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Today’s TechCrunch Roundup
Krafton hikes India bet with new $670M fund
19 Dec 2025, 2:37 pm by Jagmeet Singh
Called the Unicorn Growth Fund, the investment vehicle is a collaboration between Krafton and South Korean internet conglomerate Naver, and investor Mirae Asset. It aims to deploy around $669.3 million over four years.
Hacks, thefts and disruption: The worst data breaches of 2025
19 Dec 2025, 2:09 pm by Zack Whittaker
TechCrunch looks back at the biggest data breaches, disruptive cyberattacks, and damaging hacks of 2025, from the raiding of U.S. government databases to a hack every month in South Korea.
OpenAI is reportedly trying to raise $100B at an $830B valuation
19 Dec 2025, 1:32 pm by Ram Iyer
The ChatGPT maker is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the first quarter in 2026, and the company may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest in the round.
TikTok agrees to deal to cede control of US business to American investor group
19 Dec 2025, 12:56 am by Lucas Ropek
The deal closes a long-running drama in which U.S. authorities have sought to compel ByteDance to divest.
End of today’s TechCrunch roundup.
