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Sources: Indonesia’s GoTo raises ~$1.1B in its IPO at 338 rupiah per share; 10 other companies have raised about $172M through Jakarta IPOs in 2022, up 30%+ YoY

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Singapore-based hotel booking site RedDoorz suffers a data breach affecting 5.9M customers, mostly from Indonesia, and Singapore’s PDPC levies a $74K fine

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Turntable.fm has relaunched with involvement from its founder and a separate site, Turntable.org, is expected to launch in beta in April with a subscription fee

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UK sanctions Baikal Electronics and MCST, Russia’s most important chipmakers, denying them access to the ARM architecture

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Facebook sets some internal message boards to private, including discussions on platform safety and election integrity, limiting which employees have access

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A freelancer with Jerusalem Post and The Algemeiner bylines, who attacked critics of NSO Group, seems to be an elaborate fiction with a deepfake profile photo

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Sources: MainStreet, which helps SMBs find tax credits, is raising at a $200M valuation, down from $500M in March 2021, weeks after laying off ~30% of its staff

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UK-based mobile-only bank Atom Bank raises £75M+ at a £435M valuation, after raising £40M in April 2021, as the startup plans its IPO

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Spotify reports Q4 revenue of €2.69B, up 24% YoY, 406M MAUs, up 18% YoY, and ad-supported revenue of €394M, up 40% YoY and a record 15% of total revenue

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Report: 55 of the top 100 banks by assets under management have invested in crypto or a blockchain company; Barclays and Citigroup are the most active investors

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AvePoint, which makes cloud governance tools for Microsoft Office 365, Sharepoint, and more, raises $200M Series C led by TPG Sixth Street Partners

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Internal memo: CEO Evan Spiegel unveils Snap’s plans to grow its user base and revenue in 2023, including onboarding more users in their 30s and pushing AR ads