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TechCrunch Top 3
- Money, money, money… must be fun: Warner Bros. Discovery revealed that it lost another $2.1 billion in the fourth quarter. This is despite the success of shows like “The Last of Us” on HBO and games like “Hogwarts Legacy.” lauren explains more.
- fashion layoffs: Thrift clothing marketplace Poshmark is now laying off employees just two months after being acquired by Naver, Kate reports.
- Another brick in the wall: Ron explains why a possible US Department of Justice suit for antitrust could derail the pending $20 billion Adobe-Figma deal.
Startups and VCs
The truth of the matter is that Mobile World Congress (MWC) was never a consumer technology show per se, but the participation of various smartphone manufacturers turned it into a handy launch pad. Brian explore in What we expect from MWC 2021.
Faced with recruited co-founders and blocked bunkers, Ukraine’s tech industry pushes on. Miguel explores how, one year after the invasion of Russia, Ukrainian start-ups show amazing resilience.
And we have five more for you:
- Pay, pay, pay: Telecommunications giant Airtel eyeing a stake in Paytm, for manish.
- Buy, buy, buy: Rebuy aims to change the customer shopping experience, one personalization at a time, christina reports.
- Deb, developer, developer: Alchemy releases a tool that allows developers to start creating dApps in 4 minutes, jaquelyn reports.
- Ay ay ay: Natasha L. reports how Voicemod gears up with $14.5M to take advantage of the AI generative (sonic) boom.
- photo, photo, photo: South Africa’s Envisionit Deep AI lands $1.65 million to expand access to medical imaging, reports say annie.
5 Questions Emerging Managers Should Ask Before Selecting LP
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Before an emerging manager can start backing startups, he or she will first need to earn the trust of limited partners who are willing to take a chance on their investment thesis.
“Each rung on the decision-making ladder increases the risk of termination, loss of information, or miscommunication, which can be mitigated if you can get in front of the decision makers early on,” says Linda Greub, co-founder and Managing Partner of Avestria Ventures.
Drawing on his own experience, Greub shares five questions emerging managers can use to “find the investors most likely to believe in you.”
Three more from the TC+ team:
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big tech inc
A new group of hackers by the name of CH01 defaced Russian websites to show a video of the Kremlin in flames. Lawrence has more.
Google One subscribers can rejoice that they now have access to Google Photos’ new AI-powered “Magic Eraser” that will remove unwanted content from images. Sarah reports.
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