YC grad QuotaBook raises $11M to scale its equity management platform – TechCrunch

QuotaBook, a Seoul-based equity management platform, has raised $11 million in funding led by Elefund, with participation from Access Ventures, Hana Securities and South Korean fintech company Viva Republica. Some…

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From ‘literally zero’ experience to $100M, this VC is raising his second climate tech seed fund – TechCrunch

If you ask me, climate tech investor Contrarian Ventures isn’t so contrarian anymore. The five-year-old firm is targeting $100 million for its second seed-stage fund, and it’s doing so smack…

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How a16z’s investment into Adam Neumann further solidifies the ‘concrete ceiling’ – TechCrunch

It was the fundraise heard around Twitter. Adam Neumann, the infamous entrepreneur behind WeWork, raised a stunning $350 million from Andreessen Horowitz for a yet-to-launch real estate company called Flow.…

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Pomelo exits stealth mode with $20M seed to rethink international money transfer – TechCrunch

Eric Velasquez Frenkiel had a seemingly simple thought when visiting his family in the Philippines, impressed by the cashless economy that had formed. Instead of sending money to his family…

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As digital tracking wanes, companies turn to online communities for direct access to customers – TechCrunch

As regulation and platform policies make it more difficult to track people across the internet, it has forced companies to rethink how to understand and get to know their customers.…

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Pliops lands $100M for chips that accelerate analytics in data centers – TechCrunch

Analyzing data generated within the enterprise — for example, sales and purchasing data — can lead to insights that improve operations. But some organizations are struggling to process, store and…

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