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    Camunda snares $98M Series B as process automation continues to flourish – TechCrunch

    It’s clear that automated workflow tooling has become increasingly important for companies. Perhaps that explains why Camunda, a Berlin startup that makes open source...

    No-code business intelligence service y42 raises $2.9M seed round – TechCrunch

    Berlin-based y42 (formerly known as Datos Intelligence), a data warehouse-centric business intelligence service that promises to give businesses access to an enterprise-level data stack...

    Mithril dives into chips again with a $55M infusion to Flex Logix – TechCrunch

    The once untouchable semiconductor sector continues to attract fervent attention from VCs. The latest news this morning is that Ajay Royan of Mithril Capital has...

    Waterfund commits $50M to OurCrowd’s water and agtech portfolio – TechCrunch

    Waterfund, an investment and trading firm that specializes in acquiring and managing water-related infrastructure assets, today announced a deal with Israel-based crowdfunding platform OurCrowd...

    Swedish fintech Zaver raises $5M to bring cardless payments and BNPL to ‘durables’ sector – TechCrunch

    Zaver, a Swedish fintech that enable merchants to accept cardless payments and offer buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) as an option, has raised $5 million in new...

    Nuvemshop, LatAm’s answer to Shopify, raises $90M in Accel-led Series D – TechCrunch

    The COVID-19 pandemic has led to people everywhere shopping more online and Latin America is no exception. São Paulo-based Nuvemshop has developed an e-commerce platform...

    These undergraduates left university to build Flux, a payments startup now in YC – TechCrunch

    Traditional remittance companies, while necessary, currently have two flaws in speed and exorbitant fees. It can take a long while (days to weeks) for...

    Next Billion Users head Caesar Sengupta is leaving Google – TechCrunch

    Caesar Sengupta, the long-time head of Google’s Next Billion Users initiative, is leaving the company next month, he said Monday. Sengupta, who additionally also...

    Indonesian savings and investment app Pluang gets $20M in pre-Series B funding – TechCrunch

    Indonesia-based fintech Pluang announced today it has raised $20 million in a pre-Series B round led by Openspace Ventures, with participation from Go Ventures...

    Spark Capital decides to “sever all ties” with David Dobrik’s Dispo app weeks after leading investment – TechCrunch

    Venture capital firm Spark Capital has decided to ‘sever all ties’ with Dispo, a photo-sharing app co-created by famous YouTuber David Dobrik. The move,...

    Singapore-based M Capital Management closes $30.85M debut fund to invest in Southeast Asian startups – TechCrunch

    M Capital Management founding partners Joachim Ackermann (left) and Mayank Parekh (right) M Capital Management, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, announced today it has closed...

    Aldea Ventures creates ‘hybrid’ European €100M fund to invest both in Micro VCs, plus follow-on – TechCrunch

    The historical trajectory of venture capital has been to move to earlier and earlier finding rounds in order to capture the greatest potential multiple...

    Sivo, a young “Stripe for debt” led by a veteran operator, seems to have investors clamoring – TechCrunch

    Kate Hiscox is having a moment. Her company, Sivo, founded eight months ago, has already raised $5 million from investors at a post-money valuation...

    The debate about cryptocurrency and energy consumption – TechCrunch

    Energy consumption has become the latest flashpoint for cryptocurrency. Critics decry it as an energy hog while proponents hail it for being less intensive...

    Zappos Chief Executive is Looking For a Way Forward

    It was never going to be easy to succeed Tony Hsieh, the celebrated chief executive of Zappos, who turned a tiny online shoe seller...

    Tech companies predict the (economic) future – TechCrunch

    Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and...