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Opportunistic investors are giving up on aging pre-IPO companies, shows a new report
It’s a tough time to be a richly priced company that didn’t go public when the getting was good. Not only are there fewer later-stage players with the resources and appetite to support such companies — SoftBank and Tiger Global have pulled back dramatically, for example — but even secondary investors have lost interest. That’s […]
Opportunistic investors are giving up on aging pre-IPO companies, shows a new report by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
Instagram’s new dynamic profile photo flips between your picture and avatar
Instagram announced today that it’s introducing a new dynamic profile photo feature that lets users showcase both their profile photo and their avatar. Prior to this update, you had to choose between displaying a profile picture or your avatar on your profile. Now, you can flip between the two. “Now you can add your avatar […]
Instagram’s new dynamic profile photo flips between your picture and avatar by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Tapbots launches a new Mastodon client, Ivory, after Twitter kills its Tweetbot app
Tapbots, the makers of a popular third-party Twitter app Tweetbot that was recently killed by Twitter’s API changes, is releasing its next new product. Hoping to fill the void that Tweetbot leaves behind, the company is now making its anticipated Mastodon client app Ivory available on the App Store as an Early Access release. The […]
Tapbots launches a new Mastodon client, Ivory, after Twitter kills its Tweetbot app by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Lyft adds wait time fees, nearly seven years after Uber
Lyft has introduced wait time fees – in other words, charges incurred if a Lyft driver has to wait for you upon pickup. The rideshare platform hasn’t had these previously, despite its main competitor Uber having them since 2016. Lyft’s wait time fees kick in two minutes after on-time arrival for standard rides and five […]
Lyft adds wait time fees, nearly seven years after Uber by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch
U.S. officially sues Google, claiming it has a digital ad monopoly
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against Google over alleged antitrust issues, claiming the search giant has monopoly control of the digital ad market. The DOJ is joined by eight states in its complaint, including New York, California, Colorado and more. This action was tipped as early as late 2021, and has clearly […]
U.S. officially sues Google, claiming it has a digital ad monopoly by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch
Being the steady hand in market uncertainty with Sebastian Siemiatkowski from Klarna
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. In this week’s episode Darrell and Becca are joined by Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna. Sebastian talks about what led him to found the startup and how it has navigated multiple market cycles since. He also dove into how Klarna […]
Being the steady hand in market uncertainty with Sebastian Siemiatkowski from Klarna by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
Accord, which offers a platform to manage sales processes, secures $10M
Accord, a collaboration platform designed to support business-to-business (B2B) sales, today announced that it raised $10 million in Series A funding from Matrix Partners, Nat Friedman and Y Combinator. CEO Ross Rich says that the new funds, which bring Accord’s total raised to $17 million, will be put toward growing the startup’s engineering, sales and […]
Accord, which offers a platform to manage sales processes, secures $10M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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DevZero speeds up programmer tasks by shifting developer tools to cloud
Developers tend to build and test software on their local laptops, but these machines often lack the necessary resources to run a full scale development environment efficiently. Large companies have built custom systems to move development tools and testing to the cloud, but this kind of approach has often been out of reach for smaller […]
DevZero speeds up programmer tasks by shifting developer tools to cloud by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch