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Amplitude, an analytics startup helping companies optimize products, confidentially files for a US direct listing, a month after raising $150M at $4B valuation (Reuters)

Reuters: Amplitude, an analytics startup helping companies optimize products, confidentially files for a US direct listing, a month after raising $150M at $4B valuation — Tencent Holdings Ltd-backed Amplitude said on Wednesday it had confidentially filed paperwork for a direct listing in the United States … https://bit.ly/3z4wNsN

Square acquires Crew, maker of a messaging service for retail and other in-person workers, for an undisclosed amount; Crew had raised ~$58M previously (Tomio Geron/Protocol)

Tomio Geron / Protocol: Square acquires Crew, maker of a messaging service for retail and other in-person workers, for an undisclosed amount; Crew had raised ~$58M previously — Square has acquired Crew, maker of a messaging service for retail and other in-person workers, in a deal to bolster Square's workforce management products. https://bit.ly/3B8yK9w

Clubhouse debuts Backchannel, a DM feature supporting group messages and audio chat, on iOS and Android; the ability to send images or video will be added later (Ashley Carman/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / The Verge: Clubhouse debuts Backchannel, a DM feature supporting group messages and audio chat, on iOS and Android; the ability to send images or video will be added later — Never leave the app — Now, you can slide into people's Clubhouse DMs. The social audio company is launching its direct messaging feature … https://bit.ly/3wF00ZH

Syfe, a Singapore-based robo-advisor app, has raised ~$29.6M Series B led by Valar Ventures; CEO says Syfe's valuation has increased 3.6x from its Series A (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Syfe, a Singapore-based robo-advisor app, has raised ~$29.6M Series B led by Valar Ventures; CEO says Syfe's valuation has increased 3.6x from its Series A — Investment apps in Southeast Asia are attracting a lot of funding, and now some are raising fast follow-on rounds, too. https://bit.ly/2Ub5DBF

In April, Amazon acquired over a dozen staff from Facebook to boost its own low earth orbit satellite internet efforts; Amazon paid Facebook to seal agreement (The Information)

The Information: In April, Amazon acquired over a dozen staff from Facebook to boost its own low earth orbit satellite internet efforts; Amazon paid Facebook to seal agreement — Amazon has acquired a team of more than a dozen wireless internet experts from Facebook in an effort to boost its multibillion-dollar effort … https://bit.ly/3yMozW2

Sourcegraph, which offers a universal code search tool, raises $125M Series D led by a16z at a $2.6B valuation, up 3x from its December valuation (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Sourcegraph, which offers a universal code search tool, raises $125M Series D led by a16z at a $2.6B valuation, up 3x from its December valuation — Sourcegraph, a late stage startup that wants to bring the power of search to code, announced a $125 million Series D investment today … https://bit.ly/3B1QsLN

South Korea's Tridge, a marketplace for buyers and suppliers in the agriculture industry, raises $60M Series C at a $500M valuation, up from $140M in April 2020 (Mars W. Mosqueda Jr/DealStreetAsia)

Mars W. Mosqueda Jr / DealStreetAsia: South Korea's Tridge, a marketplace for buyers and suppliers in the agriculture industry, raises $60M Series C at a $500M valuation, up from $140M in April 2020 — Tridge, a South Korean agrifood digital trading and market intelligence platform, announced raising $60 million … https://bit.ly/3hYydxY