Google, Microsoft-backed VerSe Innovation cuts 5% of workforce, reduces salaries

3 years ago

India’s VerSe Innovation — the $5 billion Indian startup behind news aggregator Dailyhunt, short-video platform Josh, and hyperlocal video app…

A scale story: TechCrunch’s parent company links up with Taboola

3 years ago

Folks often ask if Crunchbase and TechCrunch are still the same company (nope). Many express surprise that AOL was once…

Bionaut Labs gets $43.2M for its tiny drug delivery robots

3 years ago

Founded in 2017, Bionaut Labs arrived out of stealth in March 2021, with plans to commercialize longstanding research around drug…

BackingMinds raises new €50 million fund to fund normally overlooked entrepreneurs

3 years ago

Denmark-based venture fund BackingMinds, founded in 2016, likes to think it takes a different approach to venture in Europe. Its…

SWVL reduces its headcount by 50% six months after axing 400+ staff

3 years ago

Cairo-born and Dubai-based mass transit and shared mobility services provider SWVL has carried out its second round of layoffs affecting…

Yahoo gets 25% stake in Taboola as part of long-term advertising deal

3 years ago

Yahoo is taking a nearly 25% stake in advertising network Taboola. In exchange for this move, Taboola is becoming Yahoo’s…

Cameroonian crypto and savings platform Ejara raises $8M, led by Anthemis and Dragonfly

3 years ago

Ejara, a Cameroonian fintech offering an investment app that allows users to buy crypto and save through decentralized wallets, has…

Deepomatic wants to build the AI-based computer vision companion for field workers

3 years ago

French startup Deepomatic has raised a $10.5 million (€10 million) Series B funding round. While the founding round is relatively…

US government bans Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision tech over ‘unacceptable’ spying fears

3 years ago

The U.S. government said it is banning telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from several prominent Chinese brands in an effort…

We went diving with the Apple Watch Ultra

3 years ago

In September, Apple launched the Apple Watch Ultra, which is not only waterproof to 100 meters (330 feet) in depth,…