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Former Snap employees raise $9M for Trust, emerging from beta to level marketing playing field

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Trust wants to give smaller businesses the same advantages that large enterprises have when marketing on digital and social media platforms. Then as part of its community, companies share knowledge of marketing buys and data insights typically reserved for larger advertisers. Trust dashboard. E-commerce sales in the U.S.

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Catch&Release raises $14M to help marketers find and license content from across the web

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Goodin explained that the company started out as an image research firm before becoming a product-focused, venture-backed startup in 2015. “This isn’t just about UGC, this is about tapping into the creative potential of the internet,” she said. Image Credits: Catch&Release.

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Tiger Global says India returns have ‘sucked historically’ but remains bullish

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The New York-headquartered firm, which counts India among its top three markets globally, has deployed over $6.5 billion in the South Asian market since inception, TechCrunch reported last year. You had a great legacy of last 17-18 years of materially profitable internet companies.

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Investors are doubling down on Southeast Asia’s digital economy

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billion, about four times more than they did in 2015. Southeast Asia has become an attractive market for U.S. billion in 2015, as we can see in the table below. Southeast Asia also has many opportunities for VC investment relative to its market size. In 2020, startups in the region raised over $8.2 and Chinese tech firms.

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New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape

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It highlights important events in the continent’s tech ecosystem until this point, compares its journey with other emerging markets and provides guidance into the opportunities within various sectors. The market size of Africa’s digital economy is massive and, if projections go as planned, should top $712 billion by 2050.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

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Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets. per share, a premium of around 60% over the market price. March 2015: With the criminal investigation over, HP begins a civil case, suing Mike Lynch for $5.1 billion or $11.7

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Legendary hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek talk cybersecurity and autonomous vehicles at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

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Security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek shook the automotive industry in 2015 by remotely hacking a Jeep Cherokee driven by Wired reporter , and willing participant, Andy Greenberg. It’s a trend that has caused a boon in the automotive cybersecurity market, which is predicted to reach $5.3 billion in 2026. .

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