Leda
@Leda
475 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Cynthia
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over 3 years ago
Daily Crunch: Calendly valued at $3B
A popular scheduling startup raises a big funding round, Twitter makes a newsletter acquisition and Beyond Meat teams up with PepsiCo. This is your Daily Crunch for January 26, 2021.The big story: Calendly valued at $3BCalendly, which helps users schedule and confirm meet...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Elody
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over 3 years ago
Sila Nanotechnologies raises $590M to fund battery materials factory
Sila Nanotechnologies, a Silicon Valley battery materials company, has spent years developing technology designed to pack more energy into a cell at a lower cost — an end game that has helped it lock in partnerships with Amperex Technology Limited as well as automakers BM...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Alexander
@Alexander -
over 3 years ago
Talent Hack raises $4.7M for its B2C fitness platform, Spaces
Talent Hack raises $4.7M for its B2C fitness platform, been a wild 12 months for fitness platforms, as the world’s population has struggled to adapt to workouts outside of the gym. From Lululemon’s massive Mirror acquisition to companies like Apple and Samsung launching ...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Iva
@Iva -
over 3 years ago
Meet the early stage founder community at TC Early Stage 2021
Building a startup is never easy, especially when you’re in the early innings and navigating a huge learning curve. Education, support and sage advice are arguably as essential to startup success as fundraising. Find all that — and connect with your early-founder communit...continued
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Giles
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over 3 years ago
Senate Filibuster Debate Roils Chamber
WASHINGTON — For months, as Democrats contemplated capturing control of the White House and the Senate and finally being in a position to push through their agenda without Republican interference, centrists like Senator Jon Tester of Montana have warned that they would no...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Moises
@Moises -
over 3 years ago
Microsoft invests in Cruise in new $2 billion round
Microsoft invests in Cruise in new $2 billion has raised $2 billion in a new equity round that has pushed its valuation up to $30 billion and delivered Microsoft as an investor and partner.GM, Honda and other institutional investors have also put more capital into Cruise...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Elliott
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over 3 years ago
What Marketers Need to Know About Influencer Marketing in 2021
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.What’s on deck for in 2021?From everything we’re seeing, it should be a year filled with demands for creative production and on-point strategy. Here’s what’s on our radar for the upcoming year.Covid-19 has spur...continued
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Joe
@Joe -
over 3 years ago
Amazon’s newest product lets companies build their own Alexa assistant
Amazon’s newest product lets companies build their own Alexa assistant for cars, apps and video is selling access to the underlying technology stack of Alexa to let companies — starting with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles — build their own intelligent assistants with unique v...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
over 3 years ago
OT Jones, 2-time champ with Broncos, dies at 54
9:00 PM ETENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Tony Jones, a starting tackle on two of the Denver Broncos' championship teams, has died, the team announced Friday. He was 54.Jones, who started at right tackle in the Broncos' win in Super Bowl XXXII and started at left tackle when the team...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Monserrat
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over 3 years ago
Explaining mRNA Vaccines
CommunicateHealthJan 21 · 3 min readAlt: A doodle wearing a messenger bag and a hat labeled “mRNA” holds up a COVID-19 playbook and says, “Delivery!”Now that folks are starting to get COVID-19 vaccines, many people are eagerly awaiting their turn in line. But because the ...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Monserrat
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over 3 years ago
The business of influence with YouTuber MKBHD
Marques Brownlee is one of the best reviewers I know, and also one of the most savvy and successful YouTubers. And he’s been in the game for a long time: he started the channel MKBHD in 2009 when he was just a teenager making videos about his new HP laptop. Since then, he...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Rahsaan
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over 3 years ago
iSpot expands its ad measurement platform by acquiring Ace Metrix
iSpot expands its ad measurement platform by acquiring Ace announced today that it has acquired Ace Metrix, a deal that brings two TV and video ad measurement companies together.ISpot founder and CEO Sean Muller said that the companies have complementary solutions. After...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Priscilla
@Priscilla -
over 3 years ago
Soci raises $80M for its localized marketing platform
Soci, a startup focused on what it calls “localized marketing,” is announcing that it has raised $80 million in Series D funding.National and global companies like Ace Hardware, Anytime Fitness, The Hertz Corporation and Nekter Juice Bar use Soci (pronounced soh-shee) to ...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Colin
@Colin -
over 3 years ago
Yo-Kai Express introduces Takumi, a smart home cooking appliance
Yo-Kai Express introduces Takumi, a smart home cooking Express is known for autonomous restaurant technology for venues like office campuses, malls and hotels. As people continue staying home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the company is introducing a smart h...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Ericka
@Ericka -
over 3 years ago
Foxconn, Geely team up to build electric, autonomous and shared vehicles for automakers
Foxconn, Geely team up to build electric, autonomous and shared vehicles for electric, autonomous vehicles of the future might be manufactured by Apple’s main supplier Foxconn and Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group.The two companies have agreed to form a join...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Elody
@Elody -
over 3 years ago
Carbyne raises $25M for a next-generation platform to improve emergency 911 responses
Emergency services continue to be a major force when it comes to coping with the COVID-19 health pandemic, and today a company that is building technology to help them run better is announcing a round of funding to continue expanding its business.Carbyne — an Israeli star...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
over 3 years ago
Cricket-Bradman's 'baggy green' sold for A$450,000 - Reuters India
The "baggy green" cap awarded to late Australian cricketing great Don Bradman on his test debut in 1928 has been sold to a local businessman for A$450,000 after it failed to sell at auction last week.
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
hamza5752019
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over 3 years ago
Gastritis More Than Just A Grumbling Stomach
Ever experienced vomiting blood or having coffee-ground like material and dark stool? Ever felt abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and constant hiccups? Then you might be one of the more than 10% of people who come to a hospital emergency department with gastritis. Gastrit...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Josiah
@Josiah -
over 3 years ago
Arguments and outcomes
The purpose of marketing is to cause change. If we’re trying to build a movement, raise money for a non-profit, sell a product, change lifestyles, build community–these are all marketing activities that exist to change the way people act.The project usually begins with cl...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Allene
@Allene -
over 3 years ago
Bryte raises $24m, pivots from selling $8k AI-powered mattresses to licensing its tech
Bryte raises $24M and begins licensing its tech in addition to selling $8K AI-powered today announced $24 million in Series A funding led by ARCHina Capital. This comes as the company moves away from selling its $8,000 mattress direct to consumers and instead is working ...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Monserrat
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over 3 years ago
Desktop Metal buys fellow 3D printing company EnvisionTEC for $300M
Desktop Metal buys fellow 3D printing company EnvisionTEC for Metal this morning announced its intention to purchase fellow 3D printing company EnvisionTEC. Founded in Germany in 2002, EnvisionTEC specializes in photopolymer additive manufacturing, putting its technology...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Grayce
@Grayce -
over 3 years ago
Use Technology to Give Your Team Superpowers
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.The relationship between humanity and technology has been accentuated in these recent times but, perhaps, it has shown us just what the future will look like.We all love watching a specialist at work. Look at S...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Immanuel
@Immanuel -
over 3 years ago
Senti Bio raises $105 million for its new programmable biology platform and cancer therapies
Senti Biosciences, a company developing cancer therapies using a new programmable biology platform, said it has raised $105 million in a new round of financing led by the venture arm of life sciences giant Bayer.The company’s technology uses new computational biological t...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Meggie
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over 3 years ago
Nuclear fusion tech developer General Fusion now has Shopify and Amazon founders backing it
In a brief announcement today, the Canadian nuclear fusion technology developer General Fusion announced that the investment firm created by Shopify founder Tobias Lütke has joined the company’s cap table.The size of the investment made by Lütke’s Thistledown Capital was ...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Maida
@Maida -
over 3 years ago
Lessons from Top Hat’s acquisition spree
Lessons from Top Hat’s acquisition Hat, a startup that digitizes textbooks and turns them into an interactive experience for college students, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired yet another business: Fountainhead Press. The acquisition marks Top Hat’s third scoo...continued
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