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After a decade in the wilderness following a fourth installment that could generously be described as lackluster, Scream has exploded in renewed popularity to re-cement itself as one of the most bankable horror franchises in all of Hollywood. The 2022 hybrid of sequel and reboot and this year’s follow-up boast identical Rotten Tomatoes score of 76 percent and combined to bring in over $300 million at the box office on total production costs of only $59 million, with a seventh installment inevitably announced shortly…

Thunes, a Singapore and London-based fintech that has built a payments platform for businesses to send money to each other internationally by tapping into the growing network of mobile wallets and other alternatives to bank accounts, has closed its Series C round of funding to expand its business. The startup has raised $72 million, money that it will be using to continue adding more providers to its network, and to bring more customers onto its platform. We’ve confirmed that Thunes now has a valuation of over $900…

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Many Indian startups have struggled to remain solvent amid the prolonged funding winter this year, but Money View isn’t one of them. The fintech startup raised $75 million at a $625 million valuation in March, and has now raked in another $75 million at a $900 million valuation from Apis Partners, Tiger Global and others. Credit: GiphyAlso in this letter:■ 2022 Year in Review | Is the startup IPO party over?■ Over 500 consumer tech firms will be listed in 10 years: Stallion Asset’s Amit Jeswani■ Hacker claims 400 million…

Disney paid $900 million to Major League Baseball (MLB) earlier this month to buy out the league’s remaining 15% stake in the streaming firm BAMTech, according to an SEC filing made public Tuesday. The transaction makes Disney a 100% owner of the streaming company that powers Disney+ and the firm’s other consumer services. The SEC filing noted that MLB’s interest in BAMTech was recorded in the entertainment company’s financial statements at $828 million, and in November Disney bought out MLB’s…