Flatfair, The 'Deposit-Free' Renting Platform, Raises $11M Led By Index Ventures

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Energy Vault raises $110 million from SoftBank Vision Fund as energy storage grabs headlines: Jonathan Shieber


Imagine a moving tower made of huge cement bricks weighing 35 metric tons. The movement of these massive blocks is powered by wind or solar power plants and as a way to store the energy those plants generate. Software controls the movement of the blocks autom…

Racial bias observed in hate speech detection algorithm from Google: Devin Coldewey


Understanding what makes something offensive or hurtful is difficult enough that many people can't figure it out, let alone AI systems. And people of color are frequently left out of AI training sets. So it's little surprise that Alphabet/Google-spawned Jigsa…

VMware says it's looking to acquire Pivotal: Frederic Lardinois


VMware today confirmed that it is in talks to acquire software development platform Pivotal Software, the service best known for commercializing the open-source Cloud Foundry platform. The proposed transaction would see VMware acquire all outstanding Pivotal …

TransferWise's debit card launches in Australia and New Zealand, with Singapore to follow: Catherine Shu


International money transfer startup TransferWise’s debit card is now available in Australia and New Zealand, with a Singapore launch expected by the end of this year as the company expands its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. TransferWise’s debit card, w…

Flatfair, the 'deposit-free' renting platform, raises $11M led by Index Ventures: Steve O'Hear


Flatfair, a London-based fintech that lets landlords offer “deposit-free” renting to tenants, has raised $11 million in funding. The Series A round is led by Index Ventures, with participation from Revolt Ventures, Adevinta, Greg Marsh (founder of Onefinestay…

Another day, another reversal in stock fortunes as recession fears grow: Jonathan Shieber


U.S. stock markets plummeted today as recession fears continue to grow. Yesterday’s good news about a reprieve on tariffs for U.S. consumer imports was undone by increasing concerns over economic indicators pointing to a potential global recession coming with…

Fantasy football startup Sleeper nabs VC funding to take on ESPN: Lucas Matney


Sleeper is looking to take on fantasy league apps from major players like ESPN and has amassed venture funding from Silicon Valley investors to take down them down. The Bay Area startup is aiming to treat a fantasy football league more like a social platform …

Audi e-tron becomes the first all-electric vehicle to earn IIHS top safety rating: Kirsten Korosec


The 2019 Audi e-tron has become the first battery-electric vehicle to earn a top safety rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an achievement that Tesla and other electric models like the Chevy Bolt have not been able to capture. Scoring an I…

Every TC Sessions: Enterprise 2019 ticket includes a free pass to Disrupt SF: Emma Comeau


Shout out to all the savvy enterprise software startuppers. Here’s a quick, two-part money-saving reminder. Part one: TC Sessions: Enterprise 2019 is right around the corner on September 5, and you have only two days left to buy an early-bird ticket and save …

WW launches Kurbo, a hotly debated 'healthy eating' app aimed at kids: Sarah Perez


Kurbo Health, a mobile weight loss solution designed to tackle childhood obesity which was acquired for $3 million by WW (the rebranded Weight Watchers), has now relaunched as Kurbo by WW — and not without some controversy. Pre-acquisition, the startup was fo…


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