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As some crypto startups seek to avoid oversight, VCs are passing on board seats to win deals; investors in FTX, which has raised $1.8B+, have no board seats — Founders of digital asset groups seek to avoid investor oversight in new Silicon Valley trend — Jack Lu received eight proposals …
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The US FCC adds Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom Americas, and China Mobile International USA to its national security threat list, barring them from its USF funds — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday added Russia's AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp (0728.HK) …
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Ukraine will start selling 54 NFTs next week chronicling the war's first three days to support its army and civilians, replacing a canceled crypto airdrop plan — Proceeds will go toward Ukraine's army and civilians — Ukraine's government is raising funds by selling non-fungible tokens …
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| Bloomberg: |
Mike Frazzini, a longtime Amazon employee who helped start Amazon Games and its current head, is stepping down to focus on his family — Mike Frazzini, a longtime Amazon.com Inc. employee who helped start Amazon Game Studios, is stepping down. The executive told staff Friday he was leaving …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple paid $100K to $200K in stock-based bonuses to select software and hardware engineers, after giving similar bonuses in December to retain talent — Apple Inc. is paying a small number of engineers another round of special stock bonuses as part of an unusual push to retain key talent …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Transport for London grants Uber a 30-month license to continue operating in London, removing a key source of years-long uncertainty for Uber in the UK — - Uber has been granted a 30-month license to operate in London, according to Transport for London. — The move ends a years-long spat … | MIT Technology Review: |
A look at Intrepid Response, an app the Minnesota police used to collect photos and data on journalists at protests and share across law enforcement agencies — In April of last year, a freelance photojournalist named J.D. Duggan was covering a protest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Polish postal locker service InPost is attracting takeover interest from CVC Capital and others, after its stock fell 60%+ since its January 2021 IPO — InPost SA, the Polish operator of self-service lockers for e-commerce, is attracting potential takeover interest from private equity firms … | Samuel Stolton / Politico: |
EU lawmakers provisionally agree on the DMA, which mandates messaging service interoperability, limits bundling services, prohibits self-preferencing, and more — The European Union today adopted landmark rules clamping down on anti-competitive abuses by the world's largest technology platforms …
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| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Spectro Cloud, which offers a Kubernetes management service for enterprises, raises a $40M Series B led by Stripes, bringing its total funding to $67.5M — Santa Clara, California-based Spectro Cloud closed a $40 million Series B led by Stripes, as the company looks to help companies build on the open-source Kubernetes platform.| Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: |
Brands including Forever 21, DKNY, and Estée Lauder have joined the first Metaverse Fashion Week, which began on Thursday and runs until Sunday in Decentraland — Brands including Forever 21, DKNY and Estée Lauder are using the digital event in part to study how consumers will shop in virtual worlds
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| Alex Soderstrom / Orlando Business Journal: |
Orlando-based Beep, which is developing autonomous shuttles, raises a $25M Series A extension led by ABS Capital, bringing its total funding to about $50M — The next 24 months will be a critical time for Beep Inc. — The Orlando-based self-driving shuttle operator on March 22 announced it raised $25 million from investors.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
WorkRamp, which offers digital workplace training tools, raises a $40M Series C co-led by Salesforce Ventures, Slack Fund, and Susa Ventures — WorkRamp, a provider of learning management systems (LMS), today announced that it has raised $40 million in a series C funding round co-led by Salesforce Ventures … Sponsor Posts
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