Architects and Builders Turning to Robots

Some posts from Tech Crunch

• Uber prices IPO at $44-50, to raise $7.9-9B, PayPal takes $500M stake in strategic partnership April 26, 2019
  Uber filed an updated S-1 today where it announced that it would be pricing its initial public offering at $44-50 per share. Selling 180,000,000 common shares, it plans to raise between $7.9 billion and $9 billion ahead of its public debut on the NYSE, valuing it at $84 billion — squarely in the middle of […]
• China’s Ctrip now owns half of India’s MakeMyTrip following share swap with Naspers April 26, 2019
  China’s Ctrip, the world’s second largest online travel company, is doubling down on India after it announced a deal to increase its ownership of travel company MakeMyTrip to nearly half. Ctrip will boost its ownership of MakeMyTrip, which is listed on the Nasdaq like Ctrip, to 49 percent through an exchange deal that sees Naspers, the […]
• Wheely raises $15 million for its luxury ride-hailing app April 26, 2019
  London-based startup Wheely has raised a $15 million Series B round led by Concentric with Oleg Tscheltzoff, Misha Sokolov and other investors also participating. The company wants to build an Uber competitor focused on the luxury market. It’s a bit ironic when you think about it as Uber started as a luxury company. But everybody […]
• RosieReality, a Swiss startup using AR to get kids interested in robotics and programming, scores £2.2M seed April 26, 2019
  RosieReality, a startup out of Zürich developing consumer augmented reality experiences, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding led by RedAlpine. Other backers include Shasta Ventures, Atomico Partners Mattias Ljungman and Siraj Khaliq (both of whom invested in a personal capacity), and Akatsuki Entertainment Fund. Founded in early 2018, RosieReality’s first AR experience is designed […]
• FT parent Nikkei confirms it has acquired new media startup Deal Street Asia April 26, 2019
  It’s official: Nikkei, the Japanese media firm that owns the FT, has confirmed that it has acquired Singapore-based new media startup Deal Street Asia. (The Nikkei announcement is buried behind a paywall — make of that what you will!) The deal is undisclosed, but the announcement does confirm a TechCrunch report from last month which […]