You would expect the co-founder of a startup that improves on traditional slide presentations to hate tools like PowerPoint. But that’s not the case with Mayuresh Patole, the CEO of Chronicle. He says he loved PowerPoint and before becoming a founder, spent 10 years building presentations, including stints teaching university students how to make engaging […]
Accel, Square Peg back Chronicle’s tool for presentations that won’t put you to sleep by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
The HR payroll market across the world is expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2% reaching a $14.31 billion valuation by the close of this decade, buoyed by the increased demand for payroll and other HR solutions. In emerging markets, the growing awareness of HR payroll tech solutions, and a spiking […]
YC-backed HR-payroll provider Workpay raises $2.7M to scale in Africa by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
Green Labs, a South Korean agtech startup that raised $140 million (170 billion won) Series C in January last year, is cutting a significant number of jobs. People familiar with the matter confirmed to TechCrunch earlier rumors by local media outlets that a workforce deduction would happen. Green Labs, which now has over 650 employees, […]
Agtech startup Green Labs is the latest Korean startup to lay off employees by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
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 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 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 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