Revolut applies for bank charter in the US

London-based fintech startup Revolut has announced that it is applying for a bank charter in the…

No-code business intelligence service y42 raises $2.9M seed round

Berlin-based y42 (formerly known as Datos Intelligence), a data warehouse-centric business intelligence service that promises to…

Camunda snares $98M Series B as process automation continues to flourish

It’s clear that automated workflow tooling has become increasingly important for companies. Perhaps that explains why…

VeriSIM Life launches PulmoSIM Therapeutics to Develop Treatments for Rare Respiratory Diseases

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, VeriSIM Life (VeriSIM) announces the launch of its pharmaceutical subsidiary, PulmoSIM Therapeutics (PulmoSIM)…

Mithril dives into chips again with a $55M infusion to Flex Logix

The once untouchable semiconductor sector continues to attract fervent attention from VCs. The latest news this…

Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: AstraZeneca, Kansas City Southern, Tesla & more

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include AstraZeneca, Kansas City Southern, Tesla, and…

Nuvemshop, LatAm’s answer to Shopify, raises $90M in Accel-led Series D

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to people everywhere shopping more online and Latin America is no…

Swedish fintech Zaver raises $5M to bring cardless payments and BNPL to ‘durables’ sector

Zaver, a Swedish fintech that enable merchants to accept cardless payments and offer buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) as…

Amazon-backed Deliveroo seeks valuation of up to $12 billion in its London IPO

The Deliveroo app displayed on a smartphone screen. Thiago Prudencio | SOPA Images | LightRocket via…

Yseop lance ALIX, une application qui prouve instantanement l’interet de l’automatisation de la redaction des rapports

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Yseop, une entreprise pionniere de la generation de texte en langage naturel (NLG) et leader…

These undergraduates left university to build Flux, a payments startup now in YC

Traditional remittance companies, while necessary, currently have two flaws in speed and exorbitant fees. It can…

Indonesian savings and investment app Pluang gets $20M in pre-Series B funding

Indonesia-based fintech Pluang announced today it has raised $20 million in a pre-Series B round led…

Americans are still interested in putting their money in China

Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — U.S. investors are among the many foreigners looking to profit…

Investors will get temporary relief from falling Treasury yields this spring, market forecaster Jim Bianco predicts

Investors may get a break from the market’s wild swings. Wall Street forecaster Jim Bianco expects…

Tech companies predict the (economic) future

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column…

Startups, Supreme, and soft-circling your way to an investment

In an Extra Crunch Live this past week, Cleo Capital founding partner Sarah Kunst broke down…

The Fed can fight inflation, but it may come at the cost of future growth

Gas prices are displayed at a Speedway gas station on March 03, 2021 in Martinez, California.…

Visa says the DOJ plans to probe its debit card practices, shares fall 6%

Visa shares dropped sharply Friday after a report said the Justice Department has opened an investigation…

Extra Crunch roundup: AI eats fintech, fundraising visas, no-code transition tips, more

Most American retail banks are designed the same way: Customers must pass several desks set aside…

Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days

Abodu, one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians…