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    Shilling Founders Fund is Portugal’s newest VC, with $35.6M to spend on early-stage startups – TechCrunch

    Shilling, an early-stage VC in Portugal, has now launched a new €30M ($35.6M) early-stage fund called Shilling Founders Fund, which is backed just over...

    TrueLayer raises $70M for its open banking platform – TechCrunch

    TrueLayer, the London startup that offers a developer-friendly platform for companies, including other fintechs, to utilise open banking, is disclosing $70 million in new...

    Indian edtech giant Byju’s to expand to international markets – TechCrunch

    Byju’s said on Thursday it will expand to international markets in the second half of next month as the Indian edtech giant, valued at...

    Nabla is building a healthcare super app for women – TechCrunch

    Meet Nabla, a French startup launching a new app today focused on women’s health. On Nabla, you’ll find several services that should all contribute...

    India’s Spinny raises $65 million to expand its online platform for selling used cars – TechCrunch

    Hundreds of thousands of used cars are sold in India each month. But buying one through the offline and traditional channel could prove to...

    Norway’s Kolonial rebrands as Oda, bags $265M on a $900M valuation to grow its online grocery delivery business in Europe – TechCrunch

    Food delivery startups, and specifically those focused on grocery delivery, continue to reap super-sized rounds of funding in Europe, buoyed by a year of...

    ShareChat valued at $2.1B in $502 million fundraise – TechCrunch

    ShareChat said on Thursday it has raised a new financing round that values it at $2 billion, joining four other local startups in attaining...

    Beyond Meat opens its first production plant in China – TechCrunch

    About a year after Beyond Meat debuted in China on Starbucks’s menu, the Californian plant-based protein company opened a production facility near Shanghai to...

    Spotify stays quiet about launch of its voice command ‘Hey Spotify’ on mobile – TechCrunch

    In 2019, Spotify began testing a hardware device for automobile owners it lovingly dubbed “Car Thing,” which allowed Spotify Premium users to play music...

    Google I/O will return virtually next month – TechCrunch

    Google announces its I/O plans, Facebook tests an audio Q&A feature and Patreon triples its valuation. This is your Daily Crunch for April 7,...

    Twitter said to have held acquisition talks with Clubhouse on potential $4B deal – TechCrunch

    Twitter held talks with Clubhouse around a potential acquisition of the live drop-in audio networking platform, with a deal value somewhere around $4 billion,...

    Uber entices drivers back post-pandemic with $250 million stimulus – TechCrunch

    Despite the classification of ride-hail drivers as “essential workers” during the early days of the pandemic, last April Uber’s business dropped by 80%. Drivers decided...

    Walnut wants to crack open flexibility for healthcare bills – TechCrunch

    Healthcare insurance, if you’re lucky to have it, only covers a subset of conditions in the United States. As a result, patients can often...

    Pinterest announces $500K Creator Fund, ‘Creator Code’ content policy, moderation tools and more – TechCrunch

    Pinterest today hosted an event focused on its creator community, where the company announced a series of updates including the launch of a $500,000...

    The do’s and don’ts of bug bounty programs with Katie Moussouris – TechCrunch

    In the rush to launch, cybersecurity doesn’t always get the attention it deserves, and yet it’s one of the first things that startups learn...

    Twitch expands its rules against hate and abuse to include behavior off the platform – TechCrunch

    Twitch will start holding its streamers to a higher standard. The company just expanded its hate and harassment policy, specifying more kinds of bad...