Astranis moves to Plan B after first commercial internet satellite malfunctions on orbit

July 21, 2023
Space-based internet startup Astranis said Friday that its first commercial internet satellite will be unable to provide continuous coverage to Alaska due to a malfunction with both spacecraft’s solar panels. The San Francisco-based company launched the dedicated internet satellite for Alaska, called Arcturus, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy at the beginning of May. Shortly after, […]

Q2 fintech funding: LatAm, Caribbean more than doubles while payments takes a big hit

July 21, 2023
CB Insights released its Q2 State of Fintech report last week, and unsurprisingly, global funding in the space was down — plunging by nearly half to $7.8 billion, its lowest level since 2017. But at least one region didn’t have a bad quarter. Latin America experienced a surge in global investor interest in recent years […]

Paradigm’s CEO dives into diversity on the Builder Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

July 21, 2023
Despite current culture wars turning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies into a political punching bag, most business leaders understand that they’re very good for business. Yet in a more conservative VC market, the discussions focus more on financials than on how to construct an intentional culture. However, younger generations are bringing updated values and […]

Pitch Deck Teardown: CleanHub’s $7M seed deck

July 21, 2023
Plastic in ocean bad. Plastic not in ocean good. That’s, in a nutshell, the pitch for CleanHub. The company has designed a whole business model and a track-and-trace model around that, so brands can rest assured that their plastics don’t end up in the oceans. Who these brands are, and what happens to the plastic […]

Telegram rolls out its Stories feature to Premium users

July 21, 2023
Telegram is rolling out its Stories feature for Premium users, the company confirmed in a tweet on Friday. The official roll out for Premium users comes a month after Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced that the messaging app would be adding Stories in July. It’s currently unknown when Telegram plans to launch Stories for non-Premium users. […]

3 Growth-Focused Industrial Stocks to Buy Today

July 21, 2023
The escalating scale of industrial activities is projected to bolster the industrial equipment and machinery sector in the upcoming years. Given this backdrop, fundamentally strong industrial stocks Alamo Group (ALG),…