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Naspers takes full control of Russian classifieds site Avito in $1.16B deal
South African internet conglomerate Naspers is best known for backing Chinese tech giant Tencent, but it also operates a vast…
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Monzo teams up with Flux to add itemised receipts and loyalty points
Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank that now boasts 1.5 million current account customers, has partnered with fintech startup Flux to…
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BMW, Porsche, Jaguar Land Rover invest in roadside assistance startup Urgently
Urgently, the roadside assistance startup that connects car owners who need help with tow truck and other services, has raised…
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Airbnb acquires Denmark’s Gaest to expand in bookings for meetings and offsites
Airbnb, now valued upwards of $30 billion and inching to an IPO possibly as early as this year, has made…
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Kustomer nabs $35M to take on Zendesk and Salesforce with its Slack-like approach to CRM
Salesforce today dominates the world of CRM with its cloud-based, wide-ranging portfolio of software as a service. Now, a company…
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Hilton and Netflix partner on in-room streaming, controlled through Hilton’s own app
While many hotel chains offer Netflix on their TVs as a courtesy for their guests, Hilton and Netflix this morning…
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Alphabet’s healthcare subsidiary Verily is expanding its startup investment program
Verily Life Sciences, the healthcare subsidiary of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is expanding the investment and collaboration program — called Partner…
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Blue Prism looks to partners to expand robotic process automation with AI
Blue Prism helped coin the term robotic process automation (RPA) when the company was founded back in 2001 to help companies…
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The Plankk launches mobile app providing fitness classes from influencers
Leveraging years of building out white-labeled fitness applications for the health and wellness spokesmodels made Instagram famous, wellness startup, Plankk, …
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