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Budapest-based SEON, — an anti-fraud platform which looks at a customer’s ‘digital footprint’ to weed out false accounts and thus prevent fraudulent transactions —  has acquired compliance and AML specialist firm,  Complytron, also based out of Budapest. Terms of the deal were not officially released, but Techcrunch sources said the deal was in the region […]

Post Series-B, anti-fraud platform SEON acquires AML startup Complytron for a rumoured €2.5M by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

If you’re a French entrepreneur, there’s a new venture capital firm in town. Ovni Capital is announcing a first closing of €50 million ($54 million at today’s exchange rate) for its early-stage fund. The firm’s two general partners Arnaud Laurent and Augustin Sayer have already invested in several companies in their previous jobs. Laurent has […]

Ovni Capital is a new French VC firm backing startups with global ambitions by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

If you follow Southeast Asia funding, you’re probably familiar with iSeed SEA. Some of the startups the fund has invested in since it launched in 2020 include Dat Bike, Skuad and Upmesh. What you might not know, however, is that iSeed SEA is a solo GP fund. Now that solo GP, AngelList alum Wing Vasiksiri, […]

The solo GP behind iSeed SEA launches his second fund for Southeast Asia by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

If you can’t make planet-friendly choices as the founder of a startup, when the buck literally stops with you, when can you?

Startups, here’s how you can make hardware without ruining the planet by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Last week, Twitter said it is shutting down free access to its APIs starting February 9. Now, days before the deadline, Elon Musk said that due to feedback Twitter will provide a write-only API for “bots providing good content that is free.” This decision is as opaque as some of the other policy decisions under […]

Elon Musk says Twitter will provide a free write-only API to bots providing ‘good’ content by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Toward the end of 2022, a number of entrepreneurs, some citing Elon Musk, told me that they’re bringing back an in-person work culture in the […]

Dear founders, returning to the office is a numbers game by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Happy weekend, folks, and welcome back to the TechCrunch Week in Review. Henry here, standing in for a vacationing Kyle Wiggers, who is standing in for a parental-leaving Greg Kumparak. Listen, we’ve got a deep bench, and both blokes will be back very soon. Until then, check out just a few of the top stories […]

Netflix crackdown, monetizing ChatGPT and bypassing FB’s 2FA by Henry Pickavet originally published on TechCrunch