Tech
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Insurify raises $23M Series A to add new coverage varietals, boost its marketing efforts
The venture-backed insurance world is more than the Lemonades and MetroMiles of the world. There’s more room in the industry for startups...
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Grover tops up debt facility to €250M to scale its renting model for consumer electronics
Grover, the Berlin-based startup that offers “pay-as-you-go” subscriptions to the latest consumer tech, including e-scooters, has closed a new “asset-backed” financing deal,...
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Paper-rich startup employees look for ‘pre-wealth’ help to lock down stock options
For Silicon Valley’s potential startup millionaires, compensation packages staked on future promises of wealth are where the action is. But what happens...
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Hipmunk’s co-founders tried to buy it back before the shutdown
In a little over a week, the travel metasearch engine Hipmunk will shut down. It’s an abrupt and disappointing end for a...
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397GaN chargers are still worth getting excited about
Listen. Chargers aren’t sexy. You know it. I know it. Charger companies know it, regardless of what they tell you in their...
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Google acquires AppSheet to bring no-code development to Google Cloud
Google announced today that it is buying AppSheet, an 8 year-old no-code mobile application building platform. The company had raised over $17...
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415Four years after being acquired, Hipmunk is shutting down
If you’re still using Hipmunk for trip planning, it’s time to find another site. Sooner than later, really. The Hipmunk team announced...
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Seattle’s ExtraHop expects $100M ARR in 2020, IPO the following year
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today we’re...
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Tradeshift raises $240M and appears to put its expected IPO on hold — for now
Tradeshift — the startup which set out to disrupt the traditional arena of supply chain payments and marketplaces when it first appeared...
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Spotify and Warner Chappell end dispute in India, sign global licensing deal
Spotify is ending its year-long dispute with Warner Music’s publishing firm. The world’s largest music streaming service said on Tuesday that it...