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Pento raises $2.8M seed round for its payroll SaaS – TechCrunch

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Pento, a Danish startup working on a better payroll experience for companies and employees, has raised $2.8 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Point Nine Capital and Seedcamp, with participation from a number of smaller funds and angel investors, including departing Atomico Partner Mattias Ljungman. The company had previously raised $700,000 from the […]

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Learning From Silicon Valley About Blockchain Adoption

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One of Silicon Valley’s most compelling attributes is its lack of interest in the traditional bottom line. While most companies focus on revenue and profitability, Silicon Valley leaders tend to view valuation as a success barometer. Because of this mindset, Valley-based companies don’t mind taking significant risks as long as they help achieve big-picture visions.

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Corrio aims to reduce recidivism with messaging technology for incarcerated people – GeekWire

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Alex Peder, CEO and founder of Corrio. (Corrio Photo) Life without readily available cell, text and email communication is unimaginable for most of us. But for people who are incarcerated, those basic tools that connect us to friends and loved ones are either sporadically available, expensive or both. Losing the links to the outside world

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Prudential to buy Seattle-area insurance tech startup Assurance for $2.35B – GeekWire

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Assurance CEO and founder Michael Rowell. (Business Wire Photo) Prudential Financial agreed to acquire Seattle-area startup Assurance IQ for $2.35 billion, the companies announced Thursday. The acquisition will fold a tech-focused insurance seller into the financial services giant, allowing Prudential to reach more customers online. Based in Bellevue, Wash., Assurance sells a variety of insurance

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OpenGov acquires ViewPoint Cloud, adding building codes and permitting to its platform – TechCrunch

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In the same week that it announced a $51 million round of funding, OpenGov — the startup that provides SaaS software designed to help governments and other civic organizations run their operations — is announcing an acquisition to expand the kinds of tools it provides to customers. The company has acquired ViewPoint, a platform used

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Ashton Kutcher, Ann Miura-Ko and Mamoon Hamid are coming to Disrupt! – TechCrunch

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The Disrupt Battlefield is one of the best parts of the conference. Twenty+ startups step on to the Disrupt Main Stage with a product, a pitch, and a dream. They have six minutes to convey how they’re going to fundamentally disrupt their industry, and six minutes of Q&A with world-renowned judges from the VC world.

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Leadership Guide for Every Business Growth Stage

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It can be challenging to realize that you are in the midst of a moment of personal growth when it comes to business. As the day-to-day of your professional life moves more quickly, you are likely to evolve in your career. Sometimes you change in your leadership role without even realizing a transformation has occurred.

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WeChat restricts controversial video face-swapping app Zao, citing “security risks” – TechCrunch

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Zao went viral in China this weekend for its realistic face-swapping videos, but after controversy about its user policy, WeChat restricted access to the app on its messaging platform. Users can still upload videos they created with Zao to WeChat, but if they try to download the app or send an invite link to another

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Researchers devise blood test for gut microbiome diversity using data from defunct startup Arivale – GeekWire

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Researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle developed a way to test for microbiome diversity from a blood sample. (Artist rendering courtesy of ISB) If you want to know what’s going on in your gut microbiome, the community of bacteria in our intestines that are tied to overall health, there are plenty of

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India’s Oyo acquires Copenhagen-based data science firm Danamica for $10M – TechCrunch

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India’s Oyo said on Monday it has acquired Copenhagen-based data science firm Danamica as the fast-growing lodging startup works to expand its business in Europe. Neither of the parties disclosed financial terms of the deal, but a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch that Oyo paid about $10 million to acquire the Danish firm.

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