Multilingual Indian video app Roposo raises $10M from Tiger Global and Bertelsmann
India has 22 official languages, which often presents a challenge for businesses that want to scale ...View More
China’s Tencent Music raises $1.1 billion in downsized US IPO
Tencent Music, China’s largest streaming company, has raised $1.1 billion in a U.S. IPO after ...View More
Indonesia e-commerce leader Tokopedia raises $1.1B from Alibaba and SoftBank’s Vision Fund
Indonesia-based e-commerce firm Tokopedia is the latest startup to enter the Vision Fund after it ra ...View More
Taiwan-based travel startup AsiaYo raises $7M Series B led by Alibaba Taiwan Entrepreneurs Fund
AsiaYo, a travel accommodation booking platform based in Taipei, Taiwan, has raised a $7 million Ser ...View More
Announcing the final batch of judges for Startup Battlefield Africa
Startup Battlefield Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, is coming up fast. As usual, we have a great line ...View More
Netflix rival Iflix launches $5M search for up-and-coming filmmakers in Asia
Netflix is increasing its efforts in Asia after it commissioned more local content and began&n ...View More
AWS wants to rule the world
AWS, once a nice little side hustle for Amazon’s eCommerce business, has grown over the years ...View More
Floom, the online marketplace and SaaS for florists, receives $2.5M seed
Floom, the online marketplace and SaaS for independent florists, has raised $2.5 million in a seed f ...View More
Lime tries to back-peddle on VP’s line on why it hired Definers
Scooter startup Lime has sought to back peddle on an explanation given by its VP of global exp ...View More
The Coinmine One is a box that mines crypto at home
For $799 you can start mining cryptocurrencies in your home, a feat that previously either required ...View More
V2X Network gives developers the keys to in-vehicle data
Data is king. But if there isn’t a way to capture, sort and use it, then there it sits &md ...View More
How a startup mindset can help the refugee crisis
Startup entrepreneurs have a crucial role to play in building a more agile response to the global re ...View More
The US Postal Service exposed data of 60 million users
A broken US Postal Service API exposed from over 60 million users and allowed a researcher to pull m ...View More
Hospital in China denies links to world’s first gene-edited babies
News of the world’s first ever gene-edited human babies being born in China caused a huge ...View More
Cyber Monday Special: Buy a pass to Disrupt Berlin 2018 and snag a $200 gift
Disrupt Berlin 2018 kicks off in just three days, the holidays are upon us, and we here at TechCrunc ...View More
On Black Friday, you’ll be able to watch the entire ‘Lego Movie’ in a YouTube ad
On Black Friday, YouTube says it’s teaming up with Warner Bros. Pictures to allow viewers to ...View More
Cloud communications platform Agora closes $70M Series C to create new developer tools
Part of Agora’s team. The cloud communications startup has offices in Santa Clara and Shanghai ...View More
Uber aims to offer more wheelchair-accessible rides with shorter wait times
Uber has long received flack for its lack of widely available wheelchair-accessible rides. Today, U ...View More
Report: NYC and Arlington, VA win the contest for Amazon’s split East Coast headquarters
New York City and Arlington, Virginia have reportedly won Amazon’s lengthy and highly-publici ...View More
YouTube VR finally lands on the Oculus Go
Today, Google’s YouTube VR app arrives on the $199 Oculus Go, bringing the largest library of ...View More
Tinder to roll out expanded set of gender options in India
Tinder is preparing to roll out more gender options in its app in India. The company will announce ...View More
The top 10 cities for $100M VC rounds in 2018 so far
Crunchbase News recently profiled a selection of U.S. companies’ largest VC raised in 201 ...View More
Growing pains at venture-backed Moogsoft lead to layoffs
Eight months after bringing in a $40 million Series D, Moogsoft‘s co-founder and chief executi ...View More
Can the startup building a Fortnite for VR become the Fortnite of VR?
Virtual reality hasn’t proven itself to be the lucrative escape of the every-man, but the medi ...View More
Facebook starts shipping Portal, clarifies privacy/ad policy
Planning to get in early on the Portal phenomenon? Facebook announced today that it’s starting ...View More
Despite a strong Q3 earnings report, Square’s Q4 forecast disappoints investors
Despite a strong third-quarter earnings report, Square’s forecast for the final quarter of th ...View More
20 startups take center stage at Berkeley SkyDeck’s demo day
The largest-ever Berkeley SkyDeck demo day kicked off with a high-energy performance from the C ...View More
Lendix is now called October
French startup Lendix is changing its name to October. The company is using this opportunity to red ...View More
Twitter’s spam reporting tool now lets you specify type, including if it’s a fake account
Twitter is adding more nuance to its spam reporting tools, the company announced today. Instead of s ...View More
Sign up for Spotify’s $15/month plan, get a free Google Home Mini
Spotify’s got a new promotion to entice users to sign up for a Premium Family plan. Commit to ...View More