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Daily Crunch: AI content developer Jasper now valued at $1.5B following capital infusion

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Turo, the peer-to-peer car-sharing platform that’s been described as the Airbnb for cars, will expand to Australia before the end of the year, Rebecca reports. Turo, the peer-to-peer car-sharing platform that’s been described as the Airbnb for cars, will expand to Australia before the end of the year, Rebecca reports.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

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That said, Navid Nathoo, Founder at The Knowledge Society , told us, “The ability to self-learn and self-start is a superpower that is not learned in school; in fact it must be learned outside of school.” We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. 1) Your school. 1) Your school.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: No-code investor survey, Zendesk’s next steps, Series A tips

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Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup. With a credit line, early-stage companies can ramp up hiring and product development, using additional resources to validate ideas in the marketplace. Seems like a long time ago.

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Sylvera takes $32M to build trust in carbon offsetting ratings

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based startup which uses machine learning technology to analyze a variety of visual data like satellite imagery and lidar with the goal of boosting accountability and credibility around carbon offsetting projects, has fast followed a $5.8 “We have a mix of customers spanning corporate buyers, traders and exchanges,” it adds.

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Fintech startup Brex was among the bidders for SVB’s early-stage and growth portfolios

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Welcome to The Interchange ! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, we’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

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One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted?

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How VC Fundraising Favors White Men

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Clearly he assumed that he was using some kind of username, and that it was a gang reference of some sort--like, "Young Blood" as in the bloods and the crips or something to that affect. Last week, on Martin Luther King Day, I decided that instead of saying something in my weekly newsletter , I would do the opposite--I would listen.

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