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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

TechCrunch

Here we list the startups in alphabetical order, providing more details about each of them, as well as context around what they are building and why YC is backing them. Team size : 11. Founders : Alphas Sinja, Boya’s chief executive officer, has over eight years of experience in the banking and finance sectors.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2021

TechCrunch

But even in a non-pandemic year, keeping a startup afloat is still an enormously difficult task, and not everyone managed to make it to the New Year unscathed. Hansel reportedly worked hard to convince investors to buy pieces of that company so that Chanje could keep operating, but to no avail. Abundant Robotics (2016-2021).

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QuickVid uses AI to generate short-form videos, complete with voiceovers

TechCrunch

“Our goal is to empower your favorite creator to keep up with the demands of their audience by leveraging advancements in AI.” Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently moved to revoke copyright protection for an AI-generated comic, for example, saying copyrightable works require human authorship.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S. over San Francisco for its American offices. Today, the company boasts a registered customer base of 90 million, 11 million of which are in the U.S. “They wanted to, you know, keep it exclusive and I get it.

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How Influencers Can Legally Raise Capital for Funds and Companies

David Teten VC

My Partner Winter Mead, Founder & CEO of Coolwater Capital , the accelerator for emerging VC fund managers, said: “Fewer than 5 of the 180 emerging managers we’ve worked with are raising via 506c, in order to get in front of more retail LPs, who are generally already following the GP, e.g., through the GP’s newsletter or community.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S. over San Francisco for its American offices. Today, the company boasts a registered customer base of 90 million, 11 million of which are in the U.S. “They wanted to, you know, keep it exclusive and I get it.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

TechCrunch

Twitter is being evicted from its Boulder office Court documents show that Twitter owes three months’ rent to its Boulder landlord, and a judge has signed off on evicting the tech giant from that office. Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 11, 2023 Twitter, Inc. is now X Corp.

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