January 13, 2020
Former Google Pay execs raise $13.2M to build neo-banking platform for millennials in India
Two co-founders of Google Pay in India are building a neo-banking platform in...
January 11, 2020
CES takes half-baked stance on cannabis
A cannabis company won a CES award for 2020. Called Keeps, the desktop storage...
January 11, 2020
Rappi and Oyo pare staff as Vision Fund companies trim costs, target profits
This week we’ve covered layoffs at unicorns both inside the Vision Fund...
January 11, 2020
Casper files to go public, shows you can lose money selling mattresses
E-commerce phenom and D2C bright light Casper has filed to go public. The New...
January 10, 2020
Layoffs at Lime and Getaround herald rise of profit-hungry unicorns
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public...
January 10, 2020
Lucky coffee, unicorn stumbles, and Sam Altman’s YC wager
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused...
January 10, 2020
Just Spices, the German spice mix startup, raises €13M Series B
Just Spices, the German-founded spice mix brand, is disclosing €13 million...
January 10, 2020
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone backs tutoring platform Scoodle
Scoodle, a U.K.-based startup that, in its own words, wants to help tutors...
January 10, 2020
PayU acquires controlling stake in Indian credit business PaySense, to merge it with LazyPay
PayU is acquiring a controlling stake in fintech startup PaySense at a valuation...
January 10, 2020
Meet MarsCat, a robot cat with lots of love to give and room to grow
At CES 2020, one of the more well-represented gadget categories was definitely...