July 4, 2025

The Download: India’s AI independence, and predicting future epidemics

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside India’s scramble for AI independence Despite its status as a global tech hub, India lags far behind the likes of the US and China when it comes to homegrown AI. That gap…

Seed Club Ventures emerges from stealth with $25M fund focused on DAOs

March 21, 2023

Seed Club, a DAO-focused accelerator program, has launched its venture arm out of stealth mode with a $25 million fund, the team shared exclusively with TechCrunch. “Seed Club is a DAO for builders at the intersection of builders and culture with three areas: an accelerator, a community of members and now the venture arm,” said […]

Seed Club Ventures emerges from stealth with $25M fund focused on DAOs by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

This VC built a lab to make building biotech startups easier

March 21, 2023

When you think of life sciences and biotech hubs in the U.S., where do you travel to in your mind? Boston? The Bay Area? Texas? Portal Innovations, a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is trying to broaden everyone’s horizons and give opportunities to biotech startups growing out of labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and hopefully […]

This VC built a lab to make building biotech startups easier by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Google just launched Bard, its answer to ChatGPT—and it wants you to make it better

March 21, 2023
Google has launched Bard, the search giant’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing Chat. Unlike Bing Chat, Bard does not look up search results—all the information it returns is generated by the model itself. But it is still designed to help users brainstorm and answer queries. Google wants Bard to become an integral part…

DoorDash is adding support for cash — but not in its main app

March 21, 2023

Restaurant delivery service DoorDash announced today it will begin to support the ability for customers to pay with cash for their online orders. But there’s a catch — the feature is only being rolled out to DoorDash’s white-label delivery solution for restaurants, DoorDash Drive, which allows restaurant owners to offer delivery from their own website […]

DoorDash is adding support for cash — but not in its main app by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

eToro secures $250M at a $3.5B valuation after scrapping SPAC, seeing slower growth

March 21, 2023

After calling off its plans to go public via a SPAC at a $10.4 billion valuation in 2022, trading platform eToro has secured $250 million in funding at a $3.5 billion valuation. The money is not a typical equity round: it comes by way of an Advanced Investment Agreement (AIA), eToro founder and CEO Yoni […]

eToro secures $250M at a $3.5B valuation after scrapping SPAC, seeing slower growth by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch