Equity Monday: Jeff’s going to space, and everyone wants a piece of Flipkart Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff…
Facebook’s use of ad data triggers antitrust probes in UK and EU Facebook is facing a fresh pair of antitrust probes in Europe. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the EU’s Competition Commission both…
Google hires former SiriusXM CPO/CTO to lead its Maps team Almost exactly a year ago, Google announced a couple of leadership changes that saw Prabhakar Raghavan, who joined the company back in 2012, take…
Amazon confirms Prime Day will run June 21-22, an earlier than usual start Amazon confirmed its annual sales event known as Prime Day will be held on Monday, June 21 and Tuesday, June 22. Bloomberg had previously…
Goldman Sachs leads $202M investment in project44, doubling its valuation to $1.2B in a matter of months The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted a lot in the world, and supply chains are no exception. A number of applications that aim to solve workflow…
The SPAC trash ticker is counting down Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week had the whole crew aboard…
Amazon is now letting Indians read magazine articles in its shopping app Amazon, in its ever-growing desire to become a super app in India, is testing a new category to persuade users to spend more time…
On-demand grocery startup Food Rocket launches in the Bay Area, goes up against delivery giants On-demand grocery startups like Gorillas are invading Europe right now, but although on-demand-everything is kinda old-hat in the Bay Area, a new startup thinks…
EU bodies’ use of US cloud services from AWS, Microsoft being probed by bloc’s privacy chief Europe’s lead data protection regulator has opened two investigations into EU institutions’ use of cloud services from U.S. cloud giants, Amazon and Microsoft, under…
Glovo splurges $208M on three Delivery Hero brands in the Balkans The high stakes game of chess (or, well, consolidation chicken) that is on-demand food delivery rolls on today with a little more territorial swapping…
Factory14 raises $200M to jump into the Amazon marketplace roll-up race It doesn’t feel like a week goes by at the moment that another startup doesn’t emerge armed with a huge wallet of cash to…
Amazon’s market power to be tested in Germany in push for “early action” over antitrust risks Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) is seeking to make swift use of a new competition tool to target big tech — announcing today that…
Shein overtakes Amazon as the most installed shopping app in US Shein‘s quiet rise has reached a crescendo as the fast fashion e-commerce app takes the crown from Amazon as the most downloaded shopping app…
Amazon makes its lossless music streaming service a free upgrade On the heels of this morning’s announcement of Apple’s next-generation music service featuring lossless audio and spatial audio with support for Dolby Atmos, Amazon…
JD Logistics, China’s answer to Amazon’s logistics ambitions, to raise $3.4B in IPO After operating in the red for 14 years, JD.com’s logistics subsidiary is getting ready for an initial public offering in Hong Kong. JD Logistics…
Amazon launches miniTV, a free video streaming service, in India Amazon, which already charges some of the world’s lowest fees for Prime Video in India, is going a step further to win more users…
Google Analytics prepares for life after cookies As consumer behavior and expectations around privacy have shifted — and operating systems and browsers have adapted to this — the age of cookies…
Flipkart in early talks to raise $1 billion ahead of IPO Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has hit the market to raise about $1 billion at up to $30 billion valuation before its public listing, two…
Walmart’s Flipkart to cover insurance for all sellers in India and waive additional fees Walmart-owned Flipkart is exempting storage and cancellation fees for sellers on its marketplace and also providing them with insurance coverage as the top e-commerce…
Berlin’s Razor Group raises $400M to buy and scale Amazon Marketplace merchants The market remains very hot for startups building e-commerce empires by consolidating independent third-party merchants that have gained traction on Amazon’s Marketplace, and in…