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Astor
Astor’s 'community' approach to financial advice aims to help women feel more confident about investing | TechCrunch
Among her friends, Lindsay Dorf is the one with the superpower of being able to understand retail investing. So much…
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Exclusive
Toddle wants to 'change how we build software' with a collaborative visual web app builder | TechCrunch
The technology world has long promised to democratize software development through “visual” tools that help non-coders build digital products. In…
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Exclusive
Lhoopa raises $80M to spur more affordable housing in the Philippines | TechCrunch
A lack of affordable housing is a growing problem worldwide, even in emerging markets with significant demand. That’s in part…
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AI
Here’s the full list of 28 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024 | TechCrunch
For some, AI fatigue is real — but clearly venture investors haven’t grown tired of the category. In the first half…
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Beta Boom
A VC told Keely Cat-Wells to get a male, non-disabled co-founder — she balked, nabbed a $2M pre-seed round | TechCrunch
Talent acquisition platform Making Space, founded in 2023 by noted disability activist Keely Cat-Wells, announced today that it has closed…
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diapers
Shark Tank-backed Kudos raises another $3M for healthier, cotton-based disposable diapers | TechCrunch
Much has changed since Amrita Saigal last spoke to TechCrunch about her disposable diaper company Kudos. At that time, the…
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cybersecurity
Exein raised $15M Series B to stop robotic arms going haywire | TechCrunch
By now, we’re all pretty familiar with cybersecurity for computers. But what would happen if a robotic arm on a…
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Aizada Marat
Alma co-founder had such a bad immigration experience she founded a legal AI startup to fix it | TechCrunch
When Aizada Marat moved from New York to California in 2018 with her husband, KODIF co-founder and CEO Chyngyz Dzhumanazarov,…
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AI
Medal raises $13M as it builds out a contextual AI assistant for desktop | TechCrunch
Medal, a startup that is better known for its video game clipping product, just announced that it has raised $13…
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Adfin
Adfin wants to fix bill payments for sole traders and small companies | TechCrunch
Meet Adfin, a new UK-based fintech startup that wants to help companies get their invoices paid — whatever it takes.…
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