Scooter startup Lime has confirmed it hired Definers but claimed it didn’t know the controversial PR firm would try to smear its rivals. The company was speaking during an on stage interview here at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin. Definers was recently revealed to have carried out so-called ‘opposition research’ on entities critical of Facebook . Including […]
View More Lime claims it didn’t know controversial PR firm Definers would sling mud at rivalsCategory: berlin
V2X Network gives developers the keys to in-vehicle data
Data is king. But if there isn’t a way to capture, sort and use it, then there it sits — an untapped resource. V2X Network, a German-based startup presenting onstage Thursday during Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin, sees opportunity in all the data produced in the modern car. And it’s a hefty sum. A […]
View More V2X Network gives developers the keys to in-vehicle dataHow a startup mindset can help the refugee crisis
Startup entrepreneurs have a crucial role to play in building a more agile response to the global refugee crisis and also helping to change the narrative around displaced people, TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin has heard. Speaking during a panel discussing how technology can support refugees to integrate and rebuild their lives, Aline Sara, CEO of NaTakallam […]
View More How a startup mindset can help the refugee crisisApoll01 wants to remake education by decentralizing the diploma
Dan Genduso spent nearly a decade working in consulting before landing on the Disrupt Berlin stage to launch his first startup, Apoll01 — a small company with a big idea about how to solve America’s expanding education crisis. First at Accenture and then at Slalom Consulting in San Francisco, Genduso focused on building out customer […]
View More Apoll01 wants to remake education by decentralizing the diplomaZizoo, a booking.com for boats, sails for new markets with $7.4M on board
Berlin-based Zizoo — a startup which self describes as booking.com for boats — has nabbed a €6.5 million (~$7.4M) Series A to help more millennials find holiday yachts to mess about taking selfies in. Zizoo says its Series A — which was led by Revo Capital, with participation from new investors including Coparion, Check24 Ventures and PUSH […]
View More Zizoo, a booking.com for boats, sails for new markets with $7.4M on boardA leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes
A security lapse has exposed a massive database containing tens of millions of text messages, including password reset links, two-factor codes, shipping notifications and more. The exposed server belongs to Voxox (formerly Telcentris), a San Diego, Calif.-based communications company. The server wasn’t protected with a password, allowing anyone who knew where to look to peek […]
View More A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codesJane VC, a new fund for female entrepreneurs, wants founders to cold email them
Want to pitch a venture capitalist? You’ll need a “warm introduction” first. At least that’s what most in the business will advise. Find a person, typically a man, who made the VC you’re interested in pitching a whole bunch of money at some point and have them introduce you. Why? Because VCs love people who’ve […]
View More Jane VC, a new fund for female entrepreneurs, wants founders to cold email themSee you in Vancouver tonight
We’ve finalized the Vancouver micro meetup tonight. We’ll be holding it at Hootsuite HQ on 5, East 8th Ave at 7pm on October 4. Extra special thanks to the folks at Hootsuite for helping out. You must RSVP here so we know how many are attending. I’ve already picked ten companies to pitch so if […]
View More See you in Vancouver tonightSee you in Vancouver on Thursday
We’ve finalized the Vancouver micro meetup for this Thursday. We’ll be holding it at Hootsuite HQ on 5, East 8th Ave at 7pm on October 4. Extra special thanks to the folks at Hootsuite for helping out. You must RSVP here so we know how many are attending. If you’d like to pitch please fill […]
View More See you in Vancouver on ThursdayUltimate.ai nabs $1.3M for a customer service AI focused on non-English markets
For customer service, Ultimate.ai‘s thesis is it’s not humans or AI but humans and AI. The Helsinki- and Berlin-based startup has built an AI-powered suggestion engine that, once trained on clients’ data-sets, is able to provide real-time help to (human) staff dealing with customer queries via chat, email and social channels. So the AI layer […]
View More Ultimate.ai nabs $1.3M for a customer service AI focused on non-English marketsKegel trainer startup Elvie is launching a smaller, smarter, hands-free breast pump
Elvie, a Berlin-based startup known best for its connected Kegel trainer is jumping into the breast pump business with a new $480 hands-free system you can slip into your bra. Even with all the innovation in baby gear, breast pumps have mostly sucked (pun intended) for new moms for the past half a century. My […]
View More Kegel trainer startup Elvie is launching a smaller, smarter, hands-free breast pumpMunich Re buys IoT middleware startup, relayr, in deal worth $300M
Berlin based Internet of Things (IoT) startup relayr, whose middleware platform is geared towards helping industrial companies unlock data insights from their existing machinery and production line kit by linking Internet connected sensors and edge devices to platform controls, has been acquired by insurance group Munich Re in a deal which values the company at […]
View More Munich Re buys IoT middleware startup, relayr, in deal worth $300M