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Startups and VC

Imitating the actual knowledge: Singapore-based Betterdata took in $1.55 million to take a distinct method to conventional knowledge sharing strategies through the use of artificial knowledge to maintain actual knowledge secure, Catherine stories.
Driving towards one thing new: Autotech Ventures is venturing into new territory with a $230 million mobility fund that may add fintech and the round financial system to its funding technique, writes Kirsten.
Taking the plunge: Founders Pledge, a charitable initiative in London, launched a enterprise capital arm referred to as Pledge Ventures in what Mike writes is to “create a brand new ‘flywheel’ in philanthropy.”
Hearken to this: Brian shares all of the feels about first studying of headphone startup Nura, which he stories received acqui-hired by Masimo, the dad or mum firm of electrics firm Denon.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Honeycomb’s $50M Sequence D deck

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Startups that increase Sequence D rounds might need lots of of workers, tens of tens of millions in ARR and different proof factors that show they’ve decreased danger, however they nonetheless want pitch decks.

Honeycomb, which describes itself as a “debugger for stay manufacturing programs,” shared its profitable $50 million Sequence D pitch deck with TechCrunch:

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Large Tech Inc.

Lyft layoffs: Journey-hailing firm Lyft confirmed it’s chopping its workforce by 1,200 as a part of a restructuring effort meant to “higher meet the wants of riders and drivers,” Kirsten stories. The layoffs will have an effect on company workers, of which there are about 4,000, as a result of Lyft doesn’t make use of its drivers.
We be taught one thing new each day: The Linux Basis launched a brand new group to keep up TLA+, Kyle writes. In case you’re doing a type of “be taught one new time period a day,” right here’s your schooling for the day: TLA+ is a proper “spec” language, developed by laptop scientist and mathematician Leslie Lamport, for designing, modeling, documenting and verifying software program packages.
Strike that: Sarah stories that in an effort to discover a sooner decision to its antitrust authorized battle with Fortnite maker Epic Video games, Match Group and state attorneys basic, Google is asking the courtroom to dismiss a number of claims, 5 to be precise, that “would seemingly be pivotal to the plaintiffs’ capacity to show anticompetitive conduct.”
4 corners of the globe, actually: The Inside Income Service is sending 4 investigators internationally to combat cybercrime, Lorenzo stories. Earlier than you go, “Simply 4?” I’ll throw in there that the IRS beforehand solely had one.
Denied: Meta was attempting to have its content material moderator case dismissed in Kenya, however now has to muddle by way of it. A courtroom dominated that Meta will be sued over alleged illegal sacking and blacklisting of moderators. Annie has extra.