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Yesterday at around noon in Los Angeles, investor Mark Suster of the venture firm Upfront Ventures began urging “calm” on Twitter. Silicon Valley Bank had bungled its messaging on Wednesday around an effort to strengthen its balance sheet, and startup founders were beginning to fear that their deposits at the tech-friendly, 40-year-old institution were at […] Investor Mark Suster says a “handful” of bad actors in VC destroyed Silicon Valley Bank by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

Like all of its peers in the tech industry, Microsoft has a carbon pollution problem. The software giant’s emissions are on the rise, in spite of a pledge from the company to be carbon negative by 2030. This ticking clock explains Microsoft’s latest deal to address its environmental toll: It’s turning to Running Tide to […] Microsoft bets on algae to mitigate its growing carbon footprint by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: Silicon Valley Bank goes bust — regulators take control of $175B+ in deposits by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Silicon Valley Bank was synonymous with venture debt to many but even if credit is harder to find, startups still have options. What does the collapse of SVB mean for venture debt? by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

The panic sparked by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is spreading to China, the world’s second-largest venture capital market. Across social media platforms, investors and startups are rushing to share news articles on the fiasco and thoughts on how to prevent such a catastrophic moment. For some companies, however, the impact is tangible. When […] SVB’s debacle is causing panic in China’s startup industry by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

The ripple effect of SVB’s downfall is reverberating throughout the tech sector.  How founders are reacting to Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Austin’s annual SXSW music, arts and tech festival just officially kicked off today, and it’s already clear that there’s going to be at least one central focus for the show: The ongoing collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and its repercussions. I arrived on the ground this morning, and overheard people talking about it on […] SVB is already the talk of SXSW by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch... →

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While the startup world digests the shocking implosion of well-known financial institution Silicon Valley Bank, the fallout may extend to the crypto world as well. One stablecoin in particular, USDC, was known as of Jan. 17 to have held some of its backing capital at SVB, funds that are likely now illiquid for several days. […] Uncertainty stands around multi-billion USDC empire as issuer Circle held reserves at Silicon Valley Bank by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Things are tough right now. With their funds locked up, many startups won't be able to make full payroll for a two-week period on $250,000. With SVB locked up, how are startups going to pay for stuff? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Silicon Valley's favorite bank just failed. Sit with that for a moment. TC+ roundup: Silicon Valley Bank fails, fintech VC survey, B2B growth tools by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

Sometimes, leaving stealth isn’t your own choice: It’s a force function of two of your largest competitors evaporating from the business, and the third triggering clients so much that there’s a talk of a bank run. At least that’s the case for Series CEO Brexton Pham, who has been building a full-stack enterprise platform for […] For startup competition, SVB’s nightmare is a win and a dare by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Nectarin совместно с Metro использовали искусственный интеллект для создания рекламных материалов в перформансе и SMM... →

Rethink Ventures just announced a €50 million specialist fund focused on mobility, automotive and logistics. With keywords “clean, safe, and digital,” the Munich-based firm is focusing especially on Europe-based startups at the early stage, stretching into Series A financing. LPs include ZF Ventures, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, KION Group, Berylls and HAVI, as well as the […] Rethink rethinks mobility and logistics with new €50M fund by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Silicon Valley Bank has been closed by regulators, which are now in charge of the bank’s deposits, according to a release sent out by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Friday. While banking activities in SVB’s 17 branches are closed today, SVB’s operations will resume on Monday – this time, with the FDIC in charge. […] Silicon Valley Bank is being shut down today by regulators by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Secure messaging apps are lining up to opposite measures in the UK government’s Online Safety Bill (OSB) they argue will do the opposite of promoting online safety by undermining the robust encryption web users rely upon to safeguard their communications. Meta-owned WhatsApp, the not-for-profit Signal Foundation behind the Signal app, Element, which operates the decentalized […] Secure messaging apps line up to warn UK’s Online Safety Bill risks web security by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrun... →

The U.S. government is not seeking to “decouple” from China, nor is it seeking “technological decoupling,” but Washington “would like to see India achieve its aspirations to play a larger role in the electronics supply chain,” U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Friday. On its part, the U.S. signed a memorandum of understanding with […] US strengthens tech ties with India but doesn’t seek decoupling from China, Raimondo says by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hardware startups are hard, the saying goes, but it isn’t always obvious why they are hard. One of the core challenges is that it has traditionally been hard to do agile hardware product development – even if you get everything ‘right,’ how do you know that people actually want one of the 20,000 gizmos you so […] Prelaunch assembles a pre-seed round to help hardware founders pre-build the right pre-products by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

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