Six-year-old Bangalore-based fintech Razorpay topped a $1 billion valuation late last year, becoming the first Y Combinator-backed Indian startup to reach the much sought after unicorn status. In less than six months since, the Indian startup has tripled its … The post India’s Razorpay raises funds at $3 billion valuation ahead of Southeast Asia launch appeared first on Black Turtle Diginovation Pvt Ltd ..read more

Almost exactly a month ago, Peloton CEO John Foley wrote an open letter about the the company’s treadmill. “I’m reaching out to you today because I recently learned about a tragic accident involving a child and the Tread+, resulting in, unthinkably, a death,”… The post Consumer agency warns against Peloton Tread+ use, as company pushes back appeared first on Black Turtle Diginovation Pvt Ltd ..read more

If you accept that VMware is in play, the prospective price tag means that the number of firms that could afford such a purchase are few and far between. The post Once VMware is free from Dell, who might fancy buying it? appeared first on Black Turtle Diginovation Pvt Ltd ..read more

Say it louder for the people in the back: As tech grows bigger by the minute and venture capital adds dollar signs by the day, a startup hub’s success is not an either/or situation. The next Silicon Valley is a tired narrative, when in reality startups look, … The post What does it take to create a startup ecosystem? appeared first on Black Turtle Diginovation Pvt Ltd ..read more

This week Scale AI raised a $325 million Series E. The company, as TechCrunch has written, works in the data labeling space. And it has been on a fundraising tear over the last few years. The post Why it’s not surprising to see nine-figure AI rounds appeared first on Black Turtle Diginovation Pvt Ltd ..read more

In the second episode of our new podcast Found, our guest is Brie Code. Code is the founder and CEO of TRU LUV, a startup based out of Toronto that has its roots in the game industry, but that is taking a radically different approach to designing interactive … The post How one founder build a startup around compassion and care facilitated by AI appeared first on Black Turtle Diginovation Pvt Ltd ..read more

At TechCrunch’s Detroit City Spotlight this week, I sat down with Rae Witte, the journalist behind the StockX EC-1. TechCrunch’s EC-1 push allows individual authors to go deep on a particular company. And as StockX has been headquartered in Detroit since its … The post Hear how StockX brought the sneaker scene to Detroit appeared first on Black Turtle Diginovation Pvt Ltd ..read more

After months of shelter-in-place orders, widespread shutdowns and physical distancing, outdoors became the only location for safe socializing. The post Outdoor startups see supercharged growth during COVID-19 era appeared first on Black Turtle Diginovation Pvt Ltd ..read more

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consu… The post This Week in Apps: A surprising report on App Tracking, Apple event predictions, Instagram for kids appeared first on Black Turtle Diginovation Pvt Ltd ..read more

Squarespace is going public, Apple shares some music payment details and Twitter bans the founder of the right-wing media organization Project Veritas. This is your Daily Crunch for April 16, 2021. The big story: Squarespace files to go public Squarespace has… The post Daily Crunch: Squarespace files to go public appeared first on Black Turtle Diginovation Pvt Ltd ..read more