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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Global Fashion Group raises €300M+ from Rocket Internet, Kinnevik, others at €1B valuation, down from €3.1B a year ago — Rocket Internet's GFG pockets $340M+ at $1.1B valuation, down from $3.5B a year ago

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Colin Lecher / The Verge:

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Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg:

French P2P car rental startup Drivy raises €31M round from Cathay Innovation, Nokia Growth Partners, Index Ventures, others — ‘Airbnb for Cars’ Startup Drivy Gets $35 Million to Expand — Paris-based startup will enter new markets, including London — Nokia venture arm, Cathay private equity, lead investment

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Julian Sanchez / Just Security:

Feinstein-Burr anti-encryption bill is so broad that it could ban modern web browsers — Feinstein-Burr: The Bill That Bans Your Browser — Last week, I criticized the confused rhetorical framework that the Feinstein-Burr encryption backdoor proposal tries to impose on the ongoing Crypto Wars 2.0 debate.

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