TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place September 21-23, and we’re here to call out just some of the awesome content we have scheduled over three very busy days. The Disrupt agenda so far features more than 80 interviews, panel discussions, events and breakout sessions that span the startup tech spectrum… with more to come!

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Sameer Purao, who joined Celanese as CIO and CDO in 2021, is keeping the team and company focused by making change management a core competency of his team, and ensuring a focus on value, agility, and purpose. We’re also digitalizing the entire process so customers can see data specs and technical sheets, order intake and samples, and track.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups. What drove such volumes when the rest of the world was reining back the collective enthusiasm of 2021? We are slowly building a more durable capital base for African tech. billion, according to data from Partech. How does this affect the investment landscape?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Americans spent nearly $20 billion on pizza deliveries in 2021. In a comprehensive article that weighs development costs and technical debt against time to market , Chopra encourages readers to consider factors like product defensibility and risk before deciding whether to build or buy. Pitch Deck Teardown: Orange’s $2.5M

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Sonder is a tech-driven hospitality company. million, and, in the post-pandemic world where the population has become far more movable due to remote working, similar businesses are raising funds to attend to the needs of this global, nomadic workforce. Based out of the U.S., It’s raised $529.6

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. billion in 2022 from 2021, it was still up 52% compared to 2020 and made up 18% of all funding globally, proving that investors still have faith in fintech’s future.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

VCs are also increasingly looking for what biotech startups can do with AI beyond just R&D and are wary of companies that use the technology as a marketing tool. The NASDAQ Biotechnology Index peaked in 2021. We also see AI being used in the biologics space, although the technology is used there far earlier.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Today, they’re on track to surpass half a billion rides globally by 2021, far outpacing early growth in the carbon-heavy ride-hailing industry founded by Uber in 2009. It’s a proven strategy to improve the safety of all road users that depends heavily on one critical input: reliable, standardized data. Share on Twitter.

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CIO

JULY 2, 2024

Imagine navigating a rapidly changing landscape, where technology seems to evolve at the speed of light and the pressure to keep up is relentless — this is the reality for today’s CIO. Future proofing technology investments has become a critical imperative for organizations seeking to maintain their competitive edge.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

But many don’t know how common the technology is and may not realize that they are interacting with it regularly. Due to the shift to remote work, companies across every industry have implemented some form of RPA to simplify their operations to deal with an influx of requests. billion in investments in the past two years alone.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

We spend a lot of time praising tech investors and entrepreneurs for their risk appetite. Considering how central equity is to attracting tech talent, “underwater stock options have the potential to negatively impact hiring and retention across the startup ecosystem,” he writes. Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This report prepared by Eddie Ackerman, Thomvest’s strategic finance operating partner, looks at startup hiring velocity since February 2021 by region, company type and, notably, how much time passed since last fundraise. Holiday shipping is easier this year, but the tech is still lagging.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Now, investors see New Zealand as a country with a track record of building companies with global exits in SaaS, health tech and deep tech. That said, the signs are all pointing to technology being New Zealand’s next export industry, as long as everyone keeps pushing in the same direction. billion, from Q1 2020 to Q4 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

billion in 2021 compared to $2.3 In the third quarter of 2021, Creditas notched US$46.8 Founder and CEO Sergio Furio projects annualized revenue of about $200 million for 2021. As of the 2021 third quarter, the company’s credit portfolio under management had reached $532 million — up from $189.3 billion in 2020.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The new social investment platform enables users to subscribe to a creator’s financial feed and set up an investment portfolio that mimics that particular person’s investment strategy. He found that there were some technology and regulatory hurdles to social investing, which is why he believes not many have been successful.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

We’re just a few weeks out from the first TC Early Stage 2021 event on April 1-2. How do venture capital investors value formal Intellectual Property (IP) rights when deciding to fund a technology or life sciences start-up? How do they conduct IP due diligence? Case in point. Brought to you by Perkins Coie.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

These exercises are created in tandem with professionals, and are based on peer-reviewed and evidence-based articles on musculoskeletal health. Off of this strategy, the startup claims that it has “1 million lives under management.”. SpineZone joins a cohort of health tech startups that focus on musculoskeletal conditions.

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Crunchbase News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Simultaneously, we foresee the rise of vertical integration plays and those pursuing buy and build strategies for markets in need of technology streamlining. Finally, we see the beginning of the end for the 2020-2021 cohort of overfunded growth companies. This is primarily due to the costs of acquiring small-business customers.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Access to car manuals and technical documentation helps the agent provide additional context for curated guidance, enhancing the quality of customer interactions. They can ask questions like “What wiper blades fit a 2021 Honda CR-V?” Review and approve these if you’re comfortable with the permissions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

million raised to date and enables it to scale its product management and technical teams. Everyone is asking what their brand’s live commerce strategy is, but we had to figure out how to build it for the U.S.”. Where is the e-commerce app ecosystem headed in 2021? In addition, the company will double-down on category verticals.

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CIO

APRIL 27, 2023

The past year was rough for the tech industry, with several companies reporting layoffs and the looming threat of a recession. But despite the bumpy year, demand for technology skills remains strong, with the US tech unemployment rate dropping to 1.5% increase from 2021. as of January.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

No further due diligence? As history often reminds us , due diligence matters from a human perspective — and vetting a founder beyond their ability to attract talent can save firms from headaches or legal woes. “Our approach? This is our data set, let’s see if we can put money into them,” he said. No problem.

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CIO

MARCH 17, 2025

Blending data science and process improvement, it is viewed by some IT leaders as a helpful technology in modernizing business operations. The strategy would incorporate business process analysis, design, and improvement, as well as process change management. We are currently reviewing the lawsuit filed, a spokesperson from SAP said.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

MAY 10, 2022

Paradigm shifts across all industries in how they work, post-COVID, and an unprecedented talent shortage due to the Great Resignation are sure-fire indicators of employee burnout. Burnout has become synonymous with tech-related jobs and it doesn’t have to be. — Joe Beda (@jbeda) March 16, 2021. We'll get through this.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Technological disruptions continue to redefine the CIO role within corporations. We are experiencing an undeniable shift toward this kind of democratized technology. The main areas fueling LCNC adoption are ease of use, ease of integration with existing solutions and technologies, and faster value creation. Diana Bersohn.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

African startups raised between $4 billion to $5 billion in 2021, according to various reports. However, for all their effort and importance to the tech ecosystem, raising significant venture capital seemed elusive to startups in Africa’s digital media landscape that rely on grants and personal funding to scale.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

In 2021, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced a comprehensive modernization strategy he dubbed IDM (integrated device manufacturing) 2.0. That deal was killed yesterday when Intel announced it was walking away due to regulatory issues getting the deal approved, particularly in China. and Europe. billion in February 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Lux Capital, known for investing in life science and frontier tech startups, is back in the market to fundraise for its latest vehicle — but this time without a dedicated late-stage entity. The fund will combine the firm’s early and late-stage investing strategies into one pool. million to the fund. million to the fund.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Oftentimes these events are filled with traditional seed-stage tech companies based in Silicon Valley. The pitch: Lulo is a DeFi lending infrastructure that aims to utilize order book technology to create a global liquidity layer in a permissionless way. What it does: White hats automating code reviews. Stage: Seed round.

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CIO

JULY 20, 2023

Customer experience and security But as in most industries, customer expectations and security challenges continue to grow along with technological advances. Banks continue investing in technologies that make the customer experience seamless, including mobile apps and peer-to-peer payments.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It attributed the rise to the proliferation of new technologies in regions around the world, with many more people than ever before possessing IT skills. To keep ahead of cybercriminals, organizations must remain agile, pivoting to embrace new strategies and technologies whenever necessary in order to outrun attacks.

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CIO

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The advent of new technologies has accelerated the rate of innovation and disrupted the business landscape as we know it. As the pace of innovation speeds up, tomorrow’s front runners are those who readily embrace disruptive technologies to spearhead new business models and capture new avenues of growth.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To make things as clear as possible, we asked each respondent to share their elevator pitch: How would they describe the technology if they were trying to convince a skeptic to invest? Metaverse startup with $1M in 2021 revenues going public via SPAC. ” Metaverse startup with $1M in 2021 revenues going public via SPAC.

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CIO

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For businesses struggling to compete for tech talent, investing in your current talent through upskilling and training initiatives can provide invaluable returns, as many IT leaders are finding. The pilot program was launched in 2021 with eight participants who came from non-IT roles such as customer support, underwriting, and claims.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Vicente Zavarce, Yummy’s founder and CEO, launched the company in 2020 and is currently part of Y Combinator’s summer 2021 cohort. due to travel restrictions, but said he is making the most of it. Born in Venezuela, Zavarce came to the U.S. Zavarce was a remote CEO over the past year, stuck in the U.S. Yummy order heat map.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

It was just a matter of time until an intrepid Chinese entrepreneur with a tech background decided to take on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. China is also home to one of the world’s largest e-commerce and tech ecosystems. The tech revolution hasn’t yet affected the bottled beverage industry quite as much as it has others.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

billion raised across 447 deals in 2021. And lastly, wealth tech made an impressive showing in terms of investor interest. Wealth tech companies brought in $1.7 Either way, let’s hope 2023 brings with it greater due diligence, less ego and more viable business models. In all of 2022, banking startups raised $9.4

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