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Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform

TechCrunch

“Soci became an essential partner to brands for this transformation, which led to an increased need for brands to turn to technology to manage their presence in local digital market channels.” Yelp) and then automatically responds to those reviews. ” Khoury has a colorful background.

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Nord Security, the startup behind NordVPN, raises its first-ever funding, $100M at a $1.6B valuation

TechCrunch

What’s notable here is that Vilnius, Lithuania-based Nord has been bootstrapped for the last 10 years (it was founded in 2012), a state that doesn’t seem to have held back its growth. And having a customer base that was primarily consumers also meant potentially less due diligence around how the product worked.

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Bolt makes first acquisition with Tipser, launches ‘Remote Checkout’

TechCrunch

The ability to purchase something at the point of discovery from digital content exists, but checkout technology company Bolt has the opportunity to give that its “one-click” treatment. It announced Monday that it made its first acquisition in Tipser , a Swedish-based technology company enabling direct checkout on any digital surface.

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Startup fundraising is the most tangible gender gap. How can we overcome it?

TechCrunch

While the gender gap in other areas (such as the number of women entering tech in general) may be on the right path, this disparity in funding seems to be stagnant. There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. Confidence is key when it comes to fundraising.

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How Reliable Is Cable Internet? Here’s How Our Networks Are Performing

CableLabs

Cable broadband networks not only withstood this sudden surge in internet usage; they excelled. Looking to the future, cable networks are also well-positioned to remain ahead of sustained increases in consumer demand. Looking more closely at the most recent 5 months illustrates the rapid increase in internet use due to COVID-19.

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Data intelligence startup Near, with 1.6B anonymized user IDs, lists on Nasdaq via SPAC at a $1B market cap; raises $100M

TechCrunch

The IPO window has all but closed for technology companies in the wake of a massive downturn in the market, but an opening still remains for some, in the form of SPACs. Just this week, Enjoy — which also listed by way of a SPAC — said that it was on course to run out of money by June and was reviewing its strategic options.

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Forecast: 15 Companies We Think May Actually, Really, Finally, Maybe Go Public In 2024 

Crunchbase News

With that in mind, we once again offer up some ideas for companies we think would be top contenders when the public markets eventually reopen for new tech listings. Arctic Wolf is seasoned — it was founded in 2012 — and in July 2021 raised $150 million in a Series F, which took its valuation from $1.3 billion to $4.3

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