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    6 VCs talk the future of Austin’s exploding startup ecosystem – TechCrunch

    For years now, a growing number of tech companies — large and small — have either relocated their headquarters to Austin or opened another...

    So you want to raise a Series A – TechCrunch

    During a seed funding round, a founder needs to convince a venture capital investor on a vision. But during a Series A fundraise, napkin-stage...

    NLPCloud.io helps devs add language processing smarts to their apps – TechCrunch

    While visual ‘no code‘ tools are helping businesses get more out of computing without the need for armies of in-house techies to configure software...

    Vybe raises $2.9 million for its challenger bank for teens – TechCrunch

    French startup Vybe has raised a $2.9 million funding round (€2.4 million) to build a challenger bank for teens. The company is currently testing...

    SnackMagic picks up $15M to expand from build-your-own snack boxes into a wider gifting marketplace – TechCrunch

    The office shut-down at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic last year spurred huge investment in digital transformation and a wave of tech companies...

    Elior acquires food delivery startup Nestor – TechCrunch

    Corporate catering company Elior has acquired French startup Nestor for an undisclosed amount. Nestor originally started with a simple idea to differentiate itself from...

    SoftBank Vision Fund 2 invests $160M in media localization provider Iyuno-SDI Group – TechCrunch

    Iyuno-SDI Group, a provider of translated subtitles and other media localization services, announced today it has raised $160 million in funding from SoftBank Vision...

    Chinese hardware makers turn to crowdfunding as they look to go global – TechCrunch

    China’s tech giants have had a rough time in Western markets over the last few years. Huawei and DJI have been hit by trade...

    Watch a monkey equipped with Elon Musk’s Neuralink device play Pong with its brain – TechCrunch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsCul1sp4hQ Elon Musk’s Neuralink, one of his many companies and the only one currently focused on mind control (that we’re aware of), has released a...

    Days Go By – TechCrunch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-DEQ96Fsf0 You may ask yourself, say the Talking Heads. What is this thing working from anywhere? Or as Google says, work from right here in...

    Counting strongly favors Amazon in warehouse union vote – TechCrunch

    It’s been a little over a week since union voting concluded for Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama. Things have been fairly quiet in...

    Facebook ran ads for a fake ‘Clubhouse for PC’ app planted with malware – TechCrunch

    Cybercriminals have taken out a number of Facebook ads masquerading as a Clubhouse app for PC users in order to target unsuspecting victims with malware,...

    Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are super broken right now – TechCrunch

    Are Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp down for you right now? Us too! And lots and lots of other people too, it seems. We’re getting reports...

    KKR invests $500M into Box – TechCrunch

    Box gets some financial ammunition against an activist investor, Samsung launches the Galaxy SmartTag+ and we look at the history of CryptoPunks. This is...

    Crypto trading on Robinhood spiked to 9.5M customers in first quarter – TechCrunch

    It’s been a big year for crypto, and Robinhood shared some stats today providing more evidence that the crypto boom is more than just...

    Nigeria’s SEC warns investment platforms to stop trading ‘unregistered’ foreign securities – TechCrunch

    In a circular released by Nigeria’s capital market regulator SEC, investment platforms providing access to foreign securities might be treading on dangerous grounds. According...