While valuations of public software-as-a-service businesses have been taking a hammering of late as investors cool on the sector amid a wider, post-pandemic tech stock sell-off, SaaS startups still need […]
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Back to news homeDaily Crunch: Fairly stagnant since April launch, Coinbase NFT sales volume is under $700K
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How Pillsorted plans to use personalisation to compete with main-street pharmacies
Since the (relatively speaking) easing of the pandemic, pharmacies have come under increasing strain as people clamor for their drugs. This is particularly an issue in he UK where traditional […]
Deliveroo fined in France after court rules it abused riders’ rights
U.K. food delivery gig platform Deliveroo has lost a court challenge in France over the “freelancer” status of riders. Reuters reports that the company has been fined the maximum penalty […]
European startups elude global VC funding slowdown in Q1 2022
From mega-rounds to early-stage deals, Europe had a strong start to the year Anna Heim 8 hours VC funding into Europe (including the U.K.) was up in the first quarter […]
Daily Crunch: Elon Musk sets sights on Twitter with unsolicited $43B takeover bid
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‘Always on and watching’: A former Xinjiang prisoner describes life inside China’s detention camps
For 10 months in 2018, Ovalbek Turdakun was a prisoner in one of China’s notorious detention camps, where he was tortured, subject to horrific conditions, and under constant surveillance. In […]
Study of Apple’s ATT impact highlights competition concerns
An interesting new study of 1,759 iOS apps before and after Apple implemented a major privacy feature last year which required developers to ask permission to track app users — […]
Daily Crunch: Amazon says it’s ‘disappointed’ after Staten Island fulfillment center workers unionize
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Lantum, a platform to manage healthcare staffing, gets a $15M injection
Of the many labor issues that arose during the Covid-19 pandemic, one major focus was on healthcare workers, and specifically the challenge of staffing medical environments at a critical moment, […]