Announcing the Judges for the TC Sessions: Robotics Pitch Off

On June 21st, TechCrunch will host TC Sessions: Robotics 2022 – virtually. No TechCrunch event is complete without a pitch-off showcasing early stage startups from around the globe. If... Read more »

Binance.US hires former Acorns, PayPal exec Jasmine Lee as CFO

After nine months of searching, Binance.US, the American partner of the world’s largest crypto exchange, has finally found a new permanent chief financial officer (CFO). Jasmine Lee is coming... Read more »

Flutterwave denies money laundering and fraud allegations following accounts freeze by Kenyan agency

Flutterwave has come out to deny the fraud and money laundering claims leveled against it by Kenya’s Asset Recovery Agency, which investigates and recovers proceeds of crime. This is... Read more »

Pinterest launches new shopping features for merchants

Pinterest announced today that it’s rolling out new merchant features, including product tagging on Pins and a Pinterest API for Shopping. The company says all of the new features... Read more »

Embattled digital mortgage lender Better.com reveals string of new senior exec hires in ‘rebirth’ attempt

Online mortgage lender Better.com is on a mission to reinvent its image. The embattled startup announced today several new hires of senior executives, including a new chief growth officer... Read more »

Reddit is launching a new NFT avatar marketplace

Reddit is launching a new NFT-based avatar marketplace today that allows you to purchase blockchain-based profile pictures for a fixed rate. The company said that you need not have... Read more »

Headline VC closes $968M spread across three funds for startups in US, Europe, LatAm and Asia

Venture capital fund Headline has been investing in tech startups since – get this – 1999, which might tempt headline writers, perhaps unfairly, to apply the word ‘dinosaur’, if... Read more »

Tebra, an operating system for independent healthcare providers, hits unicorn status

Tebra, an operating system for independent healthcare providers, has raised more than $72 million in equity and debt funding, bumping to a valuation of more than $1 billion. Led... Read more »

China says India’s frequent investigations into Chinese firms have chilling impact on business confidence

“Frequent” investigations into local units of Chinese firms by Indian authorities “impedes the improvement of business environment” in India and “chills the confidence and willingness” of other foreign nation’s... Read more »

YuLife picks up $120M at an $800M valuation for gamified, wellness-focused life insurance

YuLife originally made a name for itself in its home market of the U.K. for its new approach to the provisioning of life insurance: yes, sell a policy that... Read more »
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