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30 Startups To Watch: Startups That Caught Our Eye In November 2021

In 22nd edition, we have explored 30 D2C brands and enablers aligning tech solutions with innovative products for targeted customer segments.

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The Architect Behind The World's Most Luxurious Hotels In The World

Belgian architect Jean-Michel Gathy, principal of Denniston, is one of the worlds most prolific architects and the creative mind behind major luxury hotels, including Four Seasons, Aman, Mandarin Oriental, One&Only, Cheval Blanc and more.

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NunTok: How religion is booming on TikTok and Instagram

Nuns, imams and Buddhist monks are among those sharing successful - and often fun - short-form videos on social media.

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5 Branding Lessons for Great SaaS Leaders

Learn how to stand out in the software-as-a-service crowd while targeting the right customers.

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To Save Itself, Meat Inc. Needs To Track Methane Emissions | Time

A new report shows that industrial agriculture companies need to do more to track methane emissions.

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DocuSign (DOCU) plunges almost 30% after Q3 earnings

DocuSign lost more than a quarter of its value after hours on Thursday following a disappointing forecast for the end of the year.

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Tesla seeks tariff waiver for graphite from China for batteries

Tesla filed three public comments on Wednesday supporting waivers for tariffs on graphite, which is used in the lithium-ion batteries in its cars.

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Omicron to dominate and overwhelm the world in 3-6 months, doctor says

The new Covid variant omicron will likely "overwhelm the whole world" in the coming months, according to Singapore doctor Leong Hoe Nam.

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Parag Agrawal went from Twitter engineer to CEO in just 10 years

Parag Agrawal, who has been Twitter's CTO since 2017, will take over as CEO immediately after Jack Dorsey's surprise resignation on Monday.

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Impossible Foods in talks with UK farmers to swap livestock for trees | New Scientist

Exclusive: Pat Brown, chief executive of the plant-based meat firm, wants pilot to show economic and climate change benefits of taking farmland out of cattle and sheep production to lock up carbon

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Kroger stock rises as Americans keep cooking at home, boosting sales

Kroger shares jumped 11% Thursday, after the company's strong sales numbers indicated that stay-at-home food trends are sticking.

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CEOs across economy agree on one 2022 prediction: No Covid end

CEOs across the economy were optimistic in their 2022 outlook before the omicron variant of Covid emerged. Are they still now?

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Biden Vows to Fight Omicron With 'Science and Speed'

The presidents plan shifts away from a near-singular focus on vaccination, as new cases of the variant have emerged in the United States.

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How the Suburbs Have Changed Gerrymandering

Republicans have historically used the suburbs to defend against the electoral threat of cities. Now the suburbs themselves are posing the threat.

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Havana Syndrome Mystery: Review Finds No Answers

Some officials remain convinced Russia is involved, but so far there is no evidence pointing to a particular adversary and no one has detected microwaves or other possible weapons.

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Singapore's Luxury Market Continues To Grow As Demand Increases For Distinctive Properties In Top Districts

Her background in international real estate and high-value deals is in sync with Singapore's luxury and ultra-luxury markets.

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Meet Ugochi Iwuaba, The Nigerian Designer Making Waves In American Luxury

When her child was diagnosed with Down Syndrome, Iwuaba saw it as a sign to follow her childhood dream.

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White House reaches deal to reinstate Trump-era 'Remain-in-Mexico' asylum policy

The Biden administration was compelled to revive the program that forces asylum seekers to stay Mexico until their U.S. immigration court date via court order.

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Ford pickup remains America's top-selling truck for 45th year, automaker says

While the pickup has topped U.S. sales for decades, retaining the titles this year was particularly notable given an ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips.

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Covid hospitalizations from delta variant rise again as omicron lands in U.S.

About 56,000 Americans are hospitalized with Covid as of Wednesday, up 8% from last week and 20% from the most recent low point on Nov. 10.

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Rocket Lab reusable Neutron rocket update: Competing with SpaceX

Rocket Lab on Thursday unveiled more about the larger, reusable Neutron rocket it is developing.

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Eddie Mekka, Carmine on 'Laverne & Shirley,' dead at 69

Eddie Mekka, who found fame playing Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa, on the hit series "Laverne & Shirley," died Saturday at his home in Newhall, California, according to his official Facebook account.

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Opinion | The World Is Lifting Abortion Restrictions. Why Is the U.S. Moving Against the Tide?

The trend is towards liberalizing reproductive freedom, not repressing it.

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Judging by the future, not the past, Stride takes steps to turn student finance upside down

If youre trying to get a mortgage or an auto loan, banks will put on their judging glasses and look into your past. Makes sense; its a reasonably reliable indicator as to whether youll be able to repay your loans or not. Student financing is a little different. Sure, your past

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Daily Crunch: After a transitional year, Apple announces its 2021 App Store Award winners

Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.

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Grab's SPAC splat caps off a bad week for blank-check combinations

What goes up must come down. And what goes SPAC must go splat? Well keep workshopping that. Regardless, shares of super app Grab took a pounding today after its SPAC combination was approved last night and began to trade this morning. Grabs stock initially rose, before falling sharply

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Glorify, an ambitious app for Christians, just landed $40 million in Series A funding led by a16z

Religion-based apps, tools and communities arent brand new, including to investors. Pray.com, for example, an LA-based app for daily prayer and bedtime Bible stories that was founded in 2016, has raised at least $34 million from investors, including Kleiner Perkins. Ministry Brands, a nine-y

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Meta's NPE team takes a global focus with seed-stage investments, offices in emerging markets

Metas (formerly, Facebooks) experimental app division, the NPE team, is shifting gears. The group, which first launched in mid-2019, has been focused on building consumer-facing apps that would allow the company to test out new social features and gauge peoples reactions. Over

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Mexico's Mendel secures $35M to tackle LatAm's corporate spend management problem

Mendel, a corporate spend management solution for enterprises in Latin America, announced today that it has secured $35 million in debt and equity. The Mexico-based startup closed the $15 million Series A round and $20 million debt financing after participating in Y Combinators Winter 2021 cohort

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Super app Grab starts trading on supersized SPAC combination

Grab will begin trading today on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "GRAB."And it raised a pile of money in the process. Billions, in fact.

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Picsart acquires R&D company DeepCraft in seven-figure deal to aid video push

SoftBank-based digital creation platform Picsart, which recently hit uniciorn status, announced today its acquiring the research and development company DeepCraft. The deal is a combination of both cash and stock and is in the seven-figure range, but the exact terms arent being disclo

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Social app IRL makes its first acquisition with deal for digital nutrition company AeBeZe Labs

IRL, the SoftBank-backed social app and recent unicorn, is today announcing its first acquisition. The company is purchasing, for an undisclosed sum, the digital nutrition company AeBeZe Labs and its portfolio of IP with the goal of making IRL a healthier and more ethically designed s

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Playground launches in beta to help creators cultivate community

Launching today in beta, Playground is a social platform that seeks to help people discover and develop community while empowering creators to monetize their audience. Already, the website has a wide variety of users like the Museum of Modern Art, comedy host Alexis Gay, the Abolitionist Teaching N

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Instant grocery delivery startup JOKR bags another huge round to enter unicorn status

The company touts itself as one of the fastest companies to reach unicorn status in history.

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Hotel Engine raises $65M at a $1.3B valuation as corporate travel rebounds

With the pandemic heading into its second year, people all over the world are traveling more for work again. If youve flown anytime in the past few months, the packed planes are in part evidence of that. Further evidence that travel is rebounding lies in the number of people staying in hotels, and

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Mexican BNPL player Kueski secures $202M in debt & equity as it nears $100M+ in ARR

Kueski, a Mexico City-based buy now, pay later and online consumer lender, announced today it has secured $202 million in equity and debt funding. StepStone Group (which recently acquired Greenspring Capital) led the $102 million equity round and Victory Park Capital led the $100 million debt fin

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Shiftsmart, a marketplace matching shift workers to employers, grabs $95M

The days of shift work that involve "coming in at 2 p.m. or you are fired," is a dated concept.

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Meru.com takes in new capital toward its goal of being LatAm's 'Alibaba'

Meru customers can select and purchase products in minutes with a guarantee from the company that they will receive those products and at the best market prices.

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Karamba Security raises another $10M for its IoT and automotive security platform

Karamba Security, an Israel-based security startup that focuses on the IoT and automotive industry, today announced a $10 million extension to its $12 million Series B round from 2017. This extension was led by automotive startup VinFast, a member of Vietnams Vingroup conglomerate, which its

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When grandma falls, SafelyYou is there to catch her (on video)

The life of a tech journalist can be soul-sapping. I talk to so many founders capable, smart, well-connected, experienced founders who are working on problems that genuinely just dont matter. They might have successfully raised money. Perhaps they even rounded up a team of smart people l

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Kayak co-leads Life House's $60M Series C to 'reimagine' the hotel experience

Life House, a boutique hotel operator that has built software aimed at helping independent hotel owners and operators, has raised $60 million in a Series C round of funding co-led by new investors Kayak and Inovia Capital. Existing backers Tiger Global, Derive Ventures, Thayer Ventures, JLL, Trinit

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Toronto-based VFX startup MARZ raises $5.3M to develop AI technology solutions

Technology and visual effects startup Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ) has raised $5.3 million in Series A funding. The investment was led by Round13 Captial with participation from Rhino Ventures and Harlo Equity Partners. MARZ plans to use the funding to grow its core VFX business and accele

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How to spot the software that could be spying on you

Software used to spy on someone via their phone is a growing threat and common in domestic abuse cases.

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Countries reach 'landmark deal' to cut trade costs

Members of the World Trade Organization agree to cut red tape to boost trade in services.

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Omicron seems to carry higher Covid reinfection risk, says South Africa | Global development | The Guardian

Scientists warn of higher rate of repeat infections but say vaccines appear to protect against serious illness

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Ghislaine Maxwell warned Epstein's house manager not to 'look at his eyes', court hears | Jeffrey Epstein | The Guardian

Juan Alessi was told he should speak to his boss only when spoken to and should look away when addressing him

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Russia sends defence missiles to Pacific islands claimed by Japan | Russia | The Guardian

Moscow defence ministry posts video of missile system arriving on Matua in Kuril island chain

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Republican senator blocks gun control law in wake of Michigan shooting | US gun control | The Guardian

Democrat Chris Murphy had sought unanimous supporter for new background checks and expanded 10-day review of purchases

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Grenfell Tower: Gove joins condemnation of Lewis Hamilton F1 deal | Grenfell Tower fire | The Guardian

Survivors of fire voiced protest after announcement of deal under which F1 champion will race carrying branding of cladding firm Kingspan

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US rejects calls for regulating or banning 'killer robots' | US news | The Guardian

US official proposes non-binding code of conduct at United Nations but campaigners disagree

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Canada votes to ban LGBTQ 'conversion therapy' | LGBT rights | The Guardian

Conservatives joined Liberals in unanimous vote, prompting applause in House of Commons

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Second US case of Omicron linked to New York anime convention | Coronavirus | The Guardian

New York governor responds: There is one way to address this: New Yorkers, get vaccinated, get boosted, and get ready

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How Meghan took personal risks in Mail on Sunday privacy victory | Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex | The Guardian

Analysis: Duchess of Sussex says she faced deception, intimidation and calculated attacks and suffered a miscarriage

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El Salvador 'responsible for death of woman jailed after miscarriage' | Global development | The Guardian

Inter-American court of human rights orders Central American country to reform harsh policies on reproductive health

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Man rescued 22 hours after capsizing off Japan coast

Dramatic footage released by the Japan coastguard shows the rescue of a 69-year-old man in rough seas after spending 22 hours drifting in open water

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Apple will make fewer iPhones in response to weakening demand and supply | Ars Technica

It will still make and sell a ton of iPhonesjust not the 90 million it planned.

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The omicron variant is a mystery. Here's how science will solve it | Ars Technica

So far, panic about the new Covid variant has outpaced actual information.

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Moderna plans omicron booster for March as Biden unveils winter COVID plan | Ars Technica

The plan includes insurance coverage for at-home tests and tighter travel protocols.

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Tesla announces $1,900 electric quad bike for kids | Ars Technica

ATV borrows the angular design of the Cybertruck.

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Getting software to "hallucinate" reasonable protein structures | Ars Technica

Process resembles repeatedly asking the software "does this look like a protein?"

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Jonshel Alexander, 'Beasts Of The Southern Wild' Star, Dead At Age 22 | HuffPost Entertainment

Director Benh Zeitlin said her role in the Oscar-nominated film "was very much inspired by her."

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Seth Rogen Got High Before Adele's TV Special And Totally Freaked Out | HuffPost Entertainment

The actor said he had no idea he was attending a taping, and was not equipped mentally to deal with sitting in the front row.

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Is It Possible To Reverse Gray Hair? | HuffPost Life

Supplements and topicals claim to prevent or even recolor the natural pigment of your hair, but here's what experts say.

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9 Foods That Ease Post-Holiday Indulgence Heartburn And Acid Reflux | HuffPost Life

Here's how to prevent it from happening in the first place and also how to stop it in its tracks once it starts.

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The Best Gifts For Introverts Who Love Peace And Quiet | HuffPost Life

Give the ultimate gift of alone time with these items, which range from book memberships to contact-free meal services.

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Save Your Sanity With Toys For Kids That Aren't Ugly Or Loud | HuffPost Life

Nothing's worse than a house full of junky, obnoxious toys. We've got the ultimate list of kid gifts that are aesthetically pleasing and, most importantly, quiet.

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Tom Brady Goes Overboard To Plan Son's Football Future; Gisele B

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback might want to keep the sports-obsessed dad stuff in check.

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Google workers in U.S. won't return to office as expected on Jan. 10

Google's latest return-to-work delay comes after several previous postponements amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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SEC finalizes rule that allows it to delist foreign stocks for failure to meet audit requirements

On Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to finalize rules to implement the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.

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Over $87 billion in federal benefits siphoned from unemployment system

A U.S. Department of Labor watchdog estimates at least 10% of federal pandemic benefits were issued in error, much of it due to fraud.

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Enron's executives became household names. Here's where they are now

Twenty years later, the last of the Enron defendants have completed their prison sentences and have sought to move on with their lives.

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SoftBank-backed Grab tumbles after completing SPAC merger

SoftBank-backed ride-hailing giant Grabbegan trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday, becoming the largest-ever company to close a SPAC merger and go public.

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Apple stock falls on report of weak iPhone demand for holidays

Apple previously warned supply constraints will cause it to miss at least $6 billion in revenue for the holiday quarter.

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OPEC+ meeting: Oil supply in focus amid omicron Covid variant fears

OPEC+ will convene to determine whether to stick with its plan to release more oil into the market or to restrain supply amid fears over the omicron variant.

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