Author: Daniel Harrison

interview maryana iskander wikimedia ceo wikipediaalba Interview with Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation’s next CEO, on the org’s transparency, handling misinformation on Wikipedia pages, and more  —  Two decades ago, Wikipedia arrived on the scene as a quirky online project that aimed to crowdsource and document all of human knowledge and history in real time. Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

nvidia omniverse 100k januarytakahashiventurebeat Nvidia says 150K+ creators have downloaded Omniverse, up from ~100K in January, and makes the real-time collaborative design tool available in the cloud  —  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said today that the Omniverse virtual simulation and its tools will be available in the cloud so that developers can use it on just about any computer. Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

assembled 51m new enterprise 71mwiggerstechcrunch Assembled, a workforce management service for customer support teams, raises a $51M Series B led by New Enterprise Associates, taking its total funding to $71M  —  Assembled, which bills itself as a workforce management platform for customer support teams, today announced that it raised $51 million … Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

report march twitch 2b wildegeekwire Report: March was Twitch’s biggest month to date, with 2B+ hours watched, helped by “sleep streaming,” where popular streamers film themselves while sleeping  —  Twitch hit another viewership record last month, buoyed by hot content like watching people sleep and a roleplaying mod for an eight-year-old sandbox game. Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

brexit 81k euleprinceringuetzdnet As Brexit progresses, 81K .eu domains registered by 50,000 UK citizens are suspended, with three months given to transfer domains or demonstrate EU citizenship  —  The UK lost its right to a .eu website when it left the European bloc, leaving many domain name owners in limbo. Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

apis 15m lakestar lightspeedmatsuda theblock German startup lemon.markets, which makes APIs for developers to build stock trading features, raises a €15M seed led by Lakestar and Lightspeed Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

mdaq singaporebased saas 200m techasia M-DAQ, a Singapore-based SaaS provider for ecommerce and tech companies to facilitate cross border transactions, raises ~$200M Series D from Affinity Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

sources databricks 27b databricks Data analytics service Databricks is in talks to raise a private funding round, potentially valuing it at ~$27B; Databricks was valued at $6.2B in 2019  —  The Andreessen Horowitz and NEA-backed company is raising a private round.  —  Databricks — a data and AI platform … Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

how accelerate360 attabotics misfits streetjournal How warehouse automation startups like Accelerate360 and Attabotics, grocery services like Misfits, and delivery firms like Veho are transforming supply chains  —  Startups are developing better ways to move products around, from snapping up goods stranded by logistics snafus to automating warehouse work Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

better.com indiaann azevedotechcrunch Sources: Better.com is preparing for layoffs that could affect as much as 40% to 50% of staff, as more senior executives depart including its finance VP  —  Things are getting worse at Better.  —  More executives have resigned from Better.com nearly three months after the online mortgage … Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.