IT総合 One Peak scales up and closes $1B fund aimed at European and Israeli growth rounds
There’s a prevailing logic (or you might say hope) in tech that says there is no better time to invent and invest ...
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IT総合 IT総合 LinkedIn rolls out focused inbox and messaging safety tools as it gets to grip with spam and scams
LinkedIn, the social platform for the working world for networking and recruitment, hasn’t been the biggest name i...
IT総合 Zoe, which went viral with its Covid-reporting app, raises $30M to track nutrition and health
Zoe, a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a pop...
IT総合 Cyber Monday online sales hit a record $11.3B, driven by demand, not just inflation, says Adobe
Expectations for this year’s holiday spend online were lukewarm, but initial activity — driven by deep disco...
IT総合 Lyst, the UK fashion marketplace, is laying off 25% of staff
Lyst, the UK fashion e-commerce site that last year raised funding at a $700 million valuation, is the latest tech start...
IT総合 V7 snaps up $33M to automate training data for computer vision AI models
Artificial intelligence promises to help, and maybe even replace, humans to carry out everyday tasks and solve problems ...
IT総合 Thanksgiving 2022 online sales pip past forecasts at $5.3B, up 2.8% on last year, mobile accounted for 55% of all purchases
Analysts and e-commerce leaders have been predicting a muted online holiday shopping season this year, with sales in the...
IT総合 KaiOS, the feature phone platform startup, raises a modest $3.4M to train its sights on growth in Africa
Smartphone shipments have been declining in what has been a rough year for mobile handsets, and that’s meant even ...
IT総合 Aura, the frame and photo startup, raises $26M as app users near 3M and frames sold pass 500K
Aura, a startup founded by early Twitter employees that makes digital frames and photo sharing apps that can also be use...
IT総合 Spain’s Cobee raises $41M for an employee benefits ‘superapp’
Benefits are one of the great oxymorons of full-time employment: the name implies help and advantages, but in a lot of c...
IT総合 Spot AI raises $40M to build smarter CCTV security camera tech
CCTV and other kinds of security cameras have a strong big brother vibe, but for many of us that may be because we don&#...
IT総合 Sources: Palo Alto Networks is buying Cider Security for up to $300M
More consolidation is afoot in the world of cyber security. TechCrunch has learned from sources that Palo Alto Networks ...
IT総合 Linktree intros Payment Lock, paywalls for individual pieces of music, playlists, videos, newsletters, meeting slots and more
Looking for more ways to grow its revenue, Linktree knows the way to creators’ hearts and wallets: by building mor...
IT総合 Yahaha raises $40M more for its user-generated, low-code immersive gaming platform
Yahaha, a Helsinki- and Shanghai-based immersive, user-generated, low-code gaming platform founded by a group of Chinese...
IT総合 After mothballing Amazon Care, Amazon reenters tele-health with Amazon Clinic, a marketplace for third-party virtual consultants
The ink is not yet dry on Amazon’s $4 billion acquisition of OneMedical, but in the meantime, the online services ...
IT総合 Musk says orgs will soon verify affiliated accounts; Blue sign-ups and name changes will be reinstated end of this week
Twitter Blue, Twitter’s paid tier, appears to be on ice at the moment as the company tries to navigate how to cont...
IT総合 Ordergroove picks up $100M to grow e-commerce subscriptions as a service
Amazon has mastered the concept of subscriptions in e-commerce. Prime-based memberships, and the ability to set up recur...
IT総合 Google and Twitter veteran maps out a Twitter alternative
Twitter’s new CEO and owner Elon Musk is rattling the cage at his social network and ruffling a lot of feathers bo...
IT総合 Filing: Meta slashes expenses on reduced hiring and capex investments
Meta’s body blow layoff announcement will see the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp making its first-ever...
IT総合 Sweden’s EQT Ventures closes a its third fund at €1.1B to double down on European and early-stage startups
Startups might be in a funding midwinter, but the ray of sun shining on some VCs speaks of a different trend. EQT Ventur...
IT総合 Laika laps up $50M for its automated security compliance platform
Compliance with privacy and security frameworks like SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR has become a central component not just of ho...
IT総合 Teamraderie, a B2B Masterclass-style platform for team building, raises $7M
The growing trends of hiring and running remote workforces, and more recently the major upheaval of restructuring across...
IT総合 Say goodbye to the notch? OTI raises $55M for technology to remove screen obstructions
OTI Lumionics, an eye-catching startup out of Canada that has been working on display materials for device makers to cre...
IT総合 Trigo raises $100M to expand its Amazon-style cashier-free store technology
Amazon has become the pacemaker in commerce, and today a startup that’s been building technology to help retailers...
IT総合 WeTravel books $27M to build fintech and more for bespoke group travel
Travel is back on the radar for investment, with consumers and business users both on the move again after a long pandem...
IT総合 OnlyFans CEO says adult content will still have a home on the site in 5 years
OnlyFans has been putting a lot of effort into upcycling its image from adult content subscription platform to a Patreon...
IT総合 Want to tip for your Amazon delivery? Drivr is a new app for that
Tipping in the U.S. is a critical part of how the wheels turn in the service economy. One service area that’s been...
IT総合 TikTok launches Profile Kit to add up to six videos on other sites, integrating first with LinkTree
A big part of TikTok’s growth story has been down to its viral hooks: catchy videos with thousands or millions of ...
IT総合 GoHenry, the banking service for under-18s, raises $55M after passing 2M users
Neobanks have made a name for themselves by successfully winning the business of newly-minted adults, opening their fir...
IT総合 Google looks to boost its security cred in the cloud
Cloud data breaches in the enterprise have skyrocketed in the last year — a worrying trend that’s led to the...