China’s biggest chat app WeChat is set to make its payments service more ubiquitous in Japan, a popular outbound desitnation for Chinese tourists. On Tuesday, the Tencent-run messenger unveils a partnership with Japan’s Line chat app on mobile payments. The tie-up allows Japanese brick-and-mortar merchants with a Line Pay terminal to process WeChat Pay transactions […]
View More WeChat e-wallet teams up with Line to target Japan’s 7M Chinese touristsCategory: TechCrunch
Facebook’s weapon amid chaos and controversy: misdirection
The New York Times’ bombshell report into the past three years at Facebook paint a grotesque picture of the company’s attempts to navigate a string of high profile controversies by using unsavory, unethical and dark PR tactics. The Times’ report, citing more than 50 sources, accuses the company of: employing a Republican opposition research firm […]
View More Facebook’s weapon amid chaos and controversy: misdirectionGrowing pains at venture-backed Moogsoft lead to layoffs
Moogsoft has laid off 30 employees and completed two C-suite hires. Its new COO Amer Deeba recently resigned from Qualys following SEC charges of insider trading.
View More Growing pains at venture-backed Moogsoft lead to layoffsCalling all hackers! Join us for TechCrunch China’s Shenzhen Hackathon on Nov 17
Attention coders, designers and all other builders: the TechCrunch China Hackathon is returning to Shenzhen, the city known as the hardware capital of the world, this month and we want you to take part! So if your inner being is to code, design, build and hack cool things; if you want to have fun with others like […]
View More Calling all hackers! Join us for TechCrunch China’s Shenzhen Hackathon on Nov 17Africa Roundup: Local VC funds surge, Naspers ramps up and fintech diversifies
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Tarform debuted new e-motorcycles but is there a U.S. market? Naspers announces $300 million initiative to support startups and tech in South Africa Africa’s VC landscape is becoming more […]
View More Africa Roundup: Local VC funds surge, Naspers ramps up and fintech diversifiesTink Labs, which gives free-to-use smartphones to hotel guests, is raising $300M
Tink Labs, a Hong Kong startup that develops smartphones that hotels provide to their guests for free, is raising a new round of up to $300 million to further its international footprint, TechCrunch has come to understand. The startup is in the final stages of completing the deal that could give its six-year-old business a […]
View More Tink Labs, which gives free-to-use smartphones to hotel guests, is raising $300MQuizlet hits 50M monthly users
Following a $20 million round earlier this year, Quizlet is seeing solid growth in revenue and MAUs.
View More Quizlet hits 50M monthly usersYC grad Oh My Green gets $20M seed investment
Oh My Green has raised $20 million from Initialized Capital, Powerplant Ventures and others to bring healthier foods to offices around the U.S.
View More YC grad Oh My Green gets $20M seed investmentKZen raises $4 million to bring sanity to crypto wallets
KZen, a company run by former TC editor Ouriel Ohayon, has raised $4 million in seed to build a “better wallet,” obviously the elusive Holy Grail in the crypto world. Benson Oak Ventures, Samsung Next, Elron Ventures invested. Ohayon, who has worked at Internet Lab and founded TechCrunch France and Appsfire, wanted to create an […]
View More KZen raises $4 million to bring sanity to crypto walletsHere are the companies that pitched in Startup Battlefield MENA
Today in lovely Beirut, Lebanon TechCrunch held its first Startup Battlefield in the country. Over 700 people watched the show on site, which featured speakers from throughout the Middle East and 15 startups competing in Startup Battlefield. A winner will be chosen at the end of the day and they will walk away with a […]
View More Here are the companies that pitched in Startup Battlefield MENAWe’re kicking off Startup Battlefield MENA, here are the startups and agenda
We’re kicking off Startup Battlefield MENA here in Beirut, where 15 startups will be taking the stage, along with speakers from Facebook (our partner on the event through its FB Start program), Instabug, Eventus, Wuzzuf, Careem and Myki. For those of you who can’t be here in person, check back on TechCrunch later today, where […]
View More We’re kicking off Startup Battlefield MENA, here are the startups and agendaTech In Asia lays off staff after canceling planned ICO
Earlier this month, media startup Tech In Asia surprised its readers when it announced plans to implement an $18 per month paywall. More expensive than packages for the Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, the subscription went live this week. It’s designed to make the business self-sustaining after a tricky period of business in which […]
View More Tech In Asia lays off staff after canceling planned ICO