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Blade, the French startup behind Shadow, announced plans to overhaul its subscription tiers back in October. The company is now bringing the new plans to the U.S. with a new entry tier at $11.99 per month as well as more powerful options in the coming months. Shadow is a cloud computing service for gamers. For […]

Shopback raises US$75M led by Temasek to expand in Asia Singaporean shopping cashback platform Shopback is announcing US$45 million in funding led by Temasek, with participation from Rakuten, EDBI, EV Growth, Cornerstone Ventures, and 33 Capital, according to TechInAsia. Shopback will use the funds to expand into new markets in Asia and diversify its core cashback […]

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Unitary, a startup that’s developing AI to automate content moderation for “harmful content” so that humans don’t have to, has picked up £1.35 million in funding. The company is still in development mode but launched a trial of its technology in September. Led by Rocket Internet’s GFC, the seed round also includes backing from Jane […]

Finance Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Right-Hand raises US$1M in seed funding led by Atlas Ventures Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Right-Hand has announced a USS$1 million seed funding round led by early-stage VC fund Atlas Ventures. Participating in the round are Singapore government’s investment arm SGInnovate and talent investor Entrepreneur First. The company said that it will use […]

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They co-founded Hauz in March 2018 as a company that specialised in security hardware. But their multiple meetings with clients led to the pivot of the product, precisely a year later. “When we spoke with our clients in the security industry, we realised that there is a major problem in managing the workforce effectively,” said Co-founder and […]

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Augmented reality headset maker Magic Leap has struggled with the laws of physics and failed to get to market. Now it’s seeking an acquirer, but talks with Facebook and medical goods giant Johnson & Johnson led nowhere according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Ed Hammond. After raising over $2 billion and being valued between […]