Ingrid Lunden

Europe Editor, TechCrunch

Ingrid is a writer and editor for TechCrunch, joining February 2012, based out of London.

Before TechCrunch, Ingrid worked at paidContent.org, where she was a staff writer, and has in the past also written freelance regularly for other publications such as the Financial Times. Ingrid covers mobile, digital media, advertising and the spaces where these intersect.

When it comes to work, she feels most comfortable speaking in English but can also speak Russian, Spanish and French (in descending order of competence).

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Latest from Ingrid Lunden

SoundHound, an AI company that makes voice interface tech used by car companies, restaurants and tech firms, is doubling down on enterprise services by playing consolidator in a crowded market.…

SoundHound acquires Amelia AI for $80M after it raised $189M+

Cybersecurity remains a white-hot space for investors. In the latest example of that demand, EQT has bought a majority stake in Acronis, a security company that specializes in data protection,…

EQT takes a majority stake in cybersecurity firm Acronis at $3.5B+ valuation

Sources with knowledge of the deal said it was an all-stock transaction that valued Good Eggs slightly above its previous valuation of $22 million.

GrubMarket has acquired Good Eggs

Quantum computing may still largely be in the theoretical domain, but the money that it’s attracting is very real.

UK’s Riverlane scores $75M to correct quantum errors

A startup developing AI market research based on location data, and backed by a who’s who, has quietly raised, TechCrunch has learned.

Placer.ai boosts valuation to $1.5B after quietly raising another $75M

Women’s health tech, which leverages innovations in AI, smartphones and connected wearables to give women more insights into reproductive and menstrual health, continues to gain momentum with users, and investors…

Fertility tracking app Flo Health raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation

Sennder is acquiring the European ground transportation assets of logistics giant C.H. Robinson.

Sennder buys CH Robinson’s European business

The startup is not disclosing its valuation, but sources close to the company say the figure is just under $400 million post-money.

Dazz snaps up $50M for AI-based, automated cloud security remediation

Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years. One of the main reasons it has become the gift…

Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is in advanced talks to acquire Wiz for $23 billion, a person close to the company told TechCrunch. The deal discussions were previously reported by The…

Google’s Kurian approached Wiz, $23B deal could take a week to land, source says

The salad days of fresh grocery delivery startups are over, but those that have stayed the course, and built businesses that are seeing gains, are still here and hungry for…

Rohlik rolls up $170M to expand in European grocery delivery and sell its tech to others

These days, when you hear about students and generative AI, chances are that you’re getting a taste of the debate over the adoption of tools like ChatGPT. Are they a…

Will AI get an A+ in edtech? MagicSchool raises $15M to find out

Sometimes the most successful startup ideas come from people building tools to solve their own needs. Such was the case with Dafydd Stuttard, a security expert who goes by Daf. …

PortSwigger, the company behind the Burp Suite of security testing tools, swallows $112M

Securing cloud services remains a challenge for enterprises. That’s why several companies have been working on security solutions that specifically address that need. In the latest example of that, Odaseva…

Odaseva raises $54M to secure Salesforce users

CData builds connectors that enterprises can use to stitch together data from different sources – and locations, not just in the cloud – more easily.

CData, which helps orgs use data across apps and build AI models, snaps up $350M

The Swiss startup has closed out its Series D at $116 million, which it will use to double down on working with companies operating in Asia and the U.S.

SkyCell nabs $59M more for its greener smart pharma transport containers

TechWolf has built an AI engine that ingests data from internal workflows to learn about the people doing that work.

TechWolf raises $43M to take an AI-sized bite out of the internal recruiting game

Paris has quickly established itself as a major European center for AI startups, and now another big deal is in the works.

Poolside is raising $400M+ at a $2B valuation to build a supercharged coding co-pilot

Active Directory, the Microsoft directory service for connecting users with network resources, is used by more than 90% of all Fortune 1000 companies and many more besides. So it’s no…

Semperis, a specialist in Active Directory security now worth more than $1B, raises $125M

Malicious hacking is getting increasingly sophisticated, and that’s leading to a very clear trend in security technology. To keep people and organizations safe, security also has to continue improving.  Security…

PQShield secures $37M more for ‘quantum resistant’ cryptography

Like it or hate it, artificial intelligence — especially generative AI — is the technology story of 2024. OpenAI, with its rollouts of viral services like ChatGPT and billions in…

France leads the pack for generative AI funding in Europe

Finbourne, founded out of London’s financial center, has built a platform to help financial companies organize and use more of their data in AI and other models.

Finbourne taps $70M for tech that turns financial data dust into AI gold 

Finaloop’s solution is a platform that uses automation in the background to track transactions covering three different functions in one.

From sperm freezing to accounting tools, Finaloop scores $35M to solve e-commerce retailers’ bookkeeping headaches

After announcing a strategic partnership with SoftBank in April, Perplexity — the AI search engine that has ambitions to take on Google — is now using the deal to expand…

Perplexity AI searches for users in Japan, via SoftBank deal

LinkedIn is launching new AI tools to help you look for jobs, write cover letters and job applications, personalize learning, and a new search experience.

LinkedIn leans on AI to do the work of job hunting

AccountsIQ, a Dublin-founded accounting technology company, has raised $65 million to build “the finance function of the future” for midsized companies.

AccountsIQ takes in $65M to boost bookkeeping with AI

Black Semiconductor, which is developing a chip-connecting technology based on graphene, has raised $273M in a combination of private and public funding. 

Black Semiconductor nabs $273M in Germany to supercharge how chips work together

The British retailers association also takes aim at Amazon’s “Buy Box,” claiming that Amazon manipulated which retailers were selected for the coveted placement.

Amazon slammed with £1.1B data abuse lawsuit from UK retailers

There’s a lot of buzz about generative AI and what impact it might have on businesses. But look beyond the hype and high-profile deals like the one between OpenAI and…

Sirion, now valued around $1B, acquires Eigen as consolidation comes to enterprise AI tooling

The startup targets the middle ground between platforms that offer rigid templates, and those that facilitate a full-control approach.

Storyblok raises $80M to add more AI to its ‘headless’ CMS aimed at non-technical people