Tag: startups
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GM invests in radar software startup Oculii as demand for automated driving features rise
Oculii, a software startup that aims to improve the spatial resolution of radar sensors by up to 100-fold, has scored a new investment from General Motors. The new funding, which the two companies say is in the millions, comes just months after Oculii closed a $55 million Series B. Oculii and GM have already been…
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Growth is not enough
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We were a smaller team this week, with Natasha and Alex joined by Grace and Chris to sort through a week that brought together both this quarter’s earnings cycle and the Q3 IPO rush. So, it was just a little busy!…
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Growth marketing roundup: cool SaaS, marketing lies, VR ads and more
One might think that a short week due to a U.S. holiday calls for a short weekly recap, but we have plenty to share about growth marketing from our coverage over the week. With the help of your recommendations, this week we were able to interview Peep Laja and Lucy Heskins, and publish multiple guest…
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Regenerative agriculture is the next great ally in fight against climate change
Nancy Pfund Contributor Share on Twitter Nancy Pfund is founder and managing partner of DBL Partners, a venture capital company whose aim is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful societal, environmental and financial returns in both regions and sectors in which it invests. It appears that each and every week a new agribusiness, consumer…
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Airbnb nears IPO as Asana and Palantir land their direct listings
Editor’s note: Get this free weekly listing of TechCrunch news which any startup can utilize by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. PT). Subscribe here. The going hasn’t been easy but also the tech IPOs continue coming. Airbnb itself is nearly here, in what’s very likely to be the ultimate stock exchange listing of this dramatic…
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Decrypted: Tesla’s ransomware near miss, Palantir’s S-1 risk factors
Another busy week in cybersecurity. In case you missed this A popular messaging app used by more than a million protesters has many key security flaws; a little-known loophole has let the DMV market driver’s licenses and Social Security records to private investigators; and the U.S. government is wanting to recover over $2.5 million in…
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Startups Weekly: The US is finally getting serious about 5G
Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here. There are few things that US political leaders can agree on these days, but one of them thankfully appears to be 5G. Manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, health care and many other industries are beginning…
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Canada-based Genecis wins the XTC Global Challenge 2020 – the world’s largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges
How can we improve the world? How can we innovate with purpose? How can we make food that is free of toxins? How do we make quality education accessible? How do we convert waste into value? How do we enable rural farmers to earn a decent living? There are innumerable challenges like these today and…