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Emotional marketing and an e-mail titan walk into a bar

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Precursor Ventures’ Charles Hudson on ‘the conversation no one has during an upmarket’ Internet is the new Miami. To quote Winnie CEO and co-founder Sara Mauskopf, “Internet is the new Miami.” Banana Capital’s debut fund is for internet-first founders. million in funding.

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Nigeria’s IROKO plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange AIM in 2022

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Founded by Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter in 2011, IROKO boasts the largest online catalog of Nollywood film content globally. Canal+ acquires Nollywood studio ROK from IROKOtv to grow African film. Within that time, the only internet company to have gone public is Jumia , and it did so after seven years.

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Zepotha is huge on TikTok, but it’s no Goncharov

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The seminal 1987 horror film “Zepotha” is back on TikTok. Reaction videos to the film’s gory forest scenes dominate user feeds. In another video, she recommended bringing up Zepotha “every time a film bro mocks you” to gaslight them into believing that the movie is real. Her original video has 7.6 million views.

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Crypto gaming firm Cauldron raises $6.6M to build ‘Pixar of web3’

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If you close your eyes and are listening to a Pixar film, you can’t see the art or technology but the story is still gripping you. The capital will be used to hire talent from the game and film industries while building out its experiences, Warrick said. Storytelling is what matters.”.

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As Yahoo leaves China, an accelerating stream of exits

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Yahoo added in the same comment that it “remains committed to the rights of our users including a free and open internet” — about as direct a dig against the Chinese government that you will find from a corporation that operates globally. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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Let’s Play “The Internet of Think:” An Information Technology Quiz Created by Exadel for Industry Specialists

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Exadel, a software engineering company that delivers digital platforms and products, now hosts a new information technology quiz called The Internet of Think. The Internet of Think technology quiz show is a recurring public competition that is broadcast on YouTube. Watch the “Internet of Think” quiz show. Previous article.

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Grover raises $71M to grow its consumer electronics subscription business

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The company’s service falls into a wider category of startups building services around the subscription economy model, which has touched asset-intensive categories like cars, but also much lighter, internet-only consumables like music and video streaming.

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