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    Precursor Ventures promotes Sydney Thomas, its first hire, to principal – TechCrunch

    In 2019, only one Black woman was named partner in venture capital, according to All Raise, a nonprofit focused on accelerating female founders and...

    In the ‘buy now, pay later’ wars, PayPal is primed for dominance – TechCrunch

    Stephen Milbank Contributor Stephen Milbank is the co-founder and Head of Global Strategic Partnerships at Button, a mobile commerce technology company that is powering a commerce-driven...

    Tech optimism…in this economy? – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. A few notes before we...

    Wise raises another $12 million to double down on embedded business banking – TechCrunch

    Fintech startup Wise has raised a $12 million Series A round. The company offers business bank accounts with an interesting go-to-market strategy. Wise ...

    Walmart’s new test stores will experiment with AR, mobile, revamped checkout and more – TechCrunch

    Walmart over the years has been working to turn its physical retail stores into online fulfillment centers, and now, with its latest set...

    Intel acquires SigOpt, a specialist in modeling optimization, to boost its AI business – TechCrunch

    Intel has been doubling down on building chips and related architecture for the next generation of computing, and today it announced an acquisition that...

    Commissary Club wants to help formerly incarcerated people find community – TechCrunch

    Y Combinator-backed employment platform 70 Million Jobs is launching a new social network geared toward helping formerly incarcerated individuals connect with each other. While...

    India’s WareIQ raises $1.65M for its Amazon-like delivery platform for sellers – TechCrunch

    Despite e-commerce firms Amazon and Walmart and others pouring billions of dollars in India, offline retail still commands more than 95% of all...

    Two weeks left to score early bird savings at TC Sessions: Space 2020 – TechCrunch

    NASA just made history by landing a spacecraft on an asteroid. If that kind of technical achievement carbonates your glass of Tang, join us...

    Developer productivity tools startup Raycast raises $2.7M from Accel – TechCrunch

    Workplace SaaS tools for teams have seen rocket ship growth in the past several years, and that adoption has given rise to a host...

    One-click housing startup Atmos raises another $4M from Khosla, real estate strategics, and TikTok star Josh Richards – TechCrunch

    Atmos wants to make designing a house as simple as a single click. Well, that vision is now getting a double click from VCs. The...

    Republicans Blast Social Media C.E.O.s While Democrats Deride Hearing

    WASHINGTON — Lawmakers hammered the chief executives of Twitter, Facebook, Google and one another at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, with Republicans claiming the...

    Donut launches Watercooler, an easy way to socialize online with coworkers – TechCrunch

    If you miss hanging out with your coworkers but don’t want to spend a single second more on Zoom, the latest product from Donut might...

    Meet the 11 startups graduating from the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator – TechCrunch

    Disruption favors the small startup, and the pandemic has most certainly been disruptive. So it’s no surprise that accelerators and incubators are pumping out...

    ‘South Park’ Creators Break Down ‘Sassy Justice,’ Their Deepfake Video

    Like so many other things on the internet, the viral video “Sassy Justice” seemed too good to be true when it started showing up...

    Goodcover, the YC-backed insurance startup, raises $7.5 million in Series A – TechCrunch

    YC-backed Goodcover, the insurtech startup that looks to pass unused premiums back to the policyholder, is today announcing the close of a $7.5 million...