The Russian government has now said it will limit access to Instagram. It’s the latest state restriction targeting mainstream foreign tech platforms since the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia is blaming a hate speech policy change by Meta, reported earlier by Reuters, for censoring Instagram. But the move comes as Putin continues to tighten his grip…
100ms, the live video conferencing infrastructure startup based in India and US, has raised $20 million in Series A funding to power the next generation of live video apps, coming barely five months after they closed the seed round. This latest round was led by Falcon Edge’s Alpha Wave Incubation, with participation from Matrix Partners…
100ms, the live video conferencing infrastructure startup based in India, has raised $20 million in Series A funding to power the next generation of live video apps, coming barely five months after they closed the seed round. This latest round was led by Falcon Edge’s Alpha Wave Incubation, with participation from Matrix Partners India and…
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Stilt, which started its life as a provider of financial services for immigrants, has raised $14 million in Series A funding led by Link Ventures as it expands its focus to include a B2B offering. In addition to the equity raise, the San Francisco-based fintech said it has also closed on a new $100 million…
For an undisclosed price, Course Hero has acquired Scribbr, a proofreading and editing service for academic writing. This is Course Hero’s latest deal in a string of buys – including CliffNotes, LitCharts, QuillBot and Symbolab – all powered by a duo of financings that saw the edtech platform valued at $1.1 billion. Founded in 2012,…
Indian game streaming startup Loco said on Thursday it has raised $42 million as it looks to build, per its conversations with investors, “Twitch for India.” Hashed, Makers Fund, Catamaran Ventures, Krafton and Hiro Capital invested in the startup’s Series A financing, which gives the startup a pre-money valuation of about $145 million, according to…
It’s up, up, and away for another SpaceX Starlink mission. At 5:45 this morning PST, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida, adding 48 new satellites to SpaceX’s 2,000-strong constellation of internet-providing devices orbiting the Earth. This launch was the fourth for the booster, which landed…
Facebook announced today that it’s rolling out new features to help Facebook Group administrators keep their communities safe, manage interactions and reduce misinformation. Most notably, the company has added the option for admins to automatically decline incoming posts that have been identified as containing false information by third-party checkers. Facebook says this new tool will…
Mara, a São Paulo-based startup that aims to “reinvent” the grocery shopping experience for the underserved in Latin America, has raised $6 million in a funding round co-led by Canary and Caffeinated Capital. This round caught my attention for a few reasons. For one, Mara was founded by Danilo Mansano and Ariel Lambrecht, the latter…
