Monthly Archives: December 2022

Zoe, which went viral with its Covid-reporting app, raises $30M to track nutrition and health

Zoe, a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a popular — dare we say viral? — self-reporting Covid-19 app. Embraced both by consumers and researchers, it provided early data into how Covid-19 spread and the symptoms associated with the initial infection and its…

Web3 developer platform Fleek raises $25M led by Polychain Capital

Web3 developer platform Fleek has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Polychain Capital, the company shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Additional investors in the round include Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Protocol Labs, Arweave, North Island Ventures, Distributed Global, The LAO, and Argonautic Ventures. The startup is aiming to build an interface and…

3 easy ways to prevent Slack from taking over your day, according to its cofounder

Cal Henderson works from his home in San Francisco. Courtesy of Slack Cal Henderson, Slack’s cofounder and chief technology officer, works from home in San Francisco. He shared with Insider his tips to avoid getting overwhelmed while using the instant-messaging app. He said users should categorize channels by their importance to filter out less urgent…

BlackRock’s Larry Fink thinks most crypto companies will go out of business in the wake of FTX’s collapse

BlackRock’s Larry Fink. AP The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX will flush out most crypto firms, BlackRock’s Larry Fink said. “I actually believe most of the companies are not going to be around,” the CEO told the DealBook summit. FTX’s implosion has triggered layoffs and further bankruptcies in the struggling crypto sector. More crypto companies…