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Poparazzi hits 5M+ downloads a year after launch, confirms its $15M Series A

TechCrunch

million global downloads, according to app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. million downloads for Poparazzi, which is largely in line with the startup’s claims, as these estimates aren’t an exact science.). . Alex says the round was actually a $15 million Series A, and confirmed Tavel joined its board.

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Daily Crunch: Thousands of Google Play users download Android banking trojan

TechCrunch

But big companies are following the wave with big efforts, including Microsoft teaming up with “accelerators and incubators across the continent,” we wrote today, to “support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years.” Regardless, it’s out in the market racking up downloads, which is pretty bad. What’s being funded in Africa?

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It’s Time to Raise Your Debt Facility: Execution Tactics for Founders

Andreessen Horowitz

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ianacare picks up $12.1M to fundamentally change the family caregiver experience

TechCrunch

Working family caregivers spend an average of 25 hours a week caring for their loved ones on top of their full-time jobs, and ultimately, the current lack of support and resources drives 32% of them to leave their job to care full time. . Today, caregiver support is the most overlooked gap in healthcare and employee benefits.

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Inflection AI’s $1.3 Billion Funding Round Propels Personal AI Forward

American Entrepreneurship

This huge amount of funding supports Inflection’s ambitious goal of building a highly sophisticated large language model that enables people to engage with Pi as their personal assistant. Suleyman’s other co-founders are Chief Scientist Karén Simonyan and Board Member Reid Hoffman. Instagram: follow @heypi.ai

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

They had a viral promotional technique that encouraged your friends to download their app to watch a video they posted and a channel (Facebook) that was trying to grow its video audience. Having a high position can make a huge difference to “organic” downloads. Look at Viddy & SocialCast. Where does it get even grayer?

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AllTrails raises $150M after Covid accelerates people’s interest in exploring the outdoors

TechCrunch

The past 18 months drew more users to the AllTrails mobie app, which now has over 40 million downloads and 30 million registered users across 190 countries. With the transaction, Bruce Chizen, Senior Advisor to Permira and former CEO of Adobe, and Gretchen Howard, COO of Robinhood, will join the company’s board of directors.