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Pitch Deck Teardown: PhageLab’s $11M Series A deck

This week, we’re taking a look at what PhageLab got right in this pitch deck and why it could use some judicious pruning. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Hire mindset over skill set

Upskilling is more than just a remedy for skill shortages. It is a strategic long-term investment and will help cultivate a dynamic, adaptable workforce. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Niremia Collective closes inaugural fund with $22.5M focused on well-being technology

Niremia Collective intends to provide capital and management resources to high-growth well-being startups as well as incubate new businesses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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FTC orders Blackbaud to overhaul ‘reckless’ security practices in wake of 2020 breach

Education tech company Blackbaud agreed to settle with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the company’s security practices that resulted in a 2020 data breach. The FTC alleges that Blackbaud, a U.S.-based company that provides financial and administrative software to … Continue reading

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As Podcastle raises $13.5M, its founder credits AI-driven growth in Armenia’s ‘Mini-Silicon Valley’

Podcastle, a podcasting platform that has boosted its product with various generative AI-driven features, has raised $13.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Mosaic Ventures. Also participating were existing Podcastle investors RTP Global, Point Nine Capital, Sierra … Continue reading

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Apple says it’ll show its GenAI efforts ‘later this year’

Apple has tossed another crumb to investors wondering when the world will get to see some ‘Made in Cupertino’ GenAI: Expect Apple to reveal what it’s been working on in this buzzy slice of artificial intelligence “later this year”, per … Continue reading

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Byju’s says investors don’t have voting right to remove founder from edtech group

After months of private scuffles, Byju’s and some of its largest investors are now taking their fight public. Byju’s, once India’s most valuable startup, said Friday its investors do not have the voting right to seek leadership changes, a day … Continue reading

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YouTube is not building a Vision Pro app, so Apollo for Reddit dev made one

Apple’s Vision Pro headset is set to release for consumers today, but YouTube is not currently building a dedicated app for the device. To fill that void, Christian Selig, the developer who made Apollo for Reddit client, has made a Vision … Continue reading

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Renowned investors Elad Gil and Sarah Guo on the risks and rewards of funding AI tech: “The biggest threat to us in the short run is other people”

Last week, at our first StrictlyVC evening of the year, prominent AI investors Elad Gil and Sarah Guo joined us in San Francisco to talk about how they think about AI investing in a world where deals were getting bid … Continue reading

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Apple says EU represents 7% of global App Store revenue

Nearly a week after Apple announced big changes to the App Store because of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules, the company said that the market represents 7% of its global App Store revenues. The company’s chief financial … Continue reading

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