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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

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I will repeat my appeal from last week: Maybe you’re a startup founder, a safety driver at an autonomous vehicle developer, a venture capitalist, engineer or gig economy worker. Noam Ohana, who heads up Exor Seeds, the holding company’s early-stage investment arm, will join Via’s board. A novel rewards program. Here’s one.

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Almost 25% of Laid-off Tech Workers Start Their Own Businesses

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A huge number of tech companies have made layoffs in 2022 , whilst others have taken advantage of video conferencing software and other remote collaboration tools to offer flexible working arrangements and retain the best talent. Survey Says: Go Your Own Way.

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Blippar, Backed by Qualcomm Ventures, Calls It Quits

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UK-based augmented reality technology developer Blippar , which had been backed by Qualcomm Ventures, has gone into administration in the UK--their equivalent of bankruptcy--after failing to obtain new funding for the company. Blippar said it expects a court appointed administrator to find a buyer for all or parts of the business.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

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I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result.

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TorreyPines Therapeutics Hires Investment Banker

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La Jolla-based TorreyPines Therapeutics said Wednesday that the firm has hired on investment bank Merriman Curhan Ford as a financial advisor. The hiring of the bank follows the layoff of most of the firm's employees earlier this month. The hiring of the bank follows the layoff of most of the firm's employees earlier this month.

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How The Deal Between Synthetic Genomics, Exxon Fell Part

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It all looked good at the time: oil company Exxon needed to develop a more earth-friendly way to produce oil, and San Diego startup Synthetic Genomics needed funding to get its technology off the ground. But then, ExxonMobil cut back its original investment--worth up to $600M--in Synthetic Genomics. What happened? READ MORE>>.

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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

TechCrunch LA

The company, which employed about 160 people, laid off 57 workers, according to documents filed with the California Employment Development Department. Founder and CEO Kevin Czinger didn’t provide specific numbers. However, he did confirm to TechCrunch that he had to reduce staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic. . The company’s No.

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