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Happy V-Day! What happens when you poll crypto traders that liking crypto is an “attractive trait”? Well, 4 out of 5 think that’s hella lustful, and 70% said they’d be more likely to date them if they went to the old chains. Our bet is that there may be some confirmation bias in there, because if you wave your Ledger Wallet on Christine or Haje on the first day, that will be the last day as well. still, JacquelineValentine’s report, based on Binance’s poll, is good news for those of you who like to keep things immutable.
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Today, we’re bringing you a great book recommendation from our very own Dominique-Midori: Long out of print since its original publication in the 1980s, Black Women Writers at Work is a major contribution to black literature in the 20th century, and it’s excellent. News of his reappearance. The book includes authentic interviews with Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alexis de Veaux, and others, highlighting the process and critical connection between the work and lived experience of black women writers, whose work laid the foundation for many who came after.
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- Welcome YamerThere wasn’t much to tease here, but Microsoft has confirmed that it’s ditching Yammer to go all-in on Viva Engage. Paul He wrote. Murali Sitaram, senior vice president of Viva and Yammer, explains: “Over the past several months, we’ve heard your feedback that having two apps with the same experience and similar services and content has created confusion and made it a challenge to drive adoption and create transparency. Users”
- Take a deposit, leave a depositAndreessen Horowitz led a $4.5 million seed round to ModernFi, which is developing a marketplace that helps banks in need of loans find what they want, while banks with large deposits can squeeze them. Christine It has more.
- Hi, it’s a call for more funding.: In PhonePe’s bid to raise $1 billion, an investor group that includes Tiger Global and Rabbit Capital has infused $100 million into India’s most valuable fintech startup, which is valued at $12 billion. Manish He wrote.
Startups and VCs
It’s always good to have more capital to invest, but managing a large new fund may be even more beneficial now that many companies that stopped fundraising last year may be in the market come hell or high water 2023; Connie Reports. Buyout firm Bain Capital closed its second growth tech venture fund at $2.4 billion, compared to the $1.3 billion the outfit raised in 2019 for its first-of-its-kind vehicle.
Turning a great idea into a viable startup takes patience, persistence, and more than a little luck. But when an idea is developed in a lab — whether it’s AI, biotech, robotics, or any other deep-tech research project — things get complicated and expensive quickly. Pai Wu, CTO General Partner at SOSV and IndieBio, will join TechCrunch Early Stage on April 20 in Boston. Don’t miss out – get your tickets today!
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10 Years of FinTech Failures: 5 Innovations That Didn’t Live Up to Fame
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The tech industry (and the media that covers it) thrives in hip cycles.
Sometimes, constant clamor can pay off: misguided personal digital assistants from the 1990s turned into sleek smartphones a decade later.
And other times, what seems like a revolutionary idea turns out to be someone trying to jump on a fad. (Remember Google’s Bargain, Juicero, and Icemel?)
Looking back over the past decade, TC+ contributor Grant Easterbrook identifies five trends and key issues that have kept fintech from changing “the way its founders first envisioned.”
Three more from the TC+ team, complete with awesome retro tunes to keep you going.
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It’s easy to leave a meeting without having covered everything that was discussed. That’s where Otter.ai comes in with its new AI meeting assistant, OtterPilot. Aisha It reports that the feature will automatically send AI-generated summaries of meeting topics to attendees with hyperlinks to key moments. It also contains slide presentations and inserts them into the summary. Now you can safely get up and use the bathroom at your next virtual meeting and you won’t miss a thing.
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