TechCrunch is excited to be partnering with Facebook to bring our illustrious startup competition, the Startup Battlefield, to Nairobi, Kenya, later this year. The Battlefield will feature several prominent startups from the region, each vying to be crowned the most promising startup in sub-Saharan Africa. Startups can apply to one of three categories: social good; productivity and… Read More »
Oklahoma City startup, Datebox, offers a monthly subscription box for couples that are dating. The monthly box comes with items and ideas to fire up date night, no not necessarily in a sexy way, but with creative fun ideas. There may sushi for two or a camping night complete with ghost stories and directions for… Read More »
FinTech firm Cloud.IQ has closed a £4m Series A round led by London-based venture capital firm Nauta Capital. Finance Wales also participated in the fund, alongside existing investors Juno Capital. Founded in 2012, the London-based company is a conversion rate optimization platform which uses artificial intelligence to reduce the costs of currency conversion for e-commerce… Read More »
On Monday, Jay Z released a press release announcing the new venture capital firm, Arrive. Arrive will focus particularly on brand building, with the claim that Jay Z and Roc Nation have a solid background in building up brands, something that consumer-focused companies will be able to leverage for their own startups. The investment platform… Read More »
Applied Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & IoT focused early stage venture fund pi Ventures announced the first close of their maiden fund at $13mn. The $30mn fund is expected to close within this year. Limited partners include India’s top lender to small businesses, SIDBI, prominent family offices from USA, Canada, Singapore & India and leading… Read More »
Edtech startup Nearpod has closed $21 million in its, Series B funding round bringing the total to 30.2 million of funds raised to date. The round was led by Insight Venture Partners, Reach Capital, GSV Acceleration, Krillion Ventures and AGP Miami. This latest round of funding will support the demand from teachers seeking VR and… Read More »
South African Fintech startup, Yoco has raised an undisclosed amount of funds from foreign based investors – US-based Quona Capital and Netherlands-based Velocity Capital – in a Series A funding round to aid its expansion across Africa and launching of new tools. Launched in 2015, Yoco is on a mission to empower the growth of entrepreneurial… Read More »
Hong Kong-based booking platform for attractions, tours, and activities Klook today announced that it has raised a US$30 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Sequoia Capital China with participation from existing investors such as Matrix Partners and Welight Capital. Klook will use the new funding to further its global expansion efforts,… Read More »
CEOs, CMOs, CTOs and other proven C-level startup executives are invited to apply for the chance to join Qatar Science & Technology Park and Wasabi Ventures Global to explore the possibility of building their next scalable startup with software technologies developed at the Qatar Computing Research Institute. The Program consists of 3 phases, and those… Read More »
New York-based startup Hiatus has raised $1.2M in seed funding. The startup helps you identify (and potentially cancel) your monthly reoccurring subscriptions. Founded in 2015, Hiatus first connects to your bank account and identifies your paid reoccurring subscriptions, some of which you may have forgotten you’re even paying for. Each month it will notify you… Read More »
