Category: TC
Field Intelligence targets 11 African cities to expand its pharmacy inventory-management service
Pharmacies in Africa struggle with access to finance, but inventory management is really what bogs them down. How do pharmaceutical retailers know how much stock they need? How do they know which products to stock at a given time? How do they know what products aren’t selling? At the moment,…
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Patchwork Health raises £3.5M to fix the staff scheduling disaster inside stressed hospitals
The tyranny of the Excel spreadsheet continues, and especially in rostering staff. Nowhere is this more acutely felt in today’s COVID-pressured hospital wards, which are now depleted not just by the disease but by staff burnout from patchy-over or under-scheduling of staff hours. Two doctors realized this and decided to…
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Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital leads $20M investment in Brazilian healthcare startup Pipo Saude
Pipo Saude, a startup that developed a platform that sells and manages healthcare benefits for Brazilian companies, has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding. Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital led the round, marking the first time the New York-based venture firm has led an investment in a…
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Ivorian fintech Julaya raises $2M to digitize business payments in Francophone Africa
There are over 1 billion mobile money accounts globally. Africa leads the way in transaction value and volume thanks to M-Pesa, largely used in East Africa. Other regions across the continent are also growing fast. In 2019, West Africa reported the most live mobile money services in any region, with…
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Daily Crunch: No-code startup Bubble pops with $100 million Series A round
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for July 27, 2021. Today is a good day not only because the U.S. women’s national soccer team is heading to…
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Alphabet crushes Q2 earnings estimates as Google Cloud cuts losses, grows 54%
Today after the bell amidst a deluge of major technology company earnings reports, Alphabet reported its own second-quarter performance. The search-and-services company posted revenues of $61.9 billion in the June 30, 2021 quarter, net income of $18.5 billion, and earnings per share of $27.26. Those figures work out to top-line…
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