Field service engineers may not be the first group of customers that come to mind when you think about lucrative opportunities in B2B technology. But that same blind spot speaks of the opportunity in the space for those who are stepping up and targeting “the job site.” One of the players in that space, XOi […]
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While venture capital remains the most popular avenue for startups, founders should take advantage of all the financing options available to them.
Revenue-based financing: A new playbook for startup fundraising by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
A few days ago, new Twitter owner Elon Musk said that the company will try a lot of dumb things in the coming days. And that seems to be the product strategy of the company — even if it causes utter chaos all around. It’s a tough time for anyone keeping tabs on changes at […]
Have you tried turning it off and on again, Elon? by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Social media platforms Facebook, TikTok and Twitter did not live up to their election integrity pledges during Kenya’s August elections, according to a new study by the Mozilla Foundation. The report says content labeling failed to stop misinformation, as political advertising served to amplify propaganda. The study found that hours after voting ended in Kenya […]
Facebook, TikTok, Twitter failed election integrity test in Kenya’s elections by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
Strap back in for another Musk-Twitter U-turn: After a wave of impersonation chaos that hit a number of high profile brands and celebrities in recent hours, including an account pretending to be pharma giant Eli Lilly tweeting that insulin in “now free” — surely cooling the last embers of any advertiser ardour for the social […]
Musk flip-flops on Twitter verification — brings back (some) ‘Official’ badges (in some parts of the world) by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
Another day, another dollar, and another VC fund launches. But, refreshingly, this one will specifically address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Prediction Capital is a new VC sprung out of the Swiss Family Office infinitas Capital, the investment firm of former entrepreneur and investor Robin Lauber, and formed together with Christopher Chuffart and Kilian Graulich. […]
Prediction Capital hits first close of €30M for new fund to back startups addressing UN SDGs by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
We had to talk about the news that rocked the crypto world this week in our Thursday episode: the Binance/FTX deal that never was. To begin, we gave you a rundown of WTF just happened with the beef between two of the largest crypto exchanges in the world and how Sam Bankman-Fried’s storied exchange fell so far so […]
RIP to FTX? by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch