Founded by former Carousell and Fave execs, Rainforest gets $36M to consolidate Asia-Pacific Amazon Marketplace brands – TechCrunch

From left to right: Rainforest business operations and strategy director Elita Subaja; co-founder and CEO J.J. Chai and brand manager Jerry Ng Singapore-based Rainforest is one of the newest entrants in the wave of startups that “roll-up” small e-commerce brands. Launched in January by alumni from some of Southeast Asia’s top startups, including Carousell, OVO…

Stripe Acquires Sales Tax Compliance Platform TaxJar

The San Francisco and Dublin based payments infrastructure company Stripe recently announced its acquisition of sales tax compliance platform TaxJar. Stripe, a leading provider of e-commerce payment solutions such as Stripe Connect, Stripe Payments, and Stripe Billing, is looking to expand its suite of tax tools for commerce platforms that currently run on Stripe.

GM CEO Mary Barra wants to sell personal autonomous vehicles using Cruise’s self-driving tech by 2030 – TechCrunch

GM CEO Mary Barra sees the automaker selling personal autonomous vehicles by the end of the decade by leveraging technology from its self-driving subsidiary Cruise, according to comments made during the company’s Wednesday earnings call. Barra wasn’t providing any specifics just yet, but instead laid out a vision for the automaker’s future and how its…