Fresh from a $10M round, Plan A launches SaaS tool for ESG reporting aimed at startups/VCs

Fresh from a $10M round, Plan A launches SaaS tool for ESG reporting aimed at startups/VCs

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With key ESG reporting regulations such as the EU Taxonomy and the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) covering more than 75 percent...

Maple VC locks down $16.5 million for its second seed-stage fund by waving the Canadian flag

Maple VC locks down $16.5 million for its second seed-stage fund by waving the Canadian flag

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Maple VC is based in San Francisco, but don’t let that fool you, says its founder, Andre Charoo. The young fund, which launched in 2016 with...

Sydney-based medtech startup Harrison.ai gets $129M AUD led by Horizons Ventures

Sydney-based medtech startup Harrison.ai gets $129M AUD led by Horizons Ventures

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Harrison.ai founders Harrison.ai founders Dimitry Tran, Dr. Colin Goldschmidt and Dr. Aengus Tran Photo by Stefanie Zingsheim/The Photo Pitch Harrison.ai,...

Indonesia-focused AC Ventures closes oversubscribed $205M third fund

Indonesia-focused AC Ventures closes oversubscribed $205M third fund

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More investor money is flowing into Indonesia’s startup ecosystem. Today, AC Ventures, which focuses early-stage startups in the country, announced...

India’s Simpl raises $40 million for its buy now, pay later service

India’s Simpl raises $40 million for its buy now, pay later service

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Bangalore-based fintech startup Simpl has raised $40 million as it looks to expand its online buy now, pay later service’s offerings in the...

AWS launches new services for the automotive industry

AWS launches new services for the automotive industry

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At its annual re:Invent conference, AWS today announced two new initiatives for the automotive industry. One is a new product, AWS FleetWise,...

Elon Musk shills a $50 Tesla Cyberwhistle with a joke about whistleblowers

Elon Musk shills a $50 Tesla Cyberwhistle with a joke about whistleblowers

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Tesla has yet to produce its all-electric Cybertruck, but diehard fans who need to lay their hands on something new and associated with the...

Better.com gets $1B cash infusion in new agreement with its SPAC backers

Better.com gets $1B cash infusion in new agreement with its SPAC backers

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Digital mortgage lender Better.com, which announced in March that it was going public via a SPAC, is getting a cash infusion from its backers...

Korea’s P2P lending startup PeopleFund gets $63.4M Series C led by Bain Capital

Korea’s P2P lending startup PeopleFund gets $63.4M Series C led by Bain Capital

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South Korea-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform PeopleFund announced today it has closed a $63.4 million (75.9 billion won) Series C...

With $3B expected in 2021, Singapore is becoming a fintech capital

With $3B expected in 2021, Singapore is becoming a fintech capital

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Lee Li Contributor Share on Twitter Lee Li is a project manager and B2B copywriter with a decade of experience in the Chinese fintech...

Daily Crunch: AWS unveils new open source autoscaling tool Karpenter at customer conference

Daily Crunch: AWS unveils new open source autoscaling tool Karpenter at customer conference

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Jack leaves Twitter, Black Friday data, Nubank lowers IPO pricing

TechCrunch+ roundup: Jack leaves Twitter, Black Friday data, Nubank lowers IPO pricing

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Jack Dorsey was Twitter’s first CEO — and also its fourth. He led the platform from its launch in 2006 until he passed the torch to co-founder...

Qualcomm’s new mobile flagship, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, arrives on devices this year

Qualcomm’s new mobile flagship, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, arrives on devices this year

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It’s that time of year again. Analysts and journalists from across the globe have convened in Hawaii to witness Qualcomm announce its big chip...