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Grocery delivery startup Membo is hungry to build a Europe-wide, local food producer network

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And for us the bigger goal is to build a cross-European, high-quality producer network — coupled with very efficient logistics — so that we can, anywhere, deliver high-quality local producers across Europe.” So grocery freshness is an especially difficult USP for such apps to compete on.

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Capsule gets $1.5M to build ‘super simple’ decentralized social media

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Last year , for example, Dfinity launched a proof of concept for an ‘open’ version of the professional social network, LinkedIn — which it punningly called ‘LinkedUp’ It went on to demo a TikTok clone — and to open TIC up to outside developers last summer.

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Trilo lets merchants offer rewards to customers choosing bank-to-bank payments

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Our main USP is that we focus on you, making your time as enjoyable, easy and rewarding as possible, whether that’s 1% off, a free beer, or an upgrade, businesses give you a serious reason to stop using your card” TrueLayer’s Payments API lets companies accept payments through Open Banking.

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Telemedico gets $6.6M to grow the reach of its digital health SaaS

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“We provide our enterprise customers with a platform they can customise to meet their needs and a network of over 600 doctors who speak 10 languages that they can mix with their own network,” he tells TechCrunch. “The top three competitors are Babylon Health , KRY and Pushdoctor.

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Sustainable e-commerce startup Olive now ships beauty products, in addition to apparel

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It works with both the USPS and a network of local carriers to serve the customers in its current footprint, which is about 100 million U.S. consumers on both coasts. While customers don’t have to deal with packaging, it hasn’t been entirely eliminated from the equation at this point.

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ShopThing raises $10M to scale its live video shopping marketplace

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The company’s app allows its network of shoppers and influencers to walk into stores and select products, live stream them to audiences and then purchase an item on a customer’s behalf. Checkout is completed through the ShopThing app and products are shipped to customers in 1-3 weeks via Canada Post or USPS.

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Daily Crunch: Salesforce CEO admits ‘we hired too many people’ as company lays off +7,000 employees

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DoorDash is launching a new service that will pick up prepaid packages and drop them off at a UPS, FedEx or USPS location, Aisha reports. Meanwhile, the social network is said to be reversing a political ad ban to bolster up its revenue , Ivan reports. Get food, mail your packages : Now you can have your food and your packages too.

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