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    Farmland could be the next big asset class modernized by marketplace startups – TechCrunch

    Jim Jackson developed timber and farmland in Eastern Washington, protected from coastal rains by the peaks of the Cascade mountains, building out a clutch...

    Instagram adds new teen safety tools as competition with TikTok heats up – TechCrunch

    Earlier this year, TikTok made an update to its privacy settings and defaults to further lock down the app for its teenage users. This...

    Google’s Soli radar returns to track sleep on the new Nest Hub – TechCrunch

    Talk about surprise comebacks. This morning Google announced the arrival of the next-gen Nest Hub. In spite of rebranding from Google Home Hub back...

    Noogata raises $12M seed round for its no-code enterprise AI platform – TechCrunch

    Noogata, a startup that offers a no-code AI solution for enterprises, today announced that it has raised a $12 million seed round led by...

    Appfire, provider of Atlassian apps, raises $100M to continue its buying spree – TechCrunch

    Appfire, a Boston-based provider of software development apps, announced Tuesday that it has received a $100 million investment from growth private equity firm TA...

    Leap raises $17 million to help Indian students study abroad – TechCrunch

    Hundreds of thousands of teenagers and young adults get on flights each year from India to a foreign land to pursue higher education. Upon...

    The toilet paper startup backed by Marc Benioff, Dara Khosrowshahi, and Robert Downey Jr. now sells paper towels – TechCrunch

    Cloud Paper, the startup whose bamboo toilet paper (and celebrity and billionaire backers including Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Marc Benioff, Dara Khosrowshahi, and...

    Cyware nabs $30M to help organizations detect and stop advanced cyber attacks – TechCrunch

    Malicious hacking has become a pernicious and dogged fact of life for more organizations, and it’s a threat that has seemingly grown more complicated...

    Resilience is an ambitious bet to improve cancer treatment – TechCrunch

    Meet Resilience, a new startup that wants to help cancer treatment institutes as well as cancer patients at every step of the treatment journey....

    Inovia Capital raises $450M for second growth-stage investment fund – TechCrunch

    Montreal-headquartered Inovia Capital has raised $450 million for Growth Fund II, the firm’s second growth-stage investment fund. The close of this funding comes just...

    Beer Here, Bouquets Next Door: How a Bar Defied the Pandemic

    Ms. Easterbrook, the Hatch’s manager, had been planning to open a sister bar called Good for Nothing, but she quickly ditched the plan when...

    How Amazon Crushes Unions – The New York Times

    If safety was the biggest issue for the technicians, there were also concerns over pay equity β€” machinists said they were paid different amounts...

    New challenger Ikigai combines digital banking and wealth management – TechCrunch

    Ikigai, a London fintech founded by former McKinsey partners, thinks there’s room in the crowded challenger market for a new premium offering that combines...

    SumUp, which helps businesses take card payments, raises $895M to double down on growth – TechCrunch

    SumUp, a London-based startup that helps businesses power revenues through card payments β€” by way of physical readers, online payments and invoices β€” is...

    Flutterwave and PayPal partner to allow African merchants to accept and make payments – TechCrunch

    It is nearly impossible for businesses in some African countries to receive money from PayPal. While the payments giant has not given reasons why...

    Neobroker Bitpanda raises $170M at a $1.2B valuation to take its trading platform beyond crypto – TechCrunch

    One of the bigger startups in Europe operating a trading platform for cryptocurrency has closed a big round of funding on the heels of...