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A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response they’ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less time…

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

Truth Social debuts in the Google Play Store

October 13, 2022

Though it’s been available for the iPhone for months, Truth Social is now listed in Google’s app marketplace for the first time. Axios first reported Wednesday that Truth Social, former President Trump’s social network, cleared the necessary hurdles to get approval from Google. The app became available on Android shortly after and is now live […]

Truth Social debuts in the Google Play Store by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

An ‘ambitious’ new D&D game is on the way from Invoke Studios, formerly Tuque Games

October 13, 2022

There’s a new D&D video game on the way from the Montreal studio formerly known as Tuque Games. Wizards of the Coast, which publishes Dungeons & Dragons, has relaunched the Canadian game developer as Invoke Studios — a revamped company with a focus on crafting big games out of the considerable source material that comes […]

An ‘ambitious’ new D&D game is on the way from Invoke Studios, formerly Tuque Games by Taylor Hatmaker 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

Ask the professor: Wharton’s Mori Taheripour on how to negotiate the right way

October 13, 2022

Mori Taheripour teaches negotiations at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she has taught undergraduates, MBA students and executive MBA students how to have better business conversations. Taheripour has also coached corporate clients, including on behalf of Goldman Sachs and Major League Baseball, about how to feel more confident and comfortable in […]

Ask the professor: Wharton’s Mori Taheripour on how to negotiate the right way by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Royalty-backed Lightrock packs $834 million into its first climate fund

October 13, 2022

Lightrock, the London-based backer of neobank Niyo and “wood modification” company Kebony, has secured about $834 million (€860 million) for a new fund focused on climate tech. The private equity and venture firm plans to pump the money into startups in areas such as clean energy, decarbonization and sustainable agriculture. Lightrock plans to write checks as […]

Royalty-backed Lightrock packs $834 million into its first climate fund by Harri Weber 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…

Katana, an ERP for SMB manufacturers, raises $34M

October 13, 2022

Katana, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, has raised €35 million ($34 million) in a Series B round of funding. ERP is a form of business management software that can serve any number of functions inside a company, from marketing and risk management, to supply chain management and beyond. Integrations […]

Katana, an ERP for SMB manufacturers, raises $34M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch