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…

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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…

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Forecasting in Weflow

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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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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