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Grover raises $71M to grow its consumer electronics subscription business

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— and to add more product categories into the mix, including health and fitness devices, consumer robots and smart appliances. Similar to cars and films, there is definitely an argument to be made for owning gadgets on a subscription. And, it plans to invest in more innovation around its rental services.

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Cashify raises $15 million for its second-hand smartphone business in India

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But 90% of its business today surrounds the smartphone category, explained Mandeep Manocha, founder and chief executive of Cashify, in an interview with TechCrunch. You come to our site or app, answer questions to objectively evaluate the condition of your device, and we give you an estimate of how much your gadget is worth,” he said. “If

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Selling to developers is no longer a sure path to insane valuation multiples

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We’ve covered recent news in the space from Hardhat , CodeSee , Harness and Gadget , to share a few individual items. Data indicates that more than $37 billion went into developer tools startups last year, a huge sum for any category. The “developer tools” tag on TechCrunch has been busy this year.

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Back Market raises $335M for its refurbished device marketplace, now valued at $3.2B

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Other stock includes laptops, tablets, headphones, gaming consoles, and other gadgets and consumer electronics. We look forward to working with Thibaud, Quentin, Vianney and the full Back Market team as they accelerate their expansion into new categories and geographies.”.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Grover grabs $330M to double down on the circular economy with consumer electronics subscriptions

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Grover doubled subscriptions and business in the last year, and it currently has half a million items in its catalogue available for subscription, 2 million registered users and 250,000 active customers (some are subscribing to use more than one gadget). That growth has been riding on several concurrent market trends.

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Daily Crunch: Marqeta acquires fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $275M

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Sharing is caring : Raylo raises $136 million to build out its gadget lease-and-reuse “fintech” platform , reports Ingrid. ” To help founders better understand their liability, Esmaeili shares tips on how to identify a company’s physical nexus and lists multiple SaaS categories that states are likely to tax.