Corporate executives might be making a lot of noise about ESG, but when it comes to investors, sustainability concerns appear here to stay.
Tales of ESG’s death have been greatly exaggerated by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
French startup Swile shared some revenue metrics just a year after merging with Bimpli, the employee benefits division of BPCE. Swile’s main product is a payment card for employee benefits, such as meal vouchers. In 2022, Swile generated €138 million in revenue ($153 million at today’s exchange rate) — that includes Bimpli’s revenue. And yet, […]
Employee benefits startup Swile expects to become profitable next quarter by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Domino’s, the world’s largest pizza company in terms of sales and stores, has entered an agreement with Uber to list its menu on Uber Eats and Postmates. The deal indicates that Domino’s is reversing its stance against working with third-party delivery companies in the U.S. Shares of Domino’s soared more than 10% on the news […]
Domino’s strikes deal to list its menu on Uber Eats and Postmates in the U.S. by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Redbox, the operator of DVD rental kiosks, today announced a new deal with TikTok that allows the company to feature popular content from the short-form video app on more than 3,000 Redbox kiosks nationwide. The new deal allows brands to use TikTok content to advertise products or services on the kiosks, which are located at […]
TikTok content to be featured on 3K+ Redbox kiosks by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
We’ve seen the rise of the customer data platform (CDP) in recent years as a central repository for collecting data about customers to better understand their needs. It’s worth noting that Twilio spent $3.2 billion to buy CDP Segment in 2020 with the goal of building data-fueled apps. Today, Lantern, an early stage startup is […]
Lantern is building a B2B platform that combines a CDP and customer success tools by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show where we niche down to a single topic and dig deep. This week we had a very special guest on the podcast: Matthew Lynley. Long-time listeners will recall […]
Is ChatGPT the iBeer of LLM’s? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Inngest, an open-source startup that helps developers build and manage serverless queues, background jobs and workflows, today announced that it has raised a $3 million seed round led by GGV. Co-founded in 2021 by former Buffer CTO Dan Farrelly and Tony Holdstock-Brown, a former Docker engineer and the former head of engineering at healthcare company […]
Inngest helps developers build their backend workflows, raises $3M by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
Despite declining funding levels and higher rate of attacks, cybersecurity investors remain optimistic. Here’s why.
8 VCs explain why there’s good reason to be optimistic about cybersecurity by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Ahead of the highly anticipated “Barbie” premiere on July 21, Bumble is launching a new experience where users can get message suggestions from all the Barbies and Kens featured in the movie, including main Barbie (played by Margot Robbie), President Barbie (Issa Rae), Ken #2 (Simu Lu) and more. The message suggestions will be part […]
Barbie and Ken are your dating coaches in Bumble’s newest feature by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch