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In the current environment, Start-ups are having to do a couple of seemingly contradictory things at the same time. Firstly, they have to keep employees (the ones they want to keep, at least) happy. The other is attract new employees in a market where there remains fierce competition for talent. In their armoury to address […]

Portugal’s Coverflex raises a €15M Series A to make employee benefits more flexible and engaging by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Jetpack.io’s founder Daniel Loreto has worked as an engineer at companies like Google, Airbnb and Twitter, companies that had lots of engineering resources to build custom tools. But when he was at his last job running engineering at Verta Health, he noticed that his developer team had to work hard deploying infrastructure, and it distracted […]

Jetpack.io helps developers focus on applications instead of infrastructure by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Online pharmacy GoodRx has agreed to pay $1.5 million in civil penalties for years of sharing the health information of consumers with third parties like Facebook, Google, and Criteo for advertising purposes, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. In a complaint filed in a California federal court, the FTC accused the healthcare and telemedicine giant […]

FTC slaps $1.5M fine on GoodRx for sharing users’ health data with Facebook and Google by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

Pakistan has “degraded” Wikipedia in the country for 48 hours for not removing “sacrilegious contents” and warned of fully blocking the site if the online encyclopedia fails to comply with the directions. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the nation’s telecom regulator, said Wednesday afternoon that it had approached Wikipedia to block or remove certain “blasphemous” contents […]

Pakistan ‘degrades’ Wikipedia, warns of complete block over ‘sacrilegious’ content by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Marketo, which was developed – among other things.- to enhance marketing around social media users, ended up being acquired by Adobe. Now a new startup hopes to do what Marketo did in Web2, but this time in Web3. Addressable has a digital fingerprinting startup that claims to be able match anonymous crypto wallets with social […]

Addressable raises $7.5M to match crypto wallets to Twitter accounts. But how? by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is now streaming on Disney+, 82 days after it was released in theaters– the longest window between theatrical release and streaming release of any Marvel movie on Disney+. However, the wait may have been worth it since the movie grossed more than $800 million at the box office worldwide and has […]

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ gets its streaming debut on Disney+ by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Some of us are fans of dip-n-rip tattoos with very little planning. Who cares, it’s not like tattoos are permanent, right? Others prefer a slightly more measured approach. If you’ve ever gotten a delicate, detailed tattoo, you may have been surprised by how long it takes your tattoo artist to go from doodle to having […]

Needles to say, Ghostline drags tattoo stencil making ‘inkto’ the current millennium by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and unpack the rest. This week, Mary Ann interviewed Hans Tung, prolific investor and managing […]

Be relevant, or get downturned by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Tim Flannery, Alex Laplante and Ben Doran were working together at Carta’s investor services team when they realized that onboarding funds to invest in startups was a taxing (no pun intended) process. It required manually creating subscription agreements — agreements that investors fill out to invest in a fund — by piecing together unstructured data […]

Passthrough raises $8.4M to simplify the process of investor onboarding by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Treasury Prime co-founder and CEO Chris Dean believes that the best outcomes for consumers will result from traditional banks and fintechs working together. The banking-as-a-service startup has worked to build relationships with both banks and fintechs. And Dean believes Treasury Prime’s ability “to keep both sides happy” has contributed to its ability to grow its […]

Proving that banking as a service is hotter than ever, Treasury Prime raises $40M Series C by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch