The Family Fund & Founder Community is gathering a community of founders to co-invest in late seed and Series A-staged consumer brands.
F3C puts its investment spin on consumer brands with new $25M fund by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon may be closing a number of its own high-tech physical retail stores in recent days, but some of the technology it developed for those stores is finding a new home. The online retailer announced today that Panera will now become the first restaurant to deploy Amazon’s palm reading payment and loyalty system known as […]
Amazon’s palm-reading payment tech is coming to Panera Bread by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Just weeks after Microsoft launched GPT-4 powered chatbot into its Edge browser, Opera is following suit and integrating generative AI chatbots powered by ChatGPT and ChatSonic into its desktop browsers Opera and Opera GX. These new tools are available in early access across all desktop platforms, the browser maker said. Opera is also launching a […]
Opera browser adds ChatGPT and AI summarization features by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Fintech startup Checkout.com is better known for its payment processing product. But the company is launching a new product today as Checkout.com customers can now create payment cards for their own customers. The company has been testing Checkout.com Issuing for a while as there are already millions of cards that have been created with the […]
Checkout.com launches virtual and physical card issuing by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
If you plan to launch a new startup in France, Denmark or Sweden, there is a new seed fund looking for your pitch. Emblem is announcing today that it has raised nearly $54 million (€50 million) for a new European seed fund. And this is only the first close — the firm expects to raise […]
Emblem is the latest European seed fund in new wave of VC funds by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
A growing number of investors have begun suggesting that certain venture-backed startups that have yet to find so-called product-market fit throw in the towel. Their argument is that some startups simply raised too much, at valuations into which they will never grow, and that clean, well-planned exits are better for everyone than messy ones. After […]
Investors rally around idea that struggling founders should close shop and return some funding by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
While LinkedIn is helpful for displaying people’s educational and professional achievements, there exists a world of self-taught tech talent whose skills are not so easily reflected on the networking site. Rather, their expertise is hidden in the lines of code they write. Aspecta is trying to fill that gap by providing an AI-powered profile builder […]
Aspecta nabs $3.5M to build AI-vetted coder profiles by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
Kakao Mobility, the ride-hailing subsidiary of South Korean messaging and internet giant Kakao, has made its first acquisition as it looks to raise its international profile. It has acquired Splyt, a startup out of London that works with apps in areas like travel, ride-hailing and finance to help them build out “super app” strategies by […]
Kakao Mobility picks up ‘super app’ startup Splyt, once backed by SoftBank and Grab by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch