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

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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. “Don’t know why it took me so long,” he wrote.

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A Gen Z VC speaks up: Why Gen Z VCs are trash

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Gen Z VCs have raised funds, garnered social media followings and profited from the Gen Z mentality. Sure, most of us grew up in an age of technology, but we didn’t all grow up in an age of social media. There’s a drastic difference in views and experiences between someone born in 1997 and someone born in 2012. Myself included.

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A Vine mess: The choice between rebooting and reviving old software

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When Vine launched in 2012, TikTok was still five years away, and Vine never figured out how to monetize its platform successfully in a way that took care of the top creators and influencers. It might be ambitious to think that you can go from zero to a world-class social media site in a matter of months.

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Jungle Ventures closes a $600M fund, bringing its total assets under management to over $1B

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Jungle Ventures was founded in 2012 by Amit Anand and Anurag Srivastava, launching with a $10 million debut fund. We’ve been investing with that philosophy since our inception in 2012. based social-crypo-community platform for women Eveworld; and inFeedo, an employee retention SaaS platform. . “If

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Down rounds are a ‘ticket to try again,’ says founder who raised 3 in a row

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The social media company had raised a down round in 2009 before it went public in 2012 at a $104 billion valuation. But it might be hard for a B2B sales startup to gain confidence from Meta’s story — the social media company has always seemed to operate in its own world.

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

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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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Thai beauty platform Konvy raises Series A for international expansion

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Konvy was launched in 2012 by Chinese entrepreneur QingGui Huang, who previously managed fashion e-commerce platforms in China. Konvy taps into the high rate of social media usage by developing a feedback loop, where engagements on its partner brands’ not only helps Konvy’s existing portfolio, but also helps more brands in the future.

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