Journals

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Bank of America values Jio Platforms at $107B, up 64.6% from $65B in 2020 when the Indian telecoms and digital conglomerate raised $20B+ from Meta and others  —  Bank of America has pinned a $107 billion… Read More »Bank of America values Jio Platforms at $107B, up 64.6% from $65B in 2020 when the Indian telecoms and digital conglomerate raised $20B+ from Meta and others (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Stephen Pastis / Tampa Bay Business Journal: Tampa-based Rewst, which provides robotic process automation services to managed service providers, raised a $31M Series B led by Meritech Capital  —  Rewst, a Tampa-based automation platform for managed service providers, has raised… Read More »Tampa-based Rewst, which provides robotic process automation services to managed service providers, raised a $31M Series B led by Meritech Capital (Stephen Pastis/Tampa Bay Business Journal)

The Economic Times: Bengaluru-based Impact Analytics, which offers retail, grocery, CPG, and supply chain planning and merchandising software, raised $40M led by Sageview Capital  —  With the latest fundraise, Sageview Capital partner Jeff Klemens and senior advisor Prashanth Palakurthi have… Read More »Bengaluru-based Impact Analytics, which offers retail, grocery, CPG, and supply chain planning and merchandising software, raised $40M led by Sageview Capital (The Economic Times)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: SentinelOne acquires Bengaluru-based cloud security provider PingSafe, sources say for a $100M+ valuation; PingSafe had raised ~$3.3M from Peak XV and others  —  SentinelOne’s deal to acquire PingSafe values the Peak XV-backed young startup at over… Read More »SentinelOne acquires Bengaluru-based cloud security provider PingSafe, sources say for a $100M+ valuation; PingSafe had raised ~$3.3M from Peak XV and others (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

CNBC: X confirms the @SECGov account was compromised and says “the compromise was not due to any breach of X’s systems” and that the account didn’t have 2FA enabled  —  Social media X said late Tuesday it has completed a… Read More »X confirms the @SECGov account was compromised and says “the compromise was not due to any breach of X’s systems” and that the account didn’t have 2FA enabled (CNBC)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Binance, Kraken, Mexc, KuCoin, and four other crypto exchanges have been pulled from the App Store in India after being flagged for operating “illegally”  —  Apps of as many as eight crypto exchanges including Binance, Kraken,… Read More »Binance, Kraken, Mexc, KuCoin, and four other crypto exchanges have been pulled from the App Store in India after being flagged for operating “illegally” (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Nguyen Kieu Giang / Bloomberg: Vietnam-based Be Group, which provides ride-hailing, delivery, and digital financial services, raised ~$30M from VPBank, in a bid to take on Grab and GoTo  —  – Be Group expanding its ride, delivery and fintech offerings … Read More »Vietnam-based Be Group, which provides ride-hailing, delivery, and digital financial services, raised ~$30M from VPBank, in a bid to take on Grab and GoTo (Nguyen Kieu Giang/Bloomberg)

Gene Maddaus / Variety: SAG-AFTRA signs a deal with AI voiceover company Replica Studios, requiring consent to create voice replicas for use in video games and safe storage of assets  —  The union announced the deal with Replica Studios on… Read More »SAG-AFTRA signs a deal with AI voiceover company Replica Studios, requiring consent to create voice replicas for use in video games and safe storage of assets (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Siddharth Cavale / Reuters: At CES 2024, Walmart unveils a generative AI search tool and says it is developing a tool to help InHome users quickly add commonly ordered items to their carts  —  Walmart (WMT.N) on Tuesday unveiled two… Read More »At CES 2024, Walmart unveils a generative AI search tool and says it is developing a tool to help InHome users quickly add commonly ordered items to their carts (Siddharth Cavale/Reuters)

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: X announces new shows with former CNN host Don Lemon, former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and sports commentator Jim Rome, amid a push into video  —  The tech company also announced a 10-show deal… Read More »X announces new shows with former CNN host Don Lemon, former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and sports commentator Jim Rome, amid a push into video (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)