manufacturing of its...

    PlexTrac raises $10M Series A round for its collaboration-centric security platform – TechCrunch

    PlexTrac, a Boise, ID-based security service that aims to provide a unified workflow automation platform for red and blue teams, today announced that it...

    Large-scale CO2 removal startup Carbo Culture raises $6.2M Seed led by True Ventures – TechCrunch

    Carbo Culture — a startup that has scaled an industrial process to create large-scale CO2 removal using woody waste from agriculture and forests — has...

    Why expensive workout gear is actually cheap – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this week’s deep dive Natasha and Alex wanted to...

    Ireland opens GDPR investigation into Facebook leak – TechCrunch

    Facebook’s lead data supervisor in the European Union has opened an investigation into whether the tech giant violated data protection rules vis-a-vis the leak...

    Sunday raises $24 million seed round to build a fast restaurant checkout flow – TechCrunch

    Meet Sunday, a new startup that is going to attract some headlines as it has raised a $24 million seed round at a $140...

    ZeroAvia’s hydrogen fuel cell plane ambitions clouded by technical challenges – TechCrunch

    When ZeroAvia’s six-seater aircraft completed an eight-minute flight from Cranfield Airfield in the U.K. last September, the company claimed a “major breakthrough” with the...

    Outschool is the newest edtech unicorn – TechCrunch

    Outschool, a marketplace providing small-group, virtual after-school activities for children has raised a $75 million Series C led by Coatue and Tiger Global Management....

    A quick peek inside Fontinalis, one of Detroit’s best-known young venture firms – TechCrunch

    Fontinalis, the 12-year-old, Detroit-based early stage venture firm, is known for being among the very first investing outfits to focus squarely on mobility as...

    EU plan for risk-based AI rules to set fines as high as 4% of global turnover, per leaked draft – TechCrunch

    European Union lawmakers who are drawing up rules for applying artificial intelligence are considering fines of up to 4% of global annual turnover (or...

    Upstack raises $50M for its platform and advisory to help businesses plan and buy for digital transformation – TechCrunch

    Digital transformation has been one of the biggest catchphrases of the past year, with many an organization forced to reckon with aging IT, a...

    Amazon’s Alexa earbuds return with a smaller design and wireless charging – TechCrunch

    It’s been about a year and a half since Amazon released the first Echo Buds. I reviewed them when they arrived, and they were,...

    Plex raises $50M growth round to fuel ad-supported streaming, expansions – TechCrunch

    Streaming media software maker Plex announced today it has raised a $50 million growth equity round from existing investor Intercap ahead of its planned...

    Pale Blue Dot aims to be Europe’s premier early-stage climate investor and has $100 million to prove it – TechCrunch

    When Hampus Jakobsson, Heidi Lindvall, and Joel Larsson, all well-known players in the European venture ecosystem, began talking about their new firm Pale Blue...

    Homebound aims to help solve Austin’s housing shortage problem – TechCrunch

    The sheer volume of people migrating to Austin from all over the country, but particularly from the San Francisco Bay Area, has been making...

    Connected Cannabis Co. raises $30 million to bring its designer weed strains to more states – TechCrunch

    Connected Cannabis Co. was founded in 2009 and has since grown to become a leading cultivator of designer cannabis strains. Today, the company announced...