Reliance spin-off Jio Financial Services makes muted market debut
For years, the Indian market has been anticipating for a public debut of Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms. But in a surprise move late last year, Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man and chairman of conglomerate Reliance Industries, put together a different offering — a little known non-bank financial subsidiary —
Read moreMycoprotein producer Enough raises €40M toward doubling its production capacity
Making protein out of mushrooms is not a new concept; however, Enough believes its technology — and the ability to scale production quickly — will set it apart. The Scotland-based company grabbed €40 million ($43.5 million in today’s dollars) in new growth funding to test out that theory. Enough is
Read moreVinfast takes a wild ride, a robotaxi fallout brews and the IRA one year later
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Read moreVCs should give up on the winner-takes-all approach to investing
Venture capital is the business of hitting home runs. But must a startup have the potential to capture the vast majority of market share in its category to earn an investment? I don’t think so. A few weeks ago, the co-founder and CEO of Thumbtack, Marco Zappacosta, came on TechCrunch’s
Read moreMark O’Connell, president and CEO of Interac is our guest on Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition
Mark O’Connell is the outgoing president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Interac. As he prepares to turn over the reins to his successor, I spoke to him for my Leadership In The Digital Enterprise podcast. He offered some great insights and reflections on Interac as an organization, as well
Read moreIP for startups: When (not) to patent your inventions
When it comes to intellectual property, “patents” might spring to mind. A good patent can give startups a competitive edge, and once you’ve been granted one, nobody can come and mess with your technology, right? Not so fast. A lot is changing in the patents world, and things can quickly
Read moreA tale of two payments companies
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There was plenty going on as usual — with fintech investors sounding off, payments companies seeing big stock moves and much more. One other note, you can find Mary Ann on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast,
Read moreSpeed and tech dominated the lawns at Monterey Car Week
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is just the cherry on top of a week of events highlighting, celebrating and sometimes even worshiping the automobile. While the lawn on Sunday mostly focuses on the past, other events like The Quail and the numerous private debuts scattered around Monterey, California have their
Read moreApple devices spoofed, Musk eggs on Zuckerberg and Better.com goes public
Welcome, friends, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the major events in tech over the past few days. Haven’t had your eyes glued to the headlines? Not to worry. That’s our job, and we’ve compiled them in the nifty little digest that is WiR. In this week’s
Read moreFormer Tesla employees stole data of over 75,000 staff, company says
Over 75,000 current and former employees of car manufacturer Tesla are being notified their personal information was stolen in an insider data breach. Tesla notified the Maine attorney general’s office Friday of the breach, which occurred on May 10. The same day, according to a copy of a letter sent
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