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• Leadsales targets LatAm businesses with conversational commerce tool for WhatsApp (Techcrunch)
  The conversational commerce company developed a CRM tool for sales made via WhatsApp and other social media.
• Vertice raises $25M for AI-based tools to help companies tackle software spend | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  When you say the phrase “expense management” in a business context, people might think of software like Concur that tracks what you spend o…
• Digital assets marketplace Creative Fabrica launches generative AI tool (Techcrunch)
  CF Spark is available to Creative Fabrica’s four million users for free.
• Sarah Buchner started as a carpenter when she was 12 (Techcrunch)
  Trunk Tools, a company developing AI-powered automation tools for the construction industry, has raised $20 million in a Series A round.
• Google is launching a new Android feature to drive users back into their installed apps (Techcrunch)
  Google says the new SDK would help Google expand on its core mission of connecting the right audience to the right content at the right tim…
• Watch Google I/O keynote live (Techcrunch)
  Whether you’re a Google user or a tech enthusiast, be sure to watch Google I/O keynote and read our coverage on TechCrunch.
• Disclose your Scope 3 emissions, you cowards (Techcrunch)
  Many companies are saying that they don’t take climate change seriously enough to fully understand — and disclose — their own impact on it.
• Google’s Pixel Watch 2 brings new sensors for improved health tracking (Techcrunch)
  After years of rumors and reports, Google finally released its first smartwatch last year.
• Deco.cx grabs $2.2M to bring simplicity back to brand website creation | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  The Brazil-based startup is creating tools for developers of growing e-commerce brands to create high-performance digital experiences.
• Goldman-backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya (Techcrunch)
  Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia and B2 B agtech startup Twiga Foods are partnering to deliver produce in Kenya using adaptive measures…
• What we can learn from edtech startups' expansion efforts in Europe (Techcrunch)
  Unlike their neighbors in fintech, it’s assumed that edtech companies need to expand to a number of big markets in order to reach a scale t…
• CrewAI uses third-party models to automate business tasks | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  CrewAI, a startup developing a hub where companies can build automations using third-party AI models, has raised $18 million from investors…
• A huge Chinese database of faces and vehicle license plates spilled online (Techcrunch)
  Another mass data lapse exposes new weaknesses in China's sprawling surveillance state.
• Chrome OS gets a new launcher for its 100th birthday (Techcrunch)
  Chrome OS is launching version 100 today and with that, it is introducing a new launcher, dictation editing and a GIF maker.
• iOS 14.5 goes live with Watch unlocking, tracking transparency and kissing emojis (Techcrunch)
  At its big event last week, Apple tipped off the forthcoming arrival of the latest point update to iOS.
• Optus, Australia's second largest telco, says customer data exposed in data breach (Techcrunch)
  The telco giant would not say how many of its 10 million customers were affected by the breach.
• Maybe we’ll finally see a fintech IPO in 2024 (Techcrunch)
  This week, we're looking at Plaid's latest step towards an IPO, one BNPL company's financial results, and more.
• 10 Startups In The VMware Universe Worth Tracking This Week At VMworld (Techcrunch)
  The VMworld annual virtualization geek out begins this week in San Francisco. The big topic that will dominate all others: the radical tran…
• Twitter Launches "Twitter Certified Products" (Techcrunch)
  Twitter just launched its "Certified Products Program" to highlight "the best products and services to thrive on Twitter." The program is m…
• Google TV app to add casting as Android TV ecosystem grows to 110M monthly active devices (Techcrunch)
  Following last year’s makeover of the Google TV app, which added features like movie and TV recommendations, critics’ scores and more, the…
• Why LFP batteries are poised to bring down entry-level EV prices (Techcrunch)
  An older, cheaper and safer battery technology is poised to reshape battery manufacturing worldwide and boost EV sales in the U.S.
• Daily Crunch: 'Strategic finance platform' Mosaic raises $25M Series B | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
• MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global e-commerce site (Techcrunch)
  MallforAfrica and DHL are giving African merchants a global stage. This week the online retailer and delivery giant launch MarketPlaceAfric…
• Microsoft and Meta join Google in using AI to help run their data centers (Techcrunch)
  Microsoft and Meta say that they're using AI to improve operations in their data centers, joining Google.
• Kashable banks $25.6M to offer employment-based lending | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Kashable integrates with a company’s payroll systems to extend affordable credit to that company’s employees.
• Microsoft bakes its Bing/ChatGPT bot into Windows 11 (Techcrunch)
  Microsoft unveils the Windows Copilot feature in Windows 11, an integrated Bing/ChatGPT sidebar for Windows that can change settings and pl…
• Google mentioned 'AI' 120+ times during its I/O keynote (Techcrunch)
  It ran 110 minutes, but Google managed to reference AI a whopping 121 times during Google I/O 2024 (by its own count).
• UK’s Digital Markets Unit starts work on pro-competition reforms (Techcrunch)
  A new UK public body that will be tasked with helping regulate the most powerful companies in the digital sector to ensure competition thri…
• FedEx ends ground-delivery contract with Amazon (Techcrunch)
  Fed Ex is ending a partnership with Amazon to supply the e-commerce company with ground delivery shipping after its current contract ends t…
• Aplazo takes in $27M to increase adoption of BNPL in Mexico | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Since its seed round, Aplazo grew its total processing volume more than eight times and in less than a year has partnered with over 1,000 m…
• Codefresh launches its hosted GitOps solution (Techcrunch)
  Codefresh today announced the launch of its hosted GitOps service based on the Kubernetes-centric Argo open source project.
• Uber will list NYC taxis to combat driver shortage (Techcrunch)
  Later this spring, New York City riders will be able to hail a cab via Uber, helping the company combat its driver shortage and rising fare…
• Tome livens up decks with real-time data, flexible layouts (Techcrunch)
  The company thinks you should be spending less time trying to adapt your content to a presentation page and more time on storytelling.
• Mindee’s API automagically parses documents without manual data entry (Techcrunch)
  Mindee offers an API that lets you turn raw data in a paper document into structured data.
• Adtech vendors still tracking EU users who deny consent via IAB’s TCF, study suggests (Techcrunch)
  New research examining what happens after Internet users in Europe land on an ad-supported website and express their “ choices” — using a f…
• Airmo combines space and climate tech with emissions-monitoring satellites (Techcrunch)
  German startup Airmo is taking aim at climate change, with plans to launch a 12-satellite constellation to monitor greenhouse gas emissions…
• Google adds live threat detection and screen-sharing protection to Android (Techcrunch)
  The company said it is increasing the on-device capability of its Google Play Protect system to detect fraudulent apps trying to breach sen…
• VC Office Hours: 5 questions for National Grid Partners’ Lisa Lambert (Techcrunch)
  National Grid Partners founder Lisa Lambert: Environmental and social concerns should be top of mind right now for any smart investor.
• Mooji is 3D printing plant-based meat (Techcrunch)
  Baltimore-based Mooji Meats raises $3 million to accelerate its 3D printing technology for meat substitutes.
• Pixel Watch 3 adds a life-saving 'loss of pulse' detection feature (Techcrunch)
  With the introduction of the Pixel Watch 3 smartwatches, which now come in two sizes, Google is also introducing a new, potentially life-sa…
• Salt Security lands $70M for tech to protect APIs from malicious abuse | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  APIs make the world go round in tech, but that also makes them a very key target for bad actors: As doorways into huge data troves and serv…
• Forescout to be acquired by a pair of private equity firms for $1.9B | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Forescout, the network security company that has been publicly traded since 2017, announced today it was going private again.
• Yahoo appoints six new board members (Techcrunch)
  Last year, the company was purchased by Apollo for $5 billion, then appointed a new CEO, Jim Lanzone.
• SellerX raises $118M to buy up and grow Amazon marketplace businesses | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  As Amazon’s Marketplace continues to grow and mature, a new opportunity has emerged in the world of e-commerce for a new breed of startups…
• Banked raises $20M Series A led by Bank of America and Edenred for US expansion | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Banked is a fintech startup that offers an alternative to card schemes.
• Google Play preps a new full-screen app discovery feature and adds more developer tools (Techcrunch)
  Google Play has a new discovery feature for apps, new ways to acquire users, updates to Play Points, and other enhancements to developer-fa…
• Seattle's new venture firm, Flying Fish, holds a first close on its targeted $80 million fund (Techcrunch)
  The founding partners of the new Seattle-based venture firm Flying Fish met as angel investors deploying capital in the talent-heavy, cash-…
• New pre-seed funds are popping up everywhere (Techcrunch)
  There seems to be quite a bit of movement in the pre-seed stage, so is that why we are now seeing some VC firms closing new funds?
• Fintech giant Stripe is getting into the credit game (Techcrunch)
  Financial infrastructure giant Stripe today is announcing a new charge card program, giving platforms a way to offer access to credit.
• China Literature makes stellar public debut following $1B Hong Kong IPO | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  China Literature, the e-publishing business backed by Tencent, enjoyed an impressive debut as public company with its share price rising as…