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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Thrasio, which raised $3B+ in equity and debt to acquire third-party Amazon sellers, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and secures $90M in emergency funding — Thrasio, the U.S. start-up that raised billions of dollars and popularized the concept of e-commerce aggregation … Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Thrasio, which raised $3B+ in equity and debt to acquire third-party Amazon sellers, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and secures $90M in emergency funding …

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Stuttgart-based Instagrid, which uses software to boost its 20kg portable batteries, raised a $95M Series C led by TVG at a $400M to $500M post-money valuation — Energy supply is one of the bigger issues impacting how technology will evolve over time — a challenge that might be feel closer … Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Stuttgart-based Instagrid, which uses software to boost its 20kg portable batteries, raised a $95M Series C led by TVG at a $400M to $500M…

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Germany-based Neura Robotics, which builds collaborative robots with cognitive capabilities that can work with humans in complex environments, raised $55M — Neura Robotics, a German startup that since 2019 has been building cognitive robots — machines that possess memory … Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Germany-based Neura Robotics, which builds collaborative robots with cognitive capabilities that can work with humans in complex environments, raised…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeYou’re not going out of your mind,” a detective tells Ingrid Bergman’s Paula in the climactic moments of the 1944 film Gaslight. “You’re slowly and systematically being driven out of your mind.” Seventy-eight years later, the term “gaslighting” has been used in a published High Court judgement for the first time ever, after a woman’s abusive partner gradually convinced her she had…

Credit: Star Thrower Entertainment Earlier today, the Marvel and Parks and Recreation-loving corner of the internet imploded upon the news that none other than Aubrey Plaza would be making her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the upcoming WandaVision follow-up, Agatha: Coven of Chaos. This led to some connecting of dots which could lead to a well-needed on-screen reunion between Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen, and it isn’t overly far-fetched. Plaza will be appearing in a witch-themed Marvel property – so it’s…

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based Entrepreneur First, which invests in nascent startups, connects co-founders, and offers other support, has raised a $158M Series C — Entrepreneur First made a name for itself a decade ago in its home base of London, and then further afield, for the novel approach it takes to tech investing … Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based Entrepreneur First, which invests in nascent startups, connects co-founders, and offers other support, has raised a…

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Mountain View-based Sanas, which develops a call center voice AI that changes users' accents in real time, raised a $32M Series A led by Insight Partners — A startup called Sanas has built voice AI to change accents, now it's raised $32M from GV and others Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Mountain View-based Sanas, which develops a call center voice AI that changes users' accents in real time, raised a $32M Series A led by Insight Partners — A startup…

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Hourly, an app that lets businesses track working hours, generate payroll, and assign compensation insurance to hourly wage workers, raises a $27M Series A — We've seen a boom in the last several years around tech built for front-line, service, manual, and other workforces typically paid on an hourly wage. Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Hourly, an app that lets businesses track working hours, generate payroll, and assign compensation insurance to hourly wage workers,…

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Israel-based Seemplicity, which simplifies enterprise security threat monitoring, raises a $26M Series A and $6M seed — Cybersecurity continues to grow in complexity due to the ever-increasing threat landscape — more services in the cloud, more digital operations and more devices mean … Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Israel-based Seemplicity, which simplifies enterprise security threat monitoring, raises a $26M Series A and $6M seed — …