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TechCrunch+ roundup: Stealth recruiting, virtual sales kickoffs, Google Cloud’s Q4

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One recent survey of sales and marketing professionals found that only half of respondents said they were likely to attend an event in H1 2022. 3 ways web3 recruiters can improve their hiring game. 3 ways web3 recruiters can improve their hiring game. Fintech outperformed the market in 2021, and it’s set to do even better.

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Nigerian ethical credit-recovery fintech Bfree secures $1.7M, expands to Asia, Europe, South America and across Africa

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Bfree , a Nigerian credit management fintech, has embarked on global expansion after raising $1.7 million in a pre-Series A round, to tap the opportunities in emerging markets, where digital lending apps have recently sprung up in droves. In emerging markets, this is typically not the case. Image Credits: Bfree.

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Tiger Global in talks to lead over $100M investment in India’s Slice

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A number of high-profile investors are chasing to invest in Slice, a fintech startup that is attempting to expand the market for credit cards in India. Last month, the startup launched a card with 2,000 Indian rupees ($27) as the default limit to tap the nation’s potential addressable market of 200 million individuals.

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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

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We have a busy slate for you today, including news sure to annoy the blockchain faithful, new funds, Facebook’s latest rebrand and more. India continues to debate the fate of cryptocurrencies : A nation’s regulatory and banking bodies debating blockchain technology and its related tokens is a daily occurrence. PST, subscribe here.

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Fast Forward Venture Studio to build African startups from idea to scale

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On the other hand, Omolara, its operating partner, has worked as country manager of Jumia’s fintech arm in Nigeria and was a senior program manager at Facebook. When the idea is established, the venture studio finds an experienced operator they believe can achieve product-market fit, scale the product and lead the company.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Corp dev handbook, Chicago startups, Brazil’s e-commerce landscape

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“With a hot stock market, mountains of cash and cheap debt floating around, the environment for acquisitions is extremely rich.” Apple is changing Mail Privacy Protection and email marketers must prepare. ” Apple is changing Mail Privacy Protection and email marketers must prepare.

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Daily Crunch: Startup that transforms real-world items into NFTs raises $6.9M seed round

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Toplyne just raised $15 million to help product-forward companies analyze their customers and figure out the best go-to-market strategies. This island has nothing to do with love other than that for Roblox : Spotify launched its “Spotify Island” and is now the first music streaming brand on Roblox. Startups and VC.