June 17, 2025

Prominent global VC Endeavor Catalyst is raising $300M, sources say

Endeavor Catalyst, the co-investment fund affiliated with global entrepreneurial network Endeavor Global, is raising a new $300 million fund, its fifth and largest fund yet, as it looks to deepen its bet on high-growth startups across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, TechCrunch has learned. The new fund, according to sources, is […]

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Metalenz ships millions of its tiny cameras and powers up with $30M B round

October 12, 2022

The cameras in our phones, laptops, and increasingly home robots and the like are about as small as they can get unless we starting doing something different, and that’s just what Metalenz is getting up to — with great success and now a $30 million funding round to expand its ultra-small 3D imaging tech. The […]

Metalenz ships millions of its tiny cameras and powers up with $30M B round by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Human brain cells transplanted into baby rats’ brains grow and form connections

October 12, 2022
Human neurons transplanted into a rat’s brain continue to grow, forming connections with the animals’ own brain cells and helping guide their behavior, new research has shown. In a study published in the journal Nature today, lab-grown clumps of human brain cells were transplanted into the brains of newborn rats. They grew and integrated with…

A robotic exoskeleton adapts to wearers to help them walk faster

October 12, 2022
An exoskeleton that uses machine learning to adapt to its wearers’ gait could help make it easier for people with limited mobility to walk. The exoskeleton, which resembles a motorized boot, is lightweight and allows the wearer to move relatively freely, both increasing their walking speed and reducing the amount of energy they use while…

DataGrail announces automated risk assessment tool and $45M investment

October 12, 2022

DataGrail has always focused on helping companies comply with the growing world of privacy regulation, building plug-ins to common data-heavy applications to help automate data discovery and compliance. Today, it’s building on that with a new automated risk monitoring solution that helps companies build third-party application risk assessments quickly. While they were at it, the […]

DataGrail announces automated risk assessment tool and $45M investment by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Dedrone’s counter-drone jammer uses science to stop drones in their tracks

October 12, 2022

Drones are lovely for all sorts of things, including shooting incredible 700-shot gigapixel images over Burning Man, for example. But they can also be used for nefarious purposes, carrying explosives or scaring the bejesus out of the Secret Service as they are trying to protect the prez. Dedrone has had a series of antidrone tools […]

Dedrone’s counter-drone jammer uses science to stop drones in their tracks by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft refreshes the Surface Laptop, Pro and Studio

October 12, 2022

Microsoft introduced a deluge of upgraded Surface products during a virtual keynote this morning. Detailed in a blog post penned by Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay, the Laptop 5 gets top billing here. The devoted touchscreen notebook arrives in 13.5- and 15-inch models, powered by Intel Evo, which the company claims will make it “50% […]

Microsoft refreshes the Surface Laptop, Pro and Studio by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Moon set for November traffic jam as both ispace and NASA target launches

October 12, 2022

If all goes to plan, Florida’s Space Coast could see two separate lunar missions take off in November. Japanese startup ispace said Wednesday it is targeting a launch window of November 9-15 for its first lunar lander mission. Separately, NASA set a trio of possible November launch dates for Artemis I, the first in a […]

Moon set for November traffic jam as both ispace and NASA target launches by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

The Berlin startup that wants to give Zapier a run for its money

October 12, 2022

Zapier and IFTTT are, today, very large platforms for creating automation rules for texts or getting two apps to “talk” to each other via APIs. However, these are ‘hammers to crack nuts’ when it comes to processing simple tasks needed inside businesses. Furthermore, if you include images or video, or if the text referred to is […]

The Berlin startup that wants to give Zapier a run for its money by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch