Dept. of the Air Force’s Frank Calvelli talks startups and the military at TC Sessions: Space

November 17, 2022

The success of the commercial space sector, in both significantly reducing the cost of technology and massively increasing its capabilities, has captured the attention of the U.S. military. That attention translates into growing interest in startups and how they might secure the space domain for the U.S. and its allies. Frank Calvelli, the Assistant Secretary […]

Dept. of the Air Force’s Frank Calvelli talks startups and the military at TC Sessions: Space by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream

November 17, 2022

Narwhal, the company behind the popular monorepo-focused open source Nx build system for JavaScript code, today announced that it has raised an $8.6 million seed funding round co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and Andreesen Horowitz. A number of angel investors, including GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, also participated in this round. Founded by two former Google […]

With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Crypto-focused VC on the FTX fallout: ‘I’m worried about the overall lack of LP appetite going forward.’

November 17, 2022

During an unprecedented bull run, crypto-focused investors raised, and deployed, billions of dollars in capital. But now, not only are VCs operating in a bearish crypto market, they are navigating the fallout of the FTX collapse and the potential impact it will have on their investment strategies moving forward. Double Down founder and general partner […]

Crypto-focused VC on the FTX fallout: ‘I’m worried about the overall lack of LP appetite going forward.’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

WhatsApp broadens in-app business directory and search features

November 17, 2022

WhatsApp is introducing new Yellow Pages-like features to help users find businesses from within the instant messaging app, part of the Meta-owned platform’s growing attempts to make deeper inroads with e-commerce. The encrypted messaging service, used by over 2 billion users worldwide, said on Thursday that it’s expanding a feature called ‘Directory’ to all users […]

WhatsApp broadens in-app business directory and search features by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

OnlyFans partners with Spring to add shopping features

November 17, 2022

Merch is coming to OnlyFans. In a partnership with Spring — the merch company formerly known as TeeSpring that just got acquired by Amaze — OnlyFans creators can sell physical products to their supporters directly on their platform pages. The feature works via an integration. If you go to a creator’s page who has a […]

OnlyFans partners with Spring to add shopping features by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch