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It provides identity management and protection for financial services, banking and consumer apps.

Fintech app Portabl raises $2.5M to help consumers securely store financial data

Earned wage access promises to be the shakeup that the payroll system has perhaps required for a while now.

Is earned wage access ushering in a new era of payroll management?

The wheels of global commerce continue to turn, through wars, pandemics and economic downturns; and today a startup taking a new tech approach to improve the workings of one of…

Xeneta makes a splash with $80M on a $265M valuation to scale its crowdsourced sea and air freight analytics

Rookout, the Tel Aviv-based startup that describes itself as a “developer-first observability platform,” today announced that it has raised a $16 million Series B funding round led by Fort Ross…

Rookout raises $16M Series B to scale its developer-first observability platform

“Longevity tech is only getting started now and will infiltrate all aspects of our life in the next five to 10 years.”

These 5 investors are betting on helping you live longer and better

Platforms like Airbnb have boomed with more consumers (and business users) than ever before keen to stay in private properties when traveling or working away from their usual home base.…

Guesty books $170M to double down on property management tools for Airbnb and other rental platforms

The Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 is set to be our most epic yet. This year’s competitors, selected from our handpicked cohort, the Startup Battlefield 200, are…

Announcing the first tranche of Startup Battlefield judges

Perception is everything — especially when it comes to the value of software startups and total addressable markets (TAM). During 2020 and 2021, as COVID bit into the economy, tech…

Felicis, Lux Capital and Upfront Ventures tackle TAM at Disrupt

As state laws shift and abortion bans go into effect across the United States, companies are still trying to find ways to provide care while reimagining what healthcare should include.

How digital health startups are navigating the post-Roe legal landscape

Ransomware is an exponentially growing global threat. Here are just a few examples from 2022: Costa Rica declared a national emergency after a $20 million ransomware attack; ransomware caused one…

Luta Security and Emsisoft discuss how to fight ransomware at Disrupt

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to getting ahold of an appointment for your hair or another treatment…that’s a different story: The bespoke…

Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings

TechCrunch is bringing our flagship event, Disrupt, back to the real world this year, which means we’re hard at work on our big October 18-20 shindig. Founders, investors, tech denizens,…

Say hello to the kick-ass final agenda for the TechCrunch+ stage at Disrupt 2022

Despite the hurdles of war, the Ukrainian fintech community is working to create better infrastructure and regulation for the country.

5 reasons why Ukraine’s fintech sector is growing despite war

File this post under the apt adage, “All good things must come to an end.” Tonight, the sun sets on early-bird pricing and your chance to save up to $1,300…

The dog days of Disrupt $1300 savings end tonight

We’re T-minus 24 hours until the TechCrunch Disrupt early bird flies south and takes up to $1,300 in savings with it. If you’re serious about realizing your startup dreams, you…

24 hours left to save $1,300 on early-bird passes to Disrupt

As regulation, platform dynamics and consumer choice continue to eat into the adtech stalwart known as cookies, it’s leaving a gap in the market for advertising solutions that can work…

Seedtag, the ex-Googler-founded, cookie-free, AI-based adtech startup, taps $250M+ in funding

There are billions of dollars to invest, so all that’s needed is to put more of that capital to work in the businesses of minority founders.

What can Black VCs and founders expect in H2 2022?

Unlike soft drinks, startups are not a volume business, which means they must revisit their pricing models regularly.

TechCrunch+ roundup: Pricing strategy, technical due diligence, pitch deck appendix fever

The company is targeting the region’s challenges of customer acceptance, conversion and fraud with its “Commerce 3.0” payment infrastructure. 

DEUNA enters Latin America’s crowded one-click checkout sector flush with $37M

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Despite crypto ban, China’s tech talent rides the global web3 wave

Despite China’s sweeping bans on cryptocurrencies, domestic web3 talent is quietly flourishing, with many venturing beyond the country’s border. From offering crypto derivative products to making NFT games, Chinese web3 entrepreneurs’ footprint is far-reaching worldwide. We spoke to a dozen Chinese founders and investors to find out how this group…

Despite crypto ban, China’s tech talent rides the global web3 wave

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FTX says no active talks to buy Robinhood

SBF praises Robinhood, hints at possible partnerships

FTX says no active talks to buy Robinhood

Last year we covered how “&Open” (yes, “ampersand open,” pronounced “And Open”) had raised a raised $7.2 million seed to make it easier for brands to send gifts to customers…

Dublin-based corporate gifting platform &Open raises $26M Series A led by Molten Ventures

Sending in a resume is the main way a person hopes to get noticed for a job. But a startup out of Amsterdam called TestGorilla is today announcing $70 million…

TestGorilla scores $70M for skills tests aiming to replace the recruitment resume dump

Listen to the podcast right here! Did you miss this week’s TechCrunch Live event? That’s okay. You can watch the event here. The show is on break next week due…

TechCrunch Live recap: Building founder/investor relationships and using grants to fund startups

Last year, U.K. cybersecurity startup CybSafe, a “behavioral security” platform, raised a $7.9 million Series A. This SaaS product with a per-user-based, subscription licensing model has a “behavior-led” platform that…

Behavioral cybersecurity platform CybSafe raises $28M Series B led by Evolution Equity Partners

Our startup is looking to fill several new engineering positions. How do we handle H1-B transfers and being fully remote when it comes to immigration?

Dear Sophie: How do we handle being fully remote when it comes to immigration?

We’ve been tracking a worrying trend of layoffs in the technology industry, but that is not the full story. There is, concurrently, a wave of organizations that are also in…

Multiverse nabs $220M at a $1.7B valuation to expand its tech apprenticeship platform

Global venture firm SOSV is one of the most active investors in climate tech and — as a partner of TechCrunch Sessions: Climate — you’re invited to attend the SOSV…

Join SOSV’s Climate Tech Meetup on June 13

We’ve long documented the challenges that DevOps and operations teams in specific areas like security face these days when it comes to data observability: A wide range of services across…

Coralogix streams $142M into its coffers to expand its production analytics into a full-stack observability platform

Given the likely global recession, small businesses are reaching for new kinds of financing. Thus, the buy now, pay later business model is now expanding into this B2B world at…

Berlin-based B2B BNPL platform Mondu raises $43M Series A led by Valar in the US