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After weeks of rumors, Getir has announced that it is acquiring Gorillas. This is a major consolidation deal for the instant grocery delivery space. The Financial Times first reported that Getir has closed the acquisition of its competitor. TechCrunch has confirmed the news with Getir. “Markets go up and down, but consumers love our service […]

Instant grocery app Getir acquires its competitor Gorillas by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Founders are at a distinct disadvantage in the valuation game. By design, VCs play this game far better than most founders ever will.

How to respond when a VC asks about your startup’s valuation by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch

Historically, Twitter has had a tumultuous relationship with the third-party developer community. But in the last few years, the company has tried to appease the developer community with projects like a new API release and the ‘Twitter Toolbox’ collection to highlight some of the projects. However, under Elon Musk’s management, some of these programs are […]

Amid growing concerns from third-party developers, Twitter shuts down Toolbox and other projects by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Primer, a U.K. startup founded by alums of Braintree and PayPal that provides a drag-and-drop framework for merchants to build online payment stacks, last year raised $50 million at a $425 million valuation from investors like ICONIQ, Accel, Balderton Capital and Seedcamp– a round the came amid a bullish period for e-commerce, with record-levels of […]

Primer, the UK e-commerce tech startup, has laid off one-third of its staff by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Chicago-based medical giant CommonSpirit Health has confirmed that an October ransomware attack exposed the personal data of more than 620,000 patients. CommonSpirit Health, which operates more than 700 care sites and 142 hospitals in 21 states, first confirmed an “IT security issue” on October 5. At the time, the company declined to comment on the […]

CommonSpirit Health says patient data was stolen during ransomware attack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch