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The Decline of Small Town Media Has Big Implications for the Innovation Economy

Revolution

Buoyed by that iconic New Mexico experience, we gathered for breakfast alongside local founders, investors, and civic leaders to delve into the city’s expanding innovation landscape. We started the day at sunrise watching hundreds of balloons prepare for one of Albuquerque’s most spectacular events: the mass ascension.

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Pakistan central bank orders fintech Tag to refund customers

TechCrunch

The State Bank of Pakistan, the South Asian nation’s central bank, has ordered fintech Tag to “immediately” refund all funds to customers citing violation of regulatory requirements and “other concerns,” posing existential questions on the startup’s future.

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Daily Crunch: ‘Copy-from-China’ social media app Lemon8 squeezes its way into US top 10

TechCrunch

Going through the company’s pitch deck, the trio describe the business model that will take Anthropic there and the investors behind it. Since Etsy went public in 2015, companies like Poshmark, The RealReal and thredUP followed suit, attracting even more investors to the sector. You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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PetHub’s Clemens is Leading Innovation in the Pet Tech Industry

Jason Malki

She joined PetHub in June of 2011 as the modern pet ID tag startup was in its beginning stages. We launched the first networked database and QR-coded pet ID tags in the United States in 2010. Our digital ID tags have replaced traditional stamped metal tags used by most animal services organizations.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: YC Demo Day faves, thrift shop VCs, cybersecurity product challenges

TechCrunch

Since Etsy went public in 2015, companies like Poshmark, The RealReal and thredUP followed suit, attracting even more investors to the sector. Last year, VCs flowed approximately $6 billion to resale platforms, according to Brian Schwarzbach, an investor with Cathay Innovation.

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How Up.Labs threads the needle between corporate venture capital and accelerators

TechCrunch

CVC boomed through last year, leading TechCrunch to interview a number of CVC investors last August to better understand the trend. The group isn’t into the “incubator” tag, we noted previously; it calls its accelerator a “venture lab.” ” More on that in a moment.).

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TVision raises $16M to measure viewer attention on connected TVs

TechCrunch

Liu also said that the measurement solutions currently in the market are largely limited to tags — an approach that allows advertisers to measure how widely their ads were seen, but doesn’t show them how their performance stacks up against industry benchmarks or competitors. Nielsen is revamping the way it measures digital audiences.