Tag: Startup

UK-based early-stage media technology venture capital firm GMG Ventures has rebranded to Mercuri. It has also raised £50 million ($81.35 million) for its second fund led by British Business Bank, through its Enterprise Capital Funds program, to back startups using artificial intelligence to reinvent traditional media models. Other investors in the latest fund include The…

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Flipkart has begun lending to customers, expanding its financing offerings in a move that could potentially boost sales even as its chief rival Amazon has signalled a slowdown in India. The Walmart-owned Bengaluru-headquartered firm, in partnership with lender Axis Bank, is extending a credit of up to 500,000 Indian rupees, or $6,100, according to a…

It was a very busy week in the world of fintech, which certainly kept us on our toes. We covered a couple of notable M&A deals (including one of the biggest of the year so far), a different kind of financial services startup aimed at undocumented immigrants, Brex’s official recommitment to the startup community and…

The Dearborn, Mich., electric vehicle maker discontinues a popular model as it prepares to produce a new EV…

Tesla deliveries neared 890,000 over the first six months of the year, just shy of the pace needed for its 1.8 million 2022 target…

Tesla has topped Wall Street delivery estimates in the second quarter of 2023 as the automaker’s many price cuts and the Biden administration’s federal electric vehicle tax credits take effect. The Elon Musk-owned EV-maker reported record global production of 479,000 units and record deliveries of 466,140. That’s up 10% from the 422,875 Tesla EVs delivered…

As part of our ongoing coverage of VC performance in the first half of 2023, TechCrunch+ surveyed 15 investors about their investment cadence and their plans for the second half of the year. As expected, it appears a good mix of investors wrote checks at the rate they’d aimed for, while others fell a bit…

If you live in a state where online sports betting is legal, companies like FanDuel, Caesars Sportsbook and DraftKings don’t let you forget it. They dominate TV ad slots during sports games and seemingly everywhere else, too. They give the mirage that the market is saturated with no room for startups. Betr, well, wouldn’t bet on…

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