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    Stotles secures funding for platform which brings transparency to government tenders, contracts – TechCrunch

    The public sector usually publishes its business opportunities in the form of ‘tenders,’ to increase transparency to the public. However, this data is scattered,...

    U.S. to Accuse Google of Protecting Illegal Monopoly

    WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to accuse Google of maintaining an illegal monopoly over search and search advertising in a lawsuit to be...

    Handshake raises $80M more to build a more diversity-focused LinkedIn for college students – TechCrunch

    College graduates this year (and perhaps in the near-term) have been looking for work in what is one of the most challenging job markets...

    Soleadify secures seed funding for database what tracks 40M business using machine learning – TechCrunch

    Usually, databases about companies have to be painstakingly updated by humans. Soleadify is a startup that uses machine learning to create profiles for businesses...

    Austin-based Verifiable raises $3 million for its api toolkit to verify healthcare credentials – TechCrunch

    Before Nick Macario launched Verifiable, the Austin-based company that just raised $3 million for its api toolkit that verifies healthcare credentials, he ran a...

    Lux-backed Flex Logix announces availability of its fast and cheap X1 AI chip for the edge – TechCrunch

    In the computing world, there are probably more types of chips available than your local supermarket snack aisle. Diverse computing environments (data centers and...

    Splunk acquires Plumbr and Rigor to build out its observability platform – TechCrunch

    Data platform Splunk today announced that it has acquired two startups, Plumbr and Rigor, to build out its new Observability Suite, which is also...

    Vectary, a design platform for 3D and AR, raises $7.3M from EQT and Blueyard – TechCrunch

    Vectary, a design platform for 3D and Augmented Reality (AR), has raised a $7.3 million round led by European fund EQT Ventures. Existing investor...

    Perch raises $123.5M to grow its stable of D2C brands that sell on Amazon – TechCrunch

    While Amazon gradually builds out its own-branded line of products, third-party sellers continue to account for a significant part of the transaction volume and...

    Tiliter bags $7.5M for its ‘plug and play’ cashierless checkout tech – TechCrunch

    Tiliter, an Australian startup that’s using computer vision to power cashierless checkout tech that replaces the need for barcodes on products, has closed...

    Math learning platform Knowledgehook raises £13.5M Series A to expand globally – TechCrunch

    Given the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of students have switched to online learning. So whereas EdTech used to be somewhat of an...

    Dublin’s LearnUpon raises $56M for its online learning management system for enterprises – TechCrunch

    One big technology by-product of the Covid-19 pandemic has been a much stronger focus on online education solutions — providing the tools for students...

    When Start-Ups Go Into the Garage (or Sometimes the Living Room)

    SAN FRANCISCO — It is the folksiest of Silicon Valley origin stories: Tech start-up makes it big after a wide-eyed entrepreneur builds a prototype...

    Trilo lets merchants offer rewards to customers choosing bank-to-bank payments – TechCrunch

    Open banking enables bank-to-bank payments, meaning that (in theory) merchants should be able to accept payments without having to hand over fees to Visa...

    Eat Just partners with Proterra to launch a new subsidiary in Asia – TechCrunch

    Eat Just, the plant-based food startup, is launching a new Asian subsidiary through a partnership with Proterra Investment Partners Asia. The agreement includes building...

    Intel agrees to sell its NAND business to SK Hynix for $9 billion – TechCrunch

    SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest chip makers, announced today it will pay $9 billion for Intel’s flash memory business. Intel ...