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Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week we are looking at a start to help people navigate long -term care using AI, a disturbance of activity in…
The investor, former CEO of GitHub and All-Around Tech Guy ™ Nat Friedman published a strange tempting offer on X. Of position He says: “You need…
Tempus rises 9% on first day of trading, showing investor appetite for a health technology with AI promise
Tempus, a genome testing and data analytics company started by Eric Lefkofsky, who formerly founded Groupon, debuted on the Nasdaq on Friday, rising about 15% at…
Contour Venture Partners, an early investor in Datadog and Movable Ink, raised $42 million for its fifth fund
New York-based New York-based Contour Venture Partners is making progress on its latest flagship venture. The company closed $42 million, raised from 64 backers, in Contour…
Bolt founder Ryan Beslow wants to settle investor lawsuit by returning $37 million worth of stock
Bolt founder Ryan Breslow proposed a settlement with investor Activant Capital this week that could end a lawsuit brought by Activant. The investor accused Breslow of…
Human composting and timber markets: we talk ‘industrial’ VC with investor Dayna Grayson
While the venture world is abuzz with generative AI, Dayna Grayson, a longtime entrepreneur who five years ago co-founded her own company, Build the capital, has…
Match appoints two board directors after talks with activist investor Elliott Management
Tinder-owner Match Group appointed two new members to its board and signed a deal with Elliott Management, the was announced on Monday. Instacart chief marketing officer…
Astera Labs’ IPO surges 54%, showing investor demand for technology with an AI-twist is high
Astera Labs began life as a public company trading at $52.56 per share, up 46% at the bell. The company, which provides “semiconductor-based connectivity solutions that…
The founders of Backpack, who they build a crypto exchange and a wallethave seen strong growth since launching in 2022. But the road hasn’t been easy.…
After raising $1.3 billion, Inflection was eaten alive by its biggest investor, Microsoft
In June 2023, Inflection announced that it had raised $1.3 billion to build what it called “more personal artificial intelligence.” The main investor was Microsoft. Today,…