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India’s Airtel dismisses data breach reports amid customer concerns

Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, on Friday denied any breach of its systems following reports of an alleged security lapse that has caused concern among its customers. The telecom group, which also sells productivity and security solutions to businesses, said … Continue reading

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Spain’s exposure to climate change helps Madrid-based VC, Seaya, close €300M climate-tech fund

According to a recent Dealroom report on the Spanish tech ecosystem, the combined enterprise value of Spanish startups surpassed €100 billion in 2023. In the latest confirmation of this upward trend, Madrid-based VC fund Seaya has closed Seaya Andromeda, an ‘Article 9’ €300 … Continue reading

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Forestay, Europe’s newest $220M growth-stage VC fund, will focus on AI

Forestay, an emerging VC based out of Geneva, Switzerland has been busy. This week it closed its second fund, Forestay Capital II, at a hard cap of $220 million. The VC wasn’t well known in Europe until it started to … Continue reading

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A year later, what Threads could learn from other social networks

Threads, Meta’s alternative to Twitter, just celebrated its first birthday. After launching on July 5 last year, the social network has reached 175 million monthly active users — that’s a notable achievement. But, after a year, Threads is trying to … Continue reading

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J2 Ventures, focused on military healthcare, grabs $150M for its second fund

J2 Ventures, a firm led mostly by the U.S. military veterans, announced on Thursday that it has raised a $150 million second fund. The Boston-based firm invests in startups whose products are purchased by civilians and the U.S. Department of … Continue reading

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HealthEquity says data breach is an ‘isolated incident’

HealthEquity said in an 8-K filing with the SEC that it detected “anomalous behavior by a personal use device belonging to a business partner.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Roll20, an online tabletop role-playing game platform, discloses data breach

Roll20 said that on June 29 it had detected that a “bad actor” gained access to an account on the company’s administrative website for one hour. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Fizz, the anonymous Gen Z social app, adds a marketplace for college students

Teddy Solomon just moved to a new house in Palo Alto, so he turned to the Stanford community on Fizz to furnish his room. “Every time I show up to buy something from somebody, I grill them about the marketplace, … Continue reading

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Deep tech VC Sidney Scott explains why he’s closing his firm as this area booms

With increasing competition for what is, essentially, still a small number of hard tech and deep tech deals, Sidney Scott realized it would be a challenge for smaller funds like his.  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use … Continue reading

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Amazon retires its Astro for Business security robot after only 7 months

Amazon has decided to discontinue its Astro for Business device, a security robot for small—and medium-sized businesses, just seven months after launch.  In an email sent to customers and employees on Wednesday, provided to TechCrunch, the reason for putting Astro … Continue reading

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