More Than 50 Per Cent Of Vehicles Remains Uninsured, Says IRDAI Chief
Debasish Panda also asked the insurance students to come up with the innovative and tech-enabled ways in which India can cover up the 83 per cent protection gap
Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs
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…
Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M, backed by Mac VC and Serena Ventures
While studying at the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford, a group of graduates noticed how difficult it was to get data and information on Africa’s largest economy and their home country, Nigeria. Each had different yet complementary skills — Michael Famoroti, an economist; Bode Ogunlana, a software engineer; Abdul Abdulrahim, a […]
Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M, backed by Mac VC and Serena Ventures by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
Thai beauty platform Konvy raises Series A for international expansion
Founded 10 years ago, Konvy is now Thailand’s top beauty e-commerce platform. It plans to accelerate its omnichannel and international distribution with a new Series A of $10 million from Insignia Ventures Partners. Konvy was launched in 2012 by Chinese entrepreneur QingGui Huang, who previously managed fashion e-commerce platforms in China. It now works with […]
Thai beauty platform Konvy raises Series A for international expansion by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Singapore-based staffing platform Workmate acquired by Persol Asia Pacific
Workmate, a Singapore-based on-demand staffing platform, has been acquired by Persol Asia Pacific, one of the region’s largest HR service providers. Workmate focuses on frontline and essential workers, and the acquisition will allow it to expand its HR solutions throughout the Asia Pacific. Workmate currently operates in Thailand and Indonesia and is expanding operations into […]
Singapore-based staffing platform Workmate acquired by Persol Asia Pacific by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
OG App, what exactly was your end game here?
A couple of weeks ago, Apple removed the OG App from its app store, and today Google followed suit, booting the app from its platform as well. And I’m left scratching my head wondering what the end game was for the founders of the OG App. As far as I can tell, the company basically […]
OG App, what exactly was your end game here? by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Daily Crunch: After bans by Apple and Google, The OG App ‘will be unable to continue serving users’
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
Daily Crunch: After bans by Apple and Google, The OG App ‘will be unable to continue serving users’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
AgriWebb’s software seeks to boost yields, lower environmental impacts for farmers and ranchers
AgriWebb is on a mission to help livestock producers feed the world efficiently, profitably and sustainably by providing its comprehensive, ground-truth database for beef production worldwide. The Australian startup, which builds a livestock management platform for ranchers and farmers, wants to digitize farm records and the meat production process from the cow to the consumer […]
AgriWebb’s software seeks to boost yields, lower environmental impacts for farmers and ranchers by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
Max Q: Oh my gourd
Will every October issue have a Halloween/autumn pun as its title? I’LL NEVER TELL.
Max Q: Oh my gourd by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Great, now the AI is coming for your grandma’s recipes as well!
We’ve seen AIs create music, pornography and art. The Estonian startup Yummy started off creating a meal-kit startup, but along the way created an AI that can create and adapt recipes based on your taste and dietary restrictions, complete with AI-generated images of what your dishes might look like. “Imagine a world where you would […]
Great, now the AI is coming for your grandma’s recipes as well! by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Matrix Partners, long an investor in software infrastructure, has some questions about web3
Antonio Rodriguez, who joined Matrix in 2005 after a company he’d founded — that Matrix backed — was sold to Hewlett-Packard, talked with us last week about Matrix’s biggest fund in roughly 20 years, an $800 million vehicle that the firm closed in June and is announcing for the first time now. It’s a lot […]
Matrix Partners, long an investor in software infrastructure, has some questions about web3 by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch