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    Join Bessemer’s Byron Deeter for a live Q&A today at 12pm PT/3pm ET – TechCrunch

    Byron Deeter’s portfolio includes Twilio, DocuSign, Box, Canva, Intercom, SendGrid and many more. He is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced SaaS and...

    OpenPhone rings up $14 million to put your work phone in an app – TechCrunch

    Communication tools are evolving quickly. We have all kinds of social media for our personal lives, Slack for chatting with our coworkers, Discord for...

    Don’t Fear the Robots, and Other Lessons From a Study of the Digital Economy

    There are a handful of nonprofit job-training programs with proven track records, including Year Up, Per Scholas, Project Quest and JVS. The M.I.T. group...

    Giraffe360, a robotic camera for real estate, raises $4.5M from LAUNCHub and Hoxton Ventures – TechCrunch

    Giraffe360 has a robotic camera, combined with a subscription service, which enables real estate agents and brokers to generate high-resolution photos of properties, floor...

    Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy, a delivery service for prescription medications – TechCrunch

    A little over two years after its $753 million acquisition of the prescription medicine delivery service Pillpack, Amazon has finally launched Amazon Pharmacy, its...

    Spacemaker, AI software for urban development, is acquired by Autodesk for $240M – TechCrunch

    Autodesk, the U.S. publicly listed software and services company that targets engineering and design industries, has acquired Norway’s Spacemaker, a startup that has...

    India’s insurance platform Turtlemint raises $30 million – TechCrunch

    Turtlemint, an Indian startup that is helping consumers identify and purchase the most appropriate insurance policies for them, has raised $30 million in a...

    Lego expands its Super Mario world with customization tools, new Mario power-ups, and more characters – TechCrunch

    Lego’s partnership with Nintendo delivered a pretty awesome debut earlier this year with the interactive Lego Super Mario Starter Course, and now...

    Digital freight forwarder Forto raises another $50M, in round led by Inven Capital – TechCrunch

    Forto, a digital freight forwarder which has experienced a boom during the pandemic, has raised another $50 million in funding. This takes its total...

    Indonesian telecom network Telkomsel invests $150 million in GoJek – TechCrunch

    Telkomsel, Indonesia’s biggest telecom network, has invested $150 million in ride-hailing firm GoJek, the two companies said on Tuesday. As part of the “strategic partnership,”...

    Cooper raises $2M to build a professional network centered on introductions – TechCrunch

    In a period of social distancing, making new professional connections feels harder than ever. So Amsterdam-based Cooper is building a network that’s all about...

    PingCAP, the open-source developer behind TiDB, closes $270 million Series D – TechCrunch

    PingCAP, the open-source software developer best known for NewSQL database TiDB, has raised a $270 million Series D. TiDB handles hybrid transactional and analytical...

    Digital electricity supplier Tibber closes $65M Series B led by Eight Roads, Balderton – TechCrunch

    Tibber, a ‘digital electricity’ supplier which uses AI to switch around power for houses based on their predicted levels of consumption – has closed...

    What to Expect in Senate Hearing With Zuckerberg and Dorsey

    WASHINGTON — Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, and Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief, will appear before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on...

    Sequoia-backed recycling robot maker AMP Robotics gets its largest purchase order – TechCrunch

    AMP Robotics, the manufacturer of robotic recycling systems, has received its largest purchase order from the publicly traded North American waste handling company, Waste...

    Huawei sells budget phone unit Honor to government, distribution partners – TechCrunch

    After weeks of rumors, Huawei confirmed it is selling its budget phone unit Honor to a consortium of companies, including government-backed firms and Honor’s...