New York City, home to over 60,000 gig delivery workers, has been cracking down on cheap, uncertified e-bikes that have resulted in battery fires across the city. Some […]
Samara is accelerating the energy transition in Spain one solar panel at a time
Since the shock of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, solar energy has been having a moment in Europe. Electricity prices have been going up while the investment required […]
ButcherBox acquires ‘Shark Tank’-featured startup Truffle Shuffle
Butcherbox is known for grinding its way forward, bootstrapping to more than $600,000 worth of revenue. The company hasn’t traditionally been on the M&A path, but it today […]
Y Combinator’s latest cohort had only one LatAm startup in large part because of AI
Brazilian startup Salvy, a mobile carrier for businesses, was the only company based in Latin America in Y Combinator’s latest batch, the accelerator confirmed to TechCrunch. That’s a […]
Liquid Death is just one of many VC-backed beverage startups ready to disrupt Coke and Pepsi
On March 11, a fizzy startup announced that it had raised $67 million at a $1.4 billion valuation and reached $263 million in sales in 2023. Did you […]
Deel acquires Africa’s PaySpace, says it’s crossed $500M in ARR
Deel is on an acquisition march. On Tuesday, the HR startup announced it is acquiring African-based payroll and HR software and services company PaySpace in a deal that […]
Zūm Rails takes in first capital to launch new banking-as-a-service, FedNow offerings
The adoption of open banking and instant payments is moving slowly in the United States compared to other markets around the world, for example, Brazil. That said, the […]
Disrupt is back! 2-for-1 passes now on sale
As winter continues to grip much of the world, here’s some hot news for entrepreneurs to thaw the chill: TechCrunch Disrupt will be back in San Francisco from […]
Prismatic lands $22M to connect disparate B2B SaaS apps
IT teams today have to juggle an enormous number of tools, apps and systems. The average company was using 130 software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps as of 2022, according to […]
German startup Pitch switches CEO and lays off two-thirds of its workforce
Pitch, the company behind a collaborative presentation software for businesses, is scaling back and bootstrapping, with CEO and co-founder Christian Reber stepping down and two-thirds of its employees […]