Monese, the mobile current account banking app, expands to Europe: You wait all day for a multi-currency account and three come along at once. Give or take a month or so, that’s appears to be the case shares.ly/lf8#Europe#Startups#TC#monese
Diffblue, a University of Oxford spin-out, raises $22M Series A to bring AI to software development: The U.K.’s Oxford University continues to be a hotbed of AI talent, fuelling not just shares.ly/Gri#Europe#FundingsAndExits#Startups#TC
Instacart CMO Cheryl Law is no longer at the company: Instacart CMO Cheryl Law is no longer at the company, Techcrunch has learned.
Instacart confirmed the departure. We were tipped off shares.ly/WHf#Mobile#Startups#TC#Instacart#WholeFoods
Medical bill advocacy startup Better pledges all of its revenue towards relieving medical debt: Put aside whatever shred of healthcare decency the Senate happens to be ripping out at the moment shares.ly/7bS#Apps#Finance#Health#Startups#TC
Let’s meet in Warsaw: Just in time for Disrupt SF I’d like to invite you all to a micro meet-up in Warsaw on July 4. We’ll be holding it at Campus Warsaw, 33C Ząbkowska, 03-736 shares.ly/tYw#Europe#Startups#TC#DisruptSf#meetup
Infarm wants to put a farm in every grocery store: To paraphrase science fiction writer William Gibson, the farm of the future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed. Read shares.ly/R5A#Europe#FundingsAndExits#Startups#TC#Infarm
Plaid puts out a “request for startups” in nine underserved fintech sectors: Plaid wants to make it easier for financial services companies to serve consumers and businesses, but it sees shares.ly/HuL#Apps#Finance#Startups#TC#Plaid
Anki’s Cozmo gets a free update aimed at helping kids learn to code: You can’t throw a rock without hitting a coding toy these days. In just the last couple of weeks both Apple and Sony shares.ly/KTP#Hardware#Robotics#Startups#Anki#Cozmo
OMG Digital, the “BuzzFeed of Africa,” raises a seed round of $1.1M: OMG Digital, the Ghana-based media startup dubbed the “BuzzFeed of Africa,” announced today that it has raised $1.1 shares.ly/T1D#FundingsAndExits#Media#Startups#TC
Tesco launches one-hour grocery deliveries in London, powered by Quiqup: The grocery delivery wars look set to get cooking… UK supermarket chain Tesco has announced the launch today of a shares.ly/BbG#Apps#eCommerce#Europe#Food#Startups
Company builder Entrepreneur First hires ex-Yahoo and Googler as new London head: In a recent conversation I had with a London VC, the topic of Entrepreneur First came up, as we compared notes shares.ly/Ui9#Europe#Startups#TC#EntrepreneurFirst
Reverso now lets you translate words using your voice: Dictionary app Reverso is getting a major update with a focus on voice features. In particular, you can now say a phrase to translate shares.ly/nV9#Apps#Europe#Startups#TC#ReversoContext
Starling Bank passports to Europe, first stop Ireland: London-based Starling Bank is continuing to gather momentum. After a staggered launch of its current account kicked off in March, the digital-only bank is shares.ly/tEY#Europe#Startups#TC
TechCrunch Tel Aviv Pitch-Off: Here are your startups and judges!: On June 28 in Tel Aviv, we’re hosting the TechCrunch Meetup Pitch-Off in Tel Aviv — and it’s gonna be a blast! We have a great shares.ly/gMb#Europe#Events#Startups#TC
Houzz raises a huge $400M round at a $4B valuation: If you ask investors in Silicon Valley about Houzz — an app where you browse ridiculously nice homes and check out interesting interior design shares.ly/37R#Apps#Mobile#Startups#TC#Houzz