This may seem like a great time to launch a SaaS startup, but the landscape is crowded with well-designed applications that promise “blazingly fast and delightfully simple” experiences, according to seed-stage investor John Chen of Fika Ventures. Most SaaS startups will fail, but not because […]
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Once a buzzword, digital transformation is reshaping markets
The notion of digital transformation evolved from a buzzword joke to a critical and accelerating fact during the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes wrought by a global shift to remote work and schooling are myriad, but in the business realm they have yielded a change in […]
Nevada Sports Betting Latest Market To Report April Dip
Since only one poker operator reported results for those two months, all sports betting revenue had to be redacted as well. Last April and May combined …
Meet Justos, the new Brazilian insurtech that just got backing from the CEOs of 7 unicorns
Here in the U.S. the concept of using driver’s data to decide the cost of auto insurance premiums is not a new one. But in markets like Brazil, the idea is still considered relatively novel. A new startup called Justos claims it will be the […]
EU to review TikTok’s ToS after child safety complaints
TikTok has a month to respond to concerns raised by European consumer protection agencies earlier this year, EU lawmakers said today. The Commission has launched what it described as “a formal dialogue” with the video sharing platform over its commercial practices and policy. Areas of […]
Wall St Week Ahead Betting against volatile stock market makes comeback as summer nears
Investors have also reaped big gains betting against products designed to profit from volatile markets. Short sellers targeting the Barclays iPath Series B …
Sports Broadcaster Works As Food Delivery Driver To Recoup Gambling Losses
Dakich's Wikipedia page was changed to “American basketball sportscaster, Door Dasher and radio host.” Tags: Dan Dakich, Sports Betting, College …
Daily Crunch: Saving-investing app Acorns files to go public in $2.2B SPAC deal
Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, May 27. From the home desk, TechCrunch has a few notes to share. First, we’re hosting a virtual meetup in Pittsburgh as part of our national tour spotlighting neat startup markets. And if you are a super […]
Joomla blocks FLoC by default in new update FLoC
The free website builder and open source content management system (CMS) Joomla has announced its plans to block Google’s FLoC by default going forward. FLoC or Federated Learning of Cohorts is Google’s new tracking program which aims to replace third-party cookies. Instead of tracking users […]
Brazilian proptech startup QuintoAndar lands $300M at a $4B valuation
Fintech and proptech are two sectors that are seeing exploding growth in Latin America, as financial services and real estate are two categories in particular dire need of innovation in a region. Brazil’s QuintoAndar, which has developed a real estate marketplace focused on rentals and […]
