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Friday! Howâs that for brevity in newsletter introductions? Letâs get to it so we can crack open a Liquid Death and let the week sag off into the murky distance of memory sooner rather than later. â Christine and Haje |
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The TechCrunch Top 3 - Uh-oh: Binance, one of the worldâs largest cryptocurrency exchanges, confirmed that it found a blockchain bridge breach where hackers made off with $100 million. Carly has more.
- Evolving elephants to unicorns: Annie reports that Kenyaâs tourism-focused startup studio Purple Elephant Ventures raises $1 million pre-seed funding to bring some modernization to the industry.
- What until you see the picture: Amazonâs Scout makes you just want to go up to it and give it a pat. Unfortunately, you might not get a chance to. After three years unveiling the robot, the delivery giant said that it is cutting back the program, Brian reports.
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Startups and VC Wildfires have become an ever-increasing threat as houses are built closer together and the growing impacts of climate change wreak havoc on natural landscapes. Entrepreneurs, in response, have started to develop tech meant to minimize the scale and damage of these natural disasters. Convective Capital is a new VC firm looking to back them, and it raised $35 million to do so, Becca reports. Haje got really bored of startups taking liberties with its market sizing, complaining that if you are a car dealership, your total serviceable market isnât the value of the cars you sell (thatâs the SOM for the car manufacturer). Your SOM is the total value of the sales commissions, service plans, aftermarket goods and services and everything else you can actually make money on. And we have five more for you: |
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Of all global industries, perhaps none is more susceptible to the dangers of climate change than agriculture. There’s a consensus among reputable scientists that the amount of CO2 we’re putting in the atmosphere is aggravating extreme weather events. How is that impacting the way agtech VCs operate during a downturn? To learn more, we surveyed: - Brett Brohl, managing director of Techstars Farm to Fork, and managing partner at Bread and Butter Ventures
- Monica Varman, partner at G2 Venture Partners
- Jinesh Shah, managing partner at Omnivore
- Adam Anders, managing partner at Anterra Capital
- Ting Ting Liu, investor, and Ashutosh Sharma, India head at Prosus Ventures
- Camila Petignat, partner at The Yield Lab
Three more from the TC+ team: TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. You can sign up here. Use code âDCâ for a 15% discount on an annual subscription! Read More |
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Big Tech Inc. Google plans to open its first data center in Japan by 2023, Ivan writes. The center is part of a $730 million infrastructure fund and will be the search engine giantâs third one in the region. Meanwhile, Kyle and Amanda looked at artificial intelligenceâpowered music generators and its place in an industry where it generally pays to be able to use your natural, human abilities. And another five more for you: - Sharing is caring: A new Twitter feature encourages users to share the tweet versus taking a screenshot of it and then posting to other social media, Ivan writes.
- Press pause: A judge ruled that the Musk vs. Twitter trial can be put on hold temporarily while the two parties work out a deal, Amanda reports.
- Itâs Marioooooo: Amanda gives you an inside look at the new âThe Super Mario Bros. Movie,â where she writes, âSo far, Chris Prattâs Mario seems more like Andy Dwyer than Star-Lord, and we love that for him.â
- Making tweaks: Shopify has agreed to add some consumer safety features to its app in Europe that includes a faster and easier way for national consumer authorities to report problems, Natasha L reports.
- Crack open a cold one: Pepsi is at the front of the line to get some of the first Tesla Semi deliveries, Kirsten writes.
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