Kakao Pay, the online payment service of South Korean messaging and internet giant Kakao, announced that it has acquired a stake in Siebert Financial, a brokerage firm based in New York. Kakao spent $17 million on this transaction and the company now owns a 19.9% stake in Siebert. This is just the first step as […]
Korean fintech Kakao Pay to acquire majority stake in US brokerage firm Siebert by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
The concept of SaaS as a business model changed the game in tech by moving users away from buying software outright and towards paying for service availability based on time-based subscriptions, typically with per-month or annual pricing. Today, a startup out of London called M3ter that is building tools to take the next step in […]
M3ter locks in $14M to expand its usage-based pricing tools for SaaS businesses by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Things are looking up for Meta. The company beat revenue expectations, reporting an increase in year-over-year revenue for the first time in three quarters. But this ray of light for the company formerly known as Facebook comes amid harsh restructuring, resulting in over ten thousand jobs eliminated this year. Tech moves through buzzwords like clockwork. […]
Meta beats revenue expectations, remains committed to metaverse by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Fireside, the Mark Cuban-backed interactive entertainment app, has now confirmed its $25 million Series A, valuing the business at $138 million, post-money. The company had been rumored to be raising at a $125 million valuation last year, after attracting a number of high-profile creators to its streaming platform for live and virtual shows. The funding […]
Mark Cuban-backed streaming app Fireside confirms $25M Series A at $138M valuation by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Google has disrupted infrastructure linked to the notorious CryptBot malware, which the company claims has stolen data from hundreds of thousands of browser users in the past year alone. CryptBot is malicious information-stealing malware first discovered in 2019. The infostealer malware is typically distributed by spoofed websites masquerading as legitimate software sites that offer free […]
Google disrupts malware that steals sensitive data from Chrome users by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
The basic principle of Moore’s law — computing becoming more powerful yet more compact — is playing out in a number of fields, and one of the latest is coming from the world of audiology technology. TympaHealth, a London startup that has developed handheld hardware built around streamlined iPhone and Android devices, and corresponding software, […]
UK’s TympaHealth sounds out $23M to expand its hearing diagnostics startup by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
My STEM OPT expires in a month, and my company did not register me in this year’s H-1B lottery. I’m not sure what options I have now. Help!
Ask Sophie: My STEM OPT expires in 30 days, what are my options? by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Clara is working with 10,000 companies across Latin America and reports an annual run-rate of 5 million credit card transactions, equivalent to $1 billion.
Spend management firm Clara secures $60M amid rapid transaction growth in LatAm by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch