A deep dive on Stripe, now worth almost $100 billion, Facebook’s moves into emerging markets, TikTok’s monetization strategy, and Uber faces new regulatory changes in the UK. Plus a new Random Startup You’ve Never Heard Of.

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Stripe has raised a new round of funding to accelerate momentum in Europe and reinforce enterprise leadership

Facebook targets emerging markets with the launch of Instagram Lite, an Android app that takes up just 2MB, in 170 countries

TikTok will make personalized ads mandatory on April 15th

Uber 'willing to change' as drivers get minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions

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