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The Science of Success: Creative Venture’s Alex Luce’s Unconventional Path of Impact

AsiaTechDaily

In the epicenter of tech, where innovation thrives, Alex Luce bridges materials science and venture capital, carving a niche as a Partner at Creative Ventures. “Finally, I wound up here at Creative Ventures, where we have a small but incredibly nimble team.

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Superside nabs $30M to connect and manage freelance creatives working with in-house marketing and design teams

TechCrunch

And today, a startup that’s helping companies connect with a wider range of designers and other creatives to meet that demand is announcing a round of funding to fuel its business growth. The plan will be to expand that network in earnest in the coming months. Superside provides them. Those hands, meanwhile, are set to multiply.

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How Chargifi pivoted to Kadence, a platform to enable hybrid co-working, then pulled in $10M

TechCrunch

They had been building Chargifi for seven years, enabling users to access mobile power using the free app in any public location with a ‘Chargifi Spot’ – such as a bar, stadium, hotel or office. The team decided to repurpose the software and products they had already built for managing wireless charging networks in offices.

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AI creative platform D-ID, the tech behind those viral videos of animated family photos, raises $25M

TechCrunch

Earlier this month, D-ID expanded on the Deep Nostalgia technology to allow the people in the animated photos to “speak” by training a neural network using videos of people talking, in order to get the lips in the photos matched to the words the users provided. It’s worked with Warner Bros.

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Brick closes $8.5M seed to enable open finance across Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

Inside Plaid’s plans to build a new, global finance network. Brick’s APIs include Brick Data, Brick Verification and Brick Payments, which can enable an end-to-end process for online loans, including verifying user identity, underwriting and making sure that funds are disbursed into the right bank account.

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Independent worker network Contra goes commission-free as it secures new NEA-led capital

TechCrunch

Contra , a professional network for independent workers, unveiled a new payment model Tuesday that lets users accept payments for their services on Contra without paying any commission fees. We have always wanted to roll this out, but wanted to be able to ensure the client pays and there is trust on the network,” he added. “We

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How The Streaming Network Created Powerful Employee Experience to Boost Employee Productivity

Smart Hustle Magazine

If you successfully create a powerful employee experience (EX) that fosters productivity, creativity, collaboration, and engagement, your business will undoubtedly flourish. Ramon Ray recently interviewed Matt Ley, who is the president of The Streaming Network. Now, the question comes how can you build a great employee experience?