Rapid raises $12M for its manufacturing robotics – TechCrunch
Bay Area-based Rapid Robotics today announced a $12 million Series A. The new round, led by NEA, brings the company’s total funding up to $17.5 million. It joins a recently…
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Blog post titles are hard. You need to communicate a lot of information and capture the attention—and the clicks—of your audience, and you only have so many characters to do…
Brighton-based MPB snaps up $69M to build out its used camera equipment marketplace – TechCrunch
Used-goods marketplaces, an online staple since the beginning of the internet as we know it, have really come into their own during the COVID-19 pandemic: They’ve been a place for…
Sendbird raises $100M at a $1B+ valuation, says 150M+ users now interact using its chat and video APIs – TechCrunch
Messaging is the medium these days, and today a startup that has built an API to help others build text and video interactivity into their services is announcing a big…
Empathy emerges from stealth with $13M for a digital assistant aimed at bereaved families – TechCrunch
Death, despite being one of the most inevitable of life’s events, can also be one of the most complicated and problematic. Fraught with emotional and religious complexities, for many families…
Shell invests in LanzaJet to speed up deliveries of its synthetic aviation fuel – TechCrunch
The energy giant Shell has joined a slew of strategic investors — including All Nippon Airways, Suncor Energy, Mitsui and British Airways — in funding LanzaJet, the company commercializing a…
New Jersey announces $10M seed fund aimed at Black and Latinx founders – TechCrunch
Today, in a twist, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has announced a proposal for a $10 million allocation in the state budget to create a seed fund for Black and…
After Khatabook & Cars 24, MS Dhoni Backs D2C Beverages Brand 7Ink Brews
Dhoni has also inspired the startup’s new product, Copter7 named after the cricket’s signature strokeThe D2C food & beverage brand has already raised over $7 Mn and is further looking…
Crypto Ban Will Mar Blockchain Innovation
A whitepaper prepared by the Internet and Mobile Association of India uses India’s well-documented ambitions to climb up the Global Innovation Index (GII) rankings as a crutch to make its…
Tata Power, Social Alpha Back Industrial IoT Startup Urja
With the deal, Tata Power aims to become a fully integrated energy-as-a-service (EaaS) providerURJA develops internet of things devices for energy analytics in industrial manufacturing applicationsFounded in 2017, URJA caters…