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Turkey’s first decacorn: Trendyol raises $1.5B at a $16.5B valuation

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General Atlantic, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Princeville Capital and sovereign wealth funds, ADQ (UAE) and Qatar Investment Authority co-led the round. . Trendyol , an e-commerce platform based in Turkey, has raised $1.5 billion in a massive funding round that values the company at $16.5 The deal marks SoftBank’s first in the country.

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India’s VerSe Innovation raises over $450 million to expand Dailyhunt and Josh apps globally

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Siguler Guff, Baillie Gifford, affiliates of Carlyle Asia Partners Growth II and others financed VerSe Innovation’s Series I round, while existing investors Sofina Group, Qatar Investment Authority and BCap participated. Monthly download for short video apps in India, per mobile insight firm App Annie.

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UK challenger bank Starling raises $376M, now valued at $1.9B

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— the market where Starling is active — for the last several years has been a gradual shift to online and mobile banking. Our new investors will bring a wealth of experience as we enter the next stage of growth, while the continued support of our existing backers represents a huge vote of confidence.”. The trend in the U.K.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

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For those who want to use audio with other mobile devices or DAISY players, we have added DAISY audio and MP3 format download capability for all of our titles, in addition to our existing DAISY text and Braille Ready Format (BRF) options. We now have a free, open source reading app for you called Go Read. Is Spanish more your bag?

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Daily Crunch: Samsung erases the Note, starts new page with Galaxy S22 Ultra phablet

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in new capital for SE Asia : James Murdoch and Uday Shankar have compiled a huge and new investment vehicle backed by the Qatar Investment Authority called Bodhi Tree. kr is a mobile app for “outdoor enthusiasts and campers” to help them book campsites, and it just raised a few million dollars. Today in startup names : S?kr

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

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May 25, 2023 ChatGPT app is now available in 11 more countries OpenAI announced in a tweet that the ChatGPT mobile app is now available on iOS in the U.S., The new ChatGPT app will be free to use, free from ads and will allow for voice input, the company says, but will initially be limited to U.S. users at launch.

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