Tag: checks
Edtech stocks are getting hammered but VCs keep writing checks
After years in the backwaters of venture capital, edtech had a booming 2020. Not only did its products become must-haves after schools around the...
Uber under pressure over facial recognition checks for drivers
Uber’s use of facial recognition technology for a driver identity system is being challenged in the U.K., where the App Drivers & Couriers Union...
Google offers Europe more checks Fitbit data won’t be used for...
Google has offered a second round of concessions to try to persuade European regulators to clear its acquisition of wearables maker Fitbit ....
VCs are cutting checks remotely, but deal volume could be slowing
When COVID-19 began to shutter the United States economy, startups jumped into cost-cutting mode as expectations rose that venture capital was about to get...
Who’s writing first checks into startups?
Over the past two decades, the venture capital industry has exploded beyond anyone’s wildest imaginations. What began as a sleepy industry in Boston and...
What’s up with tiny checks at giant valuations?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Are you a regular Equity listener?...
Public optimism doesn’t convert to checks, founders report
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. How quickly our world...
AI Medical Service raises $42.9 Series B for AI-based software that...
AI Medical Service, a Tokyo-based company developing AI-based software to help detect gastric cancer, announced today that it has raised a $ 42.9...
UK age checks for online porn delayed after bureaucratic cock-up
The UK government has delayed the introduction of mandatory age verification for accessing online pornography — blaming an administrative cock-up. The controversial scheme had...
Snap is under NDA with UK Home Office discussing how to...
Snap is under NDA with the UK’s Home Office as part of a working group tasked with coming up with more robust age...
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