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Sports community platform Stadium Live raises $10M to expand its digital world for Gen Z

TechCrunch

announced its $10 million Series A funding round to continue its mission of bringing fantasy sports to a younger generation. The Canadian startup was founded in 2020 by Kevin Kim and Paul Xu with the goal of gamifying the sports fandom and building a “digital playground” of sorts for Gen Z sports fans.

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Sydney-based startup Upflowy raises $4M to optimize web experiences with its no-code solution

TechCrunch

The Australia-based startup, which just raised $4 million, has built a platform that offers drag and drop tools for A/B testing and personalization on the web and mobile apps, and the best part is businesses don’t need to know any code to engage with it. The Australian tech scene is driving innovation globally.

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How will investors value MetroMile and Oscar Health?

TechCrunch

In the wake of last year’s debuts by neoinsurance companies Lemonade and Root, it’s not surprising to see others test the public markets. Both Lemonade and Root have yet to announce Q4 2020 results, so we’ll look at their Q3 details instead. Results via the company , comparisons are Q3 2019: Root Q3 2020 revenue: $50.5

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Discord’s reported $10B exit; Compass and Intermedia Cloud Communications set IPO price ranges

TechCrunch

Discord is a well-financed unicorn that has raised oodles of capital and reportedly sports rapidly expanding revenues. The company’s Xbox gaming ecosystem has survived the test of time, Github is doing fine under Microsoft’s auspices, and Minecraft seems unharmed by Redmond’s stewardship.

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Lucid Green raises $10M Series A to bring smart UPC codes to cannabis

TechCrunch

Cultivators and brands can use this barcode to upload and access test results and compliance certifications. “The idea was to put all the [testing and strain information] in a QR code that leads to rich information to allow people to have a better experience,” Levy said. “There are so many freaking SKUs.

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Highlighting Eight of Praxent’s New Hires of 2020

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Highlighting Eight of Praxent’s New Hires of 2020. As the first half of 2020 comes to an end (I can’t believe it either), we’ve been reflecting on some of the incredible folks that we’ve hired so far this year. Sarah also joined our team as a Delivery Lead in February 2020. — Ricardo Rivas. — Sarah Deen.

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Four short links: 28 April 2020

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Learning a Language — this list of questions facing anyone taking a new language for a test run just burns with truth. Google Research Football — a novel Reinforcement Learning environment where agents aim to master the world’s most popular sport—football.

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