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Yahoo Japan agreed to issue a tender offer for a 50.1% stake in Japan's largest online fashion retailer, Zozotown; the deal will be worth up to $3.7B (Nikkei Asian Review)

Nikkei Asian Review: Yahoo Japan agreed to issue a tender offer for a 50.1% stake in Japan’s largest online fashion retailer, Zozotown; the deal will be worth up to $3.7B  —  Retailer’s founder and CEO Maezawa steps down from management  —  TOKYO — Yahoo Japan plans to buy the operator of the country’s largest …

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Open-source NoSQL database startup ScyllaDB raises $25M Series C extension round, bringing the total raised to $60M (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Open-source NoSQL database startup ScyllaDB raises $25M Series C extension round, bringing the total raised to $60M  —  There are a lot of open source databases out there, and ScyllaDB, a NoSQL variety, is looking to differentiate itself by attracting none other than Amazon users. Open-source NoSQL database startup ScyllaDB raises

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Samsara, a maker of sensors and GPS units for fleet vehicle management, raises $300M at $6.3B valuation from Tiger Global, Dragoneer, a16z, and General Catalyst (Elisabeth Brier/Forbes)

Elisabeth Brier / Forbes: Samsara, a maker of sensors and GPS units for fleet vehicle management, raises $300M at $6.3B valuation from Tiger Global, Dragoneer, a16z, and General Catalyst  —  Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket, cofounders of Samsara, are newly minted billionaires following the company’s $300 million Series F funding round … Samsara, a maker

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