TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

New York-based Latch sells “LatchOS,” a hardware and software system that works in buildings where access and amenities matter. Latch’s hardware works with doors, sensors and internet connectivity. The company raised another $30 million in October of 2020, though its final private valuation is not known.

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MARCH 14, 2025

While a firewall is simply hardware or software that identifies and blocks malicious traffic based on rules, a human firewall is a more versatile, real-time, and intelligent version that learns, identifies, and responds to security threats in a trained manner. What do human firewalls bring to the company table?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

To support what could be droves of workers sticking to distance-labor instead of returning to offices, Firstbase is building a software-and-hardware solution to quickly get remote workers the tools and support they need. It’s a software service that help companies track, and manage their hardware assets that remote workers use.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Device spending, which will be more than double the size of data center spending, will largely be driven by replacements for the laptops, mobile phones, tablets and other hardware purchased during the work-from-home, study-from-home, entertain-at-home era of 2020 and 2021, Lovelock says.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

With the pandemic bringing professional sports to a screeching halt in 2020, a number of major leagues have adopted the ring, including the NBA, WNBA, UFC and NASCAR. Forerunner’s Eurie Kim and Oura’s Harpreet Rai discuss betting on consumer hardware. The Oura Ring is the personal health tracking device to beat in 2020.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Also participating is HCVC (Hardware Club), alongside existing investor Change Ventures. The startup is leaning into the opportunity of 2020 as property viewings have migrated from physical to virtual, in large part because of the pandemic. Subscriptions grew 800% in 2019 and will be even higher in 2020. It has now raised $4.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Bold Capital, Epic Ventures, card-reader/POS hardware maker ID Tech and unnamed individual investors in the fintech space also participated in the financing, which brings the Santa Clara-based startup’s total funding raised to $30 million since its 2014 inception. Sony’s VC fund invested an undisclosed amount in MagicCube in late May 2020).

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Hardware, as the saying goes, is hard; but there remains an opportunity for startups that focus on specific niches to build viable businesses. The company’s business model was originally banked around selling hardware, which today is used by “hundreds of thousands” of active users. ” 2021. 303 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

The company designs and manufactures so-called hardware wallets to secure crypto assets. Ledger’s main products are hardware crypto wallets that offer a high level of security. Hardware wallets are secure by design because the private key of the crypto wallet never leaves the device — it is stored in a certified secure chip.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Trym’s crop steering function utilizes third-party hardware. Other crop steering products traditionally require growers to use dedicated hardware with their platforms. million seed round in 2020. And it does so while providing detailed data on its growth through crop steering. Trym raises $3.1M

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

For fifty-four years, big and small hardware manufacturers that hoped to reach their target audiences rolled out new products at the Consumer Electronics Show. The last in-person CES held in 2020 attracted a total verified attendance of 171,268, according to organizers. Haje Jan Kamps: I missed it sorely this year. Fill that vacuum.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Though, like many companies primarily known for hardware solutions, Latch says it’s more, offering a connected security software platform for owners of apartment buildings. And the company has seen solid growth over the past year — not something every hardware or hardware adjacent company can say about the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Its last raise was a $300 million funding round in September of 2020. Favors offer an array of custom services, such as running an errand, going to the hardware store or picking out and delivering a gift. In January 2020, Rappi was reported to have laid off around 6% of its staff , or about 300 employees.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

Just ask anyone who has attempted to launch a hardware startup — these things can be massively difficult to navigate. The company says its revenue grew 500% in 2020 and is on track to triple revenues this year. The forum connects smaller businesses to factories, supply chain experts, designers, engineers, etc.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In 2020, 11:11 CEO Brett Diamond noticed a gap in the market. We also offer flexible month-to-month bridge licensing options for existing hardware, giving customers time to make informed long-term decisions for their business. Diamond founded 11:11 Systems to meet that need – and 11:11 hasn’t stopped growing since.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Tive , a Boston-based startup, is building a hardware and software platform to help track the conditions of a shipment like say food or medicine to make sure it is stored under the proper conditions as it moves from farm or factory to market. Tive hardware tracker and data tracking software. Image Credit: Tive.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

And it’s easy to see why the events of 2020 and beyond have left many kitchens looking for alternative sources of labor. The company describes it thusly: Chef is designed to mimic the flexibility of humans, allowing customers to handle thousands of different kinds of food using minimal hardware changes. investment led by firstminute.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Even more, the software-and-payments company combines subscription incomes, transaction fees, hardware revenues and lending earnings. Here’s Toast’s top-line performance for 2019, 2020, and the first half of both 2020 and 2021, taken from its S-1 filing : Image Credits: Toast S-1.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

He also said that the company plans to build a wireless technology to remove the VR hardware backpack that weighs down the players. Sandbox VR uses hardware like head-mounted VR headsets, backpack computers, motion capture sensors and haptic vests for players. Sandbox VR raises millions more in celebrity party round.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As the enterprise device supply chain grows increasingly global and fragmented, it’s becoming more challenging for organizations to secure their hardware and software from suppliers. ” Eclypsium supports hardware, including PCs and Macs, servers, “enterprise-grade” networking equipment and Internet of Things devices.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

Gartner projects that global spending on cloud services is expected to reach over $482 billion in 2022, up from $313 billion in 2020. Without having to spend on expensive hardware and software, entrepreneurs can invest in other areas as they scale their businesses. More people are harnessing new technologies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Mali-born Fatima Dicko founded Los Angeles-based Sugar in March 2020. Its ability to integrate keyless entry hardware products into a community engagement dashboard is a point of differentiation for Sugar, according to Dicko. . Our consumer app is sticky, which benefits users and owners.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Startups are hard work, but the complexities of global supply chains can make running hardware companies especially difficult. Instead of existing within a codebase behind a screen, the key components of your hardware product can be scattered around the world, subject to the volatility of the global economy. Overorder critical parts.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Let’s move beyond 2020 and start thinking about the 2020s. Exercise hardware like Peloton, Mirror and others along with platforms particularly around group classes have been a huge mainstay during this pandemic era. I know in the daily cavalcade of news, it can be hard to fell inspired by the future.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

The startup, based in Shenzhen where it went through SOSV’s HAX hardware accelerator program, secured three financing rounds during 2020 as businesses and investors embraced industrial automation to minimize human contact. The firm’s revenues tripled last year from 2020.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Air Force in October 2020 for $14.55 The company is planning on working with samples of lunar regolith and bringing its hardware and software into space to help it develop construction approaches that can best function in the cold, low-gravity atmosphere of the moon. The company was awarded the initial SBIR grant from the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

It doesn’t involve building its own data centers, at least not yet, but it does require installing hardware in different co-location facilities around the world. “So So we deploy our own hardware. In fact, he sees this as an operational problem, rather than a financial one, getting enough money to finance the hardware. “We

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Back in 2020, another player, Giraffe360, raised $4.5 Existing investors LAUNCHub Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, HCVC (Hardware Club) and Change Ventures also participated. Giraffe360 was a no-brainer, and is really well suited to meet the needs of the market from both the hardware and software front.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Luminar will become a publicly traded company through its merger with Gores, which is expected to close in late 2020. The undisclosed investment by Daimler is in addition to the $170 million that Luminar raised as part of its merger with special purpose acquisition company Gores Metropoulos Inc.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

LiLz CTO Kuba Kolodziejczyk said that the company has been expanding quickly following its debut in 2020 and a $2.2 version of the hardware as well. million Series A round in early 2021. Image Credits: LiLz. “We now have a few clients using more than hundred cameras at single location.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

In late-2020, Presso pivoted. Presso is using a hardware-as-a-service model to effectively lease its offering to clients. In additional to developing its own hardware and leasing its machines, Presso is creating other key pieces of the puzzle, including a newer, greener fluid for the dry-cleaning process.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Flytrex is taking a very vertical — no pun intended — approach in its business model, starting first with the hardware and how the service is designed. Given the FAA process that it’s going through to get that hardware certified as aircraft — “I am standing in line with Lockheed, Boeing, and Amazon.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Founded by Gurjeet Singh in 2020, the company raised $71.5 TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield editor Neesha Tambe is conducting the interview. TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield editor Neesha Tambe is conducting the interview. Chrissy Meyer knows hardware. million over three rounds of funding.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Hardware-wise, the business uses Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset with Oculus for Business, not the generic customer hardware available in stores. 7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020. Below is a presentation from the company highlighting the trainee experience.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Splice’s financing follows an incredibly acquisitive 2020 for the company, which saw it acquiring music technology companies Audiaire and Superpowered. . “With 4 million users, Splice is at the forefront of this transformation and is beloved by the creator community. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Hardware startups with clever ideas and a knack for bringing them to market. Back in November 2020, I spent a good bit of time with the company’s handheld synth/sampler/instrument. I would love to see more companies like Artiphon in the world.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Liteboxer launched publicly to the world in July of 2020, announcing an in-home device that brings gamification, hit music and a touch of entertainment to a boxing workout. The patented hardware includes a system of lights that smartly pair with music to give the user an intense workout that feels more like a game.

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