Microsoft Ventures launches new fund for AI startups and backs Element AI incubator

 Microsoft Ventures today announced two steps that point to how the tech giant’s VC arm wants to…

Dynamic Signal gets $25M led by Microsoft’s VC to replace the company bulletin board

 A wave of enterprise apps, from Slack through to Facebook’s Workplace, is tackling and changing how employees communicate…

NBC is shuttering Breaking News, the Twitter-fuelled newswire it acquired in 2011

 Just as Twitter has struggled to find the right business model to grow faster and make…

Microsoft officially closes its $26.2B acquisition of LinkedIn

 After getting its final European Commission approvals earlier this week, Microsoft and LinkedIn today announced that…

Used-car marketplace Beepi shuts down outside of CA, merges with stealth Fair.com

 After going through nearly $150 million in funding, peer-to-peer used-car marketplace Beepi.com is shifting gears. TechCrunch has…

DST leads $80M round in Brazil’s Nubank to take on the big boys in financial services

 As Brazil continues to reel as a result of its economic turmoil and its worst recession in…

Pepo, Jason Goldberg’s social media app, raises $2.35M from his old Fab.com backers

 Jason Goldberg — a founder that may be as well known for his high-profile startups (Fab.com,…