Privilège Ventures launches $20M fund investing in women-led startups • TechCrunch
Lugano, Switzerland-based venture capital fund Privilège Ventures just launched its fourth fund. The CHF 20 million (just over $20 million) …
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Former Googlers raise more than $90M to scale alternative asset fintech startup • TechCrunch
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Alation bags $123M at a $1.7B valuation for its data-cataloging software • TechCrunch
There’s been an explosion of enterprise data in recent years, accelerated by pandemic-spurred digital transformations. An IDC report commissioned by …
Blackbird’s latest $1B AUD fund signals maturation of Australian, New Zealand venture scene • TechCrunch
The Australian and New Zealand startup community will see a boost in funding this year. Blackbird, a VC fund based …
Twitter ad sales head resigned amid turbulent Musk takeover • TechCrunch
Twitter’s Chief Consumer Officer Sarah Personette has left the company, she wrote in a Twitter thread Tuesday morning. Personette, who …
Rapyd Ventures backs Indian fintech-as-a-service startup Decentro • TechCrunch
India’s Decentro, the Y Combinator-backed startup that helps companies enter the fintech market by deploying its APIs, has raised $4.7 …
Contraline erects $7.2M for contraceptive implants for men
The cervix industry has had implants to prevent pregnancy since the late 1960s, but there hasn’t exactly been stiff competition …
Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon Heavy for the first time in three years • TechCrunch
Thousands are gathering on Florida’s Space Coast to watch SpaceX launch the massive Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time …
Elon Musk refutes Twitter layoff timing to affect year-end compensation • TechCrunch
Elon Musk, Chief Twit, has refuted claims from a New York Times report this weekend that states he plans to …
Elon buys Twitter, new App Store rules, gambling ads backlash • TechCrunch
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile …