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Nigerian proptech Spleet gets $2.6M led by MaC VC to scale its property management products

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For the average individual living in Lagos — Nigeria’s most populous city, with over 20 million people — apartment hunting is an extreme sport. While Adesanmi worked for years in Nigeria’s banking and fintech space, his family’s real estate background pushed him to establish a startup in proptech.

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

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The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Discord is a well-financed unicorn that has raised oodles of capital and reportedly sports rapidly expanding revenues. Discord is a well-financed unicorn that has raised oodles of capital and reportedly sports rapidly expanding revenues. There are three things to discuss.

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“Link-in-bio” company Linktree raises $45M Series B for its social commerce features

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We were first to market and, with over 12 million users globally, still hold 88% of market share,” founder and chief executive officer Alex Zaccaria told TechCrunch. Beacons debuts a ‘link in bio’ mobile website builder that helps creators make money, not just list links.

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Apple Watch accessory maker Wristcam raises $25M

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Industry leader Apple certainly doesn’t seem to be rushing into the idea, so Wristcam went and did it for them with the launch of a band sporting its own camera capable of shooting 4K images and 1080p. The product launched late last year, following a successful crowdfunding campaign. Apple Watch Series 6 review.

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Toca Football raises $40 million to fuel its budding chain of giant soccer and entertainment facilities

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based company that operates 14 sports centers across the U.S. high school soccer programs recorded an all-time high in the 2018/19 season, with more than 850,000 playing the sport across the country. Maruyama suggests the company has been able to take advantage of a depressed commercial real estate market over the last year or so.).

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What are NFTs? Top 5 Remarkable NFT business ideas to adopt in 2022

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Rather than, the artist can market it as an NFT straight to the consumer, letting them hold a more substantial amount of the profit. Talking about both real words and virtual, the use of NFTs can be done for marketing digital real estate. NFT for Sports. NFT in Metaverse. Conclusion.

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Fintech Roundup: Will financial technology startups dodge the venture slowdown?

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Is this market big enough for so many global players? We’re seeing pretty big market changes. So when you see, you know, a deal, and a [founder] who normally was going to go out for a $20 million Series A, they’re being told by the market to raise 12 to 15 million, because that’s where the appetite is.

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