Disney on Tuesday will announce a new deal with Samba TV, a digital measurement company, to provide alternative data to Disney advertisers looking to better understand how their content is viewed in real-time via streaming. Why it matters: Samba is the first third-party vendor that Disney has officially named as

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Biomason, a Durham, N.C.-based startup that’s using microorganisms to “grow” cement, raised $65 million in Series C funding led by venture capital firm 2150. Why it matters: Cement manufacturing is estimated to be responsible for around 8% of global carbon emissions. Other investors include Celesta Capital, Novo Holdings and Martin

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Johnson & Johnson and three other drug companies on Friday announced settlements over their alleged involvement in stoking the nation’s opioid crisis, sending $26 billion in aid to state and local governments, Nathan writes. Why it matters: Nearly 841,000 people have died from drug overdoses in the U.S. since 1999

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Everyone following the war in Ukraine seems to be talking about SWIFT — but many Americans are hearing about it for the first time this week. The big picture: SWIFT, or the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, is a secure messaging service that more than 11,000 banks and other

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine creates a new wrench in the gears of the global economy that will simultaneously worsen inflation pressures and damage growth prospects. That makes it a stagflationary shock, essentially making things worse on all economic fronts at once. Why it matters: So far in the pandemic recovery,

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When the Federal Reserve chair speaks, the world listens, assuming his policy preferences will be enacted. Yes, but: Through an unusual constellation of events, Jerome Powell faces extremely tight math in attaining a majority of the Fed’s policy-setting committee for his preferred actions. Why it matters: At a time of

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Earlier this month, NFT marketplace OpenSea became the latest big crypto company to set up a venture arm. Why it matters: Despite the recent boom in VC money now focused on backing cryptocurrency and web3 companies ($32 billion invested in 2021 alone), these corporate VCs still believe there’s something unique

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Paraclete, maker of an employer-facing virtual mental wellness offering, raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from Sovereign’s Capital and several individual investors, the company’s founder, Vineet Rajan, tells Axios exclusively. Why it matters: Behavioral health is a sizzling sub-sector of the digital health market, and Paraclete targets people with mental

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Remote work means never having to wear hard pants, but does it also mean you show up to the home office every day wearing … pajamas? Driving the news: New York City Mayor Eric Adams is urging folks back to the office to help the city’s economy. “You can’t stay

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Coinbase got a lot of attention — and new users — after running that Super Bowl ad of a QR code bouncing around the screen. Yes, but: On Monday night, the cryptocurrency exchange’s marketing win lost a little luster, after CEO Brian Armstrong fumbled a Twitter thread bragging about the

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