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Betaworks this morning revealed this list of six startups participating in its fourth Camp accelerator program. Launched in 2016, the program brings together a collection of young companies united under a single theme.

This time out, things are focused on live-streaming, for a program fittingly titled, LiveCamp. Betaworks settled on the topic

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Wunder Mobility, the Hamburg-based startup that provides a range of mobility services, from carpooling to electric scooter rentals, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. The round was led by KCK Group, with participation from previous backer Blumberg Capital and other non-disclosed investors.

The German company says the investment will be

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Tizeti, the Nigerian internet service provider behind the brandWifi.com.ng, has raised $3 million in a new round of funding as it expands its unlimited internet service into Ghana.

The new financing was led by 4DX Ventures, a new, Africa-focused fund thatbeen deploying capital at an incredibly fast clip since its launch earlier this

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Theranos is reportedly finally closing down for good, nearly three years after a Wall Street Journal investigation called its blood testing technology into question. The WSJ said the company, whose dramatic downfall spawned a best-selling book thatset to be filmed with Jennifer Lawrence starring as Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes

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CRISPR, the gene-editing system that could one day change the course of humanity still has a long way to go before we seriously alter anything but itnot too far-fetched to say it could happen. Whatreal and whatnot and just how close are we to radically changing our food supply, medicine and life as we know it as human

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It was May 2016 when Thomas Plantenga got the call.

He was living in New York and working on projects with Fabrice Grinda — the co-founder of classified juggernaut OLX and the founder of FJ Labs. Plantenga had worked with Grinda on expanding OLX and was ready for the next challenge — which came in the form of the used clothing

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