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To win post-pandemic, startups need remote-first growth teams – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Growth leaders used to build key relationships across a company while working together in a real-life office. Those relationships could carry over through the pandemic, but let’s say you’re a new company and you’re remote-first. How do you build this complex collaboration from scratch? Growth marketer and investor Susan Su tells us that the…
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Facebook rolls out new tools for Group admins, including automated moderation aids – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Facebook today introduced a new set of tools aimed at helping Facebook Group administrators get a better handle on their online communities and, potentially, help keep conversations from going off the rails. Among the more interesting new tools is a machine learning-powered feature that alerts admins to potentially unhealthy conversations taking place in their…
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Google updates its kids online safety curriculum with lessons on gaming, video and more – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Google announced today it’s updating and expanding its digital safety and citizenship curriculum called Be Internet Awesome, which is aimed at helping school-aged children learn to navigate the internet responsibly. First introduced four years ago, the curriculum now reaches 30 countries and millions of kids, says Google. In the update rolling out today, Google…
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GM increases EV and AV investments to $35B through 2025 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] General Motors Co. has yet again upped the amount it says it will spend on electric and autonomous vehicle investments, saying Wednesday that it would spend $35 billion through 2025 – an $8 billion increase from its previous plan announced in November 2020. The company has set a target to bring 30 new EVs…
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On a growth tear, DuckDuckGo reveals it picked up $100M in secondary investment last year – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Privacy tech continues cooking on gas. To wit: Non-tracking search engine DuckDuckGo has just revealed that it beefed up its balance sheet at the back end of last year with $100 million+ in “mainly secondary investment” — from a mix of existing and new investors. Its blog post name-checks Omers Ventures, Thrive, GP Bullhound, Impact…
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Hybrid events platform Brella raises $10M Series A led by Connected Capital – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Hybrid event platform Brella has raised a $10M Series A funding round led by Connected Capital. Normally used as an offline networking app, Brella pivoted from live events into a virtual event platform after the pandemic hit. The company counts Informa, Marcus Evans, Questex and IQPC as customers Markus Kauppinen, CEO and Founder of…
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Bringg nabs $100M at a $1B valuation for a last-mile delivery platform for retailers – TechCrunch
[ad_1] With many consumers making the switch to online shopping in the last year due to Covid-19 and largely staying active on those platforms even after physical shops and the freedom to move about them have been restored, companies that are enabling those services are continuing to see a lot of business and attention. In…
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BrowserStack valued at $4 billion in $200 million BOND-led funding – TechCrunch
[ad_1] BrowserStack, a startup that operates a giant software testing platform, said on Wednesday it has raised $200 million in a new financing round that valued the 10-year-old firm at $4 billion. BOND led the Dublin and San Francisco-headquartered startup’s Series B financing round, while Insight Partners and existing investor Accel participated in it. BrowserStack, which…
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Gloat raises $57M to reinvent the internal job board – TechCrunch
[ad_1] A lot of the focus in recruitment these days has been on better technology to connect people to job opportunities at new organizations, but that also leaves a wide opening to focus on one of the other big funnels for finding work: internal transfers. Today, a startup that is building tools to improve that…
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TC Mobility recaps, Nubank EC-1, farewell to browser cookies – TechCrunch
[ad_1] What, exactly, are investors looking for? Early-stage founders, usually first-timers, often tie themselves in knots as they try to project the qualities they hope investors are seeking. In reality, few entrepreneurs have the acting skills required to convince someone that they’re patient, dedicated or hard working. Johan Brenner, general partner at Creandum, was an…