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Many VC funds, especially recent vintages, have failed to return money to their investors. Swiss VC firm Redalpine is one exception, and this largely explains why its newly announced $200 million seventh early-stage fund was oversubscribed, according to the firm. Redalpine Capital VII, or RAC VII, is already well under way to back 15 to…

Clockwise is changing up its interface with an AI-powered assistant called Prism that lets you manage calendar invites and scheduling with text prompts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. ​ Smart scheduling and calendar tool Clockwise is changing up its interface with an AI-powered assistant called Prism that lets you manage…

When we mention Boston Dynamics, there are probably two things that come to mind: cool robots and viral videos showing off what those robots can do. The latest video that the company shared with TechCrunch doesn’t disappoint on either front. It features the new Atlas humanoid robot dropping to the mat and doing a bunch…

Music streaming service Tidal has launched new features that let artists track royalties and manage their work on the platform. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. ​ Music streaming service Tidal has launched new features that let artists track royalties and manage the music they have songwriting credits for on the…

As twenty-something-year-old investors enter the venture landscape, they spot new trends that could become the next multibillion-dollar tech businesses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. ​ As twenty-something-year-old investors enter the venture landscape, they bring fresh vibes and spot new trends that could become the next multibillion-dollar tech businesses. Already, we…

While the rapid pace of funding has slowed, many fintechs are continuing to see growth and expand their teams. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. ​ The fintech segment, which saw massive growth during the pandemic and immediately after, has had a fairly rough 2024. But while the rapid pace of…

Shared e-scooter startup Beam Mobility has placed hundreds of extra “phantom” scooters on city streets in Australia and New Zealand to avoid paying vehicle registration fees to local governments, according to a two-part report from The Australian. Cities place caps on the number of vehicles operators can deploy to avoid saturating streets and sidewalks with…

Apple will unveil its iPhone 16 lineup on September 9, as the company has started sending out press invites on Monday for the upcoming event. The official announcement comes as previous reports had claimed that the event would take place on September 10. Apple is using the tagline “It’s Glowtime” for the event, which will…

Niantic is releasing a new version of its Scaniverse app to let users capture objects around them with more details. Scaniverse 4 will allow users to capture places and objects in 3D through a Gaussian splatting technique, which captures more data points about an object for accurate and rich representation with faster rendering. The company…

Limited partners selling their investment stakes in venture capital funds to other LPs on the secondary market is nothing new. But traditionally these transactions happen offline through an opaque network of brokers that could charge costly fees and prove prohibitive for certain LPs to participate. Palico is looking to change that. Paris-based Palico quietly got…