Australia-based Practice Ignition, which offers client engagement and commerce services for businesses, raises a $50M Series C led by JMI Equity (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Australia-based Practice Ignition, which offers client engagement and commerce services for businesses, raises a $50M Series C led by JMI Equity  —  Practice ignition, an Australia-based client engagement and commerce platform for professional service businesses, has raised $50 million …

Bird reports Q3 revenue of $65.4M, up 63% YoY, vs. $65.7M expected, and a net loss of $36.9M, down from $43.8M YoY, in its first public earnings (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch: Bird reports Q3 revenue of $65.4M, up 63% YoY, vs. $65.7M expected, and a net loss of $36.9M, down from $43.8M YoY, in its first public earnings  —  Today after the bell, scooter-sharing company Bird disclosed its third-quarter earnings, the first time it has done so as a public […]

A look at the brewing rivalry between Meta and Apple over VR and AR headsets, smartwatches, smart home devices, and digital services (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at the brewing rivalry between Meta and Apple over VR and AR headsets, smartwatches, smart home devices, and digital services  —  Apple and Meta are heading toward a collision course around wearables, AR/VR headsets and home devices.  Also: Netflix and Apple mend fences around […]