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Nykaa, an Indian e-commerce startup for beauty products, files for an IPO, and seeks to raise as much as $70.6M at a valuation of $4B (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Nykaa, an Indian e-commerce startup for beauty products, files for an IPO, and seeks to raise as much as $70.6M at a valuation of $4B  —  – Beauty firm IPO will include new and existing shares  — The startup is seeking a valuation of $4 billion or more Nykaa, an Indian

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London-based Palta, which develops health and wellness apps, raises $100M Series B led by Per Brillioth at VNV Global (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: London-based Palta, which develops health and wellness apps, raises $100M Series B led by Per Brillioth at VNV Global  —  Health and wellness apps startup Palta, has raised $100 million in a Series B round led by Per Brillioth at VNV Global, with the participation of Target Global and other existing

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The confusing language in the infrastructure bill's crypto provision suggests that nearly any entity in crypto is a broker and must collect their users' data (Rainey Reitman/Electronic Frontier …)

Rainey Reitman / Electronic Frontier Foundation: The confusing language in the infrastructure bill’s crypto provision suggests that nearly any entity in crypto is a broker and must collect their users’ data  —  The forthcoming Senate draft of Biden’s infrastructure bill—a 2,000+ page bill designed to update the United States’ roads … The confusing language in

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Latin America now has at least 23 unicorns, which collectively have raised $15B+, 15 have raised money this year; 40% of all VC money in 2020 went into fintech (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)

Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: Latin America now has at least 23 unicorns, which collectively have raised $15B+, 15 have raised money this year; 40% of all VC money in 2020 went into fintech  —  Startup investors have been putting a whole lot more capital into Latin America for the past couple years. Latin America

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Australian court rules AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings, days after South Africa granted a patent in which AI was designated as the inventor (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

Simon Sharwood / The Register: Australian court rules AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings, days after South Africa granted a patent in which AI was designated as the inventor  —  IP lawyer says decision is bad because the last thing we need is robot patent trolls  —  An Australian Court has decided

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Novakid, an app that offers online English language classes to kids aged 4-12, raises $35M Series B led by Owl Ventures and Goodwater Capital (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Novakid, an app that offers online English language classes to kids aged 4-12, raises $35M Series B led by Owl Ventures and Goodwater Capital  —  If you’re trying to develop fluency in a non-native tongue, language immersion is a crucial part of the learning process. Novakid, an app that offers online

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