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Check out the incredible speakers joining us on Extra Crunch Live in March

Extra Crunch Live is off to a kick-ass start this year. Lightspeed’s Gaurav Gupta and Grafana’s Raj Dutt taught us how to nail the narrative. Felicis Ventures’ Aydin Senkut and Guide

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Facebook applies overly broad content block in flex against Australia’s planned news reuse law

Outrage fast-followed Facebook’s announcement yesterday that it was making good on its threat to block Australian users’ ability to share news on its platform.The tech giant’s intent

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Paying $115B for Stripe or $77B for Coinbase might be quite rational

CoinDesk reported yesterday that crypto trading startup Coinbase is being valued at $77 billion on private exchanges. And Forbes reported that Stripe is being valued at $115 billion on secondary marke

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Gridware is building early-detection sensors for power grid failures and wildfires

Like corporate financial accounting, the power grid never draws headlines when things are going well. No journalist writes “The power remains on,” or discusses the extensive work it takes to maintain

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vArmour the multi-cloud security startup, raises $58M en route to IPO

Enterprises have been loading more of their operations into cloud — and, more often than not, multi-cloud — environments over the last year, creating vast networks of services that can be

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Inside Rover and MoneyLion’s SPAC-led public debuts

If we are not careful, every entry of this column could consist of SPAC news.Special purpose acquisition companies, or blank-check companies, whatever you prefer to call them, are enormous business to

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Italy's new PM Mario Draghi vows to unite the country amid crisis

Italy's new prime minister Mario Draghi has vowed to unite and restart the country.The former European Central Bank chief was officially sworn in by President Sergio Ma

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Spring Festival spirit never wanes

An Ox projected onto Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square. /Getty Editor's note:Liu Shinan is a senior columnist of China Daily. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not nece

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Daily Crunch: TikTok becomes a political battleground in Russia

We take an in-depth look at TikTok usage in Russia, Facebook’s Oversight Board looks beyond Facebook and Sesame Workshop backs an edtech fund. This is your Daily Crunch for February 11, 2021.The

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As more insurtech offerings loom, CEO Dan Preston discusses MetroMile’s SPAC-led debut

MetroMile began trading as a public company yesterday. Its exit from the private market was accelerated by its decision to combine with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.Such transactions

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China, India focus on 'upholding multilateralism' at UNSC

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin addresses a press conference in Beijing, February 10, 2021. /via China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs China and India held discussions via vide

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Thrasio raises $750M more in equity for its Amazon roll-up play

The Amazon Marketplace roll-up play is well and truly underway. In the latest development, Thrasio — one of the biggest and earliest movers in the market to consolidate third-party sellers on th

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China's about to reach Mars - here's what you need to know

An orbiter and lander launched by China is today set to be the second of three space missions to reach Mars this month.The Tianwen-1 orbiter will enter into Martian orbit later today before releasing

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A startup using a new tech to make hydrogen extracts cash from Bill Gates’ climate tech fund

Four years ago when Zach Jones went to do due diligence on C-Zero, a startup out of Santa Barbara, Calif. commercializing a new approach to producing hydrogen, for the small family office he was worki

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Reddit raises $250 million in Series E funding

Reddit has raised a new funding round, totalling $250 million. This is the company’s Series E round of financing, and it comes hot on the heels of renewed public attention on the site that has d

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Ethena, which sends bite-sized nudges for compliance training, shifts its focus amid new capital

Ethena co-founders Roxanne Petraeus and Anne Solmssen began their company with a clear goal: There needs to be a more modern, and effective, way to deploy anti-harassment training to employees. Ethena

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Amazon warehouse workers begin historic vote to unionize

On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board rejected Amazon’s attempt to delay a union vote set to begin on Monday, February 8. For many, the online giant’s bid was seen as a stalling tactic, includ