Last call to register for today’s filming of TechCrunch Live with Persona and Index Ventures

Identity management used to mean making sure you had your drivers license when you left the house, but these days it’s not so easy: identity fundamentally underpins how we engage with the digital world, and identity services can take on many forms (and abuses). Now things are getting even more interesting: the big advances we’re […]

Last call to register for today’s filming of TechCrunch Live with Persona and Index Ventures by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Persona and Index Ventures talk identity, and identifying a good deal

Identity management used to mean making sure you had your driver’s license when you left the house, but these days it’s not so easy: Identity fundamentally underpins how we engage with the digital world, and identity services can take on many forms (and, unfortunately, abuses). I’m excited to host a TechCrunch Live event with Persona […]

Persona and Index Ventures talk identity, and identifying a good deal by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

Covariant’s robotic picking AI nabs another $75M

I took a deep dive with Covariant co-founder and CEO Peter Chen at ProMat the other week. The timing was either perfect or terrible depending on who you ask. I’m sure the startup’s comms people are thrilled that I’m writing a follow-up a week later on the occasion of a new funding round. Regardless, $75 […]

Covariant’s robotic picking AI nabs another $75M by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

This is fintech’s ‘Noah’s Ark Year’

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and unpack the rest. Mary Ann is taking over while Natasha attends a summit in […]

This is fintech’s ‘Noah’s Ark Year’ by Theresa Loconsolo originally published on TechCrunch

Index Ventures announces Index Origin II, a €290 million Seed Fund designed for extraordinary entrepreneurs

Today London-based Index Ventures has just announced a new Seed Fund. This is the second dedicated seed fund after the launch the initial $200 million Origin fund last year; increasing the size of Index’s seed fund by 50%. Index Origin II, a €290 million Seed Fund designed for extraordinary entrepreneurs has just been unveiled. Index second […]

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Hebbia raises $30M to launch an AI-powered document search tool

Hebbia, a startup developing AI-infused search tools, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures with participation from Radical Ventures. Of note, among the investors was Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang (full disclosure: Yahoo! is TechCrunch’s parent company) and Raquel Urtasun, a former head of AI research at […]

Hebbia raises $30M to launch an AI-powered document search tool by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch