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Ibotta’s IPO opens sharply higher, hinting at warming public-market interest in tech shares

April 18, 2024

Ibotta began it’s path as a public company on Thursday by opening at $117 per share, a big increase from its IPO price of $88, itself an increase from its proposed range of $76 to $84 per share. And this pop is despite boosting the size of its offering earlier in the week, with existing shareholders […]

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Wiz is in talks to buy Lacework for $150-200M; security firm was last valued at $8.3B

April 18, 2024

Consolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework — a cloud security startup that was valued at $8.3 billion post-money in its last funding round — is in talks to be acquired by another security player, Wiz, for a price of just $150–$200 million. Sources close to the negotiations said […]

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How to play Pokémon and other Game Boy games on your iPhone

April 18, 2024

Apple finally updated its App Store guidelines to allow global developers to host retro game emulators on iOS. Now, you don’t need to jailbreak your iPhone or download any sketchy software — you can get a sophisticated emulator right in the palm of your hand for free on the App Store. No one is more […]

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Cape dials up $61M from A16Z + more for mobile service that doesn’t use personal data

April 18, 2024

AT&T’s recent mega customer data breach — 74 million accounts impacted — laid bare how much data carriers have on their users, and also that the data is there for the hacking. Today, a startup called Cape — based out of  Washington DC and founded by a former executive from Palantir — is announcing $61 […]

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