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Paytrix raises $18.3M to build out its one-stop payments shop

March 29, 2023

Payments remains one of the most fragmented of online services, a situation that is only compounded when your business trades internationally. A UK startup called Paytrix says it has raised $18.3 million in funding to build out a solution to fix this: a single platform — and single contract — that lets its customers manage […]

Paytrix raises $18.3M to build out its one-stop payments shop by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Spera raises $10M for its identity security posture management platform

March 29, 2023

Spera, a Palo Alto-based security startup that provides businesses with the tools to proactively protect themselves from identity-driven threats, today announced that it has raised a $10 million seed funding round led by YL Ventures, with participation from a number of prominent angel investors and serial entrepreneurs. The company’s founders, Dor Fledel (CEO) and Ariel […]

Spera raises $10M for its identity security posture management platform by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Google to roll out new extreme heat alerts in Search soon

March 29, 2023

Google is introducing new extreme heat alerts in Search that are designed to surface information to help people stay safe during heat waves, the company announced on Tuesday. The new heat alerts will roll out in the coming months. Now, when people search for information on extreme heat, they will see information about when a […]

Google to roll out new extreme heat alerts in Search soon by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Google wins partial relief in Android antitrust case in India

March 29, 2023

Google received some relief in the key overseas market of India on Wednesday after a tribunal court set aside four of the 10 directives in an antitrust case related to abuse of the company’s dominant position in Android. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal upheld the $160 million penalty levied on Google by the Competition […]

Google wins partial relief in Android antitrust case in India by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Payday wants to power the future of work for Africa with $3M seed led by Moniepoint Inc

March 29, 2023

Payday, a neobank issuing global (USD, EUR & GBP) accounts to Africans, has raised $3 million, money the platform intends to use to fuel its “future of work” initiative through borderless payment alternatives in major currencies. The oversubscribed seed investment was led by Moniepoint Inc. (formerly TeamApt Inc), the U.S. entity that houses Moniepoint Microfinance […]

Payday wants to power the future of work for Africa with $3M seed led by Moniepoint Inc by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Hygraph raises $30M to scale out a new, federated approach to managing digital content

March 29, 2023

Digital content and how we consume it continue to endlessly evolve, and with that, so too does the tech that helps manage all of it behind the scenes. In the latest development, Hygraph, a startup out of Berlin that has built a platform around a new, “federated” approach to content management — think: many sources […]

Hygraph raises $30M to scale out a new, federated approach to managing digital content by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Distressed Indian startup GoMechanic acquired by Lifelong Group-led consortium

March 29, 2023

A consortium led by Lifelong Group has acquired the distressed firm GoMechanic months after the Sequoia India-backed startup admitted “grave errors” in financial reporting. Lifelong Group, which serves several major players in the automotive industry including Hero and General Motors, said it won the bidding to acquire GoMechanic, whose investors scrambled for a sale earlier […]

Distressed Indian startup GoMechanic acquired by Lifelong Group-led consortium by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon now lets T-mobile customers make and receive calls via an Alexa-enabled device

March 29, 2023

Amazon now allows T-mobile customers to link their mobile numbers and make or receive hands-free Wi-Fi calls through Alexa-enabled devices like Echo Dot or Echo Show. This comes more than two years after the ecommerce giant partnered up with AT&T for a similar feature. Customers will need to enable the T-Mobile with Alexa skill from […]

Amazon now lets T-mobile customers make and receive calls via an Alexa-enabled device by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Revenue vs. Profit: What’s the Difference?

March 29, 2023
The difference between revenue and profit is vital to understand in order to run a healthy business. Read on to learn all about these basic economic concepts.