Quix raises $3.2M from Project A and others for its ‘Stream centric’ approach to data
Quix, a platform for Python developers working on streaming data, has secured a £2.3 Million ($3.2M)Seed funding round led by Project A Ventures in Germany, with participation from London's Passion Capital and angel investors. The Quix Portal is also providing developers with a free subscripti
FCC begins rollout of $10B in connectivity aid through emergency funds
After months of deliberations, the FCC is ready to start helping people cover the cost of broadband and connected devices through two emergency funds amounting to more than $10 billion. If your household has trouble paying for internet access or shares a single computer, or your wallet has just had
Daily Crunch: As tech stocks lose their luster, SPACs are on the rise
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Samsung withdraws from in-person MWC
It's beginning to feel a bit like 2020, as yet another major manufacturer has announced that it won't be attending MWC's upcoming in-person event in Barcelona. Roughly a month and a half out, Samsung is joining a growing list of companies that already includes Google, IBM, Nokia, Sony,
It’s the final homestretch to score a $99 pass to TC Disrupt 2021
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Cowboy launches the Cowboy 4 e-bike, with a step-through version and built-in phone charger
E-bike startup Cowboy has launched the Cowboy 4, its newest generation of urban electric bikes. The bike will come in two different frames, a traditional frame, and a step-through.
The C4 is basically an upgrade on the previous version 3, while the “C4 ST” is a step-through model that t
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Startup employees should pay attention to Biden’s capital gains tax plans
The Biden Administration has reportedly proposed significant changes to the capital gains tax, aiming to target the wealthiest Americans to help fund his historic aid programs.
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80% of the 22 million comments on net neutrality rollback were fake, investigation finds
Of the 22 million comments submitted to the FCC regarding 2017’s controversial rollback of net neutrality, some 18 million were fake, an investigation by the New York Attorney General’s office has found. The broadband industry funded the fraudulent creation of about 8.5 million of those
Comms expert and VC Caryn Marooney will detail how to get attention at TC Early Stage
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Born in the pandemic, Moonfire’s first $60M seed fund will combine remote investing with Big Data
During the pandemic, we've seen the rise of “Zoom investing” — where VCs literally use remote video conference tools like Zoom and Google Meet to take pitches from entrepreneurs. Now a new European seed fund plans to leverage that emerging behavior and bake it into their model.
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Could NFT auctions be moving away from Ethereum? One new group is betting they will
NFTs were arguably already taking off when Beeple sold his NFT artwork for $69m. But another crypto project attracted attention when it bought an original Banksy artwork for $95,000.
The group literally burnt the artwork and sold its NFT on the OpenSea platform for $400,000. Although the stunt was