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Upsolver, which offers low-code SQL tools for cloud data analytics, raises $25M Series B, adds free tools for smaller workloads and says revenue tripled in 2020 (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Upsolver, which offers low-code SQL tools for cloud data analytics, raises $25M Series B, adds free tools for smaller workloads and says revenue tripled in 2020  —  Join Transform 2021…

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Chinese AR startup Rokid raises a $160M Series C, following a $100M raise in 2018, bringing its total funding to $378M (Rita Liao/TechCrunch)

Chinese AR startup Rokid raises a $160M Series C, following a $100M raise in 2018, bringing its total funding to $378M  —  Chinese startup Rokid has been through a few…

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UK-based Modulr, an API payments infrastructure provider that lets businesses “to automate and embed payments”, raises a $108M Series C led by General Atlantic (Omar Faridi/Crowdfund Insider)

UK-based Modulr, an API payments infrastructure provider that lets businesses “to automate and embed payments”, raises a $108M Series C led by General Atlantic  —  Modulr, an embedded payments platform…

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The FCC notifies Congress that service providers requested ~$5.6B to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment in US networks, up from the FCC’s $1.8B estimate in 2020 (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

The FCC notifies Congress that service providers requested ~$5.6B to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment in US networks, up from the FCC’s $1.8B estimate in 2020  —  In 2020 the…

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Roku Q4: revenue of $865.3M vs. $894M est., up 33% YoY, 60.1M active accounts, up 17% YoY, 19.5B streaming hours, up 15% YoY, stock down 7%+ on weak guidance (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Roku Q4: revenue of $865.3M vs. $894M est., up 33% YoY, 60.1M active accounts, up 17% YoY, 19.5B streaming hours, up 15% YoY, stock down 7%+ on weak guidance  — …

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Popcorn Time, an open source streaming service for pirated content launched in 2014, has shut down; in 2015, Netflix warned investors about Popcorn Time (Priya Anand/Bloomberg)

Popcorn Time, an open source streaming service for pirated content launched in 2014, has shut down; in 2015, Netflix warned investors about Popcorn Time  —  The tool made stealing movies…

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Profile of BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes, who remains at large after the CFTC filed a suit against BitMEX for allegedly running an unregistered trading platform (Adam Ciralsky/Vanity Fair)

Understanding the five major aspects of HRM  —  Employees are not just part of your organization, they are your organization.  To keep your business running smoothly, employees have to be…

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Jamf says it is now managing 20M Apple devices for over 47K customers, and added 16M devices in the past five years compared to 4M devices in its first 13 years (Bradley Chambers/9to5Mac)

Jamf says it is now managing 20M Apple devices for over 47K customers, and added 16M devices in the past five years compared to 4M devices in its first 13…

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Germany-based Alasco, which offers cloud-based financial management tools for real estate projects, raises a $40M Series B led by Insight Partners and Lightrock (PYMNTS.com)

Germany-based Alasco, which offers cloud-based financial management tools for real estate projects, raises a $40M Series B led by Insight Partners and Lightrock  —  Alasco, the cloud-based financial management platform…

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Toronto-based Forma.ai, which helps companies manage and optimize sales compensation plans, raises a $45M Series B led by ACME Capital (Chris J. Preimesberger/VentureBeat)

Toronto-based Forma.ai, which helps companies manage and optimize sales compensation plans, raises a $45M Series B led by ACME Capital  —  Could AI help motivate sales teams with creative incentives? …