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Find trends, advice and value at these special breakout sessions during TC Disrupt 2021

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place September 21-23, and we’re here to call out just some of the awesome content we have scheduled over three very busy days. The Disrupt agenda so far features more than 80 interviews, panel discussions, events and breakout sessions that span the startup tech spectrum… with more to come!

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FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked

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Much of the world’s attention around blockchain is on the highs and lows of cryptocurrency values. Startups like FlexID remind us that distributed ledger technology has the potential to play other roles, including offering trusted records of identities without the need for a centralized authority. million in 2016.

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Why fintechs are buying up legacy financial services companies

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The deal closed in February 2021 , leading to a very quick and surprising second-quarter profit. Earlier this month, blockchain-based lender Figure Technologies agreed to merge with mortgage firm Homebridge Financial Services, which has 180 retail branches and funded more than $25 billion in home loans in 2020.

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Meet the newest crypto builders from web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s demo day

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Oftentimes these events are filled with traditional seed-stage tech companies based in Silicon Valley. About three-fourths of the teams are focusing on NFTs, infrastructure or decentralized finance (DeFi), while the majority of the teams are building on layer-1 blockchains Ethereum, Polygon and Solana. Stage: Seed round.

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Is this the year that we get our dream back channeling platform?

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Some investors still scoff at the idea that their portfolio companies may be asked to review what it’s like to work with them; similarly, founders are surprised when stories, not Cultureamp surveys, are where honest feedback truly lives. Wordle is tech born of love that asks nothing in return.

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Filevine raises $108 million for tools that streamline legal workflows

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.” The large tranche is a sign of the strength of the legal tech market, whose growth accelerated as the pandemic led to record demand for legal services and a shortage of qualified talent. For example, according to a report published by the American Bar Association, nearly 10% of lawyers now use some form of AI-based legal tech.

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Propy launches NFT platform in the US, allowing real-world property to be bought as an NFT

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Last year we covered how early blockchain startup Propy planned to use the technology to smooth real-world real estate sales by introducing the concept of smart contracts. Here’s how it works: Propy says the record of the purchase is placed on the immutable blockchain and provides access to the legal documents signifying ownership.