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Media & Entertainment
Overwolf raises $52.5M for its platform to build, distribute and monetize in-game, user-generated content
7:27 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Roblox, the gaming company that went public this month with a strong debut, changed the game (so to speak) for the role that creative input can play in making a…
Media & Entertainment
Google’s Family Link updates reflect the pandemic’s impact on how parents view screen time
7:23 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Google is making changes to its parental control system, Family Link, that aims to better reflect parents’ changing views on children’s screen time. In the pre-pandemic world, parents were more…
A security breach at cryptocurrency platform Roll allowed a hacker to obtain the private key to its hot wallet and steal its contents — worth about $5.7 million. In a…
Enterprise
Rising Team, with $3 million seed, is a platform that combines management tools with training
7:12 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Jennifer Dulski has held her fair share of leadership positions, from being president and COO of Change.org to serving as head of product for Google’s shopping and product ads to…
Startups
Farmland could be the next big asset class modernized by marketplace startups
7:00 am PDT • March 16, 2021
A growing number of companies are revolutionizing the way farm and forestland is acquired, developed and commercialized across the United States.
Media & Entertainment
Instagram adds new teen safety tools as competition with TikTok heats up
6:44 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Earlier this year, TikTok made an update to its privacy settings and defaults to further lock down the app for its teenage users. This morning, Instagram followed suit with teen-focused…
Hardware
Google’s Soli radar returns to track sleep on the new Nest Hub
6:00 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Talk about surprise comebacks. This morning Google announced the arrival of the next-gen Nest Hub. In spite of rebranding from Google Home Hub back in 2019, the smart screen hasn’t…
Enterprise
Appfire, provider of Atlassian apps, raises $100M to continue its buying spree
5:00 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Appfire, a Boston-based provider of software development apps, announced Tuesday that it has received a $100 million investment from growth private equity firm TA Associates. Founded in 2005, Appfire was…
Enterprise
Noogata raises $12M seed round for its no-code enterprise AI platform
5:00 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Noogata, a startup that offers a no-code AI solution for enterprises, today announced that it has raised a $12 million seed round led by Team8, with participation from Skylake Capital.…
Hundreds of thousands of teenagers and young adults get on flights each year from India to a foreign land to pursue higher education. Upon landing, they face myriad challenges. One…
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Startups
The toilet paper startup backed by Marc Benioff, Dara Khosrowshahi and Robert Downey Jr. now sells paper towels
4:30 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Cloud Paper, the startup whose bamboo toilet paper (and celebrity and billionaire backers, including Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Marc Benioff, Dara Khosrowshahi and Mark Cuban) made a splash last…
Enterprise
Cyware nabs $30M to help organizations detect and stop advanced cyberattacks
4:07 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Malicious hacking has become a pernicious and dogged fact of life for more organizations, and it’s a threat that has seemingly grown more complicated and sophisticated over time. One effective…
Featured Article
Resilience is an ambitious bet to improve cancer treatment
Meet Resilience, a new startup that wants to help cancer treatment institutes as well as cancer patients at every step of the treatment journey. It’s an ambitious project founded by two well-known French entrepreneurs. They want to leverage their tech skills for this new healthcare startup. Behind the scenes, there are two co-CEOs — Céline…
3:34 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Venture
Inovia Capital raises $450M for second growth-stage investment fund
3:03 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Montreal-headquartered Inovia Capital has raised $450 million for Growth Fund II, the firm’s second growth-stage investment fund. The close of this funding comes just a little over two years after…
Startups
New challenger Ikigai combines digital banking and wealth management
1:00 am PDT • March 16, 2021
Ikigai, a London fintech founded by former McKinsey partners, thinks there’s room in the crowded challenger market for a new premium offering that combines digital banking with wealth management. Targeting…
Startups
SumUp raises $895M in debt to double down on its B2C payments business
12:49 am PDT • March 16, 2021
SumUp, a London-based startup that helps businesses power revenues through card payments — by way of physical readers, online payments, invoices and other services — is itself powering up in…
Startups
Flutterwave and PayPal collaborate to allow African merchants to accept and make payments
11:30 pm PDT • March 15, 2021
It is nearly impossible for businesses in some African countries to receive money from PayPal. While the payments giant has not given reasons why this is so, speculation hints at…
Startups
Neobroker Bitpanda raises $170M at a $1.2B valuation to take its trading platform beyond crypto
10:19 pm PDT • March 15, 2021
One of the bigger startups in Europe operating a trading platform for cryptocurrency has closed a big round of funding on the heels of very rapid growth, and plans to…
Chinese users of the instant messenger Signal knew that the good times wouldn’t last long. The app, which is used for encrypted conversations, is unavailable in mainland China as of…
Media & Entertainment
China wants to dismantle Alibaba’s media empire: reports
6:00 pm PDT • March 15, 2021
Over the years, Jack Ma has accumulated a media portfolio in China that rivals that of Jeff Bezos in the United States. But now the future of Ma’s media empire…
