Kate Park / TechCrunch: Seoul-based fashion marketplace Musinsa raised a $190M Series C led by KKR, with participation from Wellington Management, source says at a ~$2.76B valuation  —  Musinsa, a Seoul-based fashion marketplace, said Wednesday it has raised a $190 million round of Series C funding led by KKR, with participation from Wellington Management. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Toby Sterling / Reuters: ASML Q2: revenue up 28% YoY to €6.9B, vs. €6.74B est., net profit up 35% YoY to €1.9B, vs. €1.82B est., and raises 2023 growth forecasts from 25% to 30%  —  – Ups full-year sales growth forecast to 30% from 25%  — Q2 net profit up 35% at 1.9 billion euros vs forecast 1.82 bln Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Germany-based Neura Robotics, which builds collaborative robots with cognitive capabilities that can work with humans in complex environments, raised $55M  —  Neura Robotics, a German startup that since 2019 has been building cognitive robots — machines that possess memory … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gene Park / Washington Post: A look at “non-playable character” TikTok creators, like Pinkydoll, who livestream themselves doing robotic and repetitive actions for digital tips  —  On TikTok, a woman named Pinkydoll with a thousand-yard stare faces you, undulating just enough to let you know she’s alive. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: former FTX COO Zhe “Constance” Wang has joined crypto VC firm Sino Global Capital; Wang has not been accused of wrongdoing in FTX or Alameda’s collapse  —  – Wang worked at Credit Suisse and Huobi before joining FTX  — Wang held COO position at FTX up until the exchange collapsed Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Telegram raised $210M through bond sales, more than two years after raising $1B+ in debt financing; CEO Pavel Durov “personally bought” ~25% of new bonds  —  Telegram has raised $210 million through bond sales this week from a number of investors, including its founder … Lees verder op Tech Meme