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Our rebranded Boston summit, TechCrunch All Stage (formerly Early Stage), is back on July 15! And we are looking for some incredible volunteers to help us make this event happen. If you are interested in finding out what goes into building tech events, apply to volunteer. If you are selected, not only will you get a behind-the-scenes look at how events are produced, but you’ll also earn a ticket to enjoy All Stage 2025 before or after your shift and you’ll get a free pass to experience Disrupt, taking place on October 27–29 in San Francisco. Whether you dream of…
In the U.S., a number of startups aim to be the corporate spend manager of choice for small and large businesses. Brex, Ramp, and Mercury are among those companies, just to name a few. Moving north of the border to Canada, the options are fewer, but growing. Keep is a startup that has built a financial platform specifically designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). On Tuesday, it announced a total of $23 million in equity funding, a $50 million credit facility, and a $3 million venture debt line, it shared with TechCrunch exclusively. This year, Keep raised $12 million…
Google DeepMind is at the forefront of AI innovation, and no one is more poised to speak to this than Senior Product Manager Logan Kilpatrick. We are pleased to announce he will be joining us on the main stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, happening June 5th at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall.TC Sessions: AI is almost here — and this is your moment to be part of it. For a limited time, you can pocket savings of up to $600 for a full day of groundbreaking programming, live demos, and high-impact networking with the brightest minds in AI. Better yet, bring…
The Manhattan district attorney’s office said the objects had been identified as illicit during an investigation of an art dealer suspected of having trafficked in stolen antiquities. Source link
The global assistive technology market was valued at more than $22 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow substantially by 2030. Despite the potential market size, many founders building tech to help people with disabilities struggle to secure the kind of early funding needed to get their companies off the ground in the first place. Adaptation Ventures is a new angel group hoping to fill that funding gap by providing capital to early-stage startups building accessibility tech. It will back startups building tech specifically for persons with disabilities as well as companies with products designed for a broader market…
With its enormous wealth, the Middle East has long been viewed by the international art trade as a prime market for expansion. Source link
Gravitee, a platform designed to help companies manage their APIs and other digital traffic pipelines, has raised $60 million in a Series C funding round led by Sixth Street Growth with participation from Riverside Acceleration Capital and Albion VC. The new capital, which brings Gravitee’s total raised to just over $125 million, will be used to fund the development of new product features and Gravitee’s expansion into new markets, said CEO Rory Blundell. Modern data systems are complex. APIs, for example — the set of rules that allow different apps to communicate and exchange data — often come with their…
Affiniti founders Aaron Bai, 20, and Sahil Phadnis, 22, are building the kind of expense management software for main street small businesses that tech startups have enjoyed for years. Their growth has been so impressive that six months after raising an $11 million seed round, they raised a $17 million Series A, led by Signal Fire, they told TechCrunch exclusively. Affiniti offers SMBs like pharmacies, HVAC companies, and auto dealerships customizable expense management credit cards and software similar to the kind of wares pioneered by Brex and Ramp. But traditional small businesses already have credit card options galore from the…
Britain, France and Canada, all powerful supporters of Israel, called plans for an escalation of the Gaza war “disproportionate” and “egregious.” Source link
A lawmaker is introducing a bill named for Artemis Ghasemzadeh, an Iranian Christian convert, that seeks to stop the expedited removal of people fleeing countries that persecute religious minorities. Source link