Sunday raises $24 million seed round to build a fast restaurant checkout flow
Meet Sunday, a new startup that is going to attract some headlines as it has raised a $24 million seed round at a $140 million post-money valuation. That’s a lot of money for a company that started just a few months ago but that’s because…
Why expensive workout gear is actually cheap
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this week’s deep dive Natasha and Alex wanted to dig into the Tonal EC-1, a huge document spread across a number of posts. Our goals were pretty simple: To…
Homebound aims to help solve Austin’s housing shortage problem
The sheer volume of people migrating to Austin from all over the country, but particularly from the San Francisco Bay Area, has been making headlines for a while now. One result of this continued migration is a steady surge in housing prices due to increased…
Slice raises $40M to power ordering and marketing for independent pizzerias
Slice, a startup that helps independent pizzerias build an online business, has raised another $40 million in Series D funding. The round was led by Cross Creek, with participation from KKR, GGV Capital and Primary Ventures, as well as Twitter’s former CEO Dick Costolo and…
Messaging app Wire raises $21 million
Wire, the end-to-end encrypted messaging app and service, has raised a $21 million Series B funding round led by UVC Partners. As the company said a couple of years ago, the company is focusing on the enterprise market more than ever. While Wire started as…
Vanadium ion battery startup Standard Energy raises $8.9M Series C from SoftBank Ventures Asia
Standard Energy, a vanadium ion battery developer, announced today it has raised a $8.9 million Series C from SoftBank Ventures Asia. The South Korea-based company says its batteries’ advantages over lithium ion include less risk of ignition and the ease of sourcing vanadium. The latter…
Cryptocurrencies are hitting record highs ahead of Coinbase going public
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gone on a tear this afternoon, surging to record highs ahead of the direct listing of US crypto exchange Coinbase on the Nasdaq tonight. The listing is also good news for Westpac and its investment fund, Reinventure, which dropped $50…
Your 90-second guide to the day in tech
Welcome to Wednesday and Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim readers. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au every weekday, 2-2.40pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Here’s the latest tech news from around the world. Apple launch It started with Siri dropping…
THE FUTURE OF WORK: Melbourne founders on how Hub Australia lets them scale up with flexibility
2020 changed the way startup founders think about working. And now, as attention turns to how we’ll manage returning to the office – even tech companies that last year said people can work from home indefinitely are now having a rethink – the question is…
Canadian building management giant BGIS is setting up its IoT shop in Adelaide
Canadian building management company BGIS will expand its Australian operations centre in Adelaide to monitor clients across the Asia Pacific. The global company plans to utilise the latest Internet of Things technologies in Adelaide, South Australia to remotely control buildings in other states and countries…
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