Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. The exposed server contained more than 419 million records over several databases on users across geographies, including 133 million records on U.S.-based Facebook users, 18 million records of users in the U.K., and another with more than 50 million records on…
The African no-fee, cross-border payment startup Chipper Cash has expanded to Nigeria. The San Francisco based startup, with offices in Ghana and Kenya, will offer its P2P payment service and app in Africa’s most populous nation in partnership with PayStack—the payment gateway company. Paystack CEO Shola Akinlade confirmed the collaboration. Chipper Cash will establishe a company…
Milkbasket, a Gurugram-based micro-delivery startup, is in talks to close a new financing round as it looks to expand its footprints in milk, groceries, fruits, and vegetables delivery market that has attracted the attention of many in recent months including Amazon India. The four-year-old startup is in advanced stages of talks with private equity funds…
If you’re the founder of an early-stage startup here’s a big, fat reminder about one of the great experiences you can have at Disrupt Berlin 2019 on 11-12 December. Apply to our TC Top Picks program for a chance to step into the startup spotlight. If you’re selected, you’ll receive a free Startup Alley Exhibitor Package…
It’s time to trot out our fractured German. Why? Because you have only 48 hours left to take advantage of super early bird pricing on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019. And that begs the question: Warum mehr bezahlen als nötig? Why pay more than necessary? Passes at the super early bird price start at €345…
Intel-owned vehicle tech firm Mobileye has signed a global roaming deal with France-based operator Orange for its new camera-based advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) for connected vehicles and smart cities. The Mobileye 8 Connect solution ‘sees’ the road ahead through a camera lens, which can be retrofitted to most vehicles. The vehicle-bound computer vision solution…
How do you improve on a set of wireless headphones that are already among the best you can buy? Make ’em smarter. That’s what Sennheiser has done with its latest Momentum Wireless noise-canceling headphones.
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There’s an arms race in retail to produce better coffee, and one startup, Bellwether Coffee, thinks it has the solution for retailers to sell the very best beans. The business, headquartered in Berkeley, is today announcing a $40 million Series B financing led by DBL Partners and SolarCity co-founders Peter and Lyndon Rive. The round…
Reefknot Investments, a joint venture between Temasek, Singapore’s sovereign fund, and global logistics company Kuehne + Nagel, announced today the launch of a $50 million fund for logistics and supply chain startups. The firm is based in Singapore, but will look for companies around the world that are raising their Series A or B rounds.…
Palo Alto Networks surely loves to buy security startups. Today it added to its growing collection when it announced its intent to acquire IoT security startup Zingbox for $75 million. The company had raised $23.5 million, according to Crunchbase data. The three co-founders, Xu Zou, May Wang and Jianlin Zeng, will be joining Palo Alto…
