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

TechCrunch

Linktree’s latest funding will be used on tools that make social commerce easier. This is in partly because people have been spending more time on social media and e-commerce shopping during the pandemic. Linktree raises $10.7M for its lightweight, link-centric user profiles.

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Cryptocurrency company Circle to go public in SPAC deal

TechCrunch

But the company later pivoted to create a social payments app. And one that makes money work the way the Internet works,” Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire told TechCrunch’s Natasha Lomas in 2016. In other words, Circle will have plenty of capital on its hands if the merger goes through.

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Linktree raises $10.7M for its lightweight, link-centric user profiles

TechCrunch

So instead of constantly swapping out links in Instagram and other social media profiles, a Linktree user includes one evergreen link to their Linktree profile, which they can update as necessary. Linktree is free to use, but you have to pay $6 a month for Pro features like video links, link thumbnails and social media icons.

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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

TechCrunch

Sopoong , a social impact-focused VC, intends to support environmentally minded tech founders in South Korea and Southeast Asia, while building a bridge between Korean conglomerates and startups in the sector. Sopoong has closed on around $8 million (10.3

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South Africa’s Talk360 raises $4M to build single payment platform for Africa

TechCrunch

Talk360, a leading Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) player in Africa, enables people to make international calls through its app for a fee, and it is built in such a way that only the initiator needs the app and internet – a smartphone– to make calls. “In

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6 cybersecurity trends we’re thankful for

The Parallax

And social media and other personal-data sources can be used to profile and manipulate people, including voters.As Even “tough” passwords can be hacked, or the account recovery protocol can be exploited and social-engineered away from the account owner. election security experts grab the attention of influencers in D.C.

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Fraud prevention platform Sift raises $50M at over $1B valuation, eyes acquisitions

TechCrunch

In 2020, complaints of suspected internet crime surged by 61%, to 791,790, according to the FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report. The company’s “Digital Trust & Safety” platform aims to help merchants not only fight all types of internet fraud and abuse, but to also “reduce friction” for legitimate customers.