136 posts tagged ‘Startups’
The future of M&A and why founders are getting whiplash
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Toku’s AI platform predicts heart conditions by scanning inside your eye
Ehsan Vaghefi, CEO and co-founder of Toku, grew up with a blind father who lost eyesight at the age of four due to congenital glaucoma. As a result of this, his dad was involved with the Blind Foundation in his home country of Iran. Vaghefi says most of his childhood friends were either blind or […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Online grocery startup Pricepally to expand in Nigeria backed by $1.3M funding
Pricepally, a Nigerian online grocery store for fresh produce and packaged food, has raised $1.3 million seed funding, backed by Samurai Incubate (a Japanese VC that also participated in the startup’s 2021 pre-seed round), SOSV, ELEA, Hi2 Global, Chui Ventures and ex-Unilever executive David Mureithi. Following the new funding, the startup joins a handful of […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
IRL founders allege investors sabotaged company with fake users claims
The founders of IRL, Abraham Shafi and Genrikh Khachatryan, are suing their investors, claiming that they intentionally sabotaged the company. At its peak, IRL was poised to become an event organizing alternative for Gen Z, who are using Facebook less and less. Shafi, the CEO, was suspended from IRL in April to investigate claims of […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Menlo Ventures closes on $1.35B in new capital, targets investments in AI startups
Menlo Ventures has raised $1.35 billion in new capital that it plans to use in part “to support the forthcoming generation of AI startups,” the venture firm announced today. Notably and unsurprisingly, the firm is today quite bullish on the future of artificial intelligence, noting that it has already backed the likes of Abnormal, Anthropic, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Grab a group bundle and save on passes to TechCrunch Early Stage 2024
TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 returns to Boston, Massachusetts, on April 25! Ready to turn your startup dream into a reality? Want to be prepared when you join the startup world after graduation? Interested in a first look at up-and-coming startups? The TechCrunch Early Stage conference — designed for new and aspiring early-stage founders and the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Siena AI raises $4.7M to develop an empathic AI customer service agent
Siena AI developed an AI-powered customer support solution that might be a machine, but understands context and responds with empathy like a human. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Customer data-syncing and analysis startup Hightouch acquires HeadsUp
Customer data-syncing startup Hightouch announced today it has acquired HeadsUp. As part of the deal, HeadsUp co-founder Earl Lee will join Hightouch, working on Customer 360, a product that uses AI and machine learning to help clients manage and collaborate on customer data. Terms of the deal were undisclosed. Both companies are based in San […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.