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Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless

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Kaiko Systems, which Fussek founded in 2020 with Eddy del Valle, the former CTO of freight-forwarding unicorn Sennder , provides a smartphone-based tool for front-line workers and inspectors to collect operational data onboard. “Shipping companies finally made their long-overdue investment in digitization,” said Fussek.

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How to check for founder-investor alignment before you start fundraising

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He helps growth-stage companies, VC firms, family offices and high-net-worth individuals achieve their business goals. Formerly GC of a venture-backed healthcare services company, he works with emerging companies across software, life sciences, healthcare, consumer products and data science. Paul Hughes. Contributor.

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Microsoft’s May 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 111 CVEs

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Microsoft addressed 111 CVEs in the May 2020 Patch Tuesday release, just short of the 113 CVEs seen in April. CVE-2020-1117 | Microsoft Color Management Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. CVE-2020-1117 | Microsoft Color Management Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. dll due to how objects are handled in memory.

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How the pandemic drove the IPO wave we see today

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The pandemic has been the most animating force for startups and venture capital in 2020, discounting the slow movement of global business into the digital realm. Great business, even if Roblox warned that growth could slow sharply next year, when compared to its epic 2020 gains. But COVID did more than that, as we all know.

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Immunefi raises $5.5M to squash Web 3.0 crypto bugs which might cost billions

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bug bounties take on the critical nature of being associated with actual monetary value, not just software bugs. In 2020, hackers stole about $120 million from DeFi protocols in 15 separate attacks. Hackers have netted more than $1.7 But there is a massive difference between the existing “Web 2.0” billion this year.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS burn multiples, 8 fintech VCs spill the tea, all my apes gone

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Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. But say that you are burning $2 million in a quarter, and you are only adding $500,000 of net new ARR. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. At less than zero, you are in a cash-flow-positive position, which is really hard to do.

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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

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Thus, its platform makes it “easy for these businesses to issue corporate expense cards (Visa for now) and software, mainly for sales and marketing teams, to track and control spending. Founded in : 2020. Demilade, a software engineer that has worked for the likes of credit-led neobanks Carbon and Fairmoney, is the CTO.

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