Former ‘Bachelor’ star Colton Underwood filming unscripted series for Netflix

Former 'Bachelor' star Colton Underwood filming unscripted series for Netflix

The former “Bachelor” star, who first publicly announced he was gay on Wednesday, is currently producing an unwritten series for the streaming service, according to a source with knowledge of the project. Netflix officials had no official comment. A representative from Underwood said he was unable to comment on the matter. The news comes the … Read more

Egypt’s Paymob closes $18.5M Series A to expand payments services across MENA – TechCrunch

Egypt’s Paymob closes $18.5M Series A to expand payments services across MENA – TechCrunch

While Nigeria and Kenya have been at the forefront of African fintech innovation, activities are beginning to take shape in Egypt beautiful. There is currently a burgeoning fintech startup ecosystem in Egypt. Today fintech startup Paymob announced that it has completed a Series A round valued at $ 18.5 million. In July 2020, Paymob raised … Read more

Singapore-based career platform Glints gets $22.5M in Series C funding – TechCrunch

Singapore-based career platform Glints gets $22.5M in Series C funding – TechCrunch

Glints, the Singapore-based career platform, announced today that it has raised $ 22.5 million in Series C funding led by Japanese human resources firm PERSOL Holdings. The new capital will be used to expand Glints in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Taiwan, as well as to recruit its product and development teams. Oswald Yeo, co-founder and … Read more

Fortify raises a $20M Series B for its composite manufacturing 3D printer – TechCrunch

Fortify raises a $20M Series B for its composite manufacturing 3D printer – TechCrunch

A lot has happened in the field of additive manufacturing in the last few months. If I had to figure out a reason, I would say that – much like robotics (another area that I’m following pretty closely) – the pandemic has seen a surge in interest in the category. Medical applications are understandably of … Read more

The OnePlus 9 series will debut with Hasselblad-tuned cameras on March 23rd

The OnePlus 9 series will debut with Hasselblad-tuned cameras on March 23rd

OnePlus will showcase its latest flagship smartphones – the OnePlus 9 5G series – during a launch streaming event on March 23 at 9 a.m. Eastern. And when these phones make their debut, they pack cameras that have been tuned by 180-year-old Swedish camera maker Hasselblad. “With OnePlus’ world-class hardware and computer photography and Hasselblad’s … Read more

Singapore-based Raena gets $9M Series A for its pivot to skincare and beauty-focused social commerce – TechCrunch

Singapore-based Raena gets $9M Series A for its pivot to skincare and beauty-focused social commerce – TechCrunch

Raena’s team from left to right: Chief Operating Officer Guo Xing Lim, Chief Executive Officer Sreejita Deb and Chief Commercial Officer Widelia Liu Raena was founded in 2019 to create personal care brands with top social media influencers. However, after several startups, the Singapore-based startup quickly noticed an interesting trend: customers ordered batches of products … Read more