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Go-Jek buys three startups to advance its mobile payment business
Go-Jek, the company leading Uber and Grab in Southeast Asia’s largest market, has bagged a hattrick of deals to advance its mobile payment strategy. Indonesia-based Go-Jek revealed it has acquired offline payment firm Kartuku, payment gateway Midtrans and payment and lending network Mapan for undisclosed sums. Together, the trio process $5 billion in payment across cards and… Read More
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Crunch Report | FCC Kills Net Neutrality
The FCC kills net neutrality, Snapchat launches Lens Studio and Squarespace reportedly raises $200 million. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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The difference between good and bad Facebooking
“Social media” is a clumsy term that entangles enriching social interaction with mindless media consumption. It’s a double-edged sword whose sides aren’t properly distinguished. Taken as a whole, we can’t decide if it “brings the world closer together” like Facebook’s new mission statement says, or leaves us depressed and isolated. Read More
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With just one day left in open enrollment, companies turn to Stride Health for help
The compressed timelines of this year’s open enrollment period for government-mandated healthcare have left some companies in the lurch, and as the final hours to enroll tick by, they’ve turned to the startup company Stride Health for help. Stride manages a number of different tax and healthcare-related information for customers. Read More
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What telecoms and tech companies are saying about the FCC’s net neutrality decision
The FCC just voted to eliminate the net neutrality rules established by 2015’s Open Internet Order. Here’s what has been said so far. We’re still waiting to hear from others and we’ll update this list as we do. Read More
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Apple launches its podcast analytics service into beta
At WWDC this year, Apple announced it would soon offer its own podcast analytics service for show creators who publish on Apple Podcasts. Today, that service has launched into beta, offering podcasters the ability to track unique devices and playback metrics for their podcasts, including when listeners drop off in the middle of a show. This sort of client-side data is something podcasters… Read More
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Y Combinator is zeroing in on bigger, breakaway companies with a new growth-stage program
Y Combinator funds a lot of companies, but there’s always more it could be doing, said its president, Sam Altman. Altman added that YC is “always slightly broken, because we’re always trying to grow; we’re always trying to do new things.” Today, the outfit is taking the wraps off a new growth-stage program designed to help both YC companies and non-YC companies… Read More
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Uber investor Shervin Pishevar resigns from Sherpa Capital
Hyperloop One co-founder and early Uber investor Shervin Pishevar has announced his resignation from Sherpa Capital, the venture capital firm he co-founded, following sexual misconduct allegations. “I have decided on my own accord to end my association with Sherpa Capital, effective immediately,” Pishevar tweeted, as part of a lengthy statement. Read More
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A timeline of the FCC’s quest to destroy net neutrality
The FCC voted today to roll back the strong net neutrality rules established under the Obama administration in 2015. It’s distressing but at this point no longer surprising — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and his partisan pals have been working essentially since the election to accomplish this dubious goal. Here’s how it all went down over the last year. Read More
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Edge Mobile Payments buys what’s left of Plastc in hopes that there’s still life left in smart cards
The death of Plastc back in April looked to many like the final nail in the smart card coffin. After all, the news came only a few months after the space’s other big player, Coin, called it quits. Of course, the loss of Coin wasn’t totally in vain — the company was ultimately purchased by Fitbit. Now Plastc is getting a second lease on life of sorts. Read More
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Apple Maps gets indoor mapping for more than 30 airports
As of this morning, Apple Maps has expanded to include indoor layouts of 30 airports across the globe. The company has primarily hit American cities thus far, covering what looks to be most of the big cities across the contiguous U.S. There are some key international airports, as well, including Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Geneva, London, Berlin and a handful of Canadian locations. Read More
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New York attorney general announces a multi-state lawsuit challenging the net neutrality vote
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a leading voice in the fight against the FCC’s net neutrality rules repeal, has stepped forward with one of the first legal challenges to the commission’s controversial vote. Read More
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Chromecast is back on Amazon
Amazon will once again allow sales of Apple TV and Google Chromecast on its site, after banning them two years ago in an effort to promote its own Fire TV hardware to online shoppers. The addition of Apple TV is not surprising – Amazon and Apple came to an agreement earlier this year that included the launch of the Amazon Prime Video app for Apple TV, and the return of the Apple TV… Read More
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Taylor Swift’s new app, The Swift Life, is out now
In the midst of an reputational makeover, Taylor Swift is debuting a brand new app called The Swift Life. The app is a dedicated social network for Swift’s fans, letting them communicate with each other as well as get exclusive pictures, video, news and more direct from T-Swift herself. And they can communicate with Swift, too. Using an ‘extremely rare and valuable… Read More
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The FCC just repealed net neutrality. What happens next?
The FCC voted this morning 3:2 to nullify 2015’s Open Internet Order and its strong net neutrality rules, substituting a flimsy replacement with a deeply (and deliberately) incorrect technical justification. The battle is lost. What of the war? Here’s what happens next, and what you can do to help. Read More
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Google AI helped find the first solar system outside our own with 8 planets
Google and NASA today announced the discovery of a new planet in solar system Kepler 90, achieved using machine learning. By applying neural networking to Kepler data, scientists have found, for the first time, an eighth planet in the Kepler-90 system – this ties the Kepler-90 system with our own system for the most planets in any known system. Kepler-90 i is the new planet discovered… Read More
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The FCC officially votes to kill net neutrality
Despite overwhelming opposition from Congress, technical experts, advocacy organizations and, of course, the American people, the FCC has voted to eliminate 2015’s Open Internet Order and the net neutrality protections it established. The order passed today, “Restoring Internet Freedom,” essentially removes the FCC as a regulator of the broadband industry. Read More
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A new version of Mixer, Microsoft’s Twitch rival, hits iOS and Android
Microsoft today is officially launching a new version of its Mixer mobile gameplay streaming app, its Twitch rival. The app, which is initially available on Android with iOS arriving soon, was first introduced into beta testing this fall, with a focus on improvements to its overall user experience, content discovery, performance and personalization features. For example, the beta build… Read More
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Squarespace reportedly raises about $200 million at a $1.7 billion valuation
Squarespace, the 14-year-old platform that makes it easy for essentially anyone to build their own website, is raising about $200 million from General Atlantic, valuing the company at a $1.7 billion valuation, Bloomberg reports. The plan with the funding is to buy stock from early employees and investors, giving them a way to cash out if they’re not trying to wait around for an IPO. Read More
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Squarespace
- $200M
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: internet, content, software, web design, blogging platforms
- Investors: General Atlantic
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Washington State University
- $10M
- HQ: Pullman, Washington
- Categories: universities
- Investors: Not available
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Ginkgo Bioworks
- $275M
- HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: health care, medical, biotechnology
- Investors: Y Combinator, Viking Global Investors, General Atlantic, Cascade Investment ... See More
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True.
- 6.5M GBP
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: venture capital, finance
- Investors: Not available
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Leadspace
- $21M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: b2b, lead generation, marketing automation, saas, marketing, artificial ... See More
- Investors: JVP, Arrowroot Capital
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Teabox
- $7.0M
- HQ: Darjeeling, West Bengal
- Categories: food and beverage, tea, e-commerce
- Investors: DBS Bank, Accel Partners, RB Investments
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InSightec
- $150M
- HQ: Dallas, Texas
- Categories: health care, medical device, therapeutics
- Investors: Koch Industries
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ABILITY Network
- $545M
- HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Categories: medical, hospital, health care
- Investors: Not available
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Hashplay Inc.
- $1.1M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: internet, virtual reality, data visualization, mobile
- Investors: Metatron Global, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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homelane
- $10M
- HQ: Bangalore, Karnataka
- Categories: interior design, internet, manufacturing
- Investors: Accel Partners, RB Investments, Sequoia Capital
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Instana
- $20M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: analytics, machine learning, enterprise software
- Investors: Accel Partners, Target Partners
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Vaxess Technologies
- $1.5M
- HQ: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Categories: health care, biotechnology
- Investors: National Institutes of Health
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Splice
- $35M
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: media and entertainment, collaboration, music
- Investors: Union Square Ventures, True Ventures, DFJ Growth
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Airwallex
- $6.0M
- HQ: Melbourne, Victoria
- Categories: financial services, finance, payments
- Investors: MasterCard, Tencent Holdings, Sequoia Capital, Square Peg Capital
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Habidatum
- Not available
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: software, architecture, data mining, risk management, transportation, data ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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Mr Jeff
- $500K
- HQ: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana
- Categories: mobile apps, online portals, laundry and dry-cleaning
- Investors: AddVenture
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Sirin Labs
- $100M
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: mobile devices, privacy, manufacturing, mobile, security
- Investors: Not available
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Reformation
- $25M
- HQ: Los Angeles, California
- Categories: e-commerce, manufacturing, fashion
- Investors: 14W, Stripes Group, Imaginary Ventures
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Aiva Technologies
- 650K EUR
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Kima Ventures, Undisclosed Investor
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Paddle
- $12M
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: analytics, internet, apps, software, payments
- Investors: MacPaw, BGF Ventures, Kindred, Notion Capital
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Whoosnap
- 1.3M EUR
- HQ: Roma, Lazio
- Categories: mobile, crowdsourcing, photography, insurance, journalism, news
- Investors: SAF Financial, FocusFuturo, LVenture Group
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Finiata
- 10M EUR
- HQ: Berlin, Berlin
- Categories: payments, internet, lending, finance, software
- Investors: Fly Ventures, Redalpine Venture Partners, Enern, DN Capital, Kulczyk ... See More
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Labs64 NetLicensing
- 400K EUR
- HQ: Munich, Bayern
- Categories: software, saas, enterprise software, information technology, information ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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BitCAD
- Not available
- HQ: Walnut, California
- Categories: security, fintech, cryptocurrency, biometrics
- Investors: Not available
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bNesis
- 400K EUR
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: marketplace, saas, developer apis, paas, mobile apps
- Investors: bValue Venture Capital, speedupgroup
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Fergus Software
- $3.5M
- HQ: Sydney, New South Wales
- Categories: apps, home services, service industry, professional services
- Investors: Microequities
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Frontera
- Not available
- HQ: Singapore, Central Region
- Categories: venture capital, business intelligence, emerging markets, angel investment ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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MoveInCat
- $21K
- HQ: Opole, Opolskie
- Categories: marketplace, rental property, real estate, hospitality
- Investors: Not available
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SingularityNET
- Not available
- HQ: Zürich, Zurich
- Categories: software
- Investors: Not available
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