Prosus-backed fast-fashion startup Virgio, valued at $161 million, shuts down

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Fast-fashion startup Virgio, founded by former Myntra chief, is shutting down its operations less than a year after raising funds at a valuation of over $160 million, according to two investor sources familiar with the…
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Here’s how Rainforest, a budding Stripe rival, aims to win over software companies

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Rainforest raises $8.5M and PayPal gets hit with a lawsuit. We take a look at this and other hot fintech news from the previous week.
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Meta’s plans to beat Apple’s Vision Pro include cheaper headsets and no controllers

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Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is looking down the road at a follow-up to the Quest 3, which is releasing this week, and plans to take cues from Apple’s Vision Pro while…
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Women and underrepresented founders aren’t going to wait for the VC industry to transform itself

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You will only have one shot to impress your future financial backers — make sure you are confident and ready.
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The chilling distance of The Zone of Interest

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Image: A24 During World War II, the Germans designated the area surrounding Auschwitz the “zone of interest.” The dullness of the phrase was intentional, another euphemism as operative as “concentration camp.” In Jonathan Glazer’s sorta…
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