News aggregator SmartNews raises $230 million, valuing its business at $2 billion – TechCrunch techcrunch.com SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that’s grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Appl...

Zoom's live captioning feature will soon work with 30 languages | Engadget engadget.com Zoom held its annual Zoomtoopia conference today, providing a glimpse at some of the features it’s working on bringing to its video conferencing software.....

Forbes Asia 100 To Watch forbes.com From underwater drones to satellite propulsion systems and everything in between, the inaugural Forbes Asia 100 to Watch list spotlights notable small companies...

TrueLayer nabs $130M at a $1B+ valuation as open banking rises as a viable option to card networks – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Open banking — a disruptive technology that seeks to bypass the dominance of card networks and other traditional financial rails by letting banks open the...

What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Venture funding for entrepreneurs of color remains elusive, but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system....

Proptech Startup Funding Is Breaking Real Estate Industry Records In 2021 finance.yahoo.com The real estate industry has been one of the slowest adopters of technology, while other industries in the financial world have been embracing it to provide mor...