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Used car site Vroom is raising $ 70M six months after a big round of layoffs
TechCrunch The startup wants to make the process of buying a used car as easy as ordering a pizza. With more than 3,000 cars for sale on the site, Vroom delivers directly to its customers' doorsteps. Since it was founded in 2013, Vroom has brought in $ 320 million … |
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India’s Cashify raises $12M for its second-hand smartphone business – TechCrunch
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India's Cashify raises $ 12M for its second-hand smartphone business
TechCrunch Chinese funds CDH Investments and Morningside led the round, which included participation from Aihuishou, a China-based startup that sells used electronics in a similar way to Cashify and has raised more than $ 120 million. Existing investors, including … |
Blinkist raises $18.8M for its condensed reading platform for non-fiction books – TechCrunch
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Blinkist raises $ 18.8M for its condensed reading platform for non-fiction books
TechCrunch “Everyone likes to make the comparison to Cliffs Notes,” he said, referring to those yellow-covered books that many a student in the US used and uses to work around reading turgid texts, or at least to help understand them. Although Blinkist lacks … |
Used car site Vroom lays off staff, 25%-50% says source, as it halts Dallas and Indiana operations – TechCrunch
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Used car site Vroom lays off staff, 25%-50% says source, as it halts Dallas and Indiana operations
TechCrunch Vroom, an on-demand car buying and selling startup that has raised over $ 300 million in venture funding, has hit a bump in the road. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that the company has laid off a sizeable proportion of its staff — in line with a … |
InstaCarro raises $22 million to tackle Brazil’s $50 billion used-car market – TechCrunch
InstaCarro raises $ 22 million to tackle Brazil's $ 50 billion used–car market
TechCrunch InstaCarro, a Brazilian-based marketplace for buying and selling used cars, has raised a whopping $ 22 million in its first institutional round of venture financing. One of the largest early-stage investments for a Brazilian startup, the new financing … |
The White House wants to ban cell phones, citing security risk – TechCrunch
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The White House wants to ban cell phones, citing security risk TechCrunch The Donald can't seem to keep his hands off the phone while in the White House, but the same rules may not apply to his staff in the near future. The White House is mulling a personal cell phone ban for employees and possibly visitors, citing … Trump administration reportedly considers White House-wide ban … White House May Ban Personal Cell Phone Use Even Though |