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Insurtech startup Luko acquires Coya and gains insurance license

TechCrunch

French startup Luko is acquiring German startup Coya in order to grow its European presence and get an insurance license from German regulator. It’s a big market as you have to prove that your home is insured when you rent or buy a home in France. Coya, on the other hand, offers various insurance products for the German market.

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HDMI licensing administrator says the obscure HDMI Alt Mode specs are dead

TechSpot

According to Notebookcheck, which spoke with HDMI Licensing Administrator (LA) representatives at CES 2023, HDMI Alt Mode will not be updated to the latest audiovisual standards. The technology was never adopted by manufacturers of end users, and it was essentially dead on arrival because of new market trends and DisplayPort competition.

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Napster just sold for $207 million

Engadget

Infinite Reality CEO John Acunto says itll be used for marketing in the metaverse. Napster holds numerous licenses to stream millions of songs, which is what made it an attractive prospect to Infinite Reality. A company called Infinite Reality ponied up the cash. What could Napster offer in 2025 to warrant such a price tag?

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Microsoft assails UK markets watchdog, defends software licensing

CIO Dive

The tech giant also castigated Google for “talking out of both sides of its corporate mouth” in response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s January report.

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Teach yourself growth marketing: How to boot up an email marketing campaign

TechCrunch

Jonathan Martinez Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. The answer is simple: Growth marketing. Booting up an email marketing campaign. Launching a paid acquisition channel.

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Fintech Farm nabs $7.4M to launch neobanks in Nigeria and other emerging markets

TechCrunch

that creates digital banks in emerging markets, confirmed to TechCrunch today that it has raised $7.4 Globally, hundreds have sprung forth the past few years to challenge incumbents in their respective markets. In November 2021, Fintech Farm launched in its first market, Azerbaijan. million in seed funding.

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Juni, the banking platform for e-commerce and online marketing companies, raises €2M seed

TechCrunch

Juni , a Swedish pre-launch startup that’s building a banking app and platform for e-commerce and online marketing entrepreneurs, has raised just over €2.1 Former Spotify marketing exec-turned-VC Sophia Bendz on her love of early-stage investing. million in seed funding.

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