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Railsr, the UK-based embedded finance tech startup formerly called Railsbank, goes into bankruptcy under new consortium owner; it was valued at ~$1B in 2021 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

March 9, 2023

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Railsr, the UK-based embedded finance tech startup formerly called Railsbank, goes into bankruptcy under new…

LA-based Believer, a studio founded by ex-Riot executives, which plans to build open world games using generative AI, raised a $55M Series A led by Lightspeed (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

March 8, 2023

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: LA-based Believer, a studio founded by ex-Riot executives, which plans to build open world games…

Stripe expands Tap to Pay to Android in six countries, supporting payment methods via Google Pay, Mastercard, Visa, and American Express debit and credit cards (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

February 22, 2023

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Stripe expands Tap to Pay to Android in six countries, supporting payment methods via Google…

Superplastic, which creates "synthetic" influencers and other virtual characters, raised $20M led by Amazon's Alexa Fund and plans to work with Amazon Studios (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

February 15, 2023

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Superplastic, which creates “synthetic” influencers and other virtual characters, raised $20M led by Amazon’s Alexa…

An interview with Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko on scaling the network, plans for a Mozilla-like split revenue model, shunning ads, talking to investors, and more (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

December 23, 2022

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: An interview with Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko on scaling the network, plans for a Mozilla-like…

London-based Mews, which offers cloud-based hotel property management tools for reservations and more, raised a $185M Series C at a $865M post-money valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

December 15, 2022

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based Mews, which offers cloud-based hotel property management tools for reservations and more, raised a…

Sana Labs, which offers AI-based tools for managing work information and creating e-learning resources, raised a $34M Series B at a $180M post-money valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

December 14, 2022

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Sana Labs, which offers AI-based tools for managing work information and creating e-learning resources, raised…

Zappi, which offers an automated, AI-based market research service, raised $170M from Sumeru Equity Partners and others and says it has 350 clients (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

December 13, 2022

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Zappi, which offers an automated, AI-based market research service, raised $170M from Sumeru Equity Partners…

Israel-based game developer Playtika lays off about 15% of its staff, or 600+ workers, and removes three titles from the pipeline; its stock is down ~53% YTD (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

December 12, 2022

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Israel-based game developer Playtika lays off about 15% of its staff, or 600+ workers, and…

Atomico: European startups are on track to raise $85B in 2022, down from $100B+ in 2021; the European tech industry lost ~$400B in value, dropping to $2.7T (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

December 7, 2022

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Atomico: European startups are on track to raise $85B in 2022, down from $100B+ in…