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Betterment, a roboadvisory platform which manages over $33 billion in assets, has finally launched its crypto offering after completing a private beta phase. The fintech acquired Makara, a crypto asset management startup, back in February and has been working towards transforming Makara into its own in-house crypto product since the deal closed. Crypto for Betterment, […]

Roboadvisor Betterment launches crypto offering with four themed portfolios by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch

The CEO of The Muse said that these smaller recruitment startups have a better shot at scale and success together than alone.

The Muse buys Fairygodboss as roll-up acquisitions come to VC by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch

Recent research suggests that the e-commerce market in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt account for a combined $21.4 billion and is projected to grow by more than 50% to $33.3 billion in the next three years. And as MENA shoppers increase their commerce spending, it is increasingly becoming imperative for online stores to position themselves […]

FlapKap provides revenue-based financing to e-commerce brands in MENA, gets $3.6M seed funding by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Net Purpose, a platform for sustainable investors, has raised £10 million in a Series A round led by ETF Partners, funding which will be used to expand its product and team, says the company. The company is benefitting from a shit to investing in sustainable products. According to the UN Principles for Responsible  Investment, $120 […]

Investing platform raises $10M to offer climate investing from a different angle to ESG ratings by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Spherics, a UK-based carbon accounting platform for SMEs to understand and reduce their environmental impact, has been acquired by accounting giant Sage. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but it’s understood Spherics had raised £1.25m in equity financing from angel investors and £300,000 in grants. Spherics was a smaller startup playing in a similar […]

Carbon accounting platform acquired by Sage as ClimateTech heats up by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Uber is scaling back its operations in Pakistan, the latest in a series of efforts from the ride-hailing firm as it looks to improve its financial performance. The company says its marquee app is ceasing operations in five of the six cities where Uber had launched and expanded to over the years. The eponymous service […]

Uber scales back in Pakistan by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch