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B2B Venture Capital: Corporate Social Media, Marijuana Procurement, and Big Data

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This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. Supply Chain Management. Software-As-A-Service (SaaS).

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Facebook's Libra Hires HSBC Veteran As Managing Director

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The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. The group, based in Geneva, Switzerland, was founded by Facebook to launch the social media company’s entry into digital currency. The association named Levey to the CEO post in May.

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Social Calendar App IRL Lands $16M In Series B Funding Round

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The initiative is being led by Goodwater Capital, the Silicon Valley tech investor; Founders Fund, the San Francisco-based venture capital firm; Floodgate, the venture capital company of Palo Alto, California; and New York-based Raine Group LLC, the global merchant bank focused on tech companies. .

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: EU Prepares To Propose New Big Tech Regulations; Turkey Fines Big Tech Platforms $1.18M

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The Digital Services Act is forecast to revamp content management on platforms such as Facebook and Google. million) penalty for not following a new social media law, Reuters reported, citing Omer Fatih Sayan, the deputy transport and infrastructure minister. It is due to be put forward early next month.

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CA AG: Facebook Lags In Cambridge Analytica Probe Response

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California’s attorney general said that Facebook has continued “to drag its feet” when it comes to handing over documents pertaining to the state’s investigation into the social media giant and Cambridge Analytica. On Wednesday (Nov.

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TikTok Pushes For Separation From China

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ByteDance, the company that owns popular social media app TikTok, is attempting to separate itself from its Chinese operations, as a probe of the company is ongoing, according to a report by CNBC. . The company also has plans for a data management team in Mountain View, California.

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Main Street SMBs, Digital AP, GoodRx’s IPO Tops This Week’s News

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Mastercard has grown its Digital-First Card Program in North America as demand rises for digitally-driven money management offerings. HSBC To Staff: Stay Off Bank’s Social Media Accounts . The 233,000 global staffers of HSBC Holdings Plc were told to remain off the bank’s social media sites on Monday (Sept.

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