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This AI-powered VC is smarter than your local startup cash dispensary

start your pitch - aivc You don’t have to sit through a lot of pitches before your will-to-live-o-meter points to “kill me now.” Imagine you’re a VC, sitting through your fifteenth pitch that day — are you still going to be enthusiastic? Probably not. So what happens if you could instead feed your pitch deck into a chatbot that gives you feedback, suggestions and eventually invests… Read More

Getaround for camera gear ShareGrid raises $1M

SendGrid-Hero-Image Even if you’re an active photo or video creative, chances are that your gear will be gathering dust on a shelf at least part of the time. At the same time, other photographers and filmmakers are in need of equipment. If that sounds like a business opportunity, ShareGrid is way ahead of you, raising $1 million from Archer Gray and MHS Capital to grow beyond its test markets and open… Read More

Trace Genomics launches a 23andMe for farms, raises $4 million to improve the world’s food supply

farms A San Francisco startup called Trace Genomics wants to help farmers diagnose and improve the health of the soil where they want to raise crops before it’s harvest time and too late to change course.
So the startup has developed a soil testing kit and “pathogen panel,” that tells the growers of high-value crops, like berries or lettuce, whether or not their soil has harmful… Read More

SpareMin helps you fill your extra time with spontaneous phone calls

black rotary telephone Even though TechCrunch readers can get really busy with their jobs, their side hustles and everything else in their lives, you’ll probably still have a few moments of downtime today — maybe when you’re driving home from work. A new startup called SpareMin aims to help you fill that time with phone calls. The app, which is available for both iOS and Android, was created by… Read More

London’s Behavox offers surveillance software to help financial institutions remain compliant

Behavox Behavox is a London-based startup that has built “compliance surveillance software” to enable financial institutions to search and interrogate huge amounts of employee-generated data in real-time, such as emails, text messages and voice calls, to identify potential rogue activity. Read More

migme extends ASX trading suspension in wake of Brexit; bolsters leadership team

The two-week suspension will allow the social entertainment company’s fundraising process to be carried in an orderly fashion Last week, e27 reported that Singapore-based and ASX-listed social entertainment company migme raised AUD 2 million (US$1.5 million) through an allocation of shares to leading Chinese photo and video app developer Meitu. In the midst of it,...

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