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Motif FoodWorks Raises $226 Million Amid Rising Interest In Plant-Based Edible Alternatives
Motif FoodWorks Raises $226 Million Amid Rising Interest In Plant-Based Edible Alternatives
June 16, 2021  |  Investments

Funding for plant-based proteins continues to pour in to the sector, as Boston-based food technology company Motif FoodWorks announced a $226 million Series B fundraise...

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Virtual Events Provider Hopin Moves To In-Person Events With Boomset Acquisition
Virtual Events Provider Hopin Moves To In-Person Events With Boomset Acquisition
June 16, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The virtual events provider Hopin is moving into the real world. The company on Wednesday (June 16) announced its acquisition of Boomset, a global provider...

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Walmart Rolls Out Digital Wallets For COVID Vaccine Records
Walmart Rolls Out Digital Wallets For COVID Vaccine Records
June 16, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Walmart is offering customers access to their health information through a free digital wallet, according to a press release. Users can then decide whether to...

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McAfee: Peloton Bike+ Security Flaw Could Let Hackers Spy On Riders
McAfee: Peloton Bike+ Security Flaw Could Let Hackers Spy On Riders
June 16, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Software security firm McAfee discovered a security flaw in the Android operating system powering Peloton Bike+ that could potentially give hackers the ability to spy...

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SHEIN Shoves Amazon Out Of The Top Spot For eCommerce Apps
SHEIN Shoves Amazon Out Of The Top Spot For eCommerce Apps
June 16, 2021  |  eCommerce

While SHEIN may not be the household name in eCommerce that Amazon is in the U.S., it has managed a feat that few other retailers...

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Global Investment Heats Up In Southeast Asia, Middle East
Global Investment Heats Up In Southeast Asia, Middle East
June 16, 2021  |  IPO

A blockbuster number of companies might go public in Thailand in 2021, CNBC reported. Ken Fong, head of equity capital market research for Asia-Pacific at...

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Data Brief: 79 Percent Of Businesses Rate Security Over Growth In Authentication
Data Brief: 79 Percent Of Businesses Rate Security Over Growth In Authentication
June 16, 2021  |  Authentication

In the vicinity of 40 billion records were filched from social platforms last year, showing a vast downside to current online growth. It explains why...

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Today In Payments: Web Inventor Will Auction Source Code As NFT; Shop Pay Available To Facebook, Google Merchants
Today In Payments: Web Inventor Will Auction Source Code As NFT; Shop Pay Available To...
June 16, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, the inventor of the World Wide Web is auctioning off its source code through an NFT, and Shop Pay will be...

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eCommerce Retailers Make Trading Debuts In Global IPOs
eCommerce Retailers Make Trading Debuts In Global IPOs
June 16, 2021  |  IPO

eCommerce firms have made their trading debuts, or have plans to go public, on markets from Indonesia to Germany, while other players in the online...

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