ALIAVIA Ventures fights gender funding inequalities in the U.S. and Australia
Founded by two tech veterans, ALIAVIA wants to close the funding gap for female founders. It invests in female-led startups, especially those that want to bridge the gap between Australia and the United States. The venture firm announced today the close of its first fund, totaling $13.5 million AUD ($8.7
Read moreMichigan’s Grand Ventures announces $50m early stage fund
Grand Ventures today announced its second fund to invest in early-stage companies. The Grand Rapids, MI firm tells TechCrunch that it aims to lead seed stage investments in startups solving problems facing the fintech, DevOps, and supply chain sectors. The $50m Fund II is managed by General Partners Tim Streit,
Read moreAI’s Power Paradox: Balance Innovation and Sustainability for a Promising Future
When I was CIO at a construction industry data, analytics, and media company, I was deeply interested in how technology and sustainability would drive the industry’s future. Could a new smart building technology or a green innovation lead to funding new construction that improves people’s experiences and enables a more
Read moreA green hydrogen unicorn is born, more problems for Cruise and inside aviation’s buzzy startup summit
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from
Read moreWanda Fish navigates VC waters to catch $7M for production of cultivated bluefin tuna
The company aims to create whole-cut cultivated fish filets, starting with bluefin tuna, using muscle and fat cells.
Read moreAccel leads $21M investment in UK care home marketplace Lottie
The U.K. care home sector was pegged as £7.7 billion market in 2021, according to most recent estimates, yet capacity is shrinking at a time when the average age of the general population continues to grow. Throw into the mix a lack of transparency over pricing and service availability, and
Read moreSingapore’s tech subscription service Circular wants to keep devices out of the landfill
Circular, backed by Y Combinator, is a service that offers consumers in Singapore and Australia subscriptions to high-end electronics, like iPhones, Samsung Galaxy, iPad Pros and MacBook Pros. Not only does it want help people get devices at lower prices, but also keep them in circulation for as long as
Read moreWorld Bank’s IFC backs Indian insurtech startup Onsurity in $24M funding
Onsurity, an Indian startup that offers monthly subscription-based insurance solutions to micro, small and medium enterprises, startups and growing businesses, has raised $24 million in a funding round led by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). The Series B round also saw the participation from existing investors Nexus Venture
Read moreTech group calls India’s proposed guidelines against dark patterns ‘regulatory overlap’
An industry group representing several major U.S. tech companies has opposed the Indian government’s proposal against dark patterns, which are used to deceive online users, and said the move would adversely affect the state promise of enabling “ease of doing business” in the economy and bring “regulatory overlap” with existing
Read moreWaymo-Zeekr robotaxi poised for US testing by end of 2023
Nearly two years after Waymo and Geely struck a deal to develop robotaxis for the U.S. market, we are seeing concrete progress in the collaboration. According to a job post posted on LinkedIn, Zeekr, the young electric car brand started by Chinese auto giant Geely, is hiring a logistics manager in
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