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Acryl Data, commercializing LinkedIn’s metadata tool DataHub, emerges from stealth with $9M from 8VC, LinkedIn and Insight – TechCrunch
In 2019, LinkedIn’s engineering team announced DataHub, a metadata tool it had built to help it organise, search and...
International coalition joins the call to ban ‘surveillance advertising’ – TechCrunch
An international coalition of consumer protection, digital and civil rights organizations and data protection experts has added its voice...
Micromobility software provider Joyride raises $3.7 million seed round – TechCrunch
Joyride, a Toronto-based company that provides white label apps, back-end analytics and multi-modal fleet management for shared micromobility startups,...
These Forge cofounders just raised $5 million to work on a new, still-stealth investing startup – TechCrunch
Sohail Prasad and Samvit Ramadurgam are cofounders who met during Y Combinator’s 2012 summer batch and went on to...
Announcing the agenda for Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals presented by TechCrunch – TechCrunch
Here at TechCrunch, we’re big fans of startup competitions. From our Extra Crunch Live Pitch-offs all the way up...
Firm creates open framework to help VCs and founders address racial inequity – TechCrunch
In 2017, Paul Hawken published a book compiling a set of concrete actions people could take to combat climate...
Chinese sellers on Amazon in hot demand by VCs and e-commerce roll-ups – TechCrunch
Chinese merchants selling on Amazon are having a moment. The scruffy exporters are used to roaming about suburban factory...
Tesla backs vision-only approach to autonomy using powerful supercomputer – TechCrunch
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been teasing a neural network training computer called ‘Dojo’ since at least 2019. Musk...
Mobile commerce startup Via rounds up $15 million in Series A funding – TechCrunch
Mobile commerce is where it’s at, and rising investment in so-called conversational commerce startups underscores the opportunity. Via, a...
India proposes tougher e-commerce rules to address ‘widespread cheating’ complaints – TechCrunch
India proposed on Monday banning flash sales on e-commerce platforms and preventing their affiliate entities from being listed as...