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    D2C furniture startups Tylko closes $26M Series C growth round led by Pitango and Evli – TechCrunch

    Polish startup Tylko, a modular furniture company that employs Augmented Reality as part of its sales cycle, has closed a €22 million ($26m) investment...

    Real estate platform Loft raises $425M at a $2.2B valuation in one of Brazil’s largest venture rounds – TechCrunch

    Buying and selling residential real estate is a complex business, no matter where you live. A slew of startups in the United States are...

    Insuretech startup Counterpart raises $10M in funding round led by Valor Equity Partners – TechCrunch

    Insuretech startup Counterpart, has raised $10 million in funding led by Valor Equity Partners. Also participating was Susa Ventures and Felicis Ventures. Counterpart works...

    Organizing Gravediggers, Cereal Makers and, Maybe, Amazon Employees

    A group of gravediggers in Columbus, Ohio, who just negotiated a 3 percent raise. The poultry plant that processes chicken nuggets for McDonald’s. The...

    Jumio raises $150M as its all-in-one ID authentication platform crosses 300M verified identities – TechCrunch

    Digital identity services — used as a key link between organizations to verify that you are who you say you are online and individuals...

    Tesla’s Autopilot Technology Faces Fresh Scrutiny

    Tesla faced numerous questions about its Autopilot technology after a Florida driver was killed in 2016 when the system of sensors and cameras failed...

    Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia – TechCrunch

    According to the World Bank, more than one billion people in South and East Asia lack access to a bank account. For many, this...

    Afriex raises $1.2M seed to scale its payments and remittances platform across Africa – TechCrunch

    Sending money from the U.S. to Nigeria can be a painstaking process. For remittance platforms like Western Union, it will cost a transfer fee...

    Discord, a Chat App for Gamers, Said to Have Discussed Deal With Microsoft

    SAN FRANCISCO — Discord, a social media company popular with gamers, has held deal talks with Microsoft for a transaction that could top $10...

    Crypto social network BitClout arrives with a bevy of high profile investors, and skeptics – TechCrunch

    While much of the recent wave of relentless hype around NFTs — or non-fungible tokens — has been most visibly manifested in high-dollar art...

    China to ban apps from collecting excessive user data starting May – TechCrunch

    Starting May 1, apps in China can no longer force users into providing excessive personal data, according to a document jointly released by a...

    Tencent Music now has joint labels with all ‘big three’ record labels – TechCrunch

    The music streaming arm of Tencent is further tightening its ties with the “big three” record label companies, its major licensing partners. Tencent Music...

    Niantic announces partnership with Nintendo on new augmented reality ‘Pikmin’ title – TechCrunch

    Nearly five years after the launch of Pokémon Go, Niantic announced Monday that they are partnering with Nintendo to co-develop a new title based...

    Indian beauty e-commerce Purplle raises $45 million – TechCrunch

    Purplle, an e-commerce platform for beauty products in India, said on Monday it has raised $45 million in a new financing round as it...

    Ro raises $500M to grow its remote and in-home primary care platform – TechCrunch

    Healthcare tech startup Ro has raised $500 million to help fuel continued growth of its hybrid telehealth/in-home primary care platform, which also includes a...

    Do we need so many virtual HQ platforms? – TechCrunch

    Teamflow, founded by ex-Uber manager Flo Crivello, has raised an $11 million Series A just three months after raising a $3.9 million seed for...