Nigeria’s Vendly launches to allow users to make payments via social media
Nigerian startup Vendly has launched a platform that allows users to send and receive money using just their social media handles.
Nigerian startup Vendly has launched a platform that allows users to send and receive money using just their social media handles.
CDP mParticle is expanding its journey management capabilities with a new multi-step, multi-branch, cross-channel journey builder. New features include journey analytics to uncover optimal journeys, testing within campaign flows, and continuous synching of audiences with delivery tools across advertising, email, messaging and other channels.
Identitypass has announced that it has raised $2.8 million in seed funding, months after graduating from Y Combinator. The round also comes a few months after the startup raised $360,000 in pre-seed investment last November, bringing its total funding to $3.1 million.
The U.S. Department of Justice has formally requested the sale of the Chrome browser among other measures following last August’s guilty verdict in its search advertising antitrust suit (not to be confused with last week’s guilty verdict in the adtech antitrust lawsuit). Google is asking for a much narrower focus on deals to be the default search engine for Apple, Mozilla and others. There will be a three-week hearing on the government’s proposals.