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Last month, pan-African venture capital firm Verod-Kepple Africa Partners reached the second close of its first fund (Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures), targeting African startups at $43 million. Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) achieved its first close last March (at $20 million) and aims to attain its final close by the end of the year at $100 million; […]

Backed by Japanese investors, Verod-Kepple’s fund will invest in Series A and B startups across Africa by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Strava, the activity tracking and social community platform used by more than 100 million people globally, has announced a new in-app integration with Spotify. The integration allows users to easily access music, podcasts and audiobooks from the Strava app while tracking activities. Starting today, users can play, pause, resume, skip and browse Spotify content from […]

Strava launches integration with Spotify to let users listen to content while tracking activities by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk said that Twitter will finally move to remove the legacy blue checkmarks on April 20 or 4/20 because he can’t let go of that joke. This is the “final date,” he said in a tweet. If the move goes through, Twitter will have verification marks only for paid users and businesses, and government […]

Elon Musk says Twitter will finally remove legacy checkmarks on 4/20 by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Data gathering is getting tricky. Here are three ways companies can gather consumer data in a mutually beneficial manner.

Eager to secure all the lithium it needs to power a growing lineup of electric vehicles, General Motors said on Tuesday that it will lead a $50 million investment into lithium extraction and refining startup EnergyX. With the deal, the legacy automaker says it will help EnergyX scale its lithium-extraction tech. In exchange, GM will […]

GM leads $50M EnergyX deal to lock down lithium for its EVs by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

By following these tips, you can achieve optimal hybrid workforce productivity and reap the benefits of a successful and sustainable work model

Twitter, Inc. is now called X Corp, according to a court filing in California. Since Twitter is no longer a public company, it does not have to report updates like name changes to the SEC. But in any case, the new name was spotted in an April 4 document related to far-right activist Laura Loomer’s […]

Twitter, Inc. is now X Corp by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

The businesswoman and beauty influencer shared how she negotiated her first-ever television contract and how it inadvertently changed how reality TV contracts are structured.

Life comes at you fast. A couple of months ago I wrote how Smoakland was testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card. The test failed, apparently. “Upon further review, it has come to our attention that the way the process was described in the article could potentially be seen as bank fraud. As […]

Whoops, using crypto and cannabis don’t mix after all by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch