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Twitter to live stream U.S. Presidential debates via Bloomberg partnership
Sep 21, 1:19PM
Twitter will be live streaming all of the U.S. Presidential and Vice Presidential debates, beginning Monday, September 26. The streams will come from Bloomberg TV’s live broadcast, and are part of the partnership the social network announced with Twitter earlier this year. Streams of the debates will be available via Twitter.com, as well as on its various native apps via Moments and… Read MoreInfluxData closes $16 million Series B led by Battery Ventures to organize IOT data
Sep 21, 1:13PM
Imagine for a moment that you’re riding in one of John Zimmer’s proposed autonomous sleeper cars and you’re fast asleep on a road trip across the state. All of the sensors on the vehicle are collecting data so that standard components like the engine and steering systems don’t kill you. At sub-second intervals, some believe your car could generate nearly a gigabyte… Read MorePepperfry raises $31M to expand its online furniture sales business in India
Sep 21, 1:03PM
Online furniture and home furnishings retailer Pepperfry has raised $31 million to expand its business across India. Read MoreNew messaging platform Mobilize raises $6.5 million
Sep 21, 1:00PM
Group messaging continues to be a problem that large organizations have trouble solving. And its an area where venture investors have spent millions. While many people use Slack, or communications tools from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and others, there’s no unified system for managing messaging. That’s what Mobilize aims to be. The company raised $6.5 million in new financing… Read MoreNetflix wants 50% of its library to be original content
Sep 21, 12:46PM
Netflix is looking to shift its content mix even further towards original TV and movies, with a goal of achieving a 50 percent mix between its own programming and stuff licensed for its use by outside studios. The 50-50 target was revealed by Netflix CFO David Wells at the Goldman Sach’s Communacopia conference on Tuesday (via Variety), and Wells added that they’d like to hit that… Read MoreThe internet belongs to the world, not to Ted Cruz
Sep 21, 12:30PM
Congressional Republicans have recently taken a new hostage in their never-ending stream of threats to shut down the government. This time, their target is the transfer of control of usually unseen clerical functions that keep the internet working. Somehow this arcane transition has become one of the major hurdles to funding the government. So how did we get here? The story actually started… Read MoreGametime raises $20 million to sell last-minute, textable tickets to sporting events and concerts
Sep 21, 11:59AM
Gametime has raised $20 million in venture funding for an app that allows people to find and buy tickets to a nearby concert or sporting event at the last minute, and even up to a half-hour after a game begins. Evolution Media Partners led Gametime’s Series B round, joined by GV, Stanford’s StartX Fund, Accel Partners, Casey Wasserman and Jeff Mallett. The funding brings… Read MoreTroops, a Slackbot for sales, raises $7 million
Sep 21, 11:30AM
It’s a sales world these days. CRM rules everything around me (and my colleagues) seemingly every day; with a new financing, launch, or app that’s designed to make the life of the busy sales executive a little bit more convenient. And the latest tool to step into the breach sits at the intersection of the massive CRM trend and another two or three “super hot” business… Read MorePay-per-mile insurance startup Metromile raises $191.5M, acquires Mosaic Insurance
Sep 21, 11:30AM
The automotive industry is in flux with the rise of self-driving and electric cars, and the concept of car ownership altogether being thrown into question. With this, the car insurance industry is changing, too, and now, an on-demand car insurance startup has raised a large round of funding as it aims to be leader of that change. Metromile, the provider that lets you pay-per-mile for… Read MoreDailyRounds is a social network/medical journal for doctors
Sep 21, 11:20AM
DailyRounds, a service for doctors that combines elements of a social network and a medical journal, has landed undisclosed funding led by venture capital giant Accel. Beenos, Powerhouse Ventures and Aksua Holdings are participated in the deal, which follows a $500,000 seed round raised last year. Read MoreImbellus raises $4 million for better candidate screening
Sep 21, 11:00AM
Does a stellar SAT score and a perfect GPA mean that you’re the right candidate for the job? Not necessarily, according to Rebecca Kantar, founder of Imbellus. She believes her team has a new method for assessing the characteristics that will help you succeed in business. And Upfront Ventures, Thrive Capital, GLG and Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures are betting $4 million that she… Read MoreLess exciting than Beyonce's album, but maybe more rewarding, Lemonade launches new insurance plans
Sep 21, 11:00AM
The new insurance company, Lemonade, is finally able to take the covers off of its radical (and pretty freaking cool) insurance plans. The company has received its initial license in New York as the first step in its plan to roll out nationwide. Its launch is a challenge to traditional insurers and a definitive sign that the technology disruptions that have shaken the banking industry are… Read MoreAfter a long journey, WAYN gets picked up by its dotcom-era brother, Lastminute.com
Sep 21, 10:04AM
Fourteen years is a long time to be a startup, but long-time travel social network WAYN has finally cashed in its chips and sold to (almost equally old) online travel pioneer Lastminute.com Group. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed, so take that to mean what you will. WAYN’s founders and a team 20, based across the UK, Poland and South Africa, will transfer to the new… Read MoreFormer Battlefield finalist Photomath's app can now solve your handwritten math problems
Sep 21, 10:00AM
Learning any new subject can be challenging — for many students, that subject is math. Fortunately, Photomath is here to help. Photomath, a finalist in the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt Europe 2014, is an app that solves complex math problems using your smartphone’s camera. Since Disrupt, Photomath founder and CEO Damir Sabol tells TechCrunch that the app has been downloaded over… Read MoreLooking to leapfrog the power grid, d.light raises $22 million for solar in emerging markets
Sep 21, 10:00AM
The development of mobile payment platforms, increasing options for providing debt, and cheaper and better off-grid solar power systems are presenting countries around the world with a chance to leapfrog the archaic electricity infrastructure that defined the twentieth century. Looking to take advantage of these powerful emerging trends, d.light, a startup founded by two Stanford Business… Read MoreWorld Remit CEO Ismail Ahmed to speak at Disrupt London
Sep 21, 9:00AM
TechCrunch Disrupt London is coming this December. The two-day conference runs December 5 to 6 in the Olympic Village’s Copper Box Arena and features Startup Alley and Startup Battlefield where one startup will take home £30,000. You can buy early-bird tickets for Disrupt London here. We’re delighted to announce that we will be joined by the founder and CEO of WorldRemit,… Read MoreNucleus raises $5.6M in Series A funding led by Amazon's Alexa fund
Sep 21, 9:00AM
Nucleus, the home intercom system which started shipping in August, has closed $5.6M in Series A Funding. The round was led by Amazon’s Alexa fund, which invests in promising startups that incorporate Alexa’s technology into their product (Nucleus recently added support for Alexa voice functionality). BoxGroup, Greylock Partners, FF Angel, Foxconn, and SV Angel also participated,… Read MoreOurCrowd raises another $72M to build out its equity crowdfunding platform
Sep 21, 8:53AM
OurCrowd, the crowdfunding platform that gives backers equity in the companies they support, today announced that it has raised $72 million in a Series C round of funding, and expects the final figure to be closer to $100 million. Half of the capital will be used to build out its offices globally and develop its platform; and half will be used to match investments made on OurCrowd, according… Read MoreFoolography adds tech your camera should have had in the first place
Sep 21, 7:05AM
With Unleashed, Foolography is launching the smartest SLR camera remote control yet. Instead of using the camera’s remote control port or trying to futz about with Wi-Fi, the company chose a third option… Using a custom Bluetooth dongle that plugs into the camera’s USB port and leaches power from its HDMI port, Unleashed unlocks the power of your camera from your smartphone. Read MoreEuropean insurance tech startup FinanceFox closes $28M Series A
Sep 21, 6:00AM
“We’re not a bunch of startup dudes saying we’re disrupting insurance… we’re not a bunch of arrogant pricks,” FinanceFox co-founder and CEO Julian Teicke told me during a call late last week. The company, which is announcing $28 million in Series A funding today, is one of a number of European ‘insurtech’ startups who are attempting to bring… 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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