Daily Crunch: China criticizes India for ‘frequent investigations’ of local Chinese firms

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On this fine day, greetings from me. We still don't know what to think about Musk and the twins. There is more thatConnie has to say about that. The verdict in the case against Theranos'Sunny Balwani was covered byAmanda. If you are a startup founder, apply to be a part of the startup battlefield 200. The deadline is July 31. Christine said to see you tomorrow.

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• More to the story: Manish is back with more information on the Vivo saga. Now China’s embassy in India is saying that all of these investigations that India is doing into Chinese firms are bad for business. Perhaps, or maybe it is India being cautious.
• Level up your avatar: Reddit is getting deeper into the NFT game by launching a new avatar marketplace, Ivan writes. The advantages? You don’t need a crypto wallet to buy one, and you can use it on or off Reddit.
• Check out that valuation: YuLife pumped up its valuation to $800 million after securing $120 million in new funding, Ingrid reports. The life insurance company, which has a wellness and gamification focus, was previously valued at $70 million. Talk about your good business models!

Startups and VC

Mary Ann has been following the saga of Better.com for the past year. She wrote about all of the new hires who have joined the digital mortgage lender over the past few months.

What number of apps do you use at work? According to statistics, that's about 120. Kyle writes that Happeo raised $26 million to create an intranet portal for your company to use. You should be happy by that.

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• Invoice this: Mary Ann also wrote about invoice software startup Adaptive’s $6.5 million raise, led by Andreessen Horowitz, which ironically included three companies that all compete with one another.
• Another one gets the horn: Tebra, an operating system for independent healthcare providers, is now a unicorn after taking in over $72 million in equity and debt, Catherine writes. 
• Tebra, Traba; Traba, Tebra: If the Great Resignation taught us anything, it’s that people are looking for flexible options, even entry-level ones. Kyle reports on Traba’s $20 million raise to match contractors with warehouse and fulfillment jobs.
• No venture capital apocalypse yet: I enjoyed Alex’s look at how the U.S. was faring during the global venture capital market slowdown.
• From beds to insurance: Jordan’s report on insurance startup Ranger’s $5.25 million round answers the question of what former Casper CEO Philip Krim has been doing since he left the bed company.
• Super growth from superplants: Please enjoy my story on Fyto, a hardware and software company helping farmers grow aquatic plants using robotic automation.
• Who’s calling who a “dinosaur”?: Mike reports that Headline VC may have been in the venture capital game since 1999, but armed with $950 million in new commitments across three funds, it is still proving it’s more like the Energizer Bunny than a fossil.

Roe reversal weighs heavily on emerging tech cities in red states

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A woman was going to be offered a job on June 24. She spent three years scaling the platform which connects consumers to Black online businesses. She was happy to find someone who would relocate from California to Georgia to help grow the company.

Robinson was worried that the offer was on hold because the U.S. Supreme Court had just overturned the decision to legalized abortion. She said she had to think about asking women to relocate to a state that would likely legislate against them very soon. I'm exhausted.

Roe reversal weighs heavily on emerging tech cities in red states

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Big Tech Inc.

In today's Big Tech news, Meta moved away from Facebook logins as its metaverse ID system. One advantage is that you don't need a Facebook account to play games and use the software. Meta's next virtual reality headset is given a look byAmanda. The Data Protection Commission of Ireland is drafting a decision regarding the data transfer between the U.K. and the US.

I have to think about the hijinks Haje and I could get into when I read the story about the testing of " CoTweets."

We like to follow a good saga, and Annie gives us an update on Flutterwave. The company is denying that it is involved in money-laundering and fraud.

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