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Jun 27, 2022 • 3min
Amsterdam cyber startup Hadrian closes €10.5M Seed for platform which simulates hacker attacks
As companies grow they expose more of themselves online and become harder to defend in terms of cybersecurity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 24, 2022 • 3min
Airrow is automating battery and payload swapping for drones
Any given year, the real unsung highlight of re:Mars are the dozen or so startups and researchers who show off their wares on the show floor. There are always a couple of cool projects that have somehow managed to escape our radar, thus far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 24, 2022 • 5min
Einride to operate its cab-less autonomous pods on U.S. public roads
Einride, the Swedish startup that wants to electrify the autonomous freight industry, will begin operating its purpose-built, self-driving pods on public roads in the U.S. this year as part of an existing partnership with General Electric Appliances (GEA). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 23, 2022 • 3min
Uber rejects claim that it explored exiting India
Uber said on Thursday it has never explored exiting India, a key overseas market for several tech giants, dismissing a claim that it has had held discussions to sell the local unit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 23, 2022 • 6min
Twitter partners with Shopify to bring merchants’ products to Twitter Shopping
As part of its ongoing efforts to expand into e-commerce, Twitter today announced a new partnership with Shopify. The deal will see Twitter launching a sales channel app that will be made available to all of Shopify’s U.S. merchants through its app store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 22, 2022 • 3min
Wingcopter raises another $42M ahead of ambitious Africa deployment
In mid-May, Wingcopter announced an extremely ambitious plan to deploy some 12,000 of its fixed-wing UAVs in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next half decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 22, 2022 • 5min
Neobank Stashfin raises $270 million, tops $700 million valuation
Singapore-based Stashfin has raised $270 million in a new funding round as the neobanking platform, which currently only serves customers in India, looks to expand to Southeast Asia and other South Asian markets, it said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 21, 2022 • 4min
Magic Eden raises $130M, hitting unicorn status at $1.6B valuation
NFT marketplace Magic Eden, launched just nine months ago, has raised $130 million in a Series B round co-led by Electric Capital and Greylock Partners, bringing its valuation to $1.6 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 21, 2022 • 4min
Iran to cut electricity to authorized crypto miners: report
Iran’s relationship with the crypto mining sector is a love-hate one. The government is again restricting crypto mining activity as it tries to ease the strain on the country’s power supply, despite knowing the promise of crypto as a way to evade international sanctions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 20, 2022 • 4min
Ransomware ring claims attack on Africa’s largest retail chain Shoprite
RansomHouse, a ransomware gang, has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Shoprite, Africa’s largest retailer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
