All three major South Korean telcos, SK Telecom, KT Telecom, and now LG Uplus, have reported cybersecurity incidents to the government over the past six months (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/lg-uplus-is-late…
💸 North Korean hackers stole over $2 billion in crypto so far in 2025, researchers say
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/north-korean-hackers-stole-over-2-billion-in-crypto-so-far-in-2025-researchers-say/
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Indian e-commerce platform Meesho is set to launch an India IPO, seeking to raise $606M, targeting a post-issue valuation of ~$5.60B (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/28/softbank-stays-in-as-meesho-…
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Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/28/from-sonos-to-sauron-new-ceo-takes-on-high-end-home-security-startup-still-in-development/
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OpenAI offers its cheaper ChatGPT Go plan for free for one year to users in India starting November 4, but did not say how long the offer would remain available (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/openai-offers-free…
London-based Paid, which helps AI agent providers monetize and track costs, raised a $21.6M seed led by Lightspeed, a source says at a $100M valuation (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/28/paid-the…
Mem0, which aims to build a "memory passport" so users' AI memory can travel across their devices, apps, and agents, raised $24M, including a $20M Series A (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/mem0
Tracxn: VC funding for Indian startups fell 17% YoY to $10.5B in 2025 across 1,518 deals, down ~39% YoY; AI startups raised $643M, up 4% YoY, across 100 deals (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/india-startu…
Point One Navigation, which develops precise location tech, raised a $35M Series C led by Khosla Ventures, a source says at a post-money valuation of $230M (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/this-khos…