In 2023, Kapital’s customer base grew to 80,000 small businesses in Mexico, Colombia and Peru. It also acquired Banco Autofin Mexico S.A. in September. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal…
Tech Crunch – Lolli raises $8M Series B to expand its bitcoin and cashback rewards to enterprises
Lolli, a bitcoin and cashback rewards application, has raised an $8 million Series B round, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read…
Tech Crunch – Linktree acquires link-in-bio platform Koji in its second investment of the year
Australia-based link-in-bio platform Linktree announced today that it has acquired competitor Koji from its parent company GoMeta for an undisclosed amount. Linktree said that Koji’s link-in-bio product will shut down on January…
Tech Crunch – Distributional wants to develop software to reduce AI risk
Companies are increasingly curious about AI and the ways in which it can be used to (potentially) boost productivity. But they’re also wary of the risks. In a recent Workday survey, enterprises…
Texas Monthly – New Hopes for a Train From Dallas to Houston
The Texas Eagle, an Amtrak passenger train, made its final run from Dallas to Houston on September 10, 1995. The trip was scheduled to take a little more than six hours, but…
Tech Crunch – BoxGroup closes on $425M for two funds to back early-stage startups
Each fund is $212.5 million and will invest in pre-seed, seed and Series A companies across consumer enterprise, healthcare, financial, biotech and climate. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use…
Tech Crunch – Microsoft disrupts cybercrime operation selling fraudulent accounts to notorious hacking gang
Microsoft says it has successfully dismantled the infrastructure of a cybercrime operation that sold access to fraudulent Outlook accounts to other hackers, including the notorious Scattered Spider gang. The group, tracked by…
Tech Crunch – Playground Global closes Fund III with $410M for early-stage deep tech investments
The new fund invests across the computing, automation, infrastructure, logistics, decarbonization and engineered biology industries. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – New Texas laws taking effect in 2024
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – While communities across the state of Texas gear up to celebrate the new year, they should also be aware of a few new state laws taking effect as…
Tech Crunch – Google Nest Renew and OhmConnect merge into “Renew Home” with a $100M boost from SIP
Another development today in Google’s long-term strategy to streamline some of its less-core business operations. Google Nest Renew — a load shifting service for Google Nest owners get them to consume energy…