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Botify raises $55 million to optimize search engine indexing

Botify has raised a $55 million Series C funding round led by InfraVia Growth with Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund also participating. The company has created a search engine optimization (SEO) platfor

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Callin, David Sacks’ ‘social podcasting’ app, launches and announces a $12M Series A round

As live audio becomes more and more popular, co-founders David Sacks (former COO of PayPal and CEO of Yammer) and Axel Ericsson sought to combine social audio and podcasting into one seamless app. The

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Pancake aims to make customers flip for its virtual home design platform

Pancake brought in a $350,000 seed round to develop its home design platform that leverages furniture you already have in your home with a designer’s fresh eye on your space.Maria Jose Castro and Robe

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WhatsApp faces $267M fine for breaching Europe’s GDPR

It’s been a long time coming but Facebook is finally feeling some heat from Europe’s much trumpeted data protection regime: Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has just announ

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All the reasons why you should launch a credit or debit card

Over the previous two or three years we’ve seen an explosion of new debit and credit card products come to market from consumer and B2B fintech startups, as well as companies that we might not traditi

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FTC bans spyware maker SpyFone, and orders it to notify hacked victims

The Federal Trade Commission has unanimously voted to ban the spyware maker SpyFone and its chief executive Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance industry, the first order of its kind, after the agenc

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Point raises $46.5 million for its premium debit card

Challenger bank Point has raised a $46.5 million Series B funding round. The company offers an account associated with a debit card. And the startup positions itself as a premium debit card company an

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Lang Ping steps down as head coach of Chinese women's volleyball team

"Finally the mission is accomplished. First stop, Suzhou. I'm going to sweep the tomb of my late mother, who passed away due to health issues last year."Lang Ping poste

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11 (sometimes) deadly diseases that hopped across species

11 (sometimes) deadly diseases that hopped across speciesBacteria and viruses that are deadly to one type of creature can evolve quickly to infect another. While SARS-C

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11 (sometimes) deadly diseases that hopped across species

11 (sometimes) deadly diseases that hopped across speciesBacteria and viruses that are deadly to one type of creature can evolve quickly to infect another. While SARS-C

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Cajoo raises $40 million for its instant grocery delivery service

French startup Cajoo is raising some money in order to compete more aggressively in the new and highly competitive category of food delivery companies. Interestingly, the lead investor in today’s fund

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Lang Ping steps down as head coach of Chinese women's volleyball team

"Finally the mission is accomplished. First stop, Suzhou. I'm going to sweep the tomb of my late mother, who passed away due to health issues last year."Lang Ping poste

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Texas Republicans push proposal to punish tech platforms they say censor conservatives

Texas state lawmakers are moving closer to enacting a proposal to reduce what they call censorship of conservatives on social media, though legal experts warn about its

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Daily Crunch: Researchers claim Fortress S03 home security system can be remotely disabled

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for September 1, 2021. It’s a big

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UK now expects compliance with children’s privacy design code

In the UK, a 12-month grace period for compliance with a design code aimed at protecting children online expires today — meaning app makers offering digital services in the market which are R

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Subscription-based Bright Cellars lands more funding to personalize its wines

Bright Cellars, a six-year-old, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based subscription-based wine seller has, like many upstarts, evolved over time. While it once sent its club members third-party wines that fit the

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3 tips to align your values with your startup’s culture

You’ve heard the phrase “leading by example,” but what about “leading with values”?I’ve always led by example by using my values as my guide. Still, it wasn’t until