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It’s finally happened: Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has been hit with a formal suspension order requiring it to stop exporting European Union user data to the US for processing. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) confirmed today that Meta has been fined €1.2 billion (close to $1.3BN) — which looks to be […]

Meta ordered to suspend Facebook EU data flows as it’s hit with €1.2BN privacy fine by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Infinite Uptime, an Indian industrial IoT startup that offers predictive maintenance solutions for machinery, has secured an additional $18.85 million as part of an ongoing funding round led by Tiger Global at a valuation of $60 million post-money. The Series B3 round also saw participation from other existing investors including Mayfield, GSR Ventures, VenturEast and […]

Tiger Global backs Indian industrial IoT startup Infinite Uptime in $18.8M funding round by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

General Atlantic has poured another $100 million into PhonePe, four months after leading a $350 million investment in the Indian fintech startup that has so far raised $850 million in an ongoing financing round at the height of the slowing global economy. Walmart-backed PhonePe disclosed the investment in a statement on Monday. The ongoing round […]

PhonePe expands new funding to $850 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

China has banned some sales of Micron products after launching a probe into the American memory chip giant for cybersecurity risks in early April. The decision is widely seen as part of the tic-for-tac in the ongoing U.S.-China economic competition, which has started to upend a deeply intertwined global tech supply chain. Last year, the […]

China bans Micron chips in key infrastructure over ‘national security’ risks by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Patient21, a four-year-old German startup that combines a digital healthcare platform with real-world brick-and-mortar clinics, has raised €100 million ($108 million) in a Series C round of funding led by Israeli VC firm Pitango, constituting a mix of equity and debt. Founded out of Berlin in 2019, Patient21’s platform spans pretty much the whole patient […]

Patient21, a digital healthcare startup with brick-and-mortar clinics, raises $108M to grow beyond Germany by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

When it comes to the environment, execs talk a good game, but a recent survey suggests they are backing off from their commitments.

Executives say they’re committed to ESG, but data shows otherwise by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch

It appears the cloud strategy to follow is heavily dependent on a startup’s compute load and what it aims to achieve.

For startups, how many clouds to use may be the wrong question to ask by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch