[Techie Tuesday] From earning Rs 7,500 at Dell to building an $18M company, the story of Ambee Founder Madhusudhan Anand

Albert Einstein once said, “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” This has been Madhusudhan Anand’s mantra of his life. Being from an underprivileged family, Madhusudhan’s childhood was…

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Electric utility bike startup Ubco raises $10 million to fund its global expansion – TechCrunch

Ubco, the New Zealand-based electric utility bike startup, has raised $10 million to fund a global expansion focused on the U.S. market and scale up its commercial subscription service business. …

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Mobile commerce startup Via rounds up $15 million in Series A funding – TechCrunch

Mobile commerce is where it’s at, and rising investment in so-called conversational commerce startups underscores the opportunity. Via, a two-year-old, Bay Area-based startup, is among those riding the wave, having…

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Crypto finance startup Amber Group raises $100M at $1B valuation – TechCrunch

More mainstream venture capital firms are jumping on the crypto bandwagon as investors increasingly consider bitcoin an investable asset, despite the recent massive price drops of a few major cryptocurrencies.…

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DataRails books $25M more to build better financial reporting tools for SMBs – TechCrunch

As enterprise startups continue to target interesting gaps in the market, we’re seeing increasingly sophisticated tools getting built for small and medium businesses — traditionally a tricky segment to sell…

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What does Red Hat’s sale to IBM tell us about Couchbase’s valuation? – TechCrunch

The IPO rush of 2021 continued this week with a fresh filing from NoSQL provider Couchbase. The company raised hundreds of millions while private, making its impending debut an important…

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