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Crypto Startup Lets People Bet On Whether Britney Spears Will Be Freed From Her Conservatorship – UNILAD

Crypto Startup Lets People Bet On Whether Britney Spears Will Be Freed From Her Conservatorship by : Emily Brown on : 09 Aug 2021 18:07 PA Images A New York City-based cryptocurrency startup is letting people bet on whether Britney Spears will succeed in freeing herself from her restrictive conservatorship.  Calls of ‘Free Britney’ have …

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Ascend Your Start-Up: Conquer the 5 Disconnects to Accelerate Growth, reviewed – Irish Tech News

We look at the new book by Helen Yu, aiming to help new startups with a mountaineering theme to it. You can buy the book on Amazon here. Ascend Your Start-Up: Conquer the 5 Disconnects to Accelerate Growth, reviewed Helen Yu has walked the walk, both literally in terms of going up to Everest Base …

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Microsoft acquires security start-up CloudKnox – TechCentral.ie

Microsoft acquires security start-up CloudKnox Firm continues to expand its security portfolio to secure its own cloud services 23 July 2021 | 0 Microsoft has announced the acquisition CloudKnox, a security start-up that helps businesses manage their cloud access credentials. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed but it is another addition to …

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Reid Hoffman to join board of electric air-taxi start-up Joby

Electric air-taxi start-up Joby Aviation will add Silicon Valley figure Reid Hoffman to its board as the company prepares to go public via a merger with a blank-cheque firm. LinkedIn co-founder Hoffman, who is now a partner at venture capital firm Greylock, has a key connection to the 12-year-old start-up. Earlier this year, it was …

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Kerry angel investors choose property start-up Lintil as first investment

The Kerry Angel Network has announced that it plans to provide €270,000 in funds to online home buying platform Lintil in what will be its first investment. The Kerry-based angel investors are part of the broader, all-island Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN), which is a joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland and Invest Northern Ireland. …

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Hiring from anywhere startup Remote closes $150m Series B – UNLEASH

This comes just eight months after its $35m Series A and after a stellar year for Remote; in 2020, the startup saw a 65-fold increase in revenue and ten times more users. Therefore, Remote has become the latest HR tech unicorn. The Series B was led by Accel, but existing investors like Sequoia, Index Ventures, …

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People management startup Leadr closes $10m Series A – UNLEASH

It focuses on optimizing one-to-one meetings that Leadr believes are the main vehicle for managers to support and empower employees. Leadr has just closed a $10 million Series A led by BedRock, which has previously invested in other HR tech companies like Workwise, Vercel and Check. The raise also included funding from Leadr friends and …

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Irishman’s AI start-up secures €5m in Series funding

Research spin-out Logical Clocks has secured Series A funding to expand its commercial operations and its global footprint. Headquartered in Stockholm, Logical Clocks was founded in 2016 by members of the Distributed Computing Group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS). One member of that team was Irishman …

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Social Enterprise Start-up Fund: Grants of €9,500-€12,000 –

– Advertisement – Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, TD, has announced the launch of the €800,000 Social Enterprise Start-up Fund. The fund is specifically aimed at early-stage social enterprises with a clear ambition to impact a critical social issue. Social Enterprise Start-up Fund It will support social enterprises with small grants to …

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Inside InsureTech startup YuLife’s laser focus on employee wellbeing

“The caveat to that is to have life insurance should things be unfortunate and fall apart,” says YuLife’s head of people Cali Gold. YuLife’s head of people Cali Gold. YuLife’s products reward employees for looking after themselves. For instance, YuLife provides employers with access to digital fitness app Fiit’s premium subscription, and employees who work …

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