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LA’s Staples Center will be renamed ‘Crypto.com Arena’

The Verge

The logo will reportedly be revealed on Christmas Day for the Brooklyn Nets’ game with the Lakers, and Staples Center branding should be phased out by June. “In And earlier this year, the Miami Heat’s home American Airlines Arena was renamed after crypto exchange FTX. Staples paid $100 million for the rights for 10 years in 1999.

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Muck Rack, the journalist database, raises $180M in its first outside funding

TechCrunch

Muck Rack was founded in NYC, but the dateline on its announcement is Miami, speaking to how the company itself has taken the moment to seek out locations that are more amenable to work life balance, something that became a huge theme during the pandemic.). Elser and Scott Feldman of SGE will be joining the board.

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This startup wants to use technology to help solve Austin’s housing shortage problem

TechCrunch

Essentially serving as a virtual general contractor, Homebound combines technology and a network for “vetted” and licensed building “experts” to manage the new home construction from the design phase to completion. The startup has developed tools to track and manage hundreds of unique tasks associated with building a home.

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Knight Foundation Launches The Giving Day Play Book

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some are stand-alone efforts in their communities, like Give Miami Day benefitting Greater Miami, while others are connected to a statewide campaign like the Georgia Gives campaign. The greatest difference between very successful and less successful Giving Days is the time and thought that goes into the planning phase.

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University will stop using controversial remote-testing software following student outcry

The Verge

It recommends that students for whom Proctorio presents a barrier to test-taking “make alternative arrangements” as the program is phased out, and indicates that accessibility will be considered in the selection of the next remote-proctoring solution. UIUC is one of many campuses where remote proctoring has faced backlash.

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Papa co-founder lands seed funding for a second swing in eldercare: UpsideH?M

TechCrunch

Jake Rothstein is the co-founder of Papa , a Miami-based company that offers care and companionship to seniors. As the startup prepares for its next phase of growth, the co-founders will need to focus heavily on sustainable customer acquisition. It has raised upwards of $91 million in venture capital to date.

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Singapore-based alternative protein startup Next Gen Foods gets $100M Series A for U.S. growth

TechCrunch

It is currently available at restaurants in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Napa, New York and Philadelphia, with more planned, including Miami and Austin. We look forward to their next phase of expansion into the U.S. Beyond Meat launches plant-based chicken tenders at US restaurants. Starting today, U.S. s largest food re-distributors.