More

    Technology

    Ant Challenged Beijing and Prospered. Now It Toes the Line.

    “If you can’t actually reform the banks,” Mr. Chorzempa said, “you can inject more competition.”But then came worries about shadowy, unregulated corners of finance...

    LA Rams, Fanatics and Postmates coordinate on an on-demand pop-up – TechCrunch

    Postmates, now a division of Uber, is diving deeper into the world of on-demand retail and its partnership with the National Football League. The company, working...

    Ant Group could raise as much as $34.5B in IPO in what would be world’s largest IPO – TechCrunch

    The long-anticipated IPO of Alibaba-affiliated Chinese fintech giant Ant Group could raise tens of billions of dollars in a dual-listing on both the Shanghai...

    Now a co-managing partner, Upfront’s Kara Nortman is one of the first women promoted to a leadership role in VC – TechCrunch

    Kara Nortman has always been dedicated to supporting women in technology and in startups. As one of the founders of the All Raise, the organization...

    SAP’s warning, and IPO updates for both Airbnb and Databricks – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that...

    Dropbox begins shift to high efficiency Western Digital Shingled Magnetic Recording disks – TechCrunch

    Last year, Dropbox talked about making a shift to Shingled Magnetic Recording or SMR disks for short because of the efficiency they can give...

    All About Ant Group, the Next Big Tech I.P.O.

    One of China’s most influential tech companies, the internet finance titan Ant Group, is poised to raise a boatload of cash by selling shares.The...

    Linktree raises $10.7M for its lightweight, link-centric user profiles – TechCrunch

    Simple, link-centric user profiles might seem might not seem like a particularly ambitious idea, but it’s been big enough for Linktree. The Melbourne startup says...

    Facebook steps into cloud gaming — and another feud with Apple – TechCrunch

    Facebook will soon be the latest tech giant to enter the world of cloud gaming. Their approach is different than what Microsoft ...

    Ant Group Set to Raise $34 Billion in World’s Biggest I.P.O.

    Ant Group, the Chinese financial technology titan, is set to raise around $34 billion when its shares begin trading in Hong Kong and Shanghai...

    Water quality and distribution monitoring software Ketos raises $18 million – TechCrunch

    Water quality and logistics monitoring software Ketos has raised $15 million from a group of investors to take advantage of the growing demand for...

    UK’s PrimaryBid raises $50M as its retail investing platform sees a Covid-19 surge of activity – TechCrunch

    One of the biggest trends in the world of fintech in the last several years has been the emergence (and surging popularity) of startups...

    TravelPerk launches an API for COVID-19 restrictions – TechCrunch

    About a month after outting an open API platform for its customers to augment their apps, business trip SaaS startup TravelPerk has launched a...

    Epic’s latest argument in its fight against Apple keeps antitrust issues front and center – TechCrunch

    Epic Games, the game engine developer and creator of the wildly popular Fortnite game, is keeping the focus squarely on antitrust issues in its...

    Tencent leads $100M Series B funding round into China-based esport provider VSPN – TechCrunch

    Further confirmation that the esports market is booming amid the pandemic comes today with the news that esports ‘total solutions provider’ VSPN (Versus Programming...

    Esports pioneer Dino Ying talks to TechCrunch about the next phase of VSPN – TechCrunch

    Following the news that China’s esport giant VSPN (Versus Programming Network) has raised close to $100 million in a Series B funding round, led...