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Conta Simples grabs another $41.5M for its expense management approach in Brazil

Conta Simples ended the year reaching breakeven and obtained a license from the Brazilian Central Bank) to operate as an Direct Credit Society. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The Burro Grande finds the agtech robotics firm going big

Burro has been on our radar since early  2020, when the company (then Augean) participated in a TechCrunch Robotics pitch-off. The Philly-based firm has actually been around since 2017, but it’s really the last few years that have seen its … Continue reading

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Deco.cx grabs $2.2M to bring simplicity back to brand website creation

The Brazil-based startup is creating tools for developers of growing e-commerce brands to create high-performance digital experiences. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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BofA gives Ambani’s Jio Platforms a $100 billion-plus valuation

Bank of America has pinned a $107 billion valuation tag on Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms, valuing the Indian telecoms and digital conglomerate 64.6% higher than the $65 billion at which it attracted the likes of Meta, Google and other technology … Continue reading

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Anecdotes lands $25M to expand its governance, risk management and compliance business

Governance, risk management and compliance — GRC for short — remains one of the most active startup areas in terms of VC investments. According to Tracxn, the private market data tracker, the roughly 1,500 vendors selling GRC software had received … Continue reading

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Threads accidentally rolls out the feature to view latest search results

Multiple Threads users on the iOS app reported earlier today that they are seeing a new “Latest” option to sort search results on the new social network. However, the company told TechCrunch that the feature was just an internal prototype … Continue reading

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After taking credibility hit, Carta announces it is exiting the secondaries business: “We have decided to prioritize trust”

Roughly 72 hours after a prominent startup customer complained that Carta was misusing information with which it was entrusted — scaring many of Carta’s tens of thousands of other customers in the process — Carta is exiting the business that … Continue reading

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Pivotal kicks off U.S. sales of its lightweight electric personal Helix aircraft

Pivotal, the Palo Alto, California-based company backed by Larry Page, kicked off online sales Monday night at CES 2024 for Helix, a lightweight electric personal aircraft that doesn’t require a pilot’s license to fly. Helix marks an evolution for Pivotal, … Continue reading

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Will.i.am’s new startup Sound Drive wants you to reboot the music industry in your car

You can spend all day long curating custom playlists for every mood, picking tracks based on tempo or intensity, but whether you’re corner-carving or just commuting you’ll never perfectly match the cadence and energy of every drive. Will.i.am, the singer … Continue reading

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CES 2024: How to watch live as Sony, Samsung and more reveal hardware, AI updates

CES 2024 is finally upon us, taking over Las Vegas with throngs of crowds, booths full of products and a lot of companies making claims about how AI is improving their offerings. As noted in our CES preview, though the … Continue reading

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