LemFi, a financial and payment services platform for immigrants that claims to have over 1M active users, raised a $53M Series B led by Highland Europe.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
LemFi Highland Europe
LemFi, a financial and payment services platform designed for immigrants that claims to have over 1M active users, raised a $53M Series B led by Highland Europe
TechCrunch · 2025-01-15 · #38
Synthesia, a London-based B2B startup, raised a $180M Series D led by NEA at a $2.1B valuation.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Synthesia NEA
Synthesia, a London-based B2B startup building products around highly realistic AI avatar technology, raised a $180M Series D led by NEA at a $2.1B valuation
TechCrunch · 2025-01-15 · #37
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has sold over 46 million copies on the Nintendo Switch.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
An excerpt from a book on Animal Crossing: New Horizons details how Nintendo localized the game for Western players; the game has 46M+ in all-time Switch sales
Polygon · 2025-01-15 · #35
Weakened demand for smartphones and electric vehicles led the ten leading chip companies to cut a combined $9.5B from their fiscal 2024 capex plans.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
weakening demand for smartphones weakening demand for EVs capex reductions by ten leading chip companies
Analysis: the ten leading chip companies cut their fiscal 2024 capex by a combined $9.5B from initial plans due to a weakening demand for smartphones and EVs
Nikkei Asia · 2025-01-15 · #40
Quantum Brilliance raises a $20M Series A funding round.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Quantum Brilliance $20M Series A
Quantum Brilliance, which makes quantum computing hardware using synthetic diamond qubits that work at room temperature in any setting, raised a $20M Series A
SiliconANGLE · 2025-01-15 · #34
iBuypower customers spend an average of ~$1.6K on prebuilt gaming PCs, indicating significant consumer investment in gaming PC aesthetics.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
iBuypower customers prebuilt gaming PCs
How gamers are turning gaming PCs into fashion statements: iBuypower customers spend an average of ~$2.4K on custom-built gaming PCs and $1.6K on prebuilt ones
Bloomberg · 2025-01-15 · #33
iBuypower customers spend an average of ~$2.4K on custom-built gaming PCs, showing gamers treat gaming PCs as fashion statements.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
iBuypower customers custom-built gaming PCs
How gamers are turning gaming PCs into fashion statements: iBuypower customers spend an average of ~$2.4K on custom-built gaming PCs and $1.6K on prebuilt ones
Bloomberg · 2025-01-15 · #33
Betting apps' annual wager volume is nearly ten times that of the Mafia-run animal lottery in Brazil.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
betting apps Mafia-run animal lottery
Brazilian nonprofit Legal Games Institute estimates that betting apps draw $23B+ in wagers annually, nearly 10 times the Mafia-run animal lottery in the country
New York Times · 2025-01-15 · #28
Brazilian nonprofit Legal Games Institute estimates betting apps draw over $23 billion in wagers annually in Brazil.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Legal Games Institute betting apps
Brazilian nonprofit Legal Games Institute estimates that betting apps draw $23B+ in wagers annually, nearly 10 times the Mafia-run animal lottery in the country
New York Times · 2025-01-15 · #28
Many crypto-dedicated hedge funds posted double-digit returns in 2024, but fewer were able to beat Bitcoin's 120% advance.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Crypto-dedicated hedge funds many double-digit returns (2024)
The VisionTrack Composite Index, which tracks the performance of 130 crypto-dedicated hedge funds, jumped 40% in 2024, compared to Bitcoin's 120% surge in 2024
Bloomberg · 2025-01-15 · #22
Bitcoin surged 120% in 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Bitcoin 120% (2024)
The VisionTrack Composite Index, which tracks the performance of 130 crypto-dedicated hedge funds, jumped 40% in 2024, compared to Bitcoin's 120% surge in 2024
Bloomberg · 2025-01-15 · #22
The VisionTrack Composite Index jumped 40% in 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
VisionTrack Composite Index 40% (2024)
The VisionTrack Composite Index, which tracks the performance of 130 crypto-dedicated hedge funds, jumped 40% in 2024, compared to Bitcoin's 120% surge in 2024
Bloomberg · 2025-01-15 · #22
The ten leading chip companies reduced their combined fiscal 2024 capital expenditures by $9.5B from initial plans.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
ten leading chip companies fiscal 2024 capital expenditures
Analysis: the ten leading chip companies cut their fiscal 2024 capex by a combined $9.5B from initial plans due to a weakening demand for smartphones and EVs
Nikkei Asia · 2025-01-15 · #40
Berlin-based Nelly raises a €50M Series B funding round led by Cathay Innovation to expand its SaaS fintech services for medical practices (patient onboarding, payments, etc.).
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Nelly Cathay Innovation
Berlin-based Nelly, whose SaaS lets medical practices digitally onboard new patients, accept payments, and more, raised a €50M Series B led by Cathay Innovation
TechCrunch · 2025-01-15 · #20
Maki, which provides conversational AI agents for job interviews and candidate filtering, raised a $28.6M Series A led by Blossom Capital.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Maki Blossom Capital
Maki, which provides companies a conversational AI agent for job interviews and candidate filtering, raised a $28.6M Series A led by Blossom Capital
TechCrunch · 2025-01-15 · #18
Google increases the prices of all its Workspace plans while removing the separate Gemini per-user fees.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Google Google Workspace plans
Google makes all its Gemini features for Workspace apps free, after charging $20 or $30 per user per month, but increases the prices of all its Workspace plans
9to5Google · 2025-01-15 · #11
In 2019 Google struck a deal with McClatchy to fund the creation of three digital-only local newsrooms.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Google McClatchy three digital-only local newsrooms
OpenAI will fund the expansion of Axios to Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder, and Huntsville, as part of a broader content-sharing and technology deal
Axios · 2025-01-15 · #8
OpenAI will fund Axios's expansion into Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder, and Huntsville as part of a broader content-sharing and technology deal.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
OpenAI Axios Pittsburgh Kansas City Boulder Huntsville
OpenAI will fund the expansion of Axios to Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder, and Huntsville, as part of a broader content-sharing and technology deal
Axios · 2025-01-15 · #8
China's video gaming industry has risen in global importance.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
China video gaming
A close look at the state of video gaming in 2025, including why gaming soared from 2011 to 2021 and then stalled, China's global rise, and mobile gaming growth
MatthewBall.co · 2025-01-15 · #3
Industry insiders say China's share of the global DRAM chip market could double year-over-year to around 10% in 2025, up from virtually zero five years earlier.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-15
China global DRAM chip market
Industry insiders say China's share of the global DRAM chip market could double YoY to 10% in 2025, driven by CXMT, up from virtually zero just five years ago
Nikkei Asia · 2025-01-15 · #42
Insiders attribute the projected increase in China's DRAM market share to domestic supplier CXMT acting as a key growth driver.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-15
CXMT China's DRAM market share
Industry insiders say China's share of the global DRAM chip market could double YoY to 10% in 2025, driven by CXMT, up from virtually zero just five years ago
Nikkei Asia · 2025-01-15 · #42
Neural Magic previously raised $50M from a16z and other investors.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Neural Magic a16z other investors
Red Hat acquires Neural Magic, which has built tools to boost generative AI inference workloads and raised $50M from a16z and others, for an undisclosed sum
ZDNET · 2025-01-15 · #44
Elmsford, NY-based quantum computing startup SEEQC raises a $30M Series A extension co-led by Booz Allen and NordicNinja, following a $22.4M Series A in 2020.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
SEEQC Booz Allen NordicNinja
Elmsford, NY-based quantum computing startup SEEQC raised a $30M Series A extension co-led by Booz Allen and NordicNinja, following a $22.4M Series A in 2020
TechCrunch · 2025-01-15 · #45
Intel Capital will split off from its parent Intel into a standalone fund with a new name in H2 2025.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Intel Capital Intel
Intel Capital plans to split off from its parent into a standalone fund with a new name in H2 2025; Intel Capital has invested $20B+ into over 1,800 companies
Axios · 2025-01-15 · #47
Intel Capital has invested more than $20 billion into over 1,800 companies.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Intel Capital $20B+ over 1,800 companies
Intel Capital plans to split off from its parent into a standalone fund with a new name in H2 2025; Intel Capital has invested $20B+ into over 1,800 companies
Axios · 2025-01-15 · #47
Video gaming experienced strong growth from 2011 to 2021.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
video gaming
A close look at the state of video gaming in 2025, including why gaming soared from 2011 to 2021 and then stalled, China's global rise, and mobile gaming growth
MatthewBall.co · 2025-01-15 · #3
Mobile gaming continues to show market growth.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
mobile gaming
A close look at the state of video gaming in 2025, including why gaming soared from 2011 to 2021 and then stalled, China's global rise, and mobile gaming growth
MatthewBall.co · 2025-01-15 · #3
Video gaming growth stalled after 2021 (through 2025).
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
video gaming
A close look at the state of video gaming in 2025, including why gaming soared from 2011 to 2021 and then stalled, China's global rise, and mobile gaming growth
MatthewBall.co · 2025-01-15 · #3
Hussain Sajwani pledged to invest $20 billion in US data centers.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-14
Hussain Sajwani US data centers $20 billion
A profile of Dubai property tycoon Hussain Sajwani, who, alongside Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, pledged a $20B investment in US data centers, drawing skepticism
Bloomberg · 2025-01-14 · #19
Israel-based Orchid Security emerges from stealth after raising a $36M seed round led by Team 8 and Intel Capital.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-14
Orchid Security Team 8 Intel Capital $36M
Israel-based Orchid Security, which uses LLMs to identify clients' security requirements, emerges from stealth with a $36M seed led by Team 8 and Intel Capital
Axios · 2025-01-14 · #16