Coinbase boosts investment in India’s CoinDCX, valuing exchange at .45B

Coinbase boosts investment in India’s CoinDCX, valuing exchange at $2.45B

Coinbase has increased its investment in India’s CoinDCX, valuing the exchange at $2.45 billion post-money, as the U.S. crypto giant bets on the country’s digital-asset potential even as regulation remains unclear. The investment is an extension of CoinDCX’s previous funding round and is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, the companies said on…

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India’s Airbound bags .65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries

India’s Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries

Airbound, an Indian drone startup, has raised $8.65 million in seed funding led by Physical Intelligence co-founder Lachy Groom, as it begins a drone-delivery pilot with a private hospital and works toward one-cent delivery using its ultra-light, blended-wing-body aircraft. The seed round includes participation from Humba Ventures and Airbound’s existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, as…

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Only 5 days remain to book your exhibit table at Disrupt 2025

Only 5 days remain to book your exhibit table at Disrupt 2025

If you’ve been thinking about joining 10,000+ startup and VC leaders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco on October 27–29, the time to act is now. Lock in your place on the Expo floor, where ideas, capital, and connections collide.  As of now, there are only 7 exhibit tables available, and we expect them to sell out before the deadline. And yes, this is the same inventory your…

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The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 

The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 

Apart from antivirus apps, the cybersecurity industry has traditionally been business to business, with regular internet users left on their own to protect themselves. And older people, who did not grow up with the internet and smartphones, are perhaps the most vulnerable.  ZoraSafe, a startup founded by sisters Catherine Karow and Ellie King Karow wants…

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