by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | News
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic went to space (or the vicinity of space) in a PR-suffused event over the weekend. It was all rather twee, packed with maudlin riffs about childhood dreams and riddled with hero worship. And the stream kept stuttering while some of the...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | News
Phil Schraeder Contributor Share on Twitter Phil Schraeder is CEO of GumGum, the global technology and media company specializing in contextual intelligence. I was 4 years old when I started playing what I’ve come to think of as “the game.” It was dressing-up time at...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | News
Gembah’s mission statement is a deceptively simple one. The Austin-based company says it’s looking to “democratize product innovation by drastically lowering barriers to entry for creation of new products.” In that respect, at least, it’s not so dissimilar from...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | News
Gurgaon-based mobile wallet service firm MobiKwik plans to raise up to $255 million in an initial public offering, becoming the latest Indian startup to explore the public markets. The 12-year-old firm, which counts Sequoia Capital India and Abu Dhabi Investment...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | News
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | News
Pretty soon, people won’t have to provide a fingerprint or a driver’s license to prove their identity — if VU has its way. The Argentina-based fraud and identity protection company announced $12 million in Series B funding Monday from backers including software...