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Extra Crunch roundup: Optimized SaaS pricing, recruiting growth experts, VC surveys, more

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Over the last year, I’ve experimented with different mobility options to see which ones best suit my needs, as have most people I know. 10 investors predict MaaS, on-demand delivery and EVs will dominate mobility’s post-pandemic future. 4 strategies for deep tech companies recruiting top growth marketers.

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Eridan reinvents a piece of mobile infrastructure and calls up $46M in funding

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Most of the time no one has to think about how the mobile networks we all rely on work. Eridan is a well-funded startup aiming to replace one of the latter with fundamentally different hardware approach could make mobile networks an order of magnitude more efficient.

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UK challenger bank Starling raises $376M, now valued at $1.9B

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It posted operating profits for a fourth consecutive month, and net income currently exceeds £1.5 — the market where Starling is active — for the last several years has been a gradual shift to online and mobile banking. Monzo, the British challenger bank nearing 5 million customers, has recruited a new US CEO.

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

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More recently, under the tutelage of former CTO Mark Holt, Trainline became a story of scale and mobility, moving to DevOps, agile principles and leveraging compute power through Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company sold more than 204 tickets every minute. Milena Nikolic Such growth in scale has resulted in a steady ramp-up in resources.

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AppWorks closes third fund with $150M for Taiwan and Southeast Asia startups

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AppWorks Fund III’s limited partners include Taiwan Mobile, Axiom Asia Private Capital, Fubon Life, TransGlobe Life, Hongtai Group, Wistron, Cathay Life, Phison Electronics and Taiwan’s National Development Fund. Many of these LPs also participated in AppWorks’ $50 million second fund in 2014.

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Berlin’s Blacklane raises $26M to expand its high-end chauffeur-driven sustainable car service

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The global travel and mobility industries have suffered, with several players struggling between drastic cuts, hibernation or ceasing operations. While financials for 2020 will take a while to be posted, the most recent results for the company showed a net loss of about $18 million in 2018.).

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Beamery, the all-in-one talent management platform, becomes a unicorn

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Revenue from Fortune 500 clients rose by over 250% compared to June 2021, when Beamery closed its Series C round, according to the company, while net retention grew to 135%. “The new funding will support continued investment in our platform and tech capabilities and help to build out global sales footprint.”