Browsing Category: Startups

  • AfterShip makes its automated shipping API, Postmen, available for free

    AfterShip, the e-commerce shipment tracking platform, announced today that Postmen, its shipping API, is now available for free, with no limits on shipment volume. Co-founder Andrew Chan told TechCrunch that the company decided to make the Postmen API, previously offered as a SaaS subscription for enterprises, free in response to the massive jump in online …

    June 24, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Privacy assistant Jumbo raises $8 million and releases major update

    A year after its initial release, Jumbo has two important pieces of news to announce. First, the company has released a major update of its app that protects your privacy on online services. Second, the company has raised an $8 million Series A funding round. If you’re not familiar with Jumbo, the app wants to …

    June 24, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Lightrun raises $4M for its continuous debugging and observability platform

    Lightrun, a Tel Aviv-based startup that makes it easier for developers to debug their production code, today announced that it has raised a $4 million seed round led by Glilot Capital Partners, with participation from a number of engineering executives from several Fortune 500 firms. The company was co-founded by Ilan Peleg (who, in a …

    June 24, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Cape Privacy launches data science collaboration platform with $5.06M seed investment

    Cape Privacy emerged from stealth today after spending two years building a platform for data scientists to privately share encrypted data. The startup also announced $2.95 million in new funding and $2.11 million in funding it got when the business launched in 2018, for a total of $5.06 million raised. Boldstart Ventures and Version One …

    June 24, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Five days left to save on Early Stage online

    Our inaugural TC Early Stage 2020 event takes place July 21-22, and we’re here to remind you to take advantage of early-bird savings while you still can. The price goes up on June 26, and that means you have just five days left to buy your ticket and keep $50 in your wallet. We created …

    June 22, 2020 | by Raheel
  • 3 questions for Lemonade’s IPO

    While we await a fresh IPO filing from heavily backed insurtech startup Lemonade, let’s talk a little more about its public offering. Since our first dig into its S-1 filing, TechCrunch has spoken to a number of investors and operators in Lemonade’s space to find out if our initial read was off — were we …

    June 22, 2020 | by Raheel
  • 4 enterprise developer trends that will shape 2021

    Ethan Batraski Contributor Share on Twitter Ethan Batraski is a partner at Venrock, where he invests across sectors with a particular focus on hard engineering problems such as developer infrastructure, advanced computing and space. Technology has dramatically changed over the last decade, and so has how we build and deliver enterprise software. Ten years ago, …

    June 22, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Dear Sophie: Will the US suspend H-1Bs and other work visas? How should I prepare?

    Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: Will …

    June 22, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Canva raises $60 million on a $6 billion valuation

    Sydney-based Canva, the design platform for non-designers, has today announced the close of a $60 million funding round, bringing its valuation to $6 billion, according to the company. The startup has raised a total of more than $300 million, including this latest round of financing, from investors like Bond, General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital China, Felicis …

    June 22, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Cities are wrestling with a potential new exodus in the COVID-19 era, but Urban-X still believes in their future

    Embodying the tensions that cities across the world face as they wrestle with controlling a pandemic in dense, urban environments, Urban-X, the accelerator for technology startups focused on the problems cities face, has launched its eighth, fully remote, cohort. While the accelerator program backed by the BMW-owned Mini Cooper automaker and the venture capital firm …

    June 22, 2020 | by Raheel