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Porsche joins $400M bet on lithium-silicon batteries to juice up future EVs

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With its first electric vehicle now outselling the quintessential 911 sports car, the German automaker is responding by upping its bet on EVs, in part via a hefty investment in lithium-silicon battery developer Group14 Technologies. Decarbonization Partners, for example, is a joint venture between BlackRock and Temasek.

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Ivorian fintech Julaya gets $5M to become banking partner for businesses in Francophone Africa

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But they can now access more services, for example, the startup’s prepaid card — issued by Mastercard — for corporate expense management. Because if you have just cards, I don’t think you could build a great startup with a lot traction as you would like, for example, in the U.S.,” Byld Ventures, a $15M fund, backs fintechs in Africa.

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Draymond Green isn’t starting a fund, but is working with top VCs

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Green’s more recent investments span self-filtering water bottle brand LARQ and LeBron James’ company, Uninterrupted, a multimedia platform for athletes and general sports content. As of June, Green had a reported net worth of $50 million. Not all of those investments have turned out to be strong long-term performers.

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Nothing But Net: Perficient Scores With Minnesota Timberwolves Partnership

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The Twin Cities and the entire region has a tremendous culture – there are 15 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Minneapolis, for example. READ MORE: Learn About Perficient’s Brand Ambassadors and Partnerships Wow, it sounds like we have quite a few fantastic sports partnerships. Several reasons.

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How will investors value MetroMile and Oscar Health?

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For example, Oscar Health recently announced its intention to go public via a traditional IPO. There is something of a tale of two companies in Lemonade and Root, with the pair valued at divergent multiples and sporting very different post-IPO trajectories, at least concerning their value. Root Q3 2020 net loss: $85.2

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Social stock trading services Public raises $65M Series C

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While competing services to Public also sport zero-cost trading, Public’s model hinges on a social focus (TechCrunch covered an element of Public’s social platform here , for example). Robinhood generates oceans of income from the practice, for example. As investing apps boom, Public doubles down on its social focus.

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Moonshot Brands funding, acquisitions highlight change in e-commerce aggregator space

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He considers Moonshot Brands, which you can read more about in this deep look into aggregators , to be a boutique company, focused on Amazon and direct-to-consumer brands globally, and initially in the mobility and action sports sectors. However, Isakow doesn’t much care for the “aggregator” moniker.

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