Truecaller has been a known name in the app market globally — thanks to its eponymous caller-identification service. Its active user base these days numbers 338 million, but it could be bigger: a lack of a caller ID feature on iOS has arguably held back its growth among iPhone users. Now, an effort to expand […]
Truecaller brings live caller ID to iPhone… but with a catch by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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General Atlantic has poured another $100 million in PhonePe, three months after leading a $350 million investment in the Indian fintech startup that has so far raised $750 million as part of the ongoing financing round. Walmart-backed PhonePe disclosed the investment in a filing with the local regulator on Wednesday. A company spokesperson confirmed the […]
General Atlantic invests another $100 million in PhonePe by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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Last month, pan-African venture capital firm Verod-Kepple Africa Partners reached the second close of its first fund (Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures), targeting African startups at $43 million. Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) achieved its first close last March (at $20 million) and aims to attain its final close by the end of the year at $100 million; […]
Backed by Japanese investors, Verod-Kepple’s fund will invest in Series A and B startups across Africa by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
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For a firm whose bets are largely unpredictable, the early-stage venture firm Future Ventures has become very formulaic in its fundraising. Now entering its fifth year, the firm just closed a $200 million fund – its third in a row. In fact, it would have exactly $600 million under management at this point if not […]
Talking with Future Ventures about its new fund, AI hype, and Siri sucking (still) by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
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Strava, the activity tracking and social community platform used by more than 100 million people globally, has announced a new in-app integration with Spotify. The integration allows users to easily access music, podcasts and audiobooks from the Strava app while tracking activities. Starting today, users can play, pause, resume, skip and browse Spotify content from […]
Strava launches integration with Spotify to let users listen to content while tracking activities by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
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Eager to secure all the lithium it needs to power a growing lineup of electric vehicles, General Motors said on Tuesday that it will lead a $50 million investment into lithium extraction and refining startup EnergyX. With the deal, the legacy automaker says it will help EnergyX scale its lithium-extraction tech. In exchange, GM will […]
GM leads $50M EnergyX deal to lock down lithium for its EVs by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
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When Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse was first unfolding, a belated disclosure colored some of the chaos: the bank spent most of last year without a chief risk officer, and the one who left sold more than $4 million of stock in the bank before departing. The new CRO Kim Olson, who joined in January 2023, […]
Silicon Valley Bank’s chief risk officer is out, months after taking the job by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
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Visa is partnering with a host of financial service and payment companies for a new interoperable peer-to-peer (P2P) payment offering, one that allows people to transfer money to friends even if they usea different payment service. While digital payments have inarguably transformed the world of commerce, the sheer number of payment apps out there has […]
Visa partners with PayPal, Venmo, and others to power interoperable digital payments by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
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AutoLeap's founders say now is "the golden age for aftermarket auto repair" as technology made for this industry shifts from “a nice to have” to a "must have."
AutoLeap, now with $18M Series B, accelerates SaaS approach to auto repair operations by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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100 RevOps professionals told us that instead of tackling strategic work, they’re bogged down in the muck of daily tasks.
RevOps unleashed: 4 tips that help teams filter out the noise and focus on the big picture by Jenna Routenberg originally published on TechCrunch
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South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined Alphabet’s Google 42.1 billion won (~ $32 million) for blocking developers from releasing mobile video games on a Korean competitor platform called One Store. The KFTC said on Tuesday that Google allegedly required Korean video game companies to exclusively release their new games in the Play Store […]
South Korea fines Google $32M for blocking developers from releasing games on rival’s platform by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
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French startup Graneet is building an all-in-one software-as-a-service product focused on small construction companies. And it has grown quite a lot since I first covered the company as the company has tripled its revenue over the past six months. That’s why the startup raised a €8 million Series A round ($8.7 million at today’s exchange […]
Graneet raises $8.7 million for its vertical SaaS for construction companies by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
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OfficeBanao, an Indian startup offering a workspace interiors platform to businesses in the country, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed. In India’s competitive workspace interior market, traditional providers have long dominated the landscape, often requiring substantial investment of time and resources for clients to achieve their desired results. Furthermore, many of […]
Lightspeed fuels Indian workspace interiors platform OfficeBanao with 6M funding by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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