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    Credit-and-collect fintech start-up Diem raises $5.5M Seed led by Fasanara Capital – TechCrunch

    Diem, a London, UK-based fintech start-up has raised a seed round of $5.5 million led by Fasanara Capital, and Angel investor Chris Adelsbach, founder...

    What type of visa should we get to fundraise in Silicon Valley? – TechCrunch

    Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year...

    Snap is taking a significant step into fashion e-commerce with its acquisition of Fit Analytics – TechCrunch

    “Snap, Inc. is a camera company,” Snap notes on its homepage, and while a lot of it effort up to now have been about...

    Review: Living the ‘Dream,’ on Your Laptop or Phone

    Do you know of a site where the wild thyme blows? You do now.“Dream,” an interactive experience from the Royal Shakespeare Company, which runs...

    France’s privacy watchdog probes Clubhouse after complaint and petition – TechCrunch

    Clubhouse, the buzzy but still invite only social audio app that’s popular with the Silicon Valley technorati, is being investigated by France’s privacy watchdog. The...

    In expanded crackdown, Facebook increases penalties for rule-breaking groups and their members – TechCrunch

    Facebook this morning announced it will increase the penalties against its rule-breaking Facebook Groups and their members, alongside other changes designed to reduce the...

    Pregame Y Combinator with Equity – TechCrunch

     Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche...

    Pixxel closes $7.3M seed round and unveils commercial hyperspectral imaging product – TechCrunch

    LA and Bangalore-based space startup Pixxel has closed a $7.3 million seed round, including newly committed capital from Techstars, Omnivore VC and more. The...

    Arrival to open a second US microfactory to build electric vans for UPS – TechCrunch

    Arrival, the UK electric vehicle startup that will soon be a publicly traded company, plans to build a second microfactory in the United States. The...

    Why We Shouldn’t Assume Amazon Has It All Figured Out

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.What if America’s most successful companies are...

    The Space Launch System: NASA’s Last Rocket

    Eleven years in the making, the most powerful NASA-built rocket since the Apollo program at last stands upright. Framed by the industrial test platform...

    Riva Health wants to turn your smartphone into a blood pressure monitor – TechCrunch

    Riva, founded by scientist Tuhin Sinha and Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus, wants to help people measure their blood pressure in a clinically-approved way. Blood...

    Olo prices IPO sharply above its target, valuing company as high as $4.6B – TechCrunch

    A big story in the finance world this morning is that the Nasdaq Composite index lost ground in pre-market trading while bond yields rose....

    The Robinhood competitor landscape intensifies as Invstr raises $20M – TechCrunch

    One of the biggest gripes about investing apps is that they are not acting responsibly by not educating users properly and allegedly letting them...

    Apple Maps updated with Covid-19 vaccination locations in the U.S. – TechCrunch

    Google earlier this year announced an update to Google Maps to help people find Covid-19 vaccination sites nearby, and now Apple is doing the...

    Oso announces $8.2M Series A to simplify authorization for developers – TechCrunch

    When we think about getting access to an application, we tend to focus on the authentication side — granting or denying people (or devices)...