Subscribe here to receive TechCrunch's top stories and the roundup delivered straight to your inbox each day at 3:00 PDT.Welcome to Daily Crunch, July 27, 2021. Today is a great day, not only because the U.S. national women's soccer team will be competing in the Olympics quarterfinals (shoutout to Gothams Carli Lloyd!) This is because Danny Crichton published an incredibly fascinating EC-1 digging into RapidSOS. Danny has written extensively before about disaster tech. This is a growing industry in the current climate. Okay, let's get to the tech news! AlexTechCrunch Top 3China's regulatory changes have impacted Edtech, On-Demand and Music-Streaming Businesses in China. Natasha Mascarenhas looked into the edtech market and asked investors where they would invest in the future. It seems that China may soon lose its position as the center of the edtech universe.After China's recent regulatory changes, the dust is still settling. Natasha Mascarenhas looked into the edtech market and asked investors where they would invest in the future. It seems that China may soon lose its position as the global edtech hub. Africa's growing startup ecosystem: TechCrunchs ongoing dive into Q2 venture capital markets is now over, but we didn't stop looking at the African startup market. This is a rapidly expanding space that is drawing more media and investor attention. There have been some big exits. Despite the fact that capital raised by African startups has been growing quickly, there are still some gaps. Lets see if investors pounce.TechCrunch's long-running investigation into Q2 venture capital markets is over. But we didn't stop there. We also explored the African startup market. This growing market attracts more media and investor attention. There have been some big exits. Despite the fact that capital raised by African startups has been growing quickly, there are still some gaps. Lets see if investors pounce. No-code is still very hot. If you want to have an unusual day on Twitter, you can tweet that you don't like the concept of no-code. People who disagree with you will leave many comments. Investor interest reflects this passion among the hoi-poloi. According to our reporting, the Bubble funding round closed with a $100 million round. This will allow anyone to build modern web applications using a click and drag interface that connects data sources.Startups/VCLet's talk stock, today's startup note. Startup shares are exactly that. Investors tend to get preferred shares because they have the ability to demand higher equity since they bring capital. Common stock is often given to founders and staff. This is, however, not as desirable as it sounds. Pillar VC, a Boston venture capital firm, buys common stock as part of its investments. Jamie Goldstein, one of the investors, wrote an essay about what he learned during that process for TechCrunch. It's well worth reading.Before we move on to funding rounds, NowRx CEO Cary Breese and co-founder of NowRx wrote an opinion piece for TechCrunch about the delivery market. It is also worth your time, considering how much money is being funnelled into instant grocery startups.$200M for sensors to be sold as a service. That's the latest from Wiliot. It has just received a lot of SoftBank Vision Fund 2, money to help it turn its ultra-thin and lightweight processor, which runs on ambient power, into a service it can offer to other companies. It's very cool.This is the Wiliot news. It has just received a lot of SoftBank Vision Fund 2, money to help it turn its ultra-thin and light processor, which runs on ambient power, into a service that can be sold to other people. It's very cool. The latest crypto unicorn is Fireblocks, which has raised $310 million to make it worth $2.2 billion. What is it doing? What does it do?With its new round of $310 million, Its Fireblocks is now worth $2.2 Billion. What is it doing? What does it do? Accel puts $100M in more 1Password: Accel is back, again putting large checks into self-sustaining businesses. This time it's a double down for 1Password. 1Password is a software service that allows individuals and businesses to create and manage supersecure passwords. The company is competing with LastPass and other companies. The company now has a value of $2 billion, and it recently reached the $120 million milestone in ARR. This is quite impressive, even though the multiple of revenue suggests that the company is not growing at startup speed. (What about an S-1? Who isn't?Accel is back, again putting large checks into self-sustaining businesses. This time, Accel doubled down on 1Password. 1Password is a software service that allows individuals and businesses to create and manage highly secure passwords. The company is competing with LastPass and other companies. The company now has a value of $2 billion, and it recently reached the $120 million milestone in ARR. This is quite impressive, even though the multiple of revenue suggests that the company is not growing at startup speed. (How about an S-1?) Are you interested? Oova is a startup that wants to help couples conceive. It just raised $1.2 million to help individuals determine their optimal fertility window and give information to their healthcare provider to confirm ovulation. There are two types of people in the world. There are two types of people in the world: those who haven't dealt with fertility-related problems and those who have. Oonas new kit and goals for the latter group are great news.RapidSOS EC-1One estimate states that Americans make 240 million 911 calls annually.Although it sounds simple to send emergency services to the right place, each call goes through one of the thousands of public safety answering points (PSAPs).Each 911 center is unique and each one serves a different community, according to Karin Marquez (senior director of public safety at RapidSOS).A PSAP serving New York City is a 450,000 square-foot blast-resistant cube on nine acres. But there are agencies in rural America with one person who works 24/7 and can answer three calls per day.RapidSOS was founded eight years ago and processes over 150 million emergency calls each year across 5,000 PSAPs. RapidSOS' technology allows call centers to integrate requests from mobile phones, landlines, and IoT devices.Its technology is almost certain to be integrated into your smartphone and many other devices, writes Danny Crichton, Managing Editor. He explains this in a series of four parts that examines the company's history:Part 1: Why a consumer app company turned towards govtech and integrated technology services for device companies.Part 2: RapidSOS' pivot and the reasons its current business model is so successful.Part 3: RapidSOS created dozens of partnerships between individuals and corporations to transform 911 services.Part 4: The future of RapidSOS and 911 in the light of limited infrastructure funding.RapidSOS has a lot of signed partnerships. Danny, the original author, said that he had never seen a company like it.It has closed many partnerships and business development agreements with some of the most prominent names in tech. How did it do it? 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