Classplus raises $9M to grow its Shopify-like platform for teachers and coaching centers in India

An India-based startup that has built a Shopify-like platform for coaching centers to accept fees digitally from students, and deliver classes and study material online has received the nod — and capital — from a number of high-profile investors. The business-to-business startup, called Classplus, said […]

Tech for good during COVID-19: Sky-high gifts, extra help, and chips

When Roger Lee, the co-founder of Human Interest, heard that San Francisco imposed shelter-in-place orders, he started blogging about layoff news and posting crowdsourced lists of employees who were laid off. His goal was to increase awareness about layoffs and give recruiters a place to […]

“Partigiano coronavirus, viva l’Italia fascista”: le scritte della vergogna contro i martiri della Resistenza nel Milanese

A pochi giorni dal 75esimo anniversario della Liberazione riprendono le provocazioni neofasciste. Dopo il furto della corona di alloro per il partigiano Ciocca in via Palmieri a Milano, scritte contro la Resistenza e inneggianti al fascismo sono apparse a Gorgonzola. Le scritte contro i partigiani sono […]

Startups Weekly: SaaS companies should target burn to match ARR during pandemic

[Editor’s note: Get this weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use every Saturday morning by email (7am PT). Just subscribe here.]  How well is SaaS overcoming business impacts of the pandemic? First, there’s no negative impact on the revenues of big cloud […]