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To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day

sudshr47 March 21, 2019 Startups

Meet the startups that raised venture capital, or got acquired, before Demo Day.

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Aurora’s Sterling Anderson, Uber ATG’s Raquel Urtasun to discuss self-driving cars and AI at TC Sessions

sudshr47 March 21, 2019

We’re just weeks away from our TC Sessions: Robotics + AI event at UC Berkeley on April 18. Some of the best and brightest minds are joining us for the day-long event, including Marc Raibert, Colin Angle, Melonee Wise and Anthony Levandowski . Last week, we added to the list of marquee guests and announced a panel with roboticist Ken Goldberg, […]

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Nigerian fintech startup OneFi acquires payment company Amplify

sudshr47 March 21, 2019

Lagos based online lending startup OneFi is buying Nigerian payment solutions company Amplify for an undisclosed amount. OneFi will take over Amplify’s IP, team, and client network of over 1000 merchants to which Amplify provides payment processing services, OneFi CEO Chijioke Dozie told TechCrunch. The move comes as fintech has become one of Africa’s most […]

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Seven Africa-focused startups present at Y Combinator’s Demo Day

sudshr47 March 20, 2019

The seven African-focused companies which presented as part of Y Combinator’s 200 strong cohort of Winter 2019 class of 200 startups may seem like a small percentage for such a large class, but it represents the growing significance of African ventures in YC’s universe. Since 2016, the Silicon Valley accelerator—that provides seed funds and mentorship […]

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Mammoth Biosciences adds the final piece of the CRISPR diagnostics puzzle to its toolkit

sudshr47 March 14, 2019

With the announcement today that Mammoth Biosciences has received the exclusive license from the University of California, Berkeley to the new CRISPR protein Cas14, the company now has the last piece of its diagnostics toolkit in place. Cas14 is a newly discovered protein from the lab of Jennifer Doudna, a pioneer in gene-editing research and […]

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CXA, a health-focused digital insurance startup, raises $25M

sudshr47 March 13, 2019

CXA Group, a Singapore-based startup that helps make insurance more accessible and affordable, has raised $25 million for expansion in Asia and later into Europe and North America. The startup takes a unique route to insurance. Rather than going to consumers directly, it taps corporations to offer their employees health flexible options. That’s to say […]

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Dozens of companies leaked sensitive data thanks to misconfigured Box accounts

sudshr47 March 11, 2019

Security researchers have found dozens of companies inadvertently leaking sensitive corporate and customer data because staff are sharing public links to files in their Box enterprise storage accounts that can be easily discovered. The discoveries were made by Adversis, a cybersecurity firm, which found major tech companies and corporate giants had left data inadvertently exposed. […]

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Amun raises $4M to give stock-like buying options for crypto investors

sudshr47 March 11, 2019

Crypto represent a ‘border-less’ that anyone can own, but actually getting hold it isn’t easy for everyone. Amun, a company that wants to make buying crypto as easy as stock, has pulled in $4 million in funding to offer more established channels for crypto ownership. The startup currently offers punters an ETP (exchange-traded product) on […]

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Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down amid a series of changes at the accelerator

sudshr47 March 8, 2019 Startups

What’s going on at Y Combinator?

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India’s Ola spins out a dedicated EV business — and it just raised $56M from investors

sudshr47 March 1, 2019

Ola, Uber’s key rival in India, is doubling down on electric vehicles after it span out a dedicated business, which has pulled in $56 million in early funding. The unit is named Ola Electric Mobility and it is described as being an independent business that’s backed by Ola. TechCrunch understands Ola provided founding capital, and […]

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Polis, the door-to-door marketer, raises another $2.5 million

sudshr47 February 26, 2019

Polis founder Kendall Tucker began her professional life as a campaign organizer in local Democratic politics, but — seeing an opportunity in her one-on-one conversations with everyday folks — has built a business taking that shoe leather approach to political campaigns to the business world. Now the company she founded to test her thesis that […]

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With $90 million in funding, the Ginkgo spinoff Motif joins the fight for the future of food

sudshr47 February 26, 2019

Continuing its quest to become the Amazon Web Services for biomanufacturing, Ginkgo Bioworks has launched a new spinoff called Motif Ingredients with $90 million in funding to develop proteins that can serve as meat and dairy replacements. It’s the second spinout for Ginkgo since late 2017 when the company partnered with Bayer to launch Joyn […]