Home fitness had a huge moment at the outset of the pandemic — and understandably so. People were stuck at home, gyms closed and suddenly workout options seemed to dramatically decrease. As with the teleconferencing revolution, plenty of startups were waiting in the wings to pounce on the sudden opportunity. As predicted, when the world […]
Quell’s gamified home fitness tech drums up $10M by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
African cross-border payments platform Chipper Cash conducted a second round of layoffs last Friday just ten weeks after it cut approximately 12.5% of its workforce (affecting its engineering team the most). The company’s V.P. of revenue shared the news on LinkedIn, saying “all areas” across Chipper Cash’s markets were impacted this time. “Friday was a […]
Chipper Cash executes second round of layoffs less than three months after axing 12.5% of staff by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
Less than a year after launch, Kenyan B2B construction tech startup Jumba has secured clients in major regions of the East African country, a tell-tale of the growth it has experienced over the last 10 months. Jumba, which enables construction material retailers (regarded as hardware stores locally), found on almost every block, to restock, and […]
Jumba, a Kenyan startup simplifying sourcing of construction supplies, raises $4.5M by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
Meet Carbon Maps, a new French startup that raised $4.3 million (€4 million) just a few weeks after its inception. The company is building a software-as-a-service platform for the food industry so that they can track the environmental impact of each of their products in their lineup. The platform can be used as a basis […]
Carbon Maps helps the food industry reduce their climate impact by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Facebook-parent Meta has launched a subscription service, called Meta Verified, that will allow individuals to “verify” their identity on Instagram and the marquee Facebook service and get the coveted blue badge as well some other additional features, branching to a new revenue channel that has had mixed success for its smaller rival Twitter. The subscription […]
Meta will also sell blue badge on Instagram and Facebook by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Every minimum viable product a company builds needs to be laser focused on answering a very particular question.
Your MVP doesn’t need to be perfect; it needs to be stage appropriate by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
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Layoffs spell opportunity for some fintech startups by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch