Interview with co-CEO of Jumia, whose stock is up 3,000%+ in the last year, on African e-commerce, the company's path to profitability, and more Techmeme · 24 mins ago
Aurora acquires a second lidar company in push to bring self-driving trucks to the road Reddit · 12 hours ago
Facebook's NPE division launches BARS, a TikTok-like app for rappers to create and share their raps using professionally created beats, in closed beta Techmeme · 18 hours ago
Cision, a media monitoring company that is the parent of PR Newswire, buys online consumer intelligence and social media analytics service Brandwatch for $450M Techmeme · 23 hours ago
Stori, which offers credit cards in Mexico through its app, raises 32.5M Series B led by Lightspeed, bringing its total raised to $50M Techmeme · 23 hours ago
Fi, whose connected dog collars send users notifications when their dogs travel out of AI-determined geofenced areas, raises $30M Series B at a $200M valuation Techmeme · 23 hours ago
Newsela, a SaaS platform for K-12 educational content, raises $100M Series D at a $1B valuation led by Franklin Templeton and TCV Techmeme · 2 days ago
Terminus, a B2B marketing service that combines sales and marketing functions, raises $90M Series C, sources say at a valuation of around $400M Techmeme · 2 days ago
Stockholm-based Memmo.me, which allows users to pay celebrities for personalized video messages, raises $10M Series A Techmeme · 2 days ago
Spain-based Wallapop, an online classifieds marketplace for used items and crafts, raises $191M at an $840M valuation led by Korelya Capital Techmeme · 3 days ago
Brazil-based RecargaPay, which lets users top up prepaid cell phones online, raises $70M Series C, bringing its total raised to over $100M Techmeme · 3 days ago
Sources: virtual events company Hopin is looking to raise ~$400M Series C at a $5B+ pre-money valuation, after raising $125M at a $2.125B valuation last year Techmeme · 3 days ago
Google Cloud unveils Autopilot, an operating mode for its Kubernetes Engine that turns over management of its clusters to Google's engineers and automated tools Techmeme · 3 days ago
Mozilla beefs up anti-cross-site tracking in Firefox, as Chrome still lags on privacy Reddit · 3 days ago
Quill, a messaging app that raised its Index Ventures-led $12.5M Series A in 2019, quietly comes out of stealth to take on Slack Techmeme · 4 days ago
Wisetack, which provides buy-now-pay-later services for in-person business transactions, raises $19M across seed and Series A rounds Techmeme · 4 days ago
Filing: Reddit, which announced a $250 million Series E earlier this month, has added over $116M to the financing event Techmeme · 4 days ago
Electric, which lets one admin manage devices, software subscriptions, permissions, and more via the cloud, raises $40M Series C led by Greenspring Associates Techmeme · 4 days ago
Codecademy raises $40M Series D led by Owl Ventures and says it has $50M ARR; the startup plans to expand its business offerings, grow internationally, and more Techmeme · 4 days ago
Shippo, a shipping software and services startup, raises $45M led by D1 Capital at $495M valuation, says it doubled its gross postage volume last year Techmeme · 4 days ago
Saltmine, which has developed a web-based workplace design service, raises $20M Series A after seeing 80% ARR growth and 350% YoY MAU growth in 2020 Techmeme · 4 days ago
Google announces new features for Android, including a way to schedule texts and a Password Checkup tool to notify users of compromised credentials Techmeme · 4 days ago
Katana, which builds manufacturing-specific ERP software for SMBs, raises $11M Series A led by Atomico, bringing its total raised to $16M Techmeme · 4 days ago
Zomato raises $250M and is now valued at $5.4B, two months after closing a $660M Series J; analysts: Zomato has 50% marketshare in India's food delivery market Techmeme · 5 days ago
Spotify announces many new development tools for artists, including an expansion of Marquee promotions and opening up the Canvas visual looping tool to all Techmeme · 5 days ago
Spotify will launch an audio advertising marketplace, the Spotify Audience Network, and plans to offer podcasts on its self-serve ad platform Spotify Ad Studio Techmeme · 5 days ago
Chinese startup Black Lake, which helps digitalize factory operations with collaboration tools, raises $77M Series C, bringing total raised to $100M+ Techmeme · 5 days ago
EquityBee, a marketplace that aims to help startup employees exercise stock options, raises $20M Series A led by Group 11 Techmeme · 5 days ago
Ageras, which offers accountancy software and a marketplace for businesses to find accountants, raises $73M from Lugard Road Capital Techmeme · 5 days ago
MSCHF mounted a remote-control paintball gun to Spot and Boston Dynamics is not thrilled Reddit · 5 days ago
Abound, a wholesale marketplace for both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailers that launched in Oct. 2019, raises $22.9M Series A led by Left Lane Capital Techmeme · 6 days ago
WhatsApp says users who haven't accepted its new privacy policy by May 15 can receive calls and notifications "for a short time", but not read or send messages Techmeme · 6 days ago
Titan, which offers online investment management services to both accredited and unaccredited investors, raises $12.5M Series A led by General Catalyst Techmeme · 6 days ago
Promise, which allows US consumers to manage and budget their bill payments online to utilities and government agencies, raises $20M Series A · 1 week ago
Torii, which helps businesses automate the management of third-party SaaS tools, raises $10M Series A led by Wing Venture Capital Techmeme · 1 week ago
Anthony Levandowski closed his AI-focused church, Way of The Future, in 2020 and donated the church's ~$175K funds to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Techmeme · 1 week ago
Facebook knew for years ad reach estimates were based on ‘wrong data’ but blocked fixes over revenue impact, per court filing Reddit · 1 week ago
Sentry, which monitors apps to help developers fix crashes in real time, raises $60M Series D, led by Accel and NEA, at a post-money valuation of $1B Techmeme · 1 week ago
Census, which lets businesses sync their customer data with business tools like Salesforce and Marketo, raises $16M Series A led by Sequoia Capital Techmeme · 1 week ago
App Annie: Clubhouse grew from over 3.5M global downloads on February 1, 2021, to reach 8.1M by February 16, 2021 Techmeme · 1 week ago
Google launches over 50 new features for its education products, including Classroom, Meet, and Workspace, with a focus on meeting educators' and admins' needs Techmeme · 1 week ago
Stock trading service Public.com raises $220M Series D at a $1.2B valuation from Greycroft, Accel, Tiger Global, and others Techmeme · 1 week ago
Facebook fined again in Italy for misleading users over what it does with their data Reddit · 1 week ago
Zolve, a two-month-old neobank aimed at individuals moving between India and the US, says it has raised $15M seed led by Accel and Lightspeed Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Reddit’s transparency report shows a big spam problem and relatively few government requests Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Pex, a royalty attribution startup that scans social networks for rightsholders' content, raises $57M from Tencent and others, bringing its total raised to $64M Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Zomentum, which provides sales acceleration tools for IT channel partners, raises $13M Series A, bringing its total raised to $17.1M Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Germany-based Lengoo, which offers customised AI-powered translation service to enterprise clients, raises $20M Series B Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Minneapolis City Council unanimously approves an ordinance banning the use of facial recognition, including Clearview AI's software, by its police department Techmeme · 2 weeks ago