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Reshape wants to help ‘decode nature’ by automating the ‘visual’ part of lab experiments
Danish startup is looking to help R&D teams automate lab experiments that require visual inspections, raising $20 million in a Series A funding round to scale…
When Josh Silverman started shopping around the idea for his methane-eating microbe startup, Windfall Bio, eight years ago, the market just wasn’t ready. No one cared…
Nearly 20 years after finding success helping startups build products, Canadian interface design firm Metalab it has started Metalab Ventures to invest in many of these…
Beeper acquired by Automattic, the decline of fintech and YC’s lack of LatAm founders
When it comes to news we love at TechCrunch, IPOs rank very high. Another great piece of news that comes around less often than we’d like…
Cendana, Kline Hill have new $105m to buy stakes in seed VC funds from LPs looking to sell
If you ask investors to name the biggest challenge facing venture capital today, you’ll likely get a near-unanimous answer: lack of liquidity. Despite investments in startups…
Airtree Ventures has already returned its first capital thanks to Canva, while retaining most of its stake
Business side programs have exploded in the last couple of years. While some firms have used the surge in activity to build their positions in their…
Brazilian startup Salvyan enterprise mobile company, was the only company based in Latin America in Y Combinator’s latest batch, the accelerator confirmed to TechCrunch. This is…
Global demand for wood could increase by 54% between 2010 and 2050, according to a study by World Resources Institute. While some building materials like steel…
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) plans to back 21 growth-stage companies across the continent after closing its first $60 million fund. The pan-African VC hit the milestone…
Avendus, India’s leading venture capital advisor backed by KKR, in talks to raise $300 million for new fund
AvendusIndia’s top investment bank for venture deals, is looking to raise about $300 million for its private equity unit, according to three sources familiar with the…