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Highbeam secures $10M loan to provide credit, spend monitoring and more to e-commerce retailers

February 13, 2023

Highbeam, a startup that provides banking features, credit and cash flow insights to e-commerce customers, today announced that it raised $10 million in debt from TriplePoint as it looks to expand the reach of its digital product portfolio. Co-founders Samir Shergill (previously at Microsoft, McKinsey and AppNexus) and Gautam Gupta (formerly of Shopify, Venmo and […]

Highbeam secures $10M loan to provide credit, spend monitoring and more to e-commerce retailers by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Caldera raises $9M from two rounds led by Sequoia and Dragonfly Capital

February 13, 2023

Caldera, a no-code web3 infrastructure platform, raised $9 million across two rounds, its co-founder, Matt Katz, exclusively told TechCrunch. The startup was founded in March 2022 by Katz and Parker Jou, CTO of Caldera, in an effort to simplify the process of creating app-specific blockchains so builders can create layer-2 blockchains in the span of […]

Caldera raises $9M from two rounds led by Sequoia and Dragonfly Capital by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Introducing the Inside Startup Battlefield podcast

February 13, 2023

Startup competitions are a mainstay in Silicon Valley, and there probably isn’t a VC or founder out there who hasn’t heard of TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield. From the TechCrunch Podcast Network comes Inside Startup Battlefield — a four-episode miniseries that takes you behind the scenes of one of tech’s most anticipated startup competitions. Each episode […]

Introducing the Inside Startup Battlefield podcast by Maggie Stamets originally published on TechCrunch

Twilio cuts 17% of its workforce just months after previous round of layoffs

February 13, 2023

Twilio just announced that it will be conducting a round of layoffs that will impact around 17% of its global workforce. The company will also restructure its internal organization and create two business units — Twilio Communications and Twilio Data & Applications. Today’s news must be particularly difficult for Twilio employees as the company already conducted […]

Twilio cuts 17% of its workforce just months after previous round of layoffs by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

TechCrunch Live Podcast: Why you should buy your kids a cash register

February 13, 2023

Christina Ross says her favorite toy was a cash register. And that makes sense now. She’s the co-founder and CEO of Cube, a financial planning and analysis company that’s trying to help businesses bridge that gap between custom spreadsheets and modern planning tools. She sat down with me and Mayfield partner Rajeev Butra to talk […]

TechCrunch Live Podcast: Why you should buy your kids a cash register by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

The electric RAM 1500 REV is packed with screens and, surprisingly, buttons and knobs

February 13, 2023

RAM used some of its 2023 Super Bowl ad time to show off some goodies built into the upcoming electric RAM pickup. The RAM 1500 REV, as it’s called, is Stellantis’ first entry into the growing electric pickup wars. The concept debuted last month at the 2023 Consumer Electronic Show, but few details, including interior features, […]

The electric RAM 1500 REV is packed with screens and, surprisingly, buttons and knobs by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch