LinkedIn acquires Israeli web analytics startup Oribi to expand its marketing technology

LinkedIn — the social network for people looking to connect with others in their professional fields and find work with upwards of 810 million users — has a long-standing business in marketing and advertising on its own platform; today it

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Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup

Brent Jackson Contributor When it comes to financing, startups and established organizations will have vastly different experiences. Traditional financing may not always be available to high-growth startups, and even when it is, it often depends on the founder’s personal financial

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Peruvian startup Leasy secures $17M in debt & equity to provide auto loans to ride-hailing drivers in LatAm

Leasy, a startup which offers automobile financing to ride-hailing drivers in Latin America via a subscription model, has secured $2 million in equity and $15 million in debt. Italian-born Gregorio Gilardini and Alejandro Garay, who hails from Spain, met in

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Singapore-based micromobility startup Beam secures $93M Series B, enters new markets

Beam, a Singaporean shared micromobility operator, announced today that it has raised $93 million in a Series B round to accelerate growth into new countries in Asia. The fresh capital, which brings its total funding raised to $135 million, was

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How to strategically manage your startup advisor’s compensation

The best founders often attribute their success to a deep bench of mentors and advisors, but how do founders compensate these core parts of their network? I see tons of founders being asked to compensate advisors with hard cash, and

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Dear Sophie: Startup visa news, H-1B and STEM OPT queries

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities

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Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders

Fundraising is still ‘a paradoxical issue’ As of this month, personal care and beauty retailer Sephora is selling vibrators on its U.S. website. It is a significant milestone not just for Dame and Maude, the startups it partnered with, but

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Deepak Chopra and European investors back new wellness start-up as it prepares for M&A spree

Deepak Chopra, founder of the Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on Oct. 18, 2021. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Healing Company, a new business set up

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Sydney-based startup Upflowy raises $4M to optimize web experiences with its no-code solution

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected consumers’ behaviors and purchasing patterns; data-driven decision-making is even more crucial to ensure that companies’ products or services genuinely benefit users in times of uncertainty. The demand for SaaS products that enables online transactions has

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Will rising interest rates decimate startup valuations?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is Saturday, which means it’s not a usual day for us to drop an episode. But what

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Reusable packaging startup bags $3.1M to pick a fight with single-use packaging

Quick pop quiz: Is it better to recycle your cardboard boxes, or use a sturdier packaging bag that can be used again and again until it meets its maker again? Returnity‘s bet is the latter, and the company just raised

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This UK startup got $9M so you’ll pay it to shrink your household bills

The UK’s cost of living crisis has been making grim headlines for months — with no respite in sight. Just this week, newspapers reported that inflation had hit 5.5%, a 30-year high, further pushing up prices for everyday essentials like

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Daily Crunch: With $250M Series D, fintech Flutterwave becomes Africa’s highest-valued startup

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Wednesday, February 16, 2022! Most funding stories don’t go viral,

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Transform your startup investors into growth marketers without them noticing

Miles Jennings Contributor Miles Jennings is the founder and COO of Recruiter.com, a recruiting solutions platform helping startups hire talent. If you’re successful at raising capital, investors have jumped into the passenger seat with you, ready to be taken on

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