Raising a Series A round in today’s competitive market can be a daunting task. To equip seed-stage founders with the insights and strategies needed for success, TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 will host a crucial session on the Builders Stage titled “What You Need to Raise a Series A Today.” This session will bring together some of […]
Japan’s SmartHR raises $140M Series E as strong demand for HR tech boosts its ARR to $100M
SmartHR, a cloud-based human resources and labor management software startup, said on Monday that it has raised $ 140 million in a funding round led by KKR and Teachers’ Ventures Growth, an investment arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, with participation from existing investors. The Series E round, which comes three years after the company […]
Kim Seon Ho And Go Youn Jung Spotted Filming Abroad For New Netflix Series
Actors Kim Seon Ho and Go Youn Jung (also romanized as Go Yoon Jung) were spotted filming their new Netflix K-Drama. Go Youn Jung Kim Seon Ho This is a big comeback for Kim Seon Ho, as his last K-Drama was Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, which as it concluded, he became subject to scandal. At the time, […]
Hebbia raises nearly $100M Series B for AI-powered document search led by Andreessen Horowitz
Hebbia, a startup using generative AI to search large documents and return answers, has raised a nearly $ 100 million series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The round valued the company between $ 700 – $ 800 million although TechCrunch couldn’t verify whether that valuation is […]
Climate X’s founders mortgaged their house to stay afloat — now they’ve raised a $18M Series A
When it comes to building software for climate tech, it might make sense at first to work on something in the general vicinity of carbon accounting, given that the hottest software companies in the space have something to do with either accounting, offsets, removals, or regulatory disclosure. A glance at the startups in the space […]