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Alt Carbon scores $12M seed to scale carbon removal in India May 26, 2025

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From a struggling family tea estate to an innovative climate venture, Alt Carbon has raised $12 million in a seed round as it plans to scale its carbon dioxide removal work in the South Asian nation.

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Field raises $17M to automate the drudgery of tax prep May 23, 2025

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There is a new accounting software in town, coming in with a fresh $17.2 million raise and a desire to shake things up. The company, Field, hopes to automate the grunt work. “The tax industry is facing a genuine crisis,” Leroy Kerry, Field’s co-founder CEO, told TechCrunch.

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Brex partners with former competitor Zip, with an eye on reducing cash burn to get to an IPO May 23, 2025

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Brex has once again made the surprising, but perhaps realistic, decision to partner with another one-time competitor. This time Zip, the CEOs of both companies told TechCrunch exclusively. In April 2022, fintech Brex announced it was making “a big push” into both the enterprise and software.

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Sylndr, with fresh $15.7M, allows users to buy, sell, finance, and service used cars in Egypt May 22, 2025

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Cairo-based Sylndr has raised $15.7 million as it expands beyond online used car sales into auto financing, servicing, and tools for dealers. The round was led by Development Partners International’s Nclude Fund and included follow-on investments from Algebra Ventures and Nclude.

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Gravitee, a platform that helps companies manage APIs, raises $60M May 22, 2025

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Gravitee, a platform designed to help companies manage their APIs and other digital traffic pipelines, has raised $60 million in a Series C funding round led by Sixth Street Growth with participation from Riverside Acceleration Capital and Albion VC.

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Adaptation Ventures is a new angel investor group focused on disability and accessibility tech May 21, 2025

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The global assistive technology market was valued at more than $22 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow substantially by 2030.

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AI video startup Moonvalley lands $53M, according to filing May 21, 2025

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Roughly a month after Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based startup developing AI tools for video creation, said it secured $43 million in new funding, the company has raised more, according to a filing with the SEC.

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Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees May 20, 2025

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Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent employees, after a previous attempt to hire one didn't go as planned.

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Acorns acquires family wealth and digital memory platform EarlyBird May 20, 2025

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Savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired EarlyBird, an investment gifting platform for families, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, EarlyBird will shut down, and all customer accounts will officially close on June 23.

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Bain bets on Indian domestic work startup Pronto even as rivals face criticism May 19, 2025

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Pronto, which provides cleaning, laundry and home services within 10 minutes, has raised $2M at a $12.5M valuation.

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