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Vidrovr raises $1.25M to bring smarter video search to publishers


 As video becomes increasingly important to the media business (to the point where it’s become a cliché), a startup called Vidrovr aims to help publishers find the most relevant videos to go along with their content. So if I’m writing ...

MyMusicTaste, which allows fans to request live events, gets $11M Series C


 MyMusicTaste, a Seoul-headquartered service that lets fans campaign to bring their favorite artists to their city, plans to double the concerts it organizes next year after raising an $11 million Series C. Read More

Sourceress raises $3.5M to find candidates that managers want without realizing it


 When a company is looking for a candidate for an open role, the hiring manager is probably going to rattle off a bunch of qualifications that they’re looking for to a recruiter — and Kanjun Qiu says recruiters will probably just run w...

Airbnb management service Hostmaker scores $15M Series B funding


 Airbnb continues to be an ecosystem in its own right, with a number of startups building a business by making the lives of hosts easier and potentially more lucrative. One such company is London-based Hostmaker, an upmarket Airbnb management serv...

Captain’s Log, November 7: Indonesia demands Google, WhatsApp remove obscene content, Apple iPhone supplier planning expansion in India


Also, startups Bitspark and Crayon Data have raised funding Indonesia wants Alphabet to censor Google’s obscene content The Indonesian government is tightening its grip on censorship in the country. According to a report by Reuters, the government plans to summon representatives of major internet messaging and search services, including Google, to demand that they remove obscene content. Yesterday, […]

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How Australian agritech startup OneCrop aims to tackle China’s “white pollution” problem


OneCrop produces eco-friendly plastic sheets that farmers use to improve crop yield. Find out how their product is better than existing ones At a glance, the product that OneCrop builds seems like just another plastic sheets used for agriculture. But in order to understand how the startup can provide a solution to a problem dubbed as […]

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