“Link-in-bio” company Linktree raises $45M Series B for its social commerce features – TechCrunch

If you browse Instagram, you are probably familiar with the term “link in bio.” Links aren’t allowed in post captions, and users are only allowed one URL in their bios,…

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Why communities will hold the key to the next round of market revolution

When online marketplaces started challenging physical stores, there were two shifts that were simultaneously taking place. One, the typical guided tour within the physical store with “one” person helping us…

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Mi India announces Rs 100 crore support package for retail partners in India- Technology News, FP

FP TrendingMar 26, 2021 14:17:18 ISTXiaomi has announced a new initiative called ‘Grow With Mi’ (GWM) on Thursday, 25 March. With GWM, the company aims to have 30,000 touchpoints in…

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Baton raises $10.5M to create ‘drop zones,’ where truckers can hand off freight – TechCrunch

In the trucking industry, “dwell and detention” times are the enemies of efficiency, profits and drivers. More than two billion hours are lost each year due to dwell — the…

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Artist Beeple on selling NFT collage for a record $70M: ‘People are trying to look for some scam; I don’t see it’

Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winkelmann, spoke with AP about his auction result, NFTs and how the crypto art boom is affecting him and other artists who haven’t previously…

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YC-backed Homebase is an alternative to traditional mortgages for home buyers in Vietnam – TechCrunch

Homebase co-founders Phillip An and Junyuan Tan The home ownership rate in Vietnam is about 90%, but many millennials are struggling to join that number. Rising property prices in cities,…

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How two crypto investors spent $70 million on a Beeple piece, securing their place in art history

Vignesh Sundaresan and Anand Venkateswaran describe the nerve-racking final moments of the online auction for a collage of 5,000 images by the artist known as Beeple. It took a few…

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