Founded by former Carousell and Fave execs, Rainforest gets $36M to consolidate Asia-Pacific Amazon Marketplace brands – TechCrunch

From left to right: Rainforest business operations and strategy director Elita Subaja; co-founder and CEO J.J. Chai and brand manager Jerry Ng Singapore-based Rainforest is one of the newest entrants in the wave of startups that “roll-up” small e-commerce brands. Launched in January by alumni from some of Southeast Asia’s top startups, including Carousell, OVO…

Founded by former Carousell and Fave execs, Rainforest gets $36M to consolidate Asia-Pacific Amazon Marketplace brands – TechCrunch

From left to right: Rainforest business operations and strategy director Elita Subaja; co-founder and CEO J.J. Chai and brand manager Jerry Ng Singapore-based Rainforest is one of the newest entrants in the wave of startups that “roll-up” small e-commerce brands. Launched in January by alumni from some of Southeast Asia’s top startups, including Carousell, OVO…

Cisco sees smart buildings as key to ‘democratizing enterprise IoT’

Cisco characterizes Power-over-Ethernet as a “fourth utility” in smart buildings In a new blog post, Cisco’s Anoop Vetteth, vice president of product management for Enterprise Switching and Software Solutions, examined the role of connected buildings as providing “a fourth utility” that, when combined with internet of things solutions, can make enterprise facilities better for workers,…

The best Android phones in 2021

The best Android phones give you something really important: choice. Whether you’re on a tight budget or want to drop up to $2,000 on a phone, you have a lot to choose from. You have the power to prioritize what features matter most to you. Those on a budget can get a good-enough Android phone…

Apple iPad Pro (2020) vs. iPad Pro (2018)

The 2020 iPad Pro, while obviously a newer model, has since been replaced by the 2021 iPad Pro, with its new M1 chip and upgraded features. This has had several effects on past iPads. Apple is no longer directly selling the 2020 iPad Pro, although it’s still available from retailers (check our links below), and…

Supercell likes Metacore’s games so much it just gave it another $180M credit line – TechCrunch

Metacore, a Finnish mobile games company, seems to have an amazing ‘relationship’ with Supercell, another (quite successful) Finnish mobile games company. Back in September 2020, Metacore raised $17.7 million in equity from Supercell and another $11.8 million line of credit, sometimes also called a debt round. That amazing relationship appears to be ongoing. Because Metacore…

Supercell likes Metacore’s games so much it just gave it another $180M credit line – TechCrunch

Metacore, a Finnish mobile games company, seems to have an amazing ‘relationship’ with Supercell, another (quite successful) Finnish mobile games company. Back in September 2020, Metacore raised $17.7 million in equity from Supercell and another $11.8 million line of credit, sometimes also called a debt round. That amazing relationship appears to be ongoing. Because Metacore…