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Wirepas nabs $22M to expand a IoT business based on distributed, mesh technology

Wirepas, a startup out of Finland that is building out an Internet of Things business based on a novel approach — using mesh networking, rather than cellular or WiFi to connect thousands of objects — has raised some funding to … Continue reading

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Confirmed: Palo Alto Networks buys Dig Security, sources say for $400M

We reported in September that Palo Alto was getting ready to make yet more security acquisitions out of Israel, specifically of Dig Security and Talon. Today, some confirmation of one of those has arrived: the U.S. security giant said it … Continue reading

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Guidde’s AI automatically generates software documentation videos

Organizations today rely on a growing number of apps to get work done. According to Statista, in 2022, companies were licensing an average of 130 software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps, up from just 8 in 2015. What that means for employees, generally, … Continue reading

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Cambrium aims to one-up nature with designer proteins that scale sustainably

Nature has done a hell of a job over the last few billion years, but there’s always room for improvement. The proteins in our bodies are great but not always the easiest to produce or package — so Cambrium is … Continue reading

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This proptech startup says generative building design can change the way cities are built

Cedar has coverage across Austin now, however, the new capital will enable the company to expand to more cities over the next 12 to18 months.  © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Brazilian fintech QI Tech lands $200M led by General Atlantic

Brazilian banking-as-a-service startup QI Tech has raised $200 million in a Series B round of funding led by New York-based General Atlantic. Founded in 2018 by Pedro Mac Dowell, Marcelo Bentivoglio and Marcelo Buosi, QI Tech is an infrastructure platform … Continue reading

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SkyCell raises $57M at a $600M valuation to build smart containers for pharmaceutical transport

The Covid-19 pandemic put a spotlight on how critical the development and distribution medicine can really be. Vaccines for the coronavirus typically needed to be kept at very specific temperature controls to remain active, so getting them to where they … Continue reading

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Egyptian healthtech Almouneer raises $3.6M to scale its platform for treating diabetes and obesity

Obesity and prediabetes are major health concerns in Africa and the Middle East, affecting over 40% of the population. In Egypt, 20% of adults have diabetes; the figure in Saudi Arabia is 30%. In Nigeria, 1 in 17 adults has … Continue reading

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Indian opposition leaders say Apple has warned them of state-sponsored iPhone attacks

Apple has warned at least six Indian politicians and other members of political parties and two journalists of their iPhones being targets of state-sponsored attacks, these people said Tuesday. Shashi Tharoor of the opposition Congress party, Mahua Moitra, a national … Continue reading

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Hexa, the startup studio behind Front, Spendesk and Aircall, unveils its next batch of startups

Hexa, the Paris-based startup studio that started its life as eFounders, just shared a list of the six next companies that will emerge from the studio. It’s an interesting mix of enterprise SaaS startups with a blockchain data startup thrown … Continue reading

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