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TechInnovation. AgBiome lands $166M for safer crop protection technology (Christine Hall, TechCrunch)

AgBiome, developing products from microbial communities, brought in a $116 million Series D round as the company prepares to pad its pipeline with new...

TechInnovation. SoftBank commits $3B more to investing in Latin American tech companies (Mary Ann Azevedo, TechCrunch)

SoftBank Group Corp. is doubling down on its commitment to Latin America. Today, the Japanese investment conglomerate is announcing the launch of the SoftBank Latin...

TechInnovation. Helsinki’s Maki.vc poised to close fund at €100M, key focus will be sustainability, deeptech (Mike Butcher, TechCrunch)

Helsinki-based VC Maki.vc is poised to reach the final close of its second fund at €100 million, with the aim to invest in seed-stage startups across...

TechInnovation. South Korean antitrust regulator fines Google $177M for abusing market dominance (Kate Park, TechCrunch)

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday it fined Google $177 million for abusing its market dominance in the Android operating system (OS) market. The...

TechInnovation. PassFort, a RegTech SaaS for KYC and AML, nets $16.2M (Natasha Lomas, TechCrunch)

London-based PassFort, a SaaS provider that helps business meet compliance requirements such as KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) reporting, has closed a...

India/Singapore. India and Singapore to link their payments systems to enable ‘instant and low-cost’ cross-border transactions (Manish Singh, TechCrunch)

India and Singapore are working to link their digital payments systems to enable “instant, low-cost fund transfers,” in a major push to disrupt the...

TechInnovation. Political economist Neil Malholtra on why some in Silicon Valley turned on Gavin Newsom (Connie Loizos, TechCrunch)

Whether or not Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom survives Tuesday’s recall election may depend to some degree on a small but vocal group of...

TechInnovation. Digital freight marketplace BridgeLinx raises $10 million in Pakistan’s largest seed funding (Manish Singh, TechCrunch)

BridgeLinx, a 9-month-old Lahore-headquartered startup that operates a digital freight marketplace, said on Tuesday it has raised $10 million in what is the largest...

TechInnovation. Chinese tech giant Baidu begins publicly testing Apollo Go robotaxis in Shanghai (Rebecca Bellan, TechCrunch)

Chinese search engine giant Baidu has begun publicly testing its Apollo Go robotaxi mobile platform in Shanghai, marking the company’s continued expansion of its...

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