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Kempus wants to be the ultimate app for sharing college hacks
Remember poring over reviews on Rate My Professors to find out which prof is good-looking and who gives easy As? The professor and class ratings site is one of the few web 1.0 sites that are still well and alive today. When the portal was acquired by news streaming service Chedder in 2018, it boasted […]
Kempus wants to be the ultimate app for sharing college hacks by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
AeroCloud, a cloud-native airport management platform, raises $12.6M
AeroCloud, a cloud-native airport management software startup used by dozens of airports across the world, has raised $12.6 million in a Series A round of funding. Founded out of Chester, U.K., in 2019, AeroCloud says that it’s already working with Manchester and Eindhoven airports in Europe, while in the U.S. it counts Tampa International and […]
AeroCloud, a cloud-native airport management platform, raises $12.6M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
India and Singapore link UPI and PayNow in cross-border payments push
India and Singapore have linked their digital payments systems, UPI and PayNow, to enable instant and low-cost fund transfers in a major push to disrupt the cross-border transactions between the two nations that amounts to over $1 billion each year. The linkage between the two systems went live Tuesday, the two nations’ central banks said […]
India and Singapore link UPI and PayNow in cross-border payments push by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Strive gets backing from Y Combinator to show kids that coding is fun
Strive is an online learning platform that teaches kids to code, but it wants to do more than just that. Developed with an active learning model that lets students take the lead in classes, Strive wants to instill in them a lifelong love of STEM subjects. The Singapore-based startup announced today that it has raised […]
Strive gets backing from Y Combinator to show kids that coding is fun by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Max Q: Only a matter of time
In this issue of Max Q: Intuitive Machines enters the public market; Silicon Valley goes to war; news from Transcelestial, Umbra and more.
Max Q: Only a matter of time by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
U.K. quantum computing startup Quantum Motion raises $50.5M
U.K. quantum computing company Quantum Motion has raised £42 million ($50.5 million) in an equity round of funding led by Bosch Ventures (RBVC), with participation from Porsche, the U.K. government’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), and a host of additional investors. Quantum computing, for the uninitiated, builds on principles borrowed from quantum mechanics, with […]
U.K. quantum computing startup Quantum Motion raises $50.5M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch