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Meta’s NPE team takes a global focus with seed-stage investments, offices in emerging markets

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The group, which first launched in mid-2019, has been focused on building consumer-facing apps that would allow the company to test out new social features and gauge people’s reactions. To capitalize on that potential, the organization recently set up an office in Lagos, Nigeria, and it will soon open another in Asia.

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54gene CEO steps down as the company looks to cut more jobs

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54gene co-founder and chief executive officer Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong has stepped down from his executive role, the African genomics company confirmed to TechCrunch today. The three-year-old company has appointed General Counsel Teresia L. She will be supported by Chief Operating Officer Delali Attipoe , the company said.

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IP and cybersecurity disputes are top legal concerns for tech companies

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Andrea D'Ambra is a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York office and the U.S. No industry is a stranger to litigation, but for the tech sector, it appears intellectual property (IP) and patent disputes, followed by cybersecurity and data protection issues, are among the top legal matters that keep tech company managers up at night.

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More companies should shift to a work-from-home model

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Karl Laughton is president & COO of Insightly, which makes scalable CRM software that enables companies to go beyond transactions and grow lasting customer relationships. Overhead costs, especially in large cities such as San Francisco, are the largest operating expense for most companies.

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Scaling to the Masses - Fit Your Product for a Larger User Base

Speaker: Dustin Smith, Sr. Product Manager, Incubator

Team makes lots of money and attracts talent from all over the globe, quickly dotting the map with international offices. In a matter of years, a very small company becomes a global superpower. Said idea becomes a wildly successful app.

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Robin raises $30M to expand its office reservation software as companies embrace hybrid work

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For some companies, that’s led to a disconnect between lower-level employees and leadership, the latter of whom are generally skeptical of remote work. According to a survey from GoodHire , 75% of managers want workers in the office, citing the potential lack of focus and loss of company culture. Image Credits: Robin.

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African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B

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Today we behold another unicorn: African payments company Flutterwave announced that it has closed $170 million, valuing the company over $1 billion. hedge fund and investment firm Tiger Global led the Series C round. Last year was a pivotal one for the five-year-old company. Launched in 2016 as a Nigerian and U.S.-based

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