Despite tooling limitations, DAO optimists see new use cases for a democratic, token-based future – TechCrunch

The adoption of decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, has skyrocketed in the past year, and participants believe this is just the beginning, claiming more use cases will form in the…

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Liberty Strategic Capital nabs majority stake in mobile security startup Zimperium for $525M – TechCrunch

Liberty Strategic Capital, the private equity firm launched last year by former treasury secretary Steven T. Mnuchin, announced today that it is acquiring a majority stake in mobile security startup…

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Pinecone announces $28M Series A for purpose-built database aimed at data scientists – TechCrunch

When Pinecone launched last year, the company’s message was around building a serverless vector database designed specifically for the needs of data scientists. While that database is at the core…

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After expanding in the Netherlands, Swiss fintech startup Yokoy secures €72.45M from Sequoia and others

Co-founders of Yokoy. Standing from L-R: Thomas Inhelder, Melanie Gabriel, Dr. Devis Lussi. Sitting from L to R: Lars Mangelsdorf, Philippe Sahli. | Image credit: YokoyZurich-based Yokoy, a fintech scale-up…

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