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    Verizon and Honda want to use 5G and edge computing to make driving safer – TechCrunch

    Honda and Verizon are researching how 5G and mobile edge computing might improve safety for today’s connected vehicles and the future’s autonomous ones.  The two...

    Omada Health launches the Omada Insights Lab to help improve healthcare outcomes – TechCrunch

    Omada Health, one of the U.S.’s original virtual healthcare providers, today announced the creation of the Omada Insights Lab. “The Insights Lab is an approach...

    EHR startup Canvas Medical raises $17M and partners with insurance heavyweight Anthem – TechCrunch

    Canvas Medical, an electronic health records (EHR) startup, today announced their $17 million Series A and a new partnership with Anthem, one of the...

    KKR hands Box a $500M lifeline – TechCrunch

    Box announced this morning that private equity firm KKR is investing $500 million in the company, a move that could help the struggling cloud...

    Norwegian corporate training startup Attensi raises $26M from NYC’s Lugard Road, DX Ventures – TechCrunch

    Corporate training startup Attensi — which originally emerged out of Oslo, Norway — has raised $26 million from New York-based Lugard Road Capital, DX...

    Spend management startup Ramp confirms $115M raise at a $1.6B valuation – TechCrunch

    This morning, Ramp, which provides corporate cards and spend management software, announced that it has closed $115 million across two investments, the latter of...

    Tines raises $26M Series B for its no-code security automation platform – TechCrunch

    Tines, a no-code automation platform co-founded by two senior cybersecurity operators, today announced that it has raised a $26 million Series B funding round...

    Index closes $200 million dedicated seed fund to intensify multi-stage thesis – TechCrunch

    The once quiet world of seed investing became frenetic a few years ago as dedicated seed funds and angel networks increased in scale and...

    As working out goes virtual, Moxie raises $6.3M Seed+ round led by Resolute Ventures – TechCrunch

    With the pandemic sending the planet indoors to workout, the at-home fitness market has boomed. It was only in October last year that three-year-old...

    Alyce, an AI-based personalised corporate gifting startup, raises $30M – TechCrunch

    Swag has a long and patchy history in the world of business. For every hip pair of plaid socks, there are five t-shirts you...

    Amazon union drive in Alabama gathers 3,215 votes.

    The union seeking to represent workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama said late Wednesday that there were 3,215 ballots cast — or about...

    Egypt’s Paymob closes $18.5M Series A to expand payments services across MENA – TechCrunch

    While Nigeria and Kenya have been at the forefront of African fintech innovation, activities in Egypt are beginning to shape up nicely. Right now,...

    Messaging platform Gupshup raises $100 million at $1.4 billion valuation – TechCrunch

    A startup that began its journey in India 15 years ago, helping businesses reach and engage with users through texts said on Thursday it...

    Taiwan’s Drought Pits Chip Makers Against Farmers

    HSINCHU, Taiwan — Chuang Cheng-deng’s modest rice farm is a stone’s throw from the nerve center of Taiwan’s computer chip industry, whose products power...

    YC-backed Abacum nets $7M to empower finance teams with real-time data and collaboration tools – TechCrunch

    SaaS to support mid-sized companies’ financial planning with real-time data and native collaboration isn’t the sexiest startup pitch under the sun but it’s one...

    Butter is building an ‘all-in-one’ platform to run virtual workshops – TechCrunch

    Butter, a startup registered in Denmark but operating fully remote, is building an “all-in-one” platform for planning and running virtual workshops. Offering video software and...