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endowus singaporebased 49mshutechcrunch Endowus, a Singapore-based robo-advisor app, raises $25.6M to bring its total funding to $49M, as it looks to speed up its hiring for geographic expansion  —  Endowus is the latest investment app in Southeast Asia to raise follow-on funding, adding $35 million SGD (about $25.6 million US) to its war chest. Source Keep visiting mashablegold.com for the latest news and updates.

sources spotify apple subscriptionssteele Spotify to announce an Apple Podcasts Subscriptions competitor next week that will let podcasters set prices without charging them or taking a cut  —  Podcasts exploded in popularity during the lockdown and are on track to bring in more than $1 billion in U.S. ad revenue this year Source Keep visiting mashablegold.com for the latest news and updates.

amazon indian indianmade 1m raibloomberg A senior Apple engineer compared App Store’s defenses against malicious actors to “bringing a plastic butter knife to a gunfight”, according to legal documents  —  Revelation part of legal documents released by Epic Games ahead of antitrust trial Source Keep visiting mashablegold.com for the latest news and updates.

qa layflurrie microsoft streetjournal Q&A with Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft’s chief accessibility officer, on holding every department accountable, validating ROI, and hiring staff with disabilities  —  Jenny Lay-Flurrie holds every department—from hiring to videogaming—accountable for being accessible to people with disabilities Source Keep visiting mashablegold.com for the latest news and updates.

dna 82.5m series sequoia capital newview DNA testing company 23andMe raises ~$82.5M Series F led by Sequoia Capital and NewView Capital; the company laid off 14% of its workforce earlier this year  —  DNA testing company 23andMe Inc. raised more than $80 million in equity in a financing round led by Sequoia Capital and NewView Capital. Source Keep visiting mashablegold.com for the latest news and updates.

neuroid 35m canapi ventureshalltechcrunch Blend, which develops a SaaS platform for lenders, raises $75M Series F led by Canapi Ventures at a valuation of ~$1.7B, up more than 70% from a year earlier  —  – Digital lending start-up Blend raised $75 million in fresh funding at a valuation of almost $1.7 billion, a jump of more than 70% … Source Keep visiting mashablegold.com for the latest news and updates.

ukbased oxbotica series bp ventures 80mlundentechcrunch UK-based autonomous vehicle startup Oxbotica raises $47M Series B led by BP Ventures, bringing total raised to $80M, to deploy its tech in industrial use cases  —  While the world continues to await the arrival of safe, reliable and cost-effective self-driving cars, one of the pioneers … Source Keep visiting mashablegold.com for the latest news and updates.

amazon indian 3b 1m raibloomberg Badges for Instagram Live, in testing for over a year, rolls out as a way for users to pay and support creators; Instagram won’t take a cut until 2023  —  Its ‘Badges’ are officially launching in the US  —  Today, Instagram is officially launching its Badges feature, which gives viewers … Source Keep visiting mashablegold.com for the latest news and updates.

israel cynet 40m n. america europerileysiliconangle Israel’s Cynet, which provides AI-powered endpoint security and response to stop cyberattacks, raises $40M Series C to help it expand in N. America and Europe  —  Autonomous breach protection startup Cynet Security Ltd. announced today it has raised $40 million in new funding to expand … Source Keep visiting mashablegold.com for the latest news and updates.

indian web3 b2bsinghtechcrunch Indian B2B marketplace Udaan raised $120M in convertible notes and debt, bringing its funding to $350M+ in the past year, and plans an IPO in 12 to 18 months Source Keep visiting mashablegold.com for the latest news and updates.