February 6, 2025

Superlogic raises $13.7M at a $200M valuation to help consumers use reward points toward cool ‘experiences’

Superlogic, a startup that helps give consumers a way to apply rewards points toward experiences, has raised $13.7 million at a $200 million valuation, the company tells TechCrunch exclusively. Lin Dai, CEO and co-founder of Miami-based Superlogic, said his company’s technology is designed to “enhance the value of rewards points” by giving consumers a broader […]

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Zen Educate, a marketplace that matches schools with teachers, raises $21M to fuel U.S. expansion

October 13, 2022

Zen Educate, an online marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers, has raised £19.3 million ($21 million) in a Series A extension round of funding. Founded out of London in 2017, Zen Educate is setting out to supplant the traditional approach to recruiting teachers, a system that typically involves third-party agencies and […]

Zen Educate, a marketplace that matches schools with teachers, raises $21M to fuel U.S. expansion by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Open finance startup Ayoconnect’s APIs enable financial inclusion in Southeast Asia

October 13, 2022

Focused on Southeast Asia, Ayoconnect’s APIs make it faster for businesses to launch new financial services, instead of needing to build their own tech infrastructure. It is also licensed by Indonesia’s central bank, enabling it to offer more services. The open finance startup announced today it has closed a $13 million Series B extension round […]

Open finance startup Ayoconnect’s APIs enable financial inclusion in Southeast Asia by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Resonance is a new $150 million VC fund based in Paris

October 13, 2022

There’s a new VC fund in town — at least if you live in Paris. Meet Resonance, a new $150 million fund (€150 million) backed 100% by Otium Capital. You may already be familiar with Otium Capital. It is Pierre-Edouard Stérin’s family office. Back in 2003, Stérin co-founded Smartbox Group, the company behind many popular […]

Resonance is a new $150 million VC fund based in Paris by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Pillow wants to make crypto saving and investing easy for new users

October 13, 2022

Pillow aspires to be an all-in-one platform that helps even newbie users save, spend and invest in crypto currency. The Singapore-based startup announced it has raised $18 million in Series A financing co-led by Accel and Quona Capital, with participation from Elevation Capital and Jump Capital. The app currently has more than 75,000 users in […]

Pillow wants to make crypto saving and investing easy for new users by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Impossible Foods has a big new offering in the works: filet mignon

October 13, 2022
Progress is being made on a truly impossible-seeming area of plant-based meat products: steak. And not just any steak, a filet mignon.  At MIT Technology Review’s ClimateTech event this afternoon, Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown shared that while he couldn’t give an exact date for when the company’s steak product will be ready for consumers…

How hydrogen and electricity can clean up heavy industry

October 12, 2022
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Hello hello and welcome back to The Spark!  This edition of the newsletter is coming to you with impeccable fall vibes from Boston.  I’m in town for our first annual ClimateTech event, and…

Polestar steers towards the mass market with its first electric SUV

October 12, 2022

EV maker Polestar has unveiled the Polestar 3, its first SUV designed to help propel the startup to bona fide mass market automaker. Priced from $83,900, the 489-horsepower Polestar 3 will achieve an estimated 300-mile range, according to Polestar – a competitive set of figures designed to compete with a forthcoming crop of battery-electric luxury […]

Polestar steers towards the mass market with its first electric SUV by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch