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@Jack (Dorsey) quits Instagram, putting the first-name handle up for grabs

TechCrunch

In a post on decentralized social media Nostr , Dorsey shared he deleted the account after years of non-use. He hadn’t posted since April 9, 2012, the book noted — the morning he found out about Instagram’s sale. Dorsey also backed another decentralized networking protocol Nostr by donating around $245,000 in bitcoin.

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

TechCrunch

Tipser’s technology enables consumers to purchase products natively from sites like online publications, mobile marketplaces, price comparison sites, social media platforms or search engines. The company is led by Marcus Jacobsson, co-founder and CEO, who started the company in 2012 with Axel Wolrath and Jonas Sjöstedt.

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PicPay, the Brazilian mobile payments platform, files for an IPO on Nasdaq

TechCrunch

PicPay operates largely as a financial services platform that includes a credit card, a digital wallet similar to that of Apple Pay, a Venmo-style P2P payments element, e-commerce and social networking features. “We million to social projects in Brazil. In December 2020 the company agreed to pay a fine of $1.5

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Meet Seoul-based accelerator SparkLabs’ 19th batch of startups 

TechCrunch

The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. The accelerator has backed more than 270 startups since its inception in 2012, co-founder and partner of SparkLabs Eugene Kim told TechCrunch. . and Asia. .

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

TechCrunch

” Launched in 2012 by Khoury, Alo Sarv and Tony Rindsberg, Soci’s platform is designed for organizations that have hundreds — or even thousands — of people managing their marketing across various channels. With Sarv and Rindsberg, Khoury spent two years building the product before launching it in a limited beta.

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Social Business in Australia in 2012

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

While traveling around the world recently to discuss social business in Asia and Eastern Europe, I’ve been reminded by the sheer speed at which social networks are changing how we communicate. Most of the Western world has been on social networks for a while but now the rest isn’t far behind.

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Apeel bites into another $250M funding round, at a $2B valuation, to accelerate fresh food supply chains

TechCrunch

With the new funding, Apeel has now raised over $635 million since the company was founded in 2012. We can’t create these supply networks alone, we do it in concert with supply and retail partners,” he said. Prior to this round, the company brought in $250 million in Series D funding in May 2020.

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