Africa Roundup: Dhl Invests In Mallforafrica, Zipline Launches In Us, Novastar Raises $200M
Bonusly, the platform for employee recognition, raises $9 million Series A: Jordan Crook
Bonusly, a platform that involves the entire organization in recognizing employees and rewarding them, closed on a $9 million Series A financing round led by Access Venture Partners. Next Frontier Capital, Operator Partners, and existing investor FirstMark Ca…
Global smartphone sales plummeted 20% in Q1, thanks to COVID-19: Brian Heater
More dismal numbers confirm what we already knew: Q1 2020 was real rough for an already struggling smartphone category. Gartner’s latest report puts the global market at a 20.2% slide versus the same time last year, thanks in large part to fallout from the CO…
Africa Roundup: DHL invests in MallforAfrica, Zipline launches in US, Novastar raises $200M: Jake Bright
Events in May offered support to the thesis that Africa can incubate tech with global application. Two startups that developed their business models on the continent — MallforAfrica and Zipline — were tapped by international interests. DHL acquired a minority…
India rejects Walmart-owned Flipkart's proposed foray into food retail business: Manish Singh
The Indian government has rejected Flipkart’s proposal to enter the food retail business in a setback for Walmart, which owns majority of the Indian e-commerce firm and which recently counted its business in Asia’s third-largest economy as one of the worst im…
Singapore's micromobility startup Beam raises $26 million: Manish Singh
Beam, a Singapore-headquartered micromobility firm that offers shared e-scooters, has raised $26 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its footprint in Korea, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Taiwan. Sequoia India and Hana Ventures led t…
The Station: Amazon eyes Zoox, Aurora goes back to school and Cabana hits the road: Kirsten Korosec
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6 VCs share their bets on the future of work: Megan Rose Dickey
As tech companies like Twitter and Facebook gear up for longer-term remote work solutions, the future of work is becoming one of the more exciting opportunities in venture capital, Charles River Ventures general partner Saar Gur told TechCrunch. And as loneli…
SpaceX's first crewed spacecraft successfully docks with the International Space Station: Darrell Etherington
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon ‘Endeavor’ successfully docked with the International Space Station as planned on Sunday morning, marking another key milestone during this historic Commercial Crew demonstration mission it’s conducting with NASA. On board Crew Dragon wer…
Watch live as SpaceX's first astronaut-carrying spacecraft docks with the International Space Station: Darrell Etherington
Today at around 10:30 AM EDT (7:30 AM PDT), SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will dock with the International Space Station, with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board. The two have been in flight on orbit since launching from Kennedy Space Center …
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