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AppDynamics founder Jyoti Bansal wastes little time launching a new company
You couldn’t blame AppDynamics co-founder Jyoti Bansal if he took some time off after selling his company to Cisco for a cool $3.7 billion in January. But Bansal is an entrepreneur and he didn’t stop to enjoy the moment. Instead, he did what entrepreneurs do — he looked for a new problem to solve. Today, he announced two new projects . For starters, Bansal teamed up Rishi… Read More
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Primer helps governments and corporations monitor and understand the world’s information
When Google was founded in 1998, its goal was to organize the world’s information. And for the most part, mission accomplished — but in 19 years the goal post has moved forward and indexing and usefully presenting information isn’t enough. As machine learning matures, it’s becoming feasible for the first time to actually summarize and contextualize the world’s… Read More
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The Cloud Native Computing Foundation adds two security projects to its open source stable
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is probably best known for being the home of the Kubernetes container orchestration project, but there plenty of other projects that now fall under the organization’s umbrella. All of them focus on bringing the kind of modern cloud-native tooling that companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook and others take for granted to a wider range… Read More
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Report: Airbnb just lost the person it recently installed to head up its China business
China is a tough nut to crack, no matter how much money U.S.-based companies have to throw at it. That’s the overarching takeaway tonight, given the news — first reported by Bloomberg — that Hong Ge is abandoning his post as the head of Airbnb’s China business for a new, as-yet-undisclosed opportunity. Why does the departure matter? For starters, Ge was appointed to… Read More
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iAdvize raises $37.6 million for its customer engagement platform
French startup iAdvize raised another $37.6 million (€32 million) from Idinvest, Bpifrance and Quadrille Capital. The company wants to convert casual website visitors into clients. Thanks to iAdvize, companies can track what you’re doing and engage with you to convince you that you should open a bank account, buy a coat or upgrade your subscription. With today’s funding round… Read More
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Singapore to cap number of cars allowed on roads from 2018
Cars congesting roads is a problem in just about every major urban center around the world, but some areas are worst in this regard than others. Singapore is one of those, and it’s going to do something about it – the government there has announced that it will cut the annual growth rate of cars and motorcycles allowed on roads in the country from 0.25 percent to zero starting… Read More
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Microsoft drops lawsuit after DOJ limits use of gag orders when accessing customer data
Microsoft said it will drop its lawsuit against the Department of Justice over gag orders placed on companies that prevent them from telling customers when their personal data has been accessed by investigators. Its decision comes after the DOJ issued a new binding policy that requires prosecutors to give more detailed reasons when applying for a gag order and makes it much harder to seek one… Read More
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Automated video creation startup Wibbitz raises $20M
Wibbitz, which uses artificial intelligence to create short videos based on text news stories, has raised $20 million in Series C funding. The money comes from some of big names in the media world, with Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann) leading the round and participation from The Weather Channel, The Associated Press and TF1. Read More
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Crunch Report | Cisco Buys BroadSoft for $1.9 Billion
Today’s Stories Cisco scoops up BroadSoft for $1.9 billion to boost communications tools portfolio WeWork acquires Flatiron School Essential Phone gets a $200 price drop, existing customers get credit Credits Written by: Tito Hamze
Hosted by: Tito Hamze
Filmed by: Tito Hamze
Edited by: Chris Gates Notes: I don’t know what to wear on Crunch Report (It’s a hard decision and… Read More
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Authentication now comes with a wave of your hand
Under the nom de guerre of Redrock Biometrics, two former Leap Motion execs are waging war on the world’s legions of identification cards, pin numbers, passwords, and voice identification technologies with a combination of off-the-shelf hardware and proprietary software to identify palm-prints to verify user identity. Read More
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The dream of customizable virtual 3D foliage is alive at Disney
Oh, to work at Disney, to have a hand in creating those lusciously detailed 3D worlds, every character lovingly rendered, every animal sidekick unique and hilarious, every tree… filled with leaves. Designed and placed individually. In movies that take place in forests. There has to be a better way. What if you could just 3D scan some leaves and then tweak them to your liking? Read More
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Facebook downplays test banishing all Pages to buried Explore Feed
Facebook has caused a 60-80 percent drop in referral traffic to news outlets in six countries due to a test that removed Page posts from the News Feed and relocated them to a separate, hard-to-find Explore Feed. But now Facebook’s VP of News Feed writes “We currently have no plans to roll this test out further.” Read More
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Call to tighten UK law over data breaches
Consumer group Which? is unhappy with the U.K. data protection bill and has called on the government to amend the draft legislation to allow third-party organizations to seek collective redress for data breaches on behalf of consumers. Read More
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Facebook research automatically creates an avatar from a photo
Creating avatars. Who’s got time for it?! Computers, that’s who. You’ll never have to waste another second selecting your hair style, skin tone or facial hair length if this research from Facebook finds its way into product form. Read More
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Shift Technology raises another $28 million to prevent fraudulent insurance claims
Shift Technology is raising a Series B round of $28 million from Accel and General Catalyst. Accel had already led the company’s previous round. Existing investors Elaia Partners and Iris Capital are also participating in today’s round. Read More
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Amazon Wine is shutting down
Amazon Wine is shutting down at the end of this year, the retailer has just alerted sellers via email. The issue at hand has to do with the existing laws surrounding alcohol sales, which Amazon has unsuccessfully tried to change by working with regulators. The existing laws make it difficult for Amazon to sell alcohol as a retailer and operate a marketplace. Read More
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N26 announces plans to launch in the US by mid-2018
European fintech startup N26 has plans to expand beyond Europe. The company’s co-founder and CEO Valentin Stalf is announcing today at the Money20/20 conference that N26 is going to launch in the U.S. around mid-2018 and has hired a handful of people who are already working in New York. Read More
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Representative asks internet CEOs to explain ‘absurd’ content policies
Facebook, Google and Twitter are under great scrutiny lately for their rather inconsistent approaches to moderating content on their platforms, and Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ) is the latest to take them to task. Calling the results of the various undocumented policies “absurd,” he summoned the companies’ CEOs for a talk on the topic. Read More
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Snapchat dangles referral traffic with link sharing from other apps
In an update to Snapchat’s iOS app today, Snap began rolling out two important new features. You now can share links from other apps via the iOS share sheet, and rather than just turning live location sharing on or off permanently, you now can opt to hide in “Ghost Mode.” Read More
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Netflix
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- HQ: Los Gatos, California
- Categories: digital entertainment, consumer electronics, video
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SmartDrive Systems
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- HQ: San Diego, California
- Categories: information technology, analytics, public safety
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WIFIPLUG
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ADC Therapeutics
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- HQ: Epalinges, Vaud
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Claret Medical
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- HQ: Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: medical, hardware, enterprise software
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ActionIQ
- $30M
- HQ: New York, New York
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Simpleshow
- $15M
- HQ: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Categories: photography, education, edtech
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HeadBox
- 1.0M EUR
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: mobile, social media, messaging
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Solvvy
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- HQ: Palo Alto, California
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Coworker
- $500K
- HQ: Not available
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Janasense
- 177K EUR Debt Financing
- HQ: Not available
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Winnow
- $7.4M
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: hospitality, food trucks, catering, waste management
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Zero
- $8.5M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: financial services, credit cards, banking
- Investors: Lightbank, New Enterprise Associates, Eniac Ventures
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Nested
- $36M
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: commercial real estate, real estate, real estate investment
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Hashtiv
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- HQ: Norfolk, Virginia
- Categories: social media
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CASHe
- $3.1M Debt Financing
- HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Categories: financial services
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Playkey
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- HQ: Moscow, Moscow City
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eROCKIT
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Collectly
- $1.9M Round
- HQ: Walnut Creek, California
- Categories: debt collections, financial services, apps
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LeapIN
- 1.2M EUR Equity Crowdfunding
- HQ: Tallinn, Harjumaa
- Categories: fintech, software
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Peratech
- $12M
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: nanotechnology, manufacturing, sensor
- Investors: Arie Capital, Merck Ventures
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BikesBooking.com
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Dublin, Dublin
- Categories: tourism, travel, transportation, leisure, e-commerce
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Appili Therapeutics
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- Categories: biotechnology, marketing, therapeutics
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CoinLoan
- Not available ICO
- HQ: Tallinn, Harjumaa
- Categories: finance, cryptocurrency, fintech, lending
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EatAndTheCity.com by City Digital Ltd
- 3.3M EUR Seed
- HQ: Helsinki, Southern Finland
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Tekes, Wallstreet Group, City Ventures, Nordea, Gorilla Ventures Oy, Arteel ... See More
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ZUZU Hospitality Solutions
- $2.0M Seed
- HQ: Singapore, Central Region
- Categories: travel accommodations, hotel, hospitality
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Voltus, Inc
- $10M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: energy, oil and gas, energy efficiency
- Investors: Energy Innovation Capital, Prelude Ventures, LLC
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irexchange
- $25M
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- Categories: information technology, information services
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Pflegetiger GmbH
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- HQ: Berlin, Berlin
- Categories: elder care, home health care, outpatient care
- Investors: Digital Health Ventures, Rocket Internet
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Clash Royale Deck
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- HQ: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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