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Revyze is building the TikTok of educational videos

TechCrunch

In just a few weeks, Revyze managed to attract 35,000 downloads. “We talked with kids attending 30 or 35 different high schools,” co-founder Florent Sciberras told me. “We We asked them: ‘What do you think about school and what’s the best way to learn?’ And they told us that nobody had ever asked them those questions.”.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Every year I try to answer the question of “what has changed in the Venture Capital industry” and this year my colleague Chang Xu and I took a deep dive through the data and called many of our peers for confirmation. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. More on that later.

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Quickly Unpacking Spotify’s Acquisition Of Gimlet Media

Haystack

Spotify will also get into commerce like its social network peers, but that’s a subject for another post.] This premium tier also allows users to download content to their device for offline viewing.) So, here goes…. Well, actually, before I begin, this post needs a few disclaimers. 2/ Big Consumer Tech Cares About Audio.

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Matter raises $7 million Series A to build a better reading app

TechCrunch

The app enters a space where technologies for saving articles to read later, like Instapaper and Pocket, have lagged behind how people are now consuming online reading — through newsletters, personalized recommendations in other apps or through suggestions from peers on social platforms, for example. This is what Matter is aiming to do.

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Expectful’s new chief executive experienced the trauma she just raised millions to solve

TechCrunch

The stress of her pregnancy led Walton to download Expectful, a meditation and sleep app for new mothers. Even though she was mid-maternity leave from her managerial role at Airbnb, she jumped at the opportunity. “I But, she says, it was an opportunity to be entrepreneurial in a sector she cared about.

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Pear hosted its invite-only demo day online this year; here’s what you might have missed

TechCrunch

What it does: Unlock financial opportunities for farmers to create sustainable farms and improve their livelihoods. To give the rest of you a sneak peak, here’s a bit about all of the startups that presented, in broad strokes: ) AccessBell. What it does: Video conferencing platform for enterprise workflows. Website: accessbell.com.

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Monzo Makes Money Work For Everyone

Y Combinator

In this post, we will walk through what drove Monzo’s early success, how it has come to dominate the UK market, and the company’s opportunity to change the landscape of global financial services with its beloved brand. In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. This did not happen by magic. expectations.