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Accel leads $21M investment in UK care home marketplace Lottie

The U.K. care home sector was pegged as £7.7 billion market in 2021, according to most recent estimates, yet capacity is shrinking at a time when the average age of the general population continues to grow. Throw into the mix … Continue reading

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Singapore’s tech subscription service Circular wants to keep devices out of the landfill

Circular, backed by Y Combinator, is a service that offers consumers in Singapore and Australia subscriptions to high-end electronics, like iPhones, Samsung Galaxy, iPad Pros and MacBook Pros. Not only does it want help people get devices at lower prices, … Continue reading

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World Bank’s IFC backs Indian insurtech startup Onsurity in $24M funding

Onsurity, an Indian startup that offers monthly subscription-based insurance solutions to micro, small and medium enterprises, startups and growing businesses, has raised $24 million in a funding round led by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). The Series B … Continue reading

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Tech group calls India’s proposed guidelines against dark patterns ‘regulatory overlap’

An industry group representing several major U.S. tech companies has opposed the Indian government’s proposal against dark patterns, which are used to deceive online users, and said the move would adversely affect the state promise of enabling “ease of doing … Continue reading

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To attend or not to attend: We asked 52 founders whether events are useful or a waste of time

There are many founder-focused events but are they actually helpful or just a distraction? Founders need to strike a balance.

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Zendesk emerges from last year’s turbulence with strong outlook

After some recent turbulence, it would be easy to think that Zendesk’s overall financial performance suffered as a result, but that really wasn’t the case.

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Here’s how Rainforest, a budding Stripe rival, aims to win over software companies

Rainforest raises $8.5M and PayPal gets hit with a lawsuit. We take a look at this and other hot fintech news from the previous week.

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Prosus-backed fast-fashion startup Virgio, valued at $161 million, shuts down

Fast-fashion startup Virgio, founded by former Myntra chief, is shutting down its operations less than a year after raising funds at a valuation of over $160 million, according to two investor sources familiar with the situation. “The fast fashion brand … Continue reading

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Sam Altman backs teens’ startup, Google unveils the Pixel 8 and TikTok tests an ad-free tier

Hiya, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s digest of the past week in tech news. It’s TC’s column that highlights the major stories over the past few days, and — we humbly submit — it’s a darn … Continue reading

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Crypto is about a lot more than a former golden boy turned villain

“Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall” by investigative reporter Zeke Faux has several chapters on FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, but it’s also about crypto more broadly.

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