February 5, 2025

XOi raises $230M, acquires Specifx to expand its tech for field service technicians

Field service engineers may not be the first group of customers that come to mind when you think about lucrative opportunities in B2B technology. But that same blind spot speaks of the opportunity in the space for those who are stepping up and targeting “the job site.” One of the players in that space, XOi  […]

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Docker launches a first preview of its WebAssembly tooling

October 24, 2022

Docker is still around and likely doing better – at last in financial terms — than during its early hype cycle that kicked off the container revolution (only to then be eclipsed by Kubernetes and its ecosystem). Today, the company announced the first technical preview of its WebAssembly (Wasm) support. Browser vendors pioneered Wasm to […]

Docker launches a first preview of its WebAssembly tooling by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

WeTravel books $27M to build fintech and more for bespoke group travel

October 24, 2022

Travel is back on the radar for investment, with consumers and business users both on the move again after a long pandemic period of staying in one place. Today, a startup called WeTravel — which builds tech for the specific needs of group travel — has raised $27 million, money that it will be using […]

WeTravel books $27M to build fintech and more for bespoke group travel by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

YouTube rolls out new design with pinch-to-zoom on iOS and Android and other updates

October 24, 2022

YouTube announced a makeover to its interface today, including a new look, a pinch-to-zoom feature, precise seeking, new buttons, ambient mode, and a dark mode that’s “even darker.” The updates will gradually roll out to all users beginning today. YouTube’s new pinch-to-zoom feature lets users on iOS and Android devices zoom in on videos so […]

YouTube rolls out new design with pinch-to-zoom on iOS and Android and other updates by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Dragonfly, Haun Ventures and Sequoia talk web3 and more at TC Sessions: Crypto

October 24, 2022

While the overall crypto markets have been in a rough spot lately, web3 venture capitalists have never had more conviction — or more funding at their disposal — to back startups and teams building in the space. The big question on their minds is whether tokens and startup valuations have bottomed out, or if they […]

Dragonfly, Haun Ventures and Sequoia talk web3 and more at TC Sessions: Crypto by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch

Merge raises $55M Series B for its unified API

October 24, 2022

The funding environment may have changed in recent months, but startups with strong fundamentals are still able to raise. Merge, a startup that offers an API integration service with a focus on HR, payroll and accounting systems (among others), today announced that it has raised a $55 million Series B round led by Accel, with […]

Merge raises $55M Series B for its unified API by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Seeing startups tackle the health of our planet is giving me life

October 24, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. We are back from Disrupt, which means we’re picking up the pieces of our work lives, getting back on track. Equity is now on its regular schedule, which is good. A big thanks […]

Seeing startups tackle the health of our planet is giving me life by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

Level’s new Level Lock+ with Apple Home Key is smart lock perfection

October 24, 2022

Smart lock startup Level has a new version of its lock available, and this one includes Apple Home Key out of the box. Th new Level Lock+ is almost identical to its predecessor, the Level Lock Touch, in every other way — but the addition of Home Key takes what was already a super strong […]

Level’s new Level Lock+ with Apple Home Key is smart lock perfection by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Fermyon raises $20M to build tools for cloud app dev

October 24, 2022

Matt Butcher and Radu Matei worked on container technologies for years, “containers” in this context referring to software packages containing all the necessary elements to run in any environment, from desktop PCs to servers. As engineers at Deis, and then DeisLabs once Microsoft acquired it in 2017, their team explored the container landscape and built […]

Fermyon raises $20M to build tools for cloud app dev by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch