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Hangry, an Indonesian cloud kitchen startup with plans to become a global F&B company, closes $13M Series A May 04, 2021

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Hangry, an Indonesian cloud kitchen startup that wants to become a global food and beverage company, has raised a $13 million Series A. The round was led by returning investor Alpha JWC Ventures, and included participation from Atlas Pacific Capital, Salt Ventures and Heyokha Brothers.

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Y Combinator-backed Uiflow wants to accelerate no-code enterprise app creation May 03, 2021

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TechCrunch recently caught up with recent Y Combinator graduate Uiflow, a startup that is building a no-code enterprise app creation service. If you are thinkingÂ wait, don’t a number of companies already do that?, the answer is yes.

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Cloud gaming service Shadow taken over by OVHcloud founder May 03, 2021

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Blade, the French startup behind cloud gaming service Shadow, has been acquired by Octave Klaba’s fund following a commercial court order. Klaba is better known as the founder of OVHcloud, a French cloud hosting company.

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Firstbase raises $13M to make remote work suck less Apr 30, 2021

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The chance that I am ever willing to commute on a regular basis again in the future is zero. It’s too inefficient. And while workers and employers are somewhat split on where they stand on the question of remote toil, the COVID-19 pandemic has permanently shaken up the working world; we’re not going back to […]

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Splitwise raises $20M Series A to help everyone in the world divvy expenses Apr 29, 2021

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This morning Splitwise, a Providence, Rhode Island-based startup announced that it has closed a $20 million Series A. The company builds consumer fintech software that helps users split expenses. But Splitwise isn’t a Venmo or Paytm clone.

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Botpress nabs $15M Series A to help developers build conversational apps Apr 29, 2021

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Botpress, a Montreal-based early stage startup, wants to make it easier for developers to build conversational-based apps, meaning humans interact with the app by speaking instead of typing, clicking or tapping. Today it announced an $15 million Series A from Decibel and Inovia Capital.

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Ivorian startup Afrikrea partners with DHL and Visa to launch SaaS e-commerce platform ANKA Apr 28, 2021

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In 2016, Ivorian e-commerce startup Afrikrea started as a marketplace for African-based and inspired clothing, accessories, arts, and crafts. Over the past five years, Afrikrea has served more than 7,000 sellers from 47 African countries and buyers from 170 countries.

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Canada’s newest unicorn: Clio raises $110M at a $1.6B valuation for legal tech Apr 28, 2021

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Clio, a software company that helps law practices run more efficiently with its cloud-based technology, announced Tuesday it has raised a $110 million Series E round co-led by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. and OMERS Growth Equity. The round propels the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company to unicorn status, valuing it at $1.6 billion. Clio last […]

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Tellius announces $8M Series A to build ML-fueled business data query tool Apr 27, 2021

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Getting actionable business information into the hands of users who need it has always been a challenge. If you have to wait for experts to help you find the answers, chances are you’re going to be too late.

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Dating app S’More bets on celebrity content with S’More TV Apr 27, 2021

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Dating startup S’More has launched a new feature called S’More TV, which CEO Adam Cohen-Aslatei said could give users new ways to talk to each other. It also bringing the startup closer to his goal of becoming not just a dating app, but “a lifestyle brand.” The videos on S’More TV may be familiar to […]

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