Rory Stirling, Ex-Bgf Ventures, Has Joined London Seed Vc Connect Ventures

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Facebook is shutting down Moments. Here's how to save all your photos: Kirsten Korosec


Facebook Moments, the standalone mobile app designed to let users privately share photos and videos, is shutting down next month. Facebook confirmed that app’s services will end February 25. Facebook decided to end support for app, which hasn’t been updated i…

Jobs platform Vangst just raised $10 million to plug more people into the fast-growing cannabis industry: Connie Loizos


People are increasingly interested in finding a way to participate in the cannabis industry, and for good reason. It’s growing like a weed (yes, we said it). According to a San Francisco-based research company, Grand View Research, the global legal marijuana …

Tradeshift says it's seen a 'huge drop' in UK transactions amid Brexit uncertainty: Mike Butcher


The UK is experiencing a significant and drastic fall in the volume of business-to-business transactions, according to the CEO of one of the world’s largest B2B payments and supply chain logistics platforms. In an exclusive interview with TechCrunch at the Wo…

Rory Stirling, ex-BGF Ventures, has joined London seed VC Connect Ventures: Steve O'Hear


When BGF Ventures, the London-based early-stage venture fund of BGF, had a change in “strategy” in early 2018, seeing partners Harry Briggs, Rory Stirling and Wendy Tan White step down, it was always going to be interesting to see where the VC trio would land…

MoviePass says it's bringing back an unlimited movie plan: Anthony Ha


It may be hard to remember, but MoviePass once offered a relatively straightforward value proposition — for a monthly subscription fee, you could watch as many movies as you want. Now it sounds like a version of that plan is coming back. The news was shared i…

Apple finally brings Microsoft Office to the Mac App Store, and there is much rejoicing: Ron Miller


That slow clap you hear spreading around the internet today could be due to the fact that Apple has finally added Microsoft Office to the Mac App Store. The package will include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote. Shaan Pruden, senior director of wo…

Online storytelling community Wattpad launches its own publishing arm, Wattpad Books: Sarah Perez


Wattpad, an online community for original fiction whose stories have been turned into streaming hits like Netflix’s “The Kissing Booth,” is now turning its eyes to publishing. The company today announced the launch of a new division, Wattpad Books, that aims …

Microsoft acquires Citus Data: Frederic Lardinois


Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Citus Data, a company that focused on making PostgreSQL database faster and more scalable. Citus’ open source PostgreSQL extension essentially turns the application into a distributed database and while there has…

With cybersecurity threats looming, the government shutdown is putting America at risk: Monica Pal


Monica Pal Contributor Share on Twitter Monica Pal is CEO for 4iQ, a cyber intelligence company. Putting political divisions and affiliations aside, the government partially shutting down for the third time over the last year is extremely worrisome, particula…

AWS launches Neo-AI, an open-source tool for tuning ML models: Frederic Lardinois


AWS isn’t exactly known as an open-source powerhouse, but maybe change is in the air. Amazon’s cloud computing unit today announced the launch of Neo-AI, a new open-source project under the Apache Software License. The new tool takes some of the technologies …



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