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SpaceX Has Nearly A Full Uber Funding In Contracts
Sending things to space isn’t cheap, which is exactly why Elon Musk got into the business with SpaceX. In a press release today about some newly signed contracts for use of its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, the company updated just how much money it has booked. Seven Billion Dollars under contract for the 60 missions on manifest. To put all of this into perspective, Uber… Read More
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Attention Investors: Introducing The TechCrunch Disrupt SF Startup Alley Hub
We’re thrilled to announce the companies that will be participating in the Startup Alley at Disrupt SF 2015, and you can catch a glimpse of all of them at our Startup Alley hub. In addition to being generally awesome, the site is also mobile friendly so you can easily view info on all of your favorite Alley companies right from your mobile device at the conference. Read More
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In A Virtual Press Event, AltspaceVR Announces Its Chat Room Coming To Samsung Gear VR
VR chat platform AltspaceVR today announced that it is opening support for the Samsung Gear VR, making it the first social chat experience on a mobile VR platform. But rather than gather reporters in person,?AltspaceVR CEO Eric Romo presented to a room full of hovering robots representing journalists inside AltspaceVR itself. Joining through an Oculus Rift in Redwood City, Romo addressed… Read More
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Etsy Opens To Manufacturing
Taking another step away from being a marketplace known only for “handcrafted” goods to instead focus more broadly on enabling smaller sellers to scale their businesses, online marketplace Etsy announced today it’s launching a new program called Etsy Manufacturing. The service?will connect sellers with Etsy-approved manufacturers to help them?source production assistance… Read More
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Confused About the Market? These Four Investors Will Set You Straight At Disrupt
Raising money these days is a confusing morass, what with all the unicorns and hedge funds and secondaries and pre-seed, post-seed, and Series B crunches to process. But good news: At our Disrupt SF Investor panel, in the opening hours of Disrupt next Monday, we’ll be sitting down with not one or two but?four top venture capitalists who?can talk to each stage of the investing… Read More
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Indian Cab-Hailing Firm Ola Is Raising Over $500M At A Valuation Of Around $5B
It looks like yet more fuel is about to get poured?on the already-hot transportation app market in Asia. India’s Ola is raising $500 million+, at a valuation that we’ve heard is around the $5 billion mark, with $225 million committed so far. The news comes as the company — which competes in its home market against the likes of Uber and Indian startup?Meru — continues… Read More
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The Pod Pro Will Keep Both Your Apple Watch And iPhone Charged
Since Apple wants us to put their hardware all over our body, it’s becoming harder and harder to remember to charge everything. The number one reason that I don’t wear my Apple Watch is that the battery is dead. Have no fear, third-party device creators are here. Nomad has announced its battery pack called “Pod Pro” that supports charging for the Apple Watch and iPhone… Read More
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Twitter Has Itself A Monday, Desktop Version Goes Down For Over A Half-Hour
It doesn’t happen that often anymore (that’s the real story!), but Twitter.com is down. For the count. As of the time of publishing, it’s been down for about 45 minutes. We’ve checked Twitter’s status page on Tumblr, but there’s nothing there. We’ve also reached out to Twitter for comment and will update you once we hear back. Read More
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Crunch Network
Silicon Valley, It’s Not You It’s Mexico
It is not your fault that VC markets such as Mexico and other emerging VC hubs are still quite not ripe. The responsibility to create irresistible investment opportunities for local and foreign investors that will generate a booming ecosystem is ours. The prepaid phone industry, the biggest Spanish speaking TV network and the nearshore industry have all been created in Mexico. If Silicon… Read More
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Google Names John Krafcik Its Self-Driving Car Project CEO
Easily one of the most exciting areas of Alphabet/Google’s future is its self-driving car unit. Today, that group got a CEO with a massive amount of automotive experience. Right now, the company reports to Sundar Pichai and Google, but could be spun out as a company under Alphabet, since it’s going to turn into a monster of a business for the parent company. Read More
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Hands On With Three iOS 9 Content Blockers: 1Blocker, Blockr And Crystal
Apple’s support for ad blockers on the new version of its mobile operating system, iOS 9, launching Wednesday, is poised to change how consumers interact with the web on mobile devices.?Following the release, the Apple App Store will distribute applications that allow iPhone and iPad owners to install apps offering extensions for Apple’s Safari web browser that will prevent… Read More
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Drones Take The Runway At New York Fashion Week
As the lights dimmed at the Rebecca Minkoff runway show at New York Fashion Week on Friday, a drone hovered above the band in the center of the runway. The drone, a Yuneec Typhoon quadcopter with a GoPro attached, followed overhead as each model strutted down the runway to capture aerial footage of the show (and the celebrities in attendance, of course). Read More
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Russia Says Google Has “Violated Competition Rules” With Android, Yandex Stock Jumps
Back in February, the “Google of Russia,” Yandex, filed an antitrust complaint with Russia’s watchdog agency (FAS) over Google’s leverage with what comes pre-installed on Android. Specifically, the fact that Google is the default search engine rubbed Yandex the wrong way. See, Yandex has a 60 percent search hold overall, but Android phones account for 86 percent of… Read More
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LivnList Is A Social Planning App That Taps Video For Invites
Social planning is a difficult space to tackle. Plenty of apps have tried and failed at creating a popular social planning app, and even Foursquare’s Swarm has shied away from being a utility to transform into a multi-layered game. But LivnList, an app that launched recently on the App Store, is hoping to get social planning right. After signing up for the service (and inviting… Read More
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Facebook Open Sources React Native For Android So Devs Can Reuse Code Across Web And iOS
Facebook built the React JavaScript library so its engineering team could build interfaces for iOS, Android, and web with the same code. Now it’s giving that development super power to everyone by open sourcing the final part of the React trilogy, React Native For Android. Facebook open sourced React in 2013 and React Native?at its?F8 conference?earlier this year, but the version… Read More
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Stripe Unveils A New Tool To Help Retailers Build Native Buying Experiences In Apps
Stripe unveiled a new set of tools, called Stripe Relay, for retailers that help them build native buying experiences within apps like Twitter. Think of it as a?buy button that merchants can place in multiple platforms. With Relay, merchants can integrate with multiple platforms and sell their products with simpler buying experiences. The goal is to ensure that a buying experience starts and… Read More
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Conichi Secures $7.9M From Hotel Group HRS For Its Check-In Platform
Berlin-based travel startup conichi has secured a $7.9m (?7 Million) seed-round from Hotel portal HRS. conichi simplifies check-in and check-out at hotels by using Beacon technology to display a guests’ personal preferences — such as allergies, room amenities, or late check-outs — onto a tablet held at the reception once a guest enters a hotel, thereby personalizing the… Read More
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Crunch Network
Counsel To Founders In This Time Of Uncertainty
If the IPO climate remains chilly then the opportunity for a positive outcome on their late-stage private investments is diminished. Those public market investors who were contemplating a push into the sector may back away, seeing increased buying opportunities in a depressed public market. Read More
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Super Mario Brothers Infiltrate Google Search Results With An Addictive Easter Egg
The Nintendo game Super Mario Brothers is the cornerstone of a lot of our respective childhoods. I remember playing that game for hours upon hours, and I even have an original Nintendo sitting in my closet. One day, my kids will ask how we played with such crappy controllers and boxy graphics. But it was ours. Read More
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We Took A Trip To The eSalon Professional At Home Hair Color Factory
Think of eSalon as a trip to the salon in a box. The Culver City, California, startup ships packages of custom hair color?and other styling products by mail anywhere in the U.S. The concept is similar to Madison Reed, which also ships professional hair dye anywhere in the U.S. and sends a colorist to your door to do the job for you if you live in San Francisco. eSalon doesn’t ship… Read More
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Crossbar
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Ownfone
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VerbalizeIt
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UE LifeSciences
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- HQ: Madrid, Madrid
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Sarmeks Tech
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Elevate
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StockRadar
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Cathartic.co
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PRINTool
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- HQ: Moscow, Moscow City
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Adurcup
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YatraGenie Services
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Pinoy Classifieds
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CanvasFilp
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Fazland
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IgniteFeedback
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Conichi
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Plexxi
- $35M Series D
- HQ: Nashua, New Hampshire
- Categories: Web Hosting
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ipsy
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Deepomatic
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Love Energy Savings .COM Limited
- 4.5M GBP Private Equity
- HQ: Bolton, Bolton
- Categories: Gas, Price Comparison, Energy, Utilities
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AnswerDash
- $2.9M Seed
- HQ: Seattle, Washington
- Categories: Information Technology, Software
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MoEngage
- $4.2M Series A
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Africa Talent Management
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G-KEEP
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Mercato
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HappyFresh
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Ola
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Advocate
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