TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch StoriesNowOtter.ai challenger Airgram raises $10M to transcribe and time your video callsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Rita LiaoThere’re plenty of tools out there competing to help people make their video calls breezier. Some, like voice transcription service Otter.ai, have been getting a boost from the COVID-19 pandemic and pulling in handsome investments. Now a brave new player called Airgram is charging into the …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch StoriesNowMicrotraction hits $15M first close on its second fund for pre-seed investment in African startupsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Tage Kene-OkaforMicrotraction, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in African startups at the pre-seed stage, is announcing that it has reached the first close of its second fund, Microtraction Community Limited. The fund doesn’t have a set target at the moment, the founding partners told TechCrunch, …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories1 hour agoTech veterans Nilekani and Aggarwal's India venture raises $227 million second fundverified_publisherTechCrunch - Manish SinghFundamentum Partnership, a venture firm co-founded by Nandan Nilekani and Sanjeev Aggarwal, has raised $227 million for its second fund as the high-profile industry veterans double down on backing startups in the South Asian nation. The fund plans to deploy the capital by investing in four to five …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories1 hour agoOtter.ai slashes free monthly transcription minutes to 300, but opens recorder bot to allverified_publisherTechCrunch - Ivan MehtaThere’s good news and bad news for users of the Otter.ai transcription service. The good news is that Otter Assistant — a bot that can be configured to record meetings automatically — will now be available to everyone, regardless of whether they’re a free or paid user. The bad news, however, is that …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories1 hour agoNigerian B2B e-commerce platform Omnibiz raises millions to gain and retain retail customersverified_publisherTechCrunch - Tage Kene-OkaforAfrica’s informal retailers supply most of the continent’s population with a broad range of consumer goods and generate over $1 trillion in sales annually. However, troubles with outward inefficiencies and inward challenges have led to the prominence of B2B e-commerce startups across the region, …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories2 hours agoJust Eat Takeaway sells stake in Brazil's iFood for up to $1.8Bverified_publisherTechCrunch - Paul SawersEuropean food ordering and delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway has revealed that it’s selling its stake in Brazil’s iFood for up to €1.8 billion ($1.8 billion) to Prosus. The initial deal will amount to €1.5 billion in cash, plus another €300 million depending on the performance of iFood over the next …
