U.S.-based savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired London-based GoHenry, a startup focused on providing money management and financial education services to 6-18 year-olds in an all-equity deal, the two companies announced today. The combined valuation of the company, as well as further financial terms, were not disclosed. When Acorns last raised funding, $300 million […]
Acorns acquires UK’s GoHenry, a fintech focused on 6-18 year olds by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
Data storage giant Western Digital has confirmed that hackers exfiltrated data from its systems during a “network security incident” last week. The California-based company said in a statement on Monday that an unauthorized third party gained access to “a number” of its internal systems on March 26. Western Digital hasn’t confirmed the nature of the incident […]
Western Digital says hackers stole data in ‘network security’ breach by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Steering humanity out of the climate crisis demands action in a very literal way. Boots on the ground, people rolling up sleeves and getting hands dirty retrofitting existing infrastructure, such as poorly insulated houses, type stuff. The goal is to re-make our built environment to be energy efficient and drive down carbon emissions ASAP. So […]
UK’s greenworkx takes aim at the domestic retrofit skills challenge by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
Learn from my mistakes: stay hyper focused on a few problems at a time, don’t overcomplicate things, and get a trusted outsider’s opinion.
5 growth lessons I learned while scaling from $0 to $1M ARR by Jenna Routenberg originally published on TechCrunch
BrightDrop, the electric delivery van subsidiary of General Motors, has signed on supply chain logistics company Ryder as a new customer. Ryder plans to add 4,000 BrightDrop EVs to their rental and lease fleet through 2025. The nabbing of yet another big commercial customer comes as BrightDrop demonstrates its ability to deliver EVs at scale. […]
BrightDrop signs Ryder as customer, starts first Zevo 600 deliveries by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch