FCC approves $7.17B fund for schools and libraries to buy laptops, tablets, Wi-Fi hotspots, and broadband connections to help facilitate online learning — The funding will help schools and libraries pay for devices and broadband services. … The US Federal Communications Commission …
Radish, a serialized fiction app that has raised about $72M, is being acquired by South Korea's Kakao Entertainment for $440M — Serialized fiction app Radish is being acquired by Kakao Entertainment, the entertainment arm of Korean internet giant Kakao, in a transaction valued at $440 million.
Kin, which uses thousands of data points to provide personalized home insurance in natural disaster-prone US states like FL, CA, and LA, raises $63.9M Series C — Home insurance startup Kin has raised $63.9 million in a Series C round, the company told Crunchbase News.
Ethos, whose platform allows customers to shop for and secure life insurance policies online, raises $200M led by General Catalyst at a $2B+ valuation — - $200 million round by General Catalyst, Sequoia, Accel, GV — Jay-Z, Will Smith, Robert Downey Jr. also invest in Ethos
Docs show that Bird is preparing to go public via a SPAC merger at $2.3B valuation; Bird expects to trim adjusted EBITDA loss to $96M in 2021 vs. $183M in 2020 — Bird Rides, the Santa-Monica e-scooter company that was once a startup darling but saw ridership plunge during the pandemic …
Innovusion, which develops lidar tech for autonomous vehicles, raises $64M Series B led by Temasek, bringing its total raised to over $100M — More investors are joining the wave to bet on lidar, the remote sensing method that uses laser light to measure distances and has garnered ample interest from automakers in recent times.
Zencargo, which helps companies organize and track movements of their SKUs via its freight forwarding platform, raises $42M Series B led by Digital+ Partners — While consumers and businesses continue to use their purchasing power to spin the wheels of the globalized economy …
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia : MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's...
