Stripe backs India’s Clear in $75 million funding
Stripe has made its second investment in India, just days after disclosing the first. One of the world’s most valuable startups has backed Bangalore-based SaaS fintech…
TechCrunch+ roundup: Slashing technical debt, IPO analysis, your first comms hire
Early-stage entrepreneurs eager to ship usually spend more time calculating their startup’s burn rate than selecting an optimal development environment. As a result, technical debt can…
Why You Should Get Your Holiday Shopping Done ASAP
Supply chain issues are out of your control, but there are ways to make the process easier. …
Red Hat continues to grow, but IBM’s struggles continue
IBM has been in the midst of a strategy shift with a focus on hybrid cloud and AI since Arvind Krishna was promoted to CEO in…
A nine-figure fund for JPGs?
The NFT craze of the past year has triggered an avalanche of crypto capital flowing into art, trading card games, luxury avatars and digital objects but…
Google makes calling businesses less painful with features for seeing wait times, phone tree options and more
Alongside today’s release of the new Pixel 6 smartphones, Google has again upgraded one of the device’s most basic — but often overlooked — functions: the…
Artificial Christmas Trees: Here’s What You Should Know This Year
Global supply chain disruptions are affecting the fake tree industry. …
For second time, Lime announces adjusted EBITDA-profitable quarter
Shared micromobility operator Lime is on track for third quarter adjusted EBITDA profitability, marking this as the second profitable quarter in the company’s history, according to…
Should Remote Work Pay Be Based On Location?
With more employees choosing to work from home, many companies are rethinking how location factors into salary. But are they thinking fairly? …
The hyperactive open banking market of Latin America: How the region is being APIfied
We are only in the first chapter of Latin America’s long journey to tech growth. But with the region’s thirst for innovation, the market is expected…
Founded by ex-Braintree and PayPal execs, Pagos raises $10M to offer API-driven payment intelligence
Pagos, a payment intelligence infrastructure startup founded by former Braintree and PayPal execs, has raised $10 million in seed funding. Started earlier this year, the remote-first…
Singapore-based insurtech startup Surer nabs seed round to bolster its product development
There is an imbalance between demand and supply of general insurance due to the tedious workflow and processes that insurance intermediaries and insurance companies face. Singaporean…
Global Processing Services raises $300M its API-based payments and embedded finance platform
Embedded finance continues to be a major theme in the world of fintech, with a wide swathe of new financial services companies tapping APIs built by…
Nelo joins the BNPL rush, with $20M in new funding and the Mexican market in its sights
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has been making headlines all over the place this year — from Square’s planned acquisition of Afterpay to Affirm going public….