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Nov 8, 2021 • 5min
Edtech startup BrightChamps comes out of stealth mode with $63 million funding
BrightChamps, an Indian edtech startup that is attempting to bridge the learning gap left by K12 schools, said on Monday it has raised $51 million in a new financing round and $63 million to date since launching a year ago as the Goa-headquartered firm looks to expand its footprints in over 10 nations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 8, 2021 • 4min
US government offers $10M bounty for DarkSide ransomware hackers
The U.S. Department of State is upping the ante in its fight against ransomware by offering a reward of up to $10 million for information that helps identify or track down leaders of the notorious DarkSide ransomware group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 5, 2021 • 5min
An accelerator and fund says it’s giving away its voting rights to scientist founders: “They lose control”
SciFounders, an accelerator program and fund launched back in January with $6 million in backing, has a new proposition for the scientist founders who it looks to help run their own companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 5, 2021 • 4min
Rivian hit with gender discrimination lawsuit that alleges toxic ‘bro culture’
Rivian, the electric automaker that recently filed for an IPO, has been sued by a former sales and marketing vice president for alleged gender discrimination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 4, 2021 • 3min
Nintendo releases Animal Crossing update a day early
Grab your Nintendo Switches and start downloading the “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” update, because it’s going to be a late night. Nintendo just dropped the update to version 2.0 – a day early. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 4, 2021 • 5min
As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra of the future
Allbirds started with a humble, natural wool shoe, but it is not merely an apparel company today. It has become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 3, 2021 • 5min
Femtech startup illumigyn secures $33M to provide women with accessible and affordable medical care
According to World Health Organization, cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer among women, affected approximately 570,000 women and resulted in about 311,000 death in 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 3, 2021 • 4min
Facebook says it will delete facial recognition data on more than a billion users
Just days after rebranding itself, Facebook announced plans to delete a trove of the most worrisome data that the world’s biggest social network collected on more than a billion individuals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 2, 2021 • 5min
137 Ventures, which buys equity from private company shareholders, just raised a new fund
137 Ventures, a 10-year-old, San Francisco-based investment firm that mostly buys private company shares of founders, executives, early employees, and other large shareholders of private, high-growth tech companies, has closed its fifth fund with $350 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 2, 2021 • 4min
Epic pulls plug on Fortnite in China
Epic Games announced today that its work to bring video game mega-title Fortnite to the Chinese market is shutting down. The company said in an official announcement that the long-running test of the popular shooter title in China will conclude on November 15th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
