Extra Crunch roundup: influencer marketing 101, spotting future unicorns, Apple AirTags teardown
With the right message, even a small startup can connect with established and emerging stars on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube who will promote your products and services — as long as your marketing team understands the influencer marketplace. Creators have a wide variety of brands…
Mediflash is a freelancer marketplace for health professionals
Meet Mediflash, a new French startup that wants to improve temp staffing in healthcare facilities, such as nursing homes, clinics and mental health facilities. The company positions itself as an alternative to traditional temp staffing agencies. They claim to offer better terms for both caregivers…
Cryptocurrency 101, Part II: How to buy and store it safely
The world of cryptocurrency is weird and complicated. In this four-part series, Casey Tonkin looks at the history of crypto, how you can get your hands on some, what you can do with it, and the Australian innovators looking to capitalise on this emerging technology. Part…
F1-style flying racing cars are being tested in the South Australian desert
The world’s first electric flying racing cars flew successfully in Sth Australia The octocopter has a 250kmh top speed and will start racing using remote pilots in 2021. Piloted craft will start racing in 2022. Tech experts from Boeing, McLaren, Brabham and Rolls-Royce helped develop…
The Co-Action Project launches ‘speed dating for startups’ – and you’re invited
There’s a new program giving a platform to Australia’s next generation of startups so they can turn their ideas into game-changing businesses. The Co-Action Project is a collaborative new initiative aimed at connecting up-and-coming startups, entrepreneurs and service providers so they can come up with…
Police accessing QR code data from the SafeWA app undermines public trust in privacy
QR code contact-tracing apps are a crucial part of our defence against COVID-19. But their value depends on being widely used, which in turn means people using these apps need to be confident their data won’t be misused. That’s why this week’s revelation that Western…
KeepTruckin raises $190 million to invest in AI products, double R&D team to 700
KeepTruckin, a hardware and software developer that helps trucking fleets manage vehicle, cargo and driver safety, has just raised $190 million in a Series E funding round, which puts the company’s valuation at $2 billion, according to CEO Shoaib Makani. G2 Venture Partners, which just…
CEO Shishir Mehrotra and investor S. Somasegar reveal what sings in Coda’s pitch doc
Coda entered the market with an ambitious, but simple, mission. Since launching in 2014, it has seemingly forged a path to realizing its vision with $140 million in funding and 25,000 teams across the globe using the platform. Coda is simple in that its focus…
There are only a few spots left in Startup Alley at TC Disrupt 2021
Early-stage founders, a shipload of opportunity is about to set sail and you don’t want to miss the boat. We have only a few spots left to exhibit in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23). Buy a Startup Alley Pass and take advantage…
Transform launches with $24.5M in funding for a tool to query and build metrics out of data troves
The biggest tech companies have put a lot of time and money into building tools and platforms for their data science teams and those who work with them to glean insights and metrics out of the masses of data that their companies produce: how a…
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