Chinese lidar maker Hesai lands $300M led by Hillhouse, Xiaomi, Meituan The rush to back lidar companies continues as more automakers and robotaxi startups include the remote sensing method in their vehicles. Latest to the…
6 career options for ex-founders seeking their next adventure David Teten Contributor Share on Twitter David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. More posts by this…
The Station: Aurora gets closer to a SPAC deal, Spin’s new strategy and Waymo One app numbers The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend…
Extra Crunch roundup: Guest posts wanted, ‘mango’ seed rounds, Expensify’s tech stack Prospective contributors regularly ask us about which topics Extra Crunch subscribers would like to hear more about, and the answer is always the same:…
Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora in final talks to merge with Reid Hoffman’s newest SPAC Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora is close to finalizing a deal to merge with Reinvent Technology Partners Y, the newest special purpose acquisition company launched…
Domain experts wanted: Submit your guest articles to Extra Crunch Guest articles are hugely popular with our startup audience — if the topics are right. Prospective authors regularly ask us about which topics Extra Crunch…
A new video platform offering classes about skilled trades begins to build momentum Trade schools are nothing new, but a new startup called Copeland thinks it can build a big business by bringing education about plumbing, drywall,…
Rebranded Toyota Ventures invests $300 million in emerging tech and carbon neutrality Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The fund is commemorating its…
Lux Capital has raised $1.5 billion more to invest in — and create — new startups The fundraising continues apace in the go-go world of venture capital. Today, it’s Lux Capital — known for its frontier investing — that has…
Architect Capital brings alternative capital to the early stage with new $100M fund Early-stage startups are increasingly looking for alternative ways to access capital, meaning not every company wants to raise money from VCs or take on…
Tuesday Capital, formerly Crunchfund, casts a wide net with a fourth, $30 million fund Tuesday Capital, a 10-year-old seed-stage fund that was founded by longtime VC Patrick Gallagher and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, has changed considerably over the…
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…
Belvo, LatAm’s answer to Plaid, raises $43M to scale its API for financial services Belvo, a Latin American startup which has built an open finance API platform, announced today it has raised $43 million in a Series A…
Brazil’s idwall raises $38M for identity validation platform Online fraud and identity theft is a global problem that has only been exacerbated with increased online transactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular,…
The exit effect: 4 ways IPOs and acquisitions drive positive change across the global ecosystem Laura González-Estéfani Contributor Share on Twitter Laura González-Estéfani is the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity, an international, operator-led venture acceleration model designed to make…
6 investors and founders forecast hockey-stick growth for Edinburgh’s startup scene Scotland is slowly but surely drawing attention in the UK’s startup space. In 2020, Scottish startups collectively raised £345 million, according to Tech Nation,…
Extra Crunch roundup: first-check myths, Miami relocation checklist, standout SaaSy startups This may seem like a great time to launch a SaaS startup, but the landscape is crowded with well-designed applications that promise “blazingly fast…
Meet Justos, the new Brazilian insurtech that just got backing from the CEOs of 7 unicorns Here in the U.S. the concept of using driver’s data to decide the cost of auto insurance premiums is not a new one. But…
Middle East and Africa will reap benefits from Nuwa Capital’s newest fund Nuwa Capital, a venture capital firm based in Dubai and Riyadh, announced the first close of its $100 million NVFI fund in February. The…
Brazilian proptech startup QuintoAndar lands $300M at a $4B valuation Fintech and proptech are two sectors that are seeing exploding growth in Latin America, as financial services and real estate are two categories in…