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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

TechCrunch

On the bright side, the fact that VCs are more discriminating about where they put their dollars could actually lead to more M&A activity, according to Ruark. That is one reason why a number of VC firms have told their portfolio companies to focus on performance and cut costs,” he told TechCrunch.

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Pillar of the community: How Talkbase plans to power user-led growth for any company

TechCrunch

A new startup is setting out to help companies build and harness communities around their products, enabling them to side-step multiple disparate tools and manage everything in a single platform. Community meets product. As TechCrunch wrote last year, in many ways, the chief community officer is the new chief marketing officer.

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Daily.dev is like Reddit meets Stack Overflow

TechCrunch

The three-year-old startup is today announcing its first institutional funding, securing a $11 million seed tranche from a slew of backers including lead investor Aleph , an early-stage VC firm that has previously backed the likes of WeWork , Lemonade , and Houseparty. So what, exactly, is Daily.dev hoping to bring to the mix?

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