Category: TC

Business Canvas, a Korea-based document management SaaS company, closes $2.5M seed round
This post is by Kate Park from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Business Canvas, the South Korean document management SaaS company behind Typed, announced today it has raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Mirae Asset Venture Investment, with participation from Kakao Ventures and Nextrans Inc. The seed round will be used for accelerating…
September 21, 2021
EarthOptics helps farmers look deep into the soil for big data insights
This post is by Devin Coldewey from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Farming sustainably and efficiently has gone from a big tractor problem to a big data problem over the last few decades, and startup EarthOptics believes the next frontier of precision agriculture lies deep in the soil. Using high-tech imaging techniques, the company claims…
September 21, 2021
Freshworks’ valuation could crest $10B in upcoming IPO
This post is by Alex Wilhelm from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Earlier today, TechCrunch examined the new IPO price range for Toast. The U.S. software-and-fintech company moved its valuation materially higher in anticipation of pricing tomorrow after the bell and trading on Wednesday. It was not alone in doing so. Freshworks is also targeting…
September 20, 2021
Toast raises IPO price range, providing a Monday bump to fintech valuations
This post is by Alex Wilhelm from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch U.S. technology unicorn Toast filed a new S-1 document this morning detailing a higher IPO price range for its shares. The more expensive range indicates that Toast may be worth more in its debut than it initially expected, a bullish sign for technology…
September 20, 2021
Which VCs are set to make a killing in GitLab’s IPO
This post is by Alex Wilhelm from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Picking up where we left off Friday, let’s spend some more time in the GitLab IPO filing. It’s going to be an IPO week, mind; Toast and Freshworks are set to price Tuesday after the close of trading and begin to float on…
September 20, 2021
Inside GitLab’s IPO filing
This post is by Alex Wilhelm from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch While the technology and business world worked towards the weekend, developer operations (DevOps) firm GitLab filed to go public. Before we get into our time off, we need to pause, digest the company’s S-1 filing, and come to some early conclusions. GitLab competes…
September 17, 2021
The value of software revenue may have finally stopped rising
This post is by Alex Wilhelm from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Startups are raising record sums around the world, thanks to several contributing factors. As The Exchange explored yesterday, historically low interest rates have helped venture capitalists raise more capital than ever, to pick an example. Low rates have helped startups in another manner:…
September 17, 2021
Avalanche raises $230 million from private sale of AVAX tokens
This post is by Romain Dillet from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Avalanche, a relatively new blockchain with a focus on speed and low transactions costs, has completed a $230 million private sale of AVAX tokens to some well known crypto funds. Polychain and Three Arrows Capital are leading the investment. The Avalanche Foundation completed…
September 16, 2021
Self Financial raises $50M to help the subprime consumer build credit and savings at the same time
This post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Self Financial, a fintech company that aims to help consumers build credit and savings at the same time, announced today it has raised $50 million in Series E funding. Altos Ventures led the financing, which also included participation from Meritech Capital and…
September 16, 2021
Concreit closes on $6M to allow more people to invest in the global private real estate market
This post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Concreit, a company that wants to open real estate investing to a broader group of people, announced today that it has closed $6 million in a seed funding round led by Matrix Partners. Hyphen Capital also participated in the round, in addition…
September 16, 2021