A VC’s advice for founders – TechCrunch
Lak Ananth is founding CEO and managing partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1 billion valuations.
Historically, the main actors in venture capital...
Amazon says it will stop accepting UK-issued Visa credit cards on January 19th –...
Amazon has escalated its fight with Visa: Starting on January 19th, 2022, the e-commerce giant will stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the UK. It notified Amazon UK customers in an email about the change, blaming the high...
How to successfully manage an acquisition – TechCrunch
Companies make acquisitions for a host of reasons. Sometimes it’s about filling a hole in a product road map, or expanding market share, or finding good people.
Finding the right company to acquire takes special talent. But once the deal...
Australian micromobility startup Zoomo spins up $60M Series B – TechCrunch
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VR glove startup says Meta’s recently unveiled prototype is ‘substantively identical’ to their own...
Facebook, errr Meta, showed off a new prototype haptic feedback glove yesterday which they detailed could eventually bring a new generation of AR/VR users closer that they’ve ever been to digital content. Today, a VR startup with that same...
New AWS Marketplace option lets you launch containerized apps on prem or in cloud...
As containers proliferate, developers are using them to deliver software, and depending on the environment, on prem or in the cloud, that can present a set of challenges for your users when it comes to installing the container. To...
Roleshare launches job-sharing marketplace to match professionals, raises pre-Seed round – TechCrunch
Partly as a result of modern employment trends, and partly as a result of the pandemic’s effect on the world of work, there’s an increasing gap between traditional full-time employment and freelancing. So-called ‘job pairing’ splits a full-time position...
Developers and designers can help businesses manage the semiconductor shortage – TechCrunch
Asa Forsell is a senior product manager for automotive at The Qt Company.
Matt Murphy, the CEO of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology, predicted in October that the semiconductor shortage will extend into 2022 and beyond. The shortage is already...
Streamlabs changes its name after backlash from Twitch stars and open source software maker...
One of the most popular streaming software makers is in hot water after being called out by top Twitch personalities and the open source project that served as a backbone for the company’s success.
Streamlabs, formerly Streamlabs OBS, changed its...
Foody cooks up marketplace for culinary creators – TechCrunch
Husband-and-wife co-founders Daniel and Brenna Stitzel are developing a way for foodies to monetize their culinary creations and closed on a round of $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to officially launch Foody.
The investment was led by Serena Ventures, with...