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• Climactic launches first fund as its partners eye looming M&A boom in climate tech (Techcrunch)
  The venture capital firm's $65 million inaugural fund will back founders who are starting climate tech software companies.
• Google launches an end-to-end AI platform (Techcrunch)
  As expected, Google used the second day of its annual Cloud Next conference to shine a spotlight on its AI tools.
• E-commerce startup Heroes raises $65M in equity and debt to become the Thrasio of Europe (Techcrunch)
  Heroes, a European e-commerce business operating a similar model to unicorn Thrasio in the U.S.
• Mark Cuban, Mavericks in hot water over 'Ponzi scheme' (Techcrunch)
  Lawsuits from disgruntled investors are beginning to stack up after crypto prices plummeted over the past few months, leaving them with ste…
• Kaltura puts debut on hold. Is the tech IPO window closing? (Techcrunch)
  The Exchange doubts many folks expected the IPO climate to get so chilly without warning. But we could be in for a quarter's pause.
• Compass files S-1, reveals $3.7B in revenue on net loss of $270M | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Compass, the real-estate brokerage startup backed by roughly $1.6 billion in venture funding, filed its S-1 Monday.
• Europe offers tepid set of political ads transparency rules (Techcrunch)
  It’s been almost a year since the EU’s executive announced it would propose rules for political ads transparency in response to concern abo…
• Employees can count on Addition Wealth for free, holistic financial planning services (Techcrunch)
  As companies fight to retain workers amid the “Great Resignation,” many are offering enhanced benefits packages to employees.
• Google I/O 2024: Watch all of the AI, Android reveals (Techcrunch)
  PT on Tuesday and will offer glimpses into the latest versions of Android, Wear OS and Android TV.
• Lyft follows Uber's lead and removes its mask mandate (Techcrunch)
  Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, face masks are no longer required for Lyft riders and drivers.
• Weed in space is going to be a thing now (Techcrunch)
  Scientists interested in cannabis as a subject for pharmaceutical studies may find an unlikely new home for their research into the plant,…
• Google’s next Pixel hardware event is October 6 (Techcrunch)
  Google has stumbled some, but its newfound focus on Wear OS, coupled with its Fitbit acquisition, give us plenty of reason to be cautiously…
• Real estate site Redfin up 11% on stock market day two (Techcrunch)
  Redfin, the Seattle-based real estate site, had a great first couple days on the stock market.
• Lemon Perfect bottle in Beyoncé’s limo became an investment (Techcrunch)
  The company is squeezing new potential from a growing, but crowded enhanced water category.
• Legit Security lands $40M to lock down apps and dev environments | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Legit Security, a startup developing a platform to monitor and protect apps from exploits and vulnerabilities, has raised $40 million in fu…
• Alibaba sets new Singles' Day record with $31B in sales, but growth is slowing | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Alibaba scored another blockbuster Singles’ Day after customers around the world shopped in stores and online on the tenth edition of its N…
• Feds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces (Techcrunch)
  The Justice Department has arrested and charged a Russian national for his alleged role in multiple LockBit ransomware attacks against vict…
• European parliament backs big limits on tracking ads (Techcrunch)
  The European Parliament has definitively backed major limits on behavioral advertising during a plenary vote on amendments to the pan-EU Di…
• Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls (Techcrunch)
  At I/O on Tuesday, Google previewed a feature it believes will alert users to potential scams during the call.
• ‘Stranger Things’ fans can explore the Upside Down in new NYC experience (Techcrunch)
  Hawkins comes to New York City on May 7 in a new “Stranger Things: Experience,” via a partnership with Netflix and Fever.
• With investors like Lightspeed and The Chainsmokers, Mexican neobroker Flink raises $57M to boost (Techcrunch)
  Flink, a Mexico City-based neobroker, has raised $57 million in a Series B round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
• Reali raises $20M for its flat-fee real estate platform | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Reali, a real estate platform that replaces traditional real estate transaction fees with a flat-fee model, today announced that it has rai…
• Gaming firm Razer up 18% following Hong Kong IPO | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Razer has continued a winning streak of IPOs from Asian companies after its share price surged as much as 41 percent up on its first day of…
• As Compass downsizes its IPO, signs of weakness appear for high-growth companies (Techcrunch)
  Taken together, the various market signs could point to a modest to moderate cooling in the IPO market.
• Bill Gates is coming to TC Sessions: Climate (Techcrunch)
  Bill Gates joins TC Sessions: Climate 2022 to discuss his vision and the technologies necessary to solve the climate crisis.
• Twitter merging spam fighting and misinfo prevention teams (Techcrunch)
  Amid the chaos of Twitter’s legal fight with Elon Musk and its ex-security head turning into a whistleblower, the company is merging its te…
• Gringo’s super app for Brazilian drivers adds insurance, financing with $30M Series C | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  The new funding will enable the company to expand its automotive credit and insurance products and introduce new features.
• Here’s why David Sacks, Paul Graham and other big Silicon Valley names had a brawl on X over VC (Techcrunch)
  A decade-old drama involving VC David Sacks and Rippling founder Parker Conrad has blown up on X with many among the Silicon Valley elite t…
• With $20M in new funding, Hydrosat preps climate-monitoring satellites for launch | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Data is becoming as precious as water in precision agriculture, and Hydrosat aims to help provide both with a new set of Earth observation…
• Kenyan BNPL startup Lipa Later eyes more African markets after raising $12 million | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Lipa Later, a Kenyan tech-led consumer credit platform, is planning to expand to new markets in Africa after raising $12 million in pre-Ser…
• TechCrunch+ Roundup: How to buy AI, 'permissionless' pilots, new VC disclosure rules (Techcrunch)
  Founders want to know what new tech can do, but an investor is much more likely to ask about which specific problems it solves.
• Announcing the early-stage startups exhibiting at TC Sessions: Climate 2022 | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Examining the role that technology and startups play in fighting climate change is the raison d’être for TC Sessions: Climate 2022 (featuri…
• As a founder, how do you address climate change? (Techcrunch)
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• Lobus raises $6 million for an art management platform on the blockchain | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Reshaping ownership proofs in the fine art markets has been one of the blockchain's clearest real-world use cases.
• Snowflake and Databricks are putting the data stored in their services to work (Techcrunch)
  Snowflake and Databricks are on similar tracks, and both announced tools to help customers put stored data stored to work in AI apps.
• AWS will buy a SaaS company, and other 2022 enterprise predictions (Techcrunch)
  It's always a sticky business predicting what's going to happen in tech, because who knows what's going on behind the scenes or what's comi…
• UK government says 100 countries have spyware that can hack people's phones (Techcrunch)
  The U.K.'s cybersecurity chief warned that U.K. businesses and critical infrastructure are underestimating the threat from spyware attacks…
• Amazon Freevee increases its slate of originals (Techcrunch)
  Freevee (formerly IMDb TV) sets increased slate of original programs and free ad-supported streaming TV, and a short-term film licensing ag…
• Apple cancels its car, Google's AI goes awry and Bumble stumbles (Techcrunch)
  In this edition of Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch's weekly news recap, we cover Apple canceling its long-running car project and much mor…
• Kikoff raises $30M for its hybrid consumer-credit and financial-literacy service | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Kikoff, a personal finance platform aimed at helping consumers build credit, announced today that it has raised $30 million in a Series B r…
• TrendKite Raises $3.2M For PR Analytics, Recruits Dachis Group's Erik Huddleston As CEO | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  TrendKite, a startup promising to help brands and agencies measure the effectiveness of their PR efforts, has raised $3.2 million in Series…
• If it walks like a dog and barks like a dog, perhaps it’s actually a digital asset security (Techcrunch)
  Crypto exchange Coinbase is facing an SEC probe into whether it illegally sold securities.
• As tech companies suspend sales in Russia, what is the actual business impact? | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Over the last couple of weeks, since Russia first attacked Ukraine, we’ve been hearing about loads of tech companies joining businesses fro…
• Argo AI’s robotaxis officially available via Lyft in Austin (Techcrunch)
  Argo AI and Lyft have launched a commercial robotaxi service in Austin, however safety operators will still be present in the vehicles.
• Numa raises $32M to bring AI and automation to car dealerships | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Numa, a startup developing AI-powered automation tech for car dealerships, has raised fresh capital in a Series B round.
• Redfin Raises $70.9M To Expand Into New Markets | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Online real estate brokerage Redfin today announced that it has raised an additional $70.9 million in an effort to expand into new markets.
• Intuitive Machines to go public in SPAC deal (Techcrunch)
  Lunar lander company Intuitive Machiens plans to go public in a SPAC merger valued at $815 million.
• How the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare went down: A timeline (Techcrunch)
  The hack at Change Healthcare stands as the biggest breach of U.S. medical data in history, exposing 190 million people's data.
• As its data flows woes grow, Google lobbies for quickie fix to EU-US transfers (Techcrunch)
  As the legal uncertainty in Europe clouding use of US cloud services cranks up, Google has responded by firing up its lobbying engines to c…
• Aerodome is sending drones to the scene of the crime | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Response time is Aerodome’s immediate value prop for potential clients.