Startups

African investors and founders to judge Startup Battlefield competition in Nigeria – TechCrunch TechCrunch will soon be returning to Africa to hold its Startup Battlefield competition dedicated to the African continent, in Lagos, Nigeria, on December 11th. The event will showcase the launch of 15 of the hottest startups in …

Berlin-based Wind Mobility raises $22M for its e-scooter rental service – TechCrunch Wind Mobility, a Berlin-based mobility startup that offers “dockless” e-scooter (and electric bicycle) rentals, has raised $22 million in seed funding, throwing its hat into the European competitor to Bird and Lime ring. It follows recent raises by …

Our 3 favorite startups from Morgan Stanley’s 2nd Multicultural Innovation Lab Demo Day  – TechCrunch The Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab, Morgan Stanley’s in-house accelerator focused on companies founded by multicultural and female entrepreneurs, hosted its second Annual Showcase and Demo Day.  The event also featured companies from accelerators HearstLab, Newark Venture Partner …

Piano teams up with True[x] to combine advertising and paywalls – TechCrunch Nearly every online publisher has launched or announced a paywall — but of course, even the ones who are successful won’t convince every reader, or even the majority of readers, to sign up. Now Piano and True[x] say …

Cloud communications platform Agora closes $70M Series C to create new developer tools – TechCrunch Part of Agora’s team. The cloud communications startup has offices in Santa Clara and Shanghai. Agora, a developer of cloud communication APIs, will create products for new markets and verticals after raising a $70 million …

With investors knocking, PlayVS opens the door to a $30M Series B – TechCrunch PlayVS, the company bringing esports infrastructure to high schools across the country, has today announced the close of a $30.5 million Series B financing. The round was led by Elysian Park Ventures, the investment arm of …

HyperSurfaces turns any surface into a user interface using vibration sensors and AI – TechCrunch Imagine any surface, such as a wooden table, car door or glass wall, could be turned into a user interface without the need for physical buttons or a touch screen. That’s the ambition of HyperSurfaces, …

‘Cloud canteen’ startup Feedr raises £1.5M to provide office workers with a healthier lunch – TechCrunch Feedr, a food tech startup that delivers healthy and personalised meals to office workers as an alternative to companies setting up their own canteens, has picked up just over £1.5 million in pre-Series A …

The WT2 in-ear translator arrives in January, with real-time feedback coming soon – TechCrunch Timekettle was eager to show us the progress it’s made on the WT2 since it first showed us its wearable translation device at TechCrunch Shenzhen, this time last year. Unlike their 3D printed state at last …

iHeartMedia to acquire radio adtech company Jelli – TechCrunch Radio giant iHeartMedia announced today that it’s reached an agreement to acquire Jelli, a company bringing programmatic ad-buying to radio broadcasters. In fact, iHeartMedia was already working with Jelli to allow businesses to use progrmamatic tools to buy advertising on the …