October 2020 – Page 16

AC Ventures announces the first close of its $80 million fund for Indonesian startups

As one of the world’s most populated countries, with a fast-growing internet economy, Indonesia offers plenty of opportunity for startups. AC Ventures wants to tap into that with its $80…

lecrab 12 October 2020

Technology News

India’s Razorpay becomes unicorn after new $100 million funding round

Bangalore-headquartered Razorpay, one of the handful of Indian fintech startups that has demonstrated accelerated growth in recent years, has joined the coveted unicorn club after raising $100 million in a…

lecrab 11 October 2020

eSports

Code Red Esports’ parent company lists on CSE

Gamesquare Esports Inc., the parent company of Code Red Esports, has announced that it expects to commence trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange. The latest step from Gamesquare Esports comes following the completion…

lecrab 11 October 2020

eSports

Simplicity Esports to acquire five additional gaming centres

U.S. based esports organisation Simplicity Esports has signed non-binding letters of intent to acquire five franchisee-owned esports centres. The acquisitions are due to be closed by October 30, subject to due diligence,…

lecrab 11 October 2020

Technology News

Venture capital gets less diverse in 2020

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading.…

lecrab 10 October 2020

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Public investors stay in love with tech, as Root and Affirm file to IPO

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lecrab 10 October 2020

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This Week in Apps: Antitrust investigation dubs App Store a monopoly, Microsoft adopts ‘app fairness’ rules, pandemic boosts Q3 app revenues

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is…

lecrab 10 October 2020

General

Eminem Fans Have Made The Rapper Known More For Gimmicks Than Music

Eminem Fans Have Made The Rapper Known More For Gimmicks Than Music CCN - Capital & Celeb News - Eminem is often cited as one of the greatest rappers of…

lecrab 10 October 2020

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Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Enola Holmes’ is thoroughly mediocre

There’s nothing excessively bad about “Enola Holmes,” a new film about Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister Enola. But there’s nothing particularly good, either. The film was originally planned for a theatrical…

lecrab 10 October 2020

Technology News

A prison video visitation service exposed private calls between inmates and their attorneys

Fearing the spread of coronavirus, jails and prisons remain on lockdown. Visitors are unable to see their loved ones serving time, forcing friends and families to use prohibitively expensive video…

lecrab 10 October 2020