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TechCrunch’s Top 3

• Take it or lose itGoogle Cloud is shutting down its IoT Core service, leaving customers looking for another partner to manage their business operations until next year. Google has its reasons, but the move doesn’t sit well with some customers. Ron It has more.
• Popping bottlesRobinhood’s competitor Etoro has agreed to buy Gatsby, a fintech company with an eye on Robinhood’s empire. Mary Ann Itoro wrote that he sees the Gatsby merger as a way to “provide US consumers with safer and simpler trading options and greater flexibility to use new strategies.”
• No party here.Airbnb is becoming more serious about its anti-party stance and has introduced some new technology in the US and Canada to check for rule-breakers in bookings. Ivan Reports.

Startups and VCs

Swiss startup Typewise is showing the power of sticking with it: the team behind its patent-pending text prediction technology is now part of Y Combinator’s S22 cohort. After researching to focus entirely on the B2b market, he won through YC (and the standard $500,000 grant) – aiming to deliver on demand for productivity benefits in areas such as customer service and sales. The pole was crucial. Natasha L He explores it in this fascinating, must-read interview.

to “Oh?!” It’s another article that got us going. RebeccaAbout Exponential Energy and the road to unlocking 15-minute fast charging for electric vehicles. The company has raised a $13 million Series A and is targeting commercial fleets, where the pressure to keep vehicles from rolling is higher than for personal cars.

More More:

• If you give them justice, they will make you famousVSC Ventures has raised $14 million (the fund now totals $21 million) to the fairytale-meets-checkbook venture model. Natasha M Reports.
• More money for web 3CoinFund is buzzing as it launches a new $300 million Web3 fund to invest in early-stage crypto. Jacqueline Reports.
• Like HR, but automatedHR startup HiBob raised an additional $150 million in valuation, up 50% to $2.5 billion. Paul Reports.
• From financial support club to super paymentsFunding Circle founder unveils new fintech venture SuperPays, raising $27 million for cashback loyalty program-style play; Paul Reports.
• A big money bag for the climate: We like it HarryThe story of this VC who went from “exactly zero” experience to $100 million in funding.
• FFS HajeAll we can say is that if the company’s product had been “hit” or “ideal” or “artistic”, this title would have been dangerously tricky – gaining power with the Levidian loop. cameWho is now probably in the advertising of the worst headlines.

Choose your angel: learn how to invest and what motivates them

The “choose your fighter” meme may come from the Mortal Kombat video game, but it’s also useful for seed platform founders looking for investors.

Getting money is top of mind for every angel, but according to Mack Colarich, VP of Assure Analytics, most of them have “a second or third motivation to invest in a startup.”

In a TC+ guest post, he lays out several factors entrepreneurs should consider when buying investors: Do they support the environment? Do you write direct checks?

“Armed with this knowledge, you can strategically choose the right partner for your business,” says Kolarich.

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Big Tech Inc.

The date is like Tiktok. The social media giant launched its in-app US Midterm Election Center today. The company has partnered with several organizations, including the National Association of Secretaries of State, Balltopedia and voting assistance programs, to provide information such as state-by-state election information, details on how to register to vote and who is on their ballot. Sarah And Taylor Also note that TikTok is learning from the 2020 election and taking a broader stance on eradicating misinformation.

Meanwhile, Taylor Meta reports that Facebook has its own plans for how it will manage election coverage, including blocking new political ads a week before the midterm elections and disallowing posts that misrepresent the voting process — such as misrepresenting voting qualifications.