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Get Your Tickets To The TechCrunch 10th Anniversary Party At TOA Berlin
Jul 03, 3:14PM
Berlin, du bist so wunderbar! We’re hosting the Closing Party in honour of our 10th Anniversary at Tech Open Air Berlin! So please grab your tickets and come along. We will release public tickets step by step, starting with the first 500 today. In true Berlin style, we’ll be wrapping up this year’s festival at Chalet, an iconic Berlin venue set in a magic 150-year-old building… Read MoreY Combinator-backed Gemnote Saves Companies From Cheesy Gift Baskets
Jul 03, 3:00PM
This may come as a surprise to anyone who has ever received a rattan basket packed with novelty cheese logs, but corporate gifts are a huge business. According to research from the Advertising Specialty Institute, U.S. companies spend about $19 billion a year sending swag to clients and employees. Gemnote, which just launched from Y Combinator, gives companies an alternative. Read MoreInterview: Tim Draper Doubles Down On Europe
Jul 03, 2:33PM
DFJ, the storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has built out a global presence not just through direct investments but through a network of firms that are affiliated with the mothership yet raising and investing from their own funds. Now that network is going through some changes, and with it comes a new role for one of the firm’s founders. The DFJ Network has rebranded to… Read MoreAlibaba Affiliate Ant Financial Confirms Series A Funding At $45-$50B Valuation
Jul 03, 12:12PM
Alibaba affiliate company Ant Financial confirmed today that it closed a Series A funding round which includes investment from China’s largest pension fund, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Read MoreFollowing WikiLeaks Revelations, Julian Assange Asks For Asylum In France, France Rejects His Request
Jul 03, 10:50AM
It was easy to see it coming. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange formally asked for asylum in France in a letter sent to Le Monde. Over the past couple of weeks, WikiLeaks dropped multiple documents related to France and Germany. We learned that the NSA monitored French presidents and officials, spied on top French companies and eavesdropped Angela Merkel for sure. Read MoreUber Suspends UberPOP In France Following Turmoils And Arrests
Jul 03, 9:47AM
Transportation company Uber just announced in an interview with Le Monde that it will be suspending UberPOP in France tonight at 8pm. The news follows a difficult week for the company. Last Thursday, anti-Uber protests turned to guerrilla warfare as taxi drivers flipped over and burnt Uber cars. On Monday, two Uber France leaders were taken into custody following an unrelated investigation. Read MoreSphericam 2 Is A 4K 360-Degree Camera Built For The VR Era
Jul 03, 9:27AM
One of the main issues with current 360-degree VR technology is that a successful experience typically requires a user to have both creation and consumption devices. While companies like Oculus and Samsung have begun to bring VR consumption devices to market, there is still a lack of consumer-targeted cameras that are capable of creating 360-degree VR compatible video. Recently launched… Read More500 Startups Adds $5M More To Its 500 Durians Micro Fund For Southeast Asia
Jul 03, 7:10AM
There’s good news for startup founders and entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia after 500 Startups increased its $10 million fund for the region by a further $5 million. Read MoreReddit Moderators Are Locking Up The Site's Most Popular Pages In Protest
Jul 03, 6:28AM
The moderators behind a number of the most popular subreddits on the site — which is known as the front page of internet — have made their communities private, thus shutting them off from the internet, in protest of the departure of a key Reddit staffer and ongoing poor communications. Read MoreIndia's BankBazaar Raises $60M Series C Led By Amazon
Jul 03, 3:49AM
BankBazaar, a startup that lets Indian consumers compare financial products online, has scored a $60 million Series C led by Amazon, with participation from Fidelity Growth Partners, Mousse Partners, and returning investors Sequoia Capital and Walden International. Read MoreTips For Finding Success As A Female Engineer
Jul 03, 1:00AM
It was apparent from the first time I took a computer programming class in high school that it was one of the few subjects that really excited me. Initially, it was just an option I was trying out, but I soon knew that engineering was what I wanted to major in and pursue for my lifelong career. The thing I love most about engineering is that there are limitless opportunities to do meaningful… Read MoreAmid A Collapsing Economy, Greek Entrepreneurs Band Together To Keep Business Going
Jul 03, 12:16AM
Greece went to the brink this week. And the country’s entrepreneurs wasted no time in stepping into action. Read MoreJohn Sculley And David Steinberg Explain How Zeta Interactive Works with Big Brands to Track Engagement
Jul 02, 9:30PM
Last week we had a chance to sit down with the founders of Zeta Interactive, an online marketing service — which isn’t the first company that brought CEO David Steinberg and former Apple CEO John Sculley together. Zeta Interactive focuses on using data-mining and analytics to basically track where a customer came from. The example the pair used was tracking a car test drive from… Read MoreSmigin Is a Foreign Language Tool That Doesn't Make You Sound Like A Tourist
Jul 02, 7:55PM
If you’ve ever tried to learn a foreign language, you probably know that most existing methods focus on aspects of the language that aren’t very helpful in everyday life. For example, newcomers to a language are often first taught the names of animals or colors, words that aren’t normally applicable to the common traveler. Smigin aims to fix this problem with its app… Read MoreAn Interview With Blue Apron CEO Matt Salzberg
Jul 02, 7:51PM
Blue Apron, the NY-based startup that delivers weekly pre-portioned ingredients and recipes to your home, has been cooking over the past year. The company recently announced that it had surpassed 1 million meals shipped monthly, putting estimated yearly revenue at $120 million. And if that weren’t enough, the company raised $135 million in Series D at a $2 billion valuation. We sat… Read More
Venture Investment In Healthcare Declines Through Q2 After Record 2014
Jul 02, 7:23PM
After a record-breaking year of growth in 2014, venture capital investors in healthcare seem to have settled into a groove. They invested roughly $2.8 billion in healthcare technologies through the second quarter of 2015, down from $3.3 billion over the same period last year, according to a study from Startup Health. Read MoreAfter 55 Million Downloads, Dots Gets A Major Upgrade
Jul 02, 6:49PM
Dots, the incredibly basic but addicting mobile game created by gaming studio Playdots, is getting its first major upgrade in over a year. Dots now features three new themes: Space, Mod Synth, and Desert. There’s also a custom “Designer” option if users prefer to select their own dot and background color palate. The goal of the game is simple — connect… Read MoreGeniac Raises £22M From Grant Thornton To Offer 'Office As A Service'
Jul 02, 5:33PM
Geniac, which operates in the rarefied world of “business management” platforms, has raised £22 million from Grant Thornton UK, a big provider of assurance and tax advisory. To date, Geniac has been in beta. The London-based Geniac was founded by ex-Accenture consultants Michael Galvin and Eduardo Martinez to allow businesses to run themselves within one platform. The so-called… Read More
Fatigue Science Lets Pro Sports Teams Track Their Athletes' Sleep
Jul 02, 5:04PM
As wearable activity trackers get increasingly smart and complex, Fatigue Science is measuring one thing and one thing only — how we sleep. Fatigue Science’s Readiband looks very similar to a Fitbit or Nike Fuelband. It has a 3D accelerometer that tracks movement, impact, velocity, speed and frequency, a battery that lasts 60 days between charges, and it’s both water… Read MoreIn Wake Of Apple Music, SoundCloud Update Focuses On Music Discovery, Better User Experience
Jul 02, 4:59PM
All the buzz this week may be about the launch of Apple Music, but another popular streaming music application, SoundCloud, has also now rolled out a notable update to its mobile application. The update – which delivers new features including related tracks, shuffle, direct playlist editing, and more – is aimed at both improving music discovery and the overall user experience.… Read MoreIf at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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