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Ripple has announced that it has acquired Metaco, a cryptocurrency custody company based in Switzerland, for $250 million in cash and Ripple equity. With this move, Ripple will expand its offerings as it will now be able to custody, issue and settle any type of tokenized asset. “Metaco is a proven leader in institutional digital […]

Ripple acquires crypto custody startup Metaco for $250 million by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Since our founding in 2014, we’ve reached $40 million in ARR through bootstrapping. From there, it was off to the races.

Here’s what I learned while leading a bootstrapped startup to $40M ARR by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

Hey Atlanta founders! Apply now to pitch at TechCrunch Live’s Atlanta event. Next month, TechCrunch Live is shining a spotlight on the Atlanta tech ecosystem once again, in a special (but virtual) episode of TechCrunch Live taking place on June 7 at 11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET. TechCrunch has always received a warm […]

Apply now to pitch at TechCrunch Live’s Atlanta pitch-off! by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

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European early-stage investor Seedcamp has announced the $180M close of its “Fund VI”. It’s a long way from a London university lecture hall 15 years ago in September, when Founding Partner and co-CEO Reshma Sohoni stood up and introduced the first Seedcamp cohort (Incidentally, this was the same day TechCrunch launched in Europe, and my first day […]

How Seedcamp’s networked approach to Europe helped it secure new $180M fund by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

How would you love to celebrate your financial freedom when you have finally achieved it? Well, we all dream of cherishing this privilege, but few achieve it. So, your efforts…

The S&P 500 (SPY) seems to be going nowhere. But that does not mean there is nothing happening. Nor does it mean there is not money to be made in…

Google said on Wednesday that its Google Play’s payments policy is compliant with the Indian watchdog’s order and it is moving ahead with plans to enforce the policy in the South Asian market, weeks after some developers sought to suspend Google’s in-app billing fee system alleging it was not compliant with the watchdog’s directive. “In […]

Google pushes ahead with in-app billing policy in India, insists watchdog compliance by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Jia, a blockchain-based fintech providing loans to micro and small businesses in emerging markets, has raised $4.3 million seed funding, and an additional $1 million commitment for on-chain liquidity, in a round led by early-stage backer TCG Crypto, with participation from a number of funds including BlockTower, Hashed Emergent, Saison Capital, and Global Coin Research. […]

Jia, a blockchain-based lender of small businesses in emerging markets, raises $4.3 million seed by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch