The Download: a long covid app, and California’s wind plans

December 5, 2022
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. A new app aims to help the millions of people living with long covid The news: A new app could help people with long covid cope with their condition by giving them a…

Temasek backs India’s HealthKart in $135 million funding

December 5, 2022

Indian consumer nutrition platform HealthKart has raised $135 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand in international markets and shore up cash to buy firms, it said Monday. Temasek led the Gurgaon-headquartered firm’s Series H funding, valuing the 11-year-old startup at about $350 million. The startup, which also counts Sequoia India, […]

Temasek backs India’s HealthKart in $135 million funding by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

California’s coming offshore wind boom faces big engineering hurdles

December 5, 2022
This week, dozens of companies are expected to compete for the right to lease the first commercial wind power sites off the coast of California in a federal online auction that could kick-start the state’s next clean energy boom. Collectively, the winners will pay at least tens of millions of dollars for exclusive rights to…

A new app aims to help the millions of people living with long covid

December 5, 2022
A new app could help people with long covid cope with their condition by giving them a clearer understanding of what helps—and hinders—their health. People with long covid, defined by the World Health Organization as a post-covid illness lasting two months or more, suffer from symptoms that include headaches, fatigue, weakness, and fever. Some use…

Apple expands car key sharing, Bird charts out a strategy and layoffs come for Motional

December 5, 2022

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Apple expands car key sharing, Bird charts out a strategy and layoffs come for Motional by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

As demand for real estate VR booms, Founders Fund leads $16M round into Giraffe360 platform

December 5, 2022

The property industry now requires high quality photographs, floor plans and virtual tours, so the industry for software providers in the space is booming. The whole are was accelerated during the pandemic when many property viewings migrated from physical to virtual, and this trend has continued to tick upwards. Players in the space include Walnut, […]

As demand for real estate VR booms, Founders Fund leads $16M round into Giraffe360 platform by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Seoul court rejects warrants for former Terraform Labs employees and investors over Luna collapse 

December 5, 2022

A Seoul court rejected a request from prosecutors for warrants to detain eight people related to Terraform Labs, including the co-founder of Terraform Labs, Daniel Shin, early investors and former engineers. It’s difficult to believe they would flee or destroy evidence as Shin and the seven other suspects have been cooperating with the investigation, Yonhap […]

Seoul court rejects warrants for former Terraform Labs employees and investors over Luna collapse  by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Aigens scales digital menus in Asia with $14M round led by Ant

December 5, 2022

Aigens, a Hong Kong-based startup that provides online ordering and marketing tools for the food and beverage industry, picked up a fresh $14 million Series A funding round led by Ant Group, the fintech behemoth affiliated with Alibaba, the company announced Monday. The capital infusion from Ant came at a time when the Chinese fintech […]

Aigens scales digital menus in Asia with $14M round led by Ant by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch