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Daily Crunch: Blocking VLC player downloads violates Indian law, claims VideoLAN in legal challenge

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The Google iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets are starting to roll out, enabling users to put widgets on the Lock Screen of their iPhone, Sarah writes. Solve for X, where : Tage reports that Egyptian venture capital firm Algebra Ventures hits its first close of a second, $100 million fund. It’s here, it’s here! : Startups and VC.

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South African startup Qwili gets $1.2M to scale its app and low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone

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E4E Africa, a South African venture capital firm, led the round, which welcomed participation from other firms such as Strat-Tech, Next Chymia, Untapped Global and Codec Ventures and angels like Ashwin Ravichandran and Kanyi Maqubela. million in seed funding a year after closing an undisclosed pre-seed round.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

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I’ve heard a lot of people question whether there is too much money in venture capital chasing too few great deals. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. VC is still a thing :) If you want to see the full deck you can download it on Slideshare or in the embed below.

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Goodyear Ventures, Porsche Ventures invest in virtual sensing company Tactile Mobility

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Israeli startup Tactile Mobility uses existing vehicle sensor data to enable cars to “feel” the road in a way that generates insights about both the vehicle and the road via its cloud platform. Mapping the roads by measuring tire grip enables Tactile to map things like potholes, cracks in the road, slipperiness, snowfall and more.

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Indonesian social commerce app KitaBeli gets $10M led by Go Ventures

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The round was led by Gojek’s investment arm Go Ventures, with participation from returning investors AC Ventures and East Ventures. KitaBeli , an Indonesian social commerce app for group buying, announced today it has raised a $10 million Series A.

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Stellar Sleep’s Digital Platform offers Relief from Chronic Insomnia, Seed Round Completed

American Entrepreneurship

Stellar Sleep is tech-enabled Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – true tech enablement of patient care that will make a meaningful impact on the millions of people who suffer from sleep disorders worldwide.” The treatment options are so limited that these founders got trained as sleep therapists to treat themselves,” said Singh.

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Vara raises $4.8M from investors like Go Ventures and Sequoia India’s Surge to digitize Indonesian SMEs’ payrolls

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million in seed funding from Go Ventures, RTP Global, AlphaJWC, Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, FEBE Ventures and Taurus Ventures. Before downloading and onboarding on Bukugaji, the vast majority of our users utilized notebooks to mark attendance and track payroll,” Mahansaria said. “A

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