Retaining mobile app subscribers is harder than it was last year, but paywall optimization and gamified UX can help.
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Saturday, August 5, 2023
Deal Dive: Most secondary sales in venture won’t look like Tiger’s Flipkart deal
Tiger Global sold its Flipkart stake at a valuation 7% below the startup's last primary round. This outcome isn't likely to happen again.
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Unpacking the end of Luko’s solo journey in insurtech
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Friday, August 4, 2023
Dan Gwak of Point72 Ventures thinks there has never been a better time for defense tech startups
Dan Gwak has had a more varied life than many investors. He grew up in Jakarta, the son of Korean parents who ran a shipping business. After high school, he headed to Cornell in the U.S., and became an associate at The Carlyle Group. Everything was moving up and to the right, so to speak. […]
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AWS revenue growth dropped to 12% in Q2, but company remains optimistic about cloud biz
Amazon has seen AWS growth rates dropping substantially over the last three quarters from 20% to 16% to 12% this quarter. That’s not the kind of trend any company wants to see, but especially for a division like AWS, which has been a growth driver for Amazon over the years. Still, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy […]
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Israel cybersecurity agency says no breach after senior official self-infects home PC with malware
Israel’s National Cybersecurity Directorate said there was “no breach” of its network after passwords belonging to a senior agency official were stolen from their home computer earlier this year and published online. A security researcher, who asked not to be named, told TechCrunch that they recently found the INCD official’s stolen credentials posted in mid-June […]
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The US could learn a lot from how the UK is crafting DEI policy for venture capital
The U.K has taken the first steps to make its venture landscape more equitable. The U.S. could take notes.
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Meet Window Snyder, the trailblazer who helped secure the internet and billions of devices
After the band played Miles Davis’ Seven Steps to Heaven, and an effusive introduction from the head of the school, Window Snyder stands in front of a hall filled with around 800 students at her old high school to receive an alumni award. Some of the students have a plastic spoon stuck to their noses, […]
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Rivian elects former Waymo CEO John Krafcik to board
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Thursday, August 3, 2023
Fisker reveals all-electric Alaska pickup, 3 other EV prototypes
Fisker, the automotive startup-turned publicly traded company founded by famed automotive designer Henrik Fisker, revealed Thursday night a dizzying array of EV prototypes from a beefy pickup truck with an expandable bed, and grand tourer sports car with up to 600 miles of range to a souped-up, off-road version of its Ocean SUV and the […]
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TikTok competitor Triller files to go public
Triller has long teased its ambitions to go public, and now, the short form video platform seems to on its way to an IPO. Triller filed an S-1 on Wednesday, seeking to directly list on the New York Stock Exchange. The TikTok competitor previously tried to go public via SPAC in a $5 billion merger […]
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FCC fines robocaller a record $300M after blocking billions of their scam calls
The FCC’s robocaller penalties are growing as the agency tracks down and terminates their operations — this time resulting in a record $300 million forfeiture. But whether and when that money will be paid is, as always, something of an open question. The robocaller in this case was known by a variety of names and […]
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Pinterest touts Amazon partnership progress, AI in Q2 earnings beat
Popular image pinboarding and shopping inspiration site Pinterest provided an update on its recently announced Amazon partnership and its other efforts around AI during its Q2 2023 earnings this week. The company in April announced a multi-year deal with Amazon that saw the e-commerce giant become Pinterest’s first partner on third-party ads. Those efforts are now […]
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Tetrate’s Istio-based Service Express service mesh is now generally available on AWS
Service mesh specialist Tetrate today announced that Tetrate Service Express (TSE), the company’s service mesh solution for Amazon’s EKS container service, is now generally available. TSE combines Tetrate’s Istio-based service mesh solution with a zero-trust security solution that helps users manage how their services talk to each other and outside services. Tetrate’s focus on Istio […]
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Worldcoin plans to resume iris scans in Kenya
Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin yesterday faced its first major hurdle in Africa when authorities in Kenya suspended its iris-scanning activities (“proof of personhood verification”) over security, privacy and data protection concerns. Worldcoin now says it is working with relevant authorities to resume iris scans in Kenya soon. Meanwhile, Worldcoin said in a statement provided […]
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