Month: April 2021
Hawke Ventures raises $5.6M to back digital marketing startups
Hawke Ventures, the investment arm of marketing consultancy Hawke Media, is announcing that it has closed its first $5.6 million venture fund. Managing Partner Drew Leahy acknowledged that the firm’s focus on marketing technology isn’t exactly in high demand among other VCs right now. “People are running away from martech…
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Twitter may let you tip people for their great tweets right from their profiles
Twitter has said it’s exploring features like tipping to give people a way to pay other Twitter users, and now we have further evidence that a tip feature may be on the way. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong shared images on Thursday and Friday showing that Twitter could offer a…
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Microsoft is working to refine this divisive Edge feature Edge Vertical Tabs
The way in which users switch between vertical tabs and horizontal tabs in Microsoft Edge could be about to change as the software giant is currently in the process of tweaking this feature. First launched back in March of this year, vertical tabs are one of the best features in…
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Extra Crunch roundup: Klaviyo EC-1, micromobility’s second wave, UiPath CFO interview, more
Origin stories are satisfying because we already know the hero will overcome the odds — and in doing so, they’ll reveal their core strengths. This week, we published a four-part series about how Klaviyo co-founders Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen bootstrapped their startup into an e-commerce marketing automation platform now…
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2021 should be a banner year for biotech startups that make smart choices early
Michael B. Gray Contributor Michael B. Gray is partner and leader of the private equity, venture capital and growth companies practice, Neal Gerber Eisenberg. John Flavin Contributor Last year was a record 12 months for venture-backed biotech and pharma companies, with deal activity rising to $28.5 billion from $17.8 billion…
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Beloved Japanese gaming store Super Potato has opened an eBay shop
Visiting Super Potato in Akihabara is usually a key reason why many die-hard gamers want to venture to Japan. The flagship Super Potato store (of the eight total in Japan, according to its Twitter) is nondescript, yet its shelves are covered wall-to-wall in rare yet reasonably priced games and consoles.…
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