Threads, a Slack alternative completely unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge
[ad_1] Instagram’s Twitter clone Threads enjoyed a fairly fruitful first week in existence, sailing past 30 million users in the first 24 hours before passing 100 million signups within five…
Read More »Outverse wants to build a full-stack community platform for software companies
[ad_1] Building and harnessing online communities has been a major driving force behind some of the world’s largest platforms, from Stripe and Slack to Figma and Notion. At the heart…
Read More »Google’s Gradient Ventures backs Weflow to bring greater hygiene to Salesforce data
[ad_1] Google’s venture capital arm Gradient Ventures has made another foray into Europe, investing as part of a $3.2 million seed round in two-year-old German startup Weflow. Weflow is the…
Read More »Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raises $65M for preventative healthcare through full-body scans
[ad_1] Neko Health, the health tech startup co-founded by Spotify co-creator Daniel Ek, has raised €60 million ($65 million) in its first external round of funding. The Series A round…
Read More »Google’s Gradient backs YC alum Infisical to solve secret sprawl
[ad_1] Secret sprawl, where companies store authentication credentials and similar sensitive data across multiple locations, is a real and growing problem for any company wanting to avert a security breach….
Read More »Fairphone CEO Eva Gouwens to step down
[ad_1] Fairphone CEO Eva Gouwens has announced that she’s stepping down, some five years after landing in the hotseat. Founded out of the Netherlands back in 2010, Fairphone has set out…
Read More »Nasdaq to acquire financial services software company Adenza from Thoma Bravo for $10.5B
[ad_1] Nasdaq today revealed that it’s doling out $10.5 billion to acquire Adenza, a company that develops risk-management and related regulatory software for the financial services market. The megabucks deal,…
Read More »Cultured meat startup Higher Steaks nabs $30M and rebrands as Uncommon
[ad_1] U.K.-based cultivated meat startup Higher Steaks has raised $30 million in a Series A round of funding and revealed that it’s changing its name to Uncommon. Founded out of…
Read More »GetHarley, a skincare telehealth and consultation platform, raises $52M
[ad_1] GetHarley, a platform that connects consumers with skincare clinicians and related products, has raised $52 million in a round of funding led by existing investor Index Ventures. Founded out…
Read More »To avert more UK antitrust woes, Meta to limit how it uses ad data to boost Facebook Marketplace
[ad_1] Facebook’s parent Meta has given key assurances to U.K. antitrust regulators as it looks to counter concerns over how it uses advertising data to benefit its own products. The…
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