Information technology
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Bluechip, an African systems integrator with partners like Microsoft and Oracle, is expanding to Europe
It’s not often you hear about African tech companies expanding into Europe. Some examples include fintechs Lidya and Korapay in Eastern Europe and the U.K., respectively. In the latest development,…
Russian hackers behind SolarWinds are now hiding malware in Google Drive
The Russia-linked hacking group behind the infamous SolarWinds espionage campaign is now using Google Drive to stealthily deliver malware to its latest victims. That’s according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’…
The next decade for health tech may look a lot like the last decade for fintech
Will healthcare startups tap into new regulatory guidelines with the same fervor that fintech founders have over the last decade?
A company from China is ready to capture Japan’s demand for autonomous service vehicles as robots play an increasingly important role to address the aging society’s labor shortage. Pix Moving…
Personio nabs $200M at a $8.5B valuation as its HR for small businesses hits the big time
Personio — a startup out of Munich, Germany that styles itself as a Workday and ServiceNow focused on the small and medium businesses of the world — went on a…
Nigeria’s internet regulator releases draft to regulate Google, Facebook, TikTok and others
Nigeria has announced plans to regulate internet companies like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram (all owned by Meta), Twitter, Google and TikTok in a draft shared by the country’s internet regulator. This…
IBM acquires offensive security startup Randori to bolster its cybersecurity toolkit
IBM has announced that it’s acquiring Randori, a Boston-based offensive security startup that combines attack surface management (ASM) with continuous automated red teaming (CART) to help organizations bolster their cyber defenses. …
Seemplicity emerges from stealth with $32M to consolidate security notifications and speed up response times
Cybersecurity continues to grow in complexity due to the ever-increasing threat landscape — more services in the cloud, more digital operations and more devices mean more attack surfaces and variations…
NJ talent firm exposed thousands of resumes, detailing immigration statuses and security clearances
A New Jersey talent acquisition firm exposed the resumes and personal information of at least 30,000 prospective workers by leaving a database on the internet without a password. The database…
Revenue-based financing platform Bloom secures $377M Series A led by Credo and Fortress
While the likes of Pipe are reaching multi-billion valuations, European revenue-based financing is experiencing as much of a boom as it is in the U.S. U.K.-based startup platform Bloom has…
Brainly says it’s been blocked in Russia after refusing to remove community content about the war in Ukraine
Russia’s crackdown on news media, and specifically sites that present the country’s government in a critical light, has been well documented, but less so the impact that this censorship is…
Sunday Security launches a cybersecurity service for senior execs
Traditionally, cybersecurity has always focused on what can be hacked and not so much on who might be most at risk. Sunday Security, which is launching today and announcing a…
Edge Delta rakes in $63M for its distributed approach to data observability
Databases are growing at an exponential rate these days, and so when it comes to real-time data observability, organizations are often fighting a losing battle if they try to run…
Amazon’s Joe Quinlivan discusses how building a robot army fueled its e-commerce dominance at TC Sessions: Robotics 2022
There’s an 800-pound gorilla in the warehouse, and its name is Amazon. Back in 2012, the company bought Kiva Systems for $775 million and renamed it Amazon Robotics. The deal,…
Fidelity says it will offer crypto in retirement accounts this year
Fidelity, the largest retirement plan provider in the United States, announced plans to offer bitcoin in 401(k) retirement accounts to its account holders later this year. The company is set…
Learn how the changing business culture helps data-driven early stage startups at Data and the Culture Transformation
Change is afoot in the non-stop world of data collection and application, and if you’re a data-driven startup — or on your way to becoming one — TechCrunch and Cloudera…
Airbyte, the well-funded open source data integration platform, today announced that it has acquired Grouparoo, an open source startup that focuses on helping businesses sync data between their data warehouses…
You’d think data visualization and exploration is a bit of a solved problem thanks to the likes of Tableau, Sisense, Looker, Microsoft Power BI and their competitors. But for the…
Tricentis, a well-funded enterprise-centric test automation platform, is on a bit of an acquisition spree these days. Last year, it acquired performance testing service Neotys. Earlier this month, the company…
BlueVoyant nabs $250M to help enterprises nab malicious hackers and stop security breaches
Cybersecurity continues to be a pernicious and complex problem, for enterprises, and today a company that’s building a multi-faceted toolkit to help them address it better is announcing a big…
Why are cybersecurity asset management startups so hot right now?
The proliferation of new asset types, along with the widespread shift to remote work, has resulted in assets becoming more highly distributed, making them even more difficult to manage and…
Homeland Security establishes the Cyber Safety Review Board to learn the mistakes from past cyber incidents
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has assembled a review board that will be tasked with investigating major national cybersecurity incidents in an effort to “meaningfully improve” the nation’s cyber resilience.…
TechCrunch+ roundup: 2021 edtech report, UBS-Wealthfront deal, falling startup revenue
I could spend hours discussing early-stage startup operations and community-based marketing, but deal flow is my blind spot.
Identity verification provider Veriff raises $100M Series C co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon
Identity verification (IDV) provider Veriff, has raised a $100 million Series C round co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon. They were joined by existing investors IVP and Accel, bringing Veriff’s…
Daily Crunch: Google dumps FloC plan, proposes new Topics API for ad targeting
Today our cup overflows with news. There’s simply too much going on to cover in a single newsletter, so I’ve tried to fit in as much as possible.
Crypto pioneer David Chaum says web3 is ‘computing with a conscience’
We spoke with David Chaum about why web3 and blockchain are the future, and why we should be worried about the NSA reading our messages.
Prophecy raises $25M for its low-code data engineering platform
Prophecy, a low-code platform for data engineering, today announced that it has raised a $25 million Series A round led by Insight Partners. Existing investors SignalFire and Berkeley Skydeck, as…
Permiso emerges from stealth with $10M to tackle the next wave of cloud security
Permiso, a Palo Alto-based startup that provides cloud identity detection and response for cloud infrastructures, has launched from stealth with $10 million in seed funding. The company, founded by former…
Databricks launches its first industry-specific lakehouse
As cloud infrastructure projects grow increasingly complex, there’s been a trend in the industry to launch prepackaged solutions for specific verticals. Today, the well-funded data analytics firm Databricks is joining…
