Sunday, May 7, 2023

3one4 Capital, driven by contrarian bets, raises $200 million new fund

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Partners of 3one4 Capital, a venture capital firm in India, recently went on a road show to raise a new fund. Within two and a half months, at the height of the worsening global economy, they had secured $200 million, they disclosed on Monday. It’s the fourth marquee fund for the Bengaluru-headquartered fund, whose portfolio […]

3one4 Capital, driven by contrarian bets, raises $200 million new fund by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

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Persona and Index Ventures talk identity, and identifying a good deal

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Identity management used to mean making sure you had your driver’s license when you left the house, but these days it’s not so easy: Identity fundamentally underpins how we engage with the digital world, and identity services can take on many forms (and, unfortunately, abuses). I’m excited to host a TechCrunch Live event with Persona […]

Persona and Index Ventures talk identity, and identifying a good deal by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

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NFX’s James Currier: Where unicorn ideas come from and why founders ‘have to keep pivoting’

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“This is really only talking about world-changing, big-ass businesses with a lot of impact that could be a billion dollars or more in value."

NFX’s James Currier: Where unicorn ideas come from and why founders ‘have to keep pivoting’ by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

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The fintech space continues to be competitive and drama-filled

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Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, we’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous […]

The fintech space continues to be competitive and drama-filled by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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Space startups need to start preparing for a post-Starship world

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SpaceX's Starship is poised to change the launch industry — and give space startup founders much to consider.

Space startups need to start preparing for a post-Starship world by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

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The best way to avoid a down round is to found an AI startup

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More capital went to AI startups in Q1 2023 than in the sequentially preceding quarter. In contrast, non-AI startups saw their capital inflows constrict over the same timeframe. The best way to avoid a down round is to found an AI startup by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
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Amazon launches free channels, check marks come to Gmail and OpenAI raises more moolah

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It’s that time of week again, folks — Week in Review (WiR) time. For those new to the scene, WiR is TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the biggest tech stories over the past few days. There’s no better digest for the person on the go, we’d argue — but of course, we’re a little biased. […]

Amazon launches free channels, check marks come to Gmail and OpenAI raises more moolah by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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This week in tech acronyms: FRB and GPT

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Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. It’s been a big week for tech acronyms. I woke up on Monday to news that First Republic Bank has been closed down by regulators — and JP […]

This week in tech acronyms: FRB and GPT by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

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The rise and changing role of chief product officers

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Report predicts that 70% of chief product officers will have P&L ownership by 2028.

The rise and changing role of chief product officers by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch

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Deal Dive: VC interest in wildfire tech grows as the world burns around us

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As wildfires continue to become a larger threat, the group of entrepreneurs looking to create tech solutions grows with it.

Deal Dive: VC interest in wildfire tech grows as the world burns around us by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch

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Vint Cerf on the ‘exhilarating mix’ of thrill and hazard at the frontiers of tech

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Vint Cerf has been a near-constant influence on the internet since the days when he was helping create it in the first place. Today he wears many hats, among them VP and chief internet evangelist at Google. He is to be awarded the IEEE’s Medal of Honor at a gala in Atlanta, and ahead of […] Vint Cerf on the ‘exhilarating mix’ of thrill and hazard at the frontiers of tech by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
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Google and OpenAI are Walmarts besieged by fruit stands

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OpenAI may be synonymous with machine learning now and Google is doing its best to pick itself up off the floor, but both may soon face a new threat: rapidly multiplying open source projects that push the state of the art and leave the deep-pocketed but unwieldy corporations in their dust. This Zerg-like threat may […]

Google and OpenAI are Walmarts besieged by fruit stands by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

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Hacked verified Facebook pages impersonating Meta are buying ads from Meta

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Sketchy Facebook pages impersonating businesses are nothing new, but a flurry of recent scams is particularly brazen. A handful of verified Facebook pages were hacked recently and spotted slinging likely malware through ads approved by and purchased through the platform. But the accounts should be easy to catch — in some cases, they were impersonating […]

Hacked verified Facebook pages impersonating Meta are buying ads from Meta by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

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Twitter confirms Circle tweets temporarily were not private

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Twitter confirmed that a security error that made Circle tweets — posts that only go out to a small subset of trusted friends — surface publicly. TechCrunch reported the glitch in early April, but the platform confirmed the issue today in an email sent to Twitter Circle users. “In April 2023, a security incident may […]

Twitter confirms Circle tweets temporarily were not private by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

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