Eagle Eye Networks and Brivo, two players in the world of physical cloud security — respectively video surveillance and access control systems to secure buildings and other physical spaces — are doubling down on their businesses… quite literally. The pair of U.S. companies — majority owned by the same individual, security entrepreneur Dean Drako — […]
Eagle Eye Networks and Brivo raise $192M in a joint round to boost cloud security business by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Egyptian fintech Axis has launched its digital payments platform to the North African market after securing a license from the apex bank, Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), for its open-loop mobile wallet, axisPay, which offers a digital banking alternative for small businesses and their employees. This is coming almost 18 months after the startup received […]
Tiger Global-backed Axis launches digital payments platform for Egyptian SMEs months after its $8.25M seed by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
Wefox, the German insurtech startup, has closed a new funding round from existing investors. The funding amount isn’t going to impress anyone as the company managed to secure $55 million. This could be considered as an extension of the $400 million Series D round as Wefox managed to maintain the same valuation of $4.5 billion. […]
Wefox secures new funding at $4.5 billion valuation as it aims for profitability by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Tesla held its annual shareholder meeting in Austin on Tuesday, an event that Tesla has now taken to calling its Cyber Roundup. There were five proposals on the agenda, including one that pushed Tesla’s board to come up with a public succession plan for CEO Elon Musk and other “key persons” whose behavior and loss […]
Tesla shareholders meeting: no succession plan, a co-founder returns and two EVs teased by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
We analyzed data from 30,000+ SaaS companies — here are five ways you can level up product-led, efficient growth.
5 ways SaaS companies can level up their product-led growth by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
JB Straubel is officially back at Tesla — this time as a board member. The former Tesla CTO and co-founder was elected by shareholders Tuesday as an independent board of director. A crowd of Tesla shareholders, who were at the company’s Gigafactory Texas in Austin for the event, cheered when the initial results were read […]
Tesla shareholders elect former CTO, co-founder JB Straubel to board by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Apple’s App Store prevented over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions last year, the tech giant touted in a press release on Tuesday. The company says it rejected nearly 1.7 million app submissions in 2022 for failing to meet the App Store’s standards for privacy and security. The press release comes as Apple faces a […]
Apple says its App Store prevented over $2 billion in fraudulent transactions last year by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
After igniting a global obsession over generative art, ten-month-old Midjourney appears to be entering the Middle Kingdom, the world’s largest internet market. In an article posted on the Tencent-owned social platform WeChat late on Monday, a corporate account named “Midjourney China” said it has started accepting applications for beta test users. But the account soon […]
‘Midjourney China’ launches – then its announcement disappears by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
My dream of never having to drive again is far from dead. I just need to add five or ten years to my prior timelines.
Self-driving cars are taking ages to become a reality, but they won’t take forever by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch