Crunchbase Daily: Trustpilot, Unikrn, YourStory, Yitiao, Varjo, Beehive - October 2, 2017

?utm_source=cb_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20171002&send_email={EMAIL} October 2, 2017 [Share on Twitter ]( [Share on Facebook ]( /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#310e4244535b5452450c62545411455954117243445f525953504254117550585d4811594545410b1e1e5358451f5d481e005a5a6b7e4577 Uber board moves draw CEO’s ire Former Uber chief Travis Kalanick appointed two more people to the company’s board. They are [Ursula Burns]( former CEO of Xerox, and [John Thain]( former CEO of Merrill Lynch. The decision apparently didn’t go over well with Uber’s new chief, Dara Khosrowshai, and the company issued a statement calling the appointments “a complete surprise to Uber and its board.” KSQ Therapeutics raises $76M [KSQ Therapeutics]( a drug development company that uses genomic screening tools, has raised $76 million in a financing round led by Flagship Pioneering and joined by Polaris Partners, ARCH Venture Partners, and Alexandria Equities. 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