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Challenger business bank Qonto raises $115 million round led by Tencent and DST Global
French startup Qonto has raised a $115 million Series C funding round led by Tencent and DST Global. Today’s news comes a few days after another French fintech startup Lydia raised some money from Tencent. Existing investors Valar and Alven are also participating in today’s funding round. TransferWise co-founder Taavet…
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Local food delivery and restaurant discovery platform Zomato acquires Uber Eats in India
Uber Technologies Inc., primarily known as one of the major cab aggregators, has agreed to sell its food delivery service Uber Eats to rival Zomato. In an email sent out to its users, Uber Eats states, “We have announced today that Zomato has acquired Uber Eats in India. As such,…
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The best TV shows to stream on Stan
UPDATE: Buffy fans rejoice! The complete series of Joss Whedon’s classic series Buffy the Vampire Slayer is now available to stream on Stan – read more about this Tasmania-set murder mystery thriller on Page 4! Anyone who’s used the streaming service Stan knows that there’s a veritable smorgasbord of great content…
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Uber sells food delivery business in India to Zomato
Uber said on Tuesday it has sold its food delivery business, Uber Eats, in India to local rival Zomato as the American ride-hailing giant races to shed lossmaking operations to become profitable by next year. As part of the deal, Uber would own 9.99% of Zomato and its Eats users…
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Fortnite on iPad Pro just got a huge frame rate upgrade
The iPad Pro version of Fortnite just received a massive performance upgrade, thanks to a new update (Version 11.40.1) from Epic Games that enables support for gameplay at 120 frames per second (fps). Currently, the 120fps feature is only supported by Apple’s iPad Pro 11 (2018) and iPad Pro 12.9 (2018)…
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Personio, the German HR platform for SMEs, raises $75M Series C at a $500M valuation
Personio, the Germany-founded HR platform for SMEs, has raised $75 million in Series C funding in a round led by Accel. I understand the investment values the company at around $500 million. Also joining is Lightspeed Venture Partners, alongside Lars Dalgaard (the founder and former CEO of SuccessFactors). Existing investors…
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