TechCrunchflipped into EuropeNowThese four iconic European founders plan to kick the asses of VCs who never started a companyverified_publisherTechCrunch - Mike ButcherUntil recently Taavet Hinrikus, cofounder of Wise, and Sten Tamkivi, cofounder of Teleport, had banded together as a sort of ‘mini Angel brand’ known as “Taavet+Sten”. Tamkivi has done around 50 angel deals, Hinrikus has, reportedly, done as many as 150. But they were effectively pooling their …
TechCrunchflipped into Top Stories1 hour agoDaily Crunch: Truth Social says federal grand jury probe could block its planned SPAC mergerverified_publisherTechCrunch - Christine HallTo get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello, friends! I’m back from being OOTO for the past week. My inbox is a hot mess, but the beach was very relaxing, and I’m still thinking of those watermelon …
TechCrunchflipped into Top Stories1 hour agoMax Q: Acronyms rule everything around meverified_publisherTechCrunch - Aria AlamalhodaeiHello and welcome back to Max Q. In this issue: NASA sees a future for nuclear energy on the moon • Epsilon3 closes funding for space industry OS • News from AWS, SpaceX and more Don’t forget to sign up to get the free newsletter version of Max Q delivered to your inbox. NASA taps three companies to design …
TechCrunchflipped into Top Stories2 hours agoRobinhood almost imploded during the Gamestop meme stock chaosverified_publisherTechCrunch - Taylor HatmakerThe House Committee on Financial Services released a report late last week offering a harrowing glimpse inside Robinhood during the frenzy around Gamestop stock early last year. The stock trading and investing app was blindsided by the surge in interest from the first big “meme stock” after …
TechCrunchflipped into Top Stories2 hours agoAt NASA's Lunabotics competition, students design mining robots for the moonverified_publisherTechCrunch - Stefanie WaldekIf this year’s Lunabotics competition is any indication, there’s a bright future ahead for the surface of the moon — and below it. The NASA-hosted challenge saw 39 teams of university students building lunar mining robots, which were tasked with digging up rocks in simulated regolith (the material …
TechCrunchflipped into Top Stories2 hours agoGoogle backs Progcap, a startup delivering working capital to small retailers in Indiaverified_publisherTechCrunch - Manish SinghGoogle has invested in Progcap, an Indian startup that provides working capital to small and medium-sized businesses, the firms said Tuesday, making a new push into a category that has attracted the attention of Facebook and Amazon in recent years. The investment is part of a $40 million fresh …
