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Warming public markets are boosting the secondary market for startup shares

The late-stage startup market is sorting out how to value startups that had raised capital during the previous venture boom — Tiger Global Management recently resorted to selling individual stakes in its portfolio companies after failing to sell a basket … Continue reading

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DuckDuckGo’s Windows browser is now available in open beta

DuckDuckGo’s privacy-focused browser is now available for Windows users. The Windows rollout comes nine months after the browser launched publically for Mac users. The Windows browser, which is now in public beta, includes many of the privacy protections featured in … Continue reading

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Plaid unveils new collaboration network aimed at sharing fraud intelligence

Want more fintech news in your inbox? Sign up here. Fintech startup Plaid got its start as a company that connects consumer bank accounts to financial applications, but has since been gradually expanding its offerings to offer more of a … Continue reading

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Limble raises $58M at a $450M valuation to help orgs track and maintain ‘dumb’ physical assets

Advances in Internet of Things technologies promise to give organizations and us ordinary people an unprecedented view of all of the objects we own and use — where they are, how they’re working, and if they’re not working. But what … Continue reading

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SoulCycle to offer trainer-guided virtual work sessions with the FLOWN startup

FLOWN is a startup that took the idea of the sort of ‘virtual co-working’ some of us during the pandemic just have some company during lockdowns, and created a model of guided “deep work” sessions with actual coaches. Billing itself … Continue reading

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Deloitte quits as auditor of Indian edtech giant Byju’s

Global audit firm Deloitte has resigned as the auditor of Byju’s and did not undertake the auditing of the edtech behemoth’s financials for the year ending March 2022, it said Thursday, a year after the Indian startup’s tardy financial disclosures … Continue reading

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Reddit is battling against moderators marking their communities NSFW

After adopting different forms of protest like exclusively posting John Oliver pictures or changing the topic of the subreddit, moderators have rebelled against the company by marking their subreddits NSFW (Not Safe For Work). Protesting API changes made by Reddit, … Continue reading

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Bridge 2 Technologies is making it easier for companies to find diverse vendors

Bridge 2 Technologies began with the notion that it should be easier for companies to find a diverse set of vendors. The company formed three years ago with the idea of bringing these two groups together in a two-way marketplace. … Continue reading

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Adtech giant Criteo hit with revised €40M fine by French data privacy body over GDPR breaches

French advertising technology giant Criteo has been issued with a revised fine of €40 million ($44 million) over failings to garner users’ consent around targeted advertising. The case in question dates back to 2018 when Privacy International filed a formal … Continue reading

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Plastic upcycling startup Kubik closes $3.34M seed to scale production in Ethiopia

The amount of plastic waste produced globally is on track to triple to over 1,000 million tonnes by 2060. The OECD report predicts that developed countries will continue to produce the most plastic waste per person, although emerging regions like Africa … Continue reading

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