While Meta is continuously introducing new features to Threads, the company is also deploying new tricks to ramp up engagement on the platform. In its latest move, the social media giant is…
Tech Crunch – Catch, offering health insurance for gig workers, relaunches with new owners
Alexa Irish and Laura Speyer, now the co-CEOs of Catch, acquired the company in June after the original co-founders shuttered the company. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
Tech Crunch – Warmly pivots from Zoom tool to directing warm leads to sales
When Warmly started a couple of years ago, people were meeting regularly in Zoom and the company provided a custom background and information about the participants. It was useful as far as…
Tech Crunch – Amazon adds social shopping features, including a way to ask friends for product feedback
Amazon is today launching a social shopping feature that will allow consumers to ask trusted friends for advice while they shop online through the Amazon app. The feature, dubbed “Consult-a-Friend,” lets shoppers…
Tech Crunch – SynFutures raises $22 million Series B, bucking ‘crypto winter’
Amid a global slowdown in venture investments for crypto projects, some companies continue to buck the trend. SynFutures, a decentralized crypto derivatives exchange, has completed a $22 million Series B funding round….
Tech Crunch – After X, Meta and TikTok get EU request for info on response to Israel-Hamas war
Meta and TikTok have each been sent formal requests for information by the European Union under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission said today. In recent days, EU regulators has…
Tech Crunch – Overstory snags $14M Series A to use AI to help utilities cut their wildfire risk
Utilities have long known about the hazards posed by trees growing close to power lines, but the successive disasters have thrown the issue into sharp relief. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved….
Tech Crunch – Early-stage founders are optimistic about raising again — but not all of them
A January Ventures survey found that the fundraising market is starting to turn back in founder’s favors but not all founders are so sure. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal…
Tech Crunch – Vopero, now with $4 million more, provides a clothing resale marketplace for Latin America
Vopero intends to launch in Chile by the end of the year with a goal to put 1,000 of its items in “corners” of physical retailers like Paris. © 2023 TechCrunch. All…
Tech Crunch – Citi inks deal with fintech Navan, says ‘not having to file an expense report is like nirvana’
Expense management startup Navan has inked an exclusive deal with Citi that executives say will open its addressable market significantly. Specifically, the fintech and the card giant are announcing today a new,…