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From Miles Grimshaw to Eva Ho, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs

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When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it came as a shock to many in the venture capital ecosystem — and not just because Rabois is a big name in the industry. It was surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move […]

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Aplazo is using buy-now-pay-later as a stepping stone to financial ubiquity in Mexico

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Buy-now-pay-later services have become so ubiquitous that BNPL may as well just be another way to say ‘debt.’ But in Mexico, where BNPL platform Aplazo operates, a large underbanked population makes BNPL more like an alternative to cash. The four-year-old Mexican fintech startup facilitates fractionated payments to offline and online merchants even when the buyer

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StrictlyVC London welcomes Phoenix Court and WEX

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StrictlyVC events deliver exclusive insider content from the Silicon Valley and global VC scene while creating meaningful connections over cocktails and canapés with leading investors, entrepreneurs and executives. And TechCrunch is excited to join forces with key players in the London investment community at our next StrictlyVC event. We’re pleased to have Saul Klein, co-founder

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Founders Fund leads financing of composites startup Layup Parts

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Scarcely five months after its founding, hard tech startup Layup Parts has landed a $9 million round of financing led by Founders Fund to transform composites manufacturing. Lux Capital and Haystack also participated. The breakneck pace is more than a subtle indication that investors’ appetite for tech-focused solutions to the woes of the American industrial base

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Sources: Mistral AI raising at a $6B valuation, SoftBank ‘not in’ but DST is

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Investors are feverishly continuing to evaluate AI startups, and to try to avoid simply chasing a fad, they are paying extra-close attention to founders building what are typically described as ‘foundational’ technology Paris-based Mistral AI, a startup working on open source large language models — the building block for generative AI services — has been

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Thai food delivery app Line Man Wongnai weighs IPO in Thailand, US in 2025

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Line Man Wongnai, an on-demand food delivery service in Thailand, is considering an initial public offering on a Thai exchange or the U.S. in 2025, the company’s CEO and co-founder, Yod Chinsupakul, said in an exclusive interview with TechCrunch. Line Man Wongnai has yet to finalize where it will launch the IPO, but a dual-listing

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Gratitude Plus makes social networking positive, private and personal

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Private social networking is making a comeback. Gratitude Plus, a startup that aims to shift social media in a more positive direction, is expanding its wellness-focused, personal reflections journal to include support for families who want to stay in touch even when physically distant.  The startup, whose name reflects its core offering of a gratitude

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