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Liquid Death CEO turned canned water into a $700 million company
Jul. 07, 2023
Mike Cessario, Liquid Death CEO, joins ‘Last Call’ for Make It Monday to talk how he turned a canned water…
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Mercato Enables SNAP Recipients to Shop Online
Jul. 07, 2023
Mercato, an e-commerce platform for independent grocers, now enables customers to pay for groceries using their SNAP benefits. The company,…
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Twitter partners with eToro to let users trade stocks, crypto as Musk pushes app into Finance
Apr. 14, 2023
A few key points: Starting Thursday, Twitter will give users the option to buy and sell stocks and other assets…
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Savvy Games Group to buy mobile game publisher Scopely for $4.9B
Apr. 07, 2023
Savvy Games Group has agreed to acquire mobile game publisher and developer Scopely for $4.9 billion. The deal is the latest sign of…
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Mobile Games Company Scopely to Be Acquired by Saudi-Backed Savvy Games Group for $4.9 Billion
Apr. 07, 2023
Savvy Games Group announced an agreement to acquire Scopely, a maker of mobile games including “Star Trek Fleet Command,” “Marvel Strike Force,”…
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Saudi’s Savvy Games Group to acquire mobile games company Scopely for $4.9 billion
Apr. 07, 2023
Savvy Games Group, a games and esports company that is part of the Saudi government’s Public Investment Fund, has agreed to…
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eToro secures $250M at a $3.5B valuation after scrapping SPAC, seeing slower growth
Mar. 28, 2023
After calling off its plans to go public via a SPAC at a $10.4 billion valuation in 2022, trading platform eToro has…
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arketa Raises $7.6M to Grow Fitness Studios Beyond Class
Jan. 17, 2023
arketa, a platform helping fitness businesses scale hybrid offerings, raised $7.6M in a funding round. arketa provides a software stack…
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Cryptocurrency: Five Key Pillars to the Path Forward
Nov. 04, 2022
We haven’t yet seen the culmination of the valuable applications that capture the mass market’s attention and necessary steps towards…
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Finding the Path that Leads to Crypto Maturity
Nov. 04, 2022
“The path forward requires closing the massive gap between the blockchain’s promise to improve people’s lives and today’s reality which…