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Understanding 2020’s early-stage fundraising market

Welcome to Equity on Extra Crunch, a semi-regular series of interviews between the Equity team, venture capitalists, and operating executives at the neatest startups. The goal of this irregular medium

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Extra Crunch members get design tool Canva Pro free for 90 days

Extra Crunch is excited to announce a new community perk from design and publishing platform Canva. Starting today, annual and two-year members of Extra Crunch can receive 90 days of their Pro plan fo

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mParticle raises $45M to help marketers unify customer data

mParticle, which helps companies like Spotify, Paypal and Starbucks umanage their customer data, is announcing that it has raised $45 million in Series D funding.Co-founder and CEO Michael Katz told m

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66 die in Iran over new coronavirus infection

Death toll over infection of the new coronavirus, officially named as COVID-19, has risen to 66 in Iran, said the latest report by Iran's Ministry of Health and Medica

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How does Venezuela care for the elderly?

01:43 Almost ten percent of Venezuela's population has migrated in recent years, a consequence of the country's economic crisis.Those that have stayed behind are often the elderly. Tha

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Iran urges Turkey to avoid targeting "advisory" positions in Idlib

Iran's Advisory Center (IAC) in Syria on Sunday condemned the Turkish troops' recent artillery attacks on the IAC's positions in Syria's Idlib province, Tehran Times d

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California to expand coronavirus tests after first case of unknown origin

California is expanding test for the novel coronavirus after the first patient in the country with no known exposure was confirmed in the state. The state pushed for more testing for the disease, inc

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Finland establishing coordination group, allocating 8.9 mln euros to fight coronavirus

The Finnish government is setting up a coordination group and allocating an initial 8.9 million euros (9.79 million U.S. dollars) for the control of the novel coronavirus, government officials told

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Brexit talks: UK prepared to walk away in June if not enough progress made

The British government has said it is prepared to walk away from EU trade talks in June if not enough progress has been made.Setting out its red lines ahead of talks wi

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The Raspberry Pi 4 gets more RAM for $35

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has updated its flagship model, the Raspberry Pi 4. It’s still the same awesome tiny single-board computer with a lot of connectors. But the entry-level device now comes wi

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Why do 'overflowing' wild boars need to be protected?

On February 24, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which is China's top legislature, adopted a decision banning illegal wildlife trade and the consumption of wild anim

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Losses from Libya's oil shutdown surpass $2 billion

FILE PHOTO: A view shows Ras Lanuf Oil and Gas Company in Ras Lanuf, Libya, March 16, 2017. /Reuters Financial losses over a protracted blockade of Libya's vital oil fields and ports have rapi

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Tier Mobility acquires Coup’s electric moped scooters

Tier Mobility operates a scooter service, the kick-scooter-with-a-motor kind. And it has acquired assets from Coup, a now defunct scooter service, the moped kind. Coup shut down late last year, and T

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Human activities the main factor for Asian dust storm 2,000 years ago

Chinese researchers discovered that human activities were the dominating factor influencing the Asian dust storm 2,000 years ago, according to a new research article in Nature Communications journal.

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U.S. voters highly concerned about growing national debt: survey

American voters are highly concerned about the rise in national debt as the 2020 presidential campaign gets underway, according to a survey released by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation on Tuesday. A

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AIIB donates 1 million dollars to help China fight COVID-19

Overseas shipments of medical supplies donated by AIIB are being delivered to Wuhan and Beijing in batches, February 24, 2020. /AIIB The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is contribu

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Seafood consumption in the U.S. rises slightly to 11-year high

The Americans gulped down an average of 16.1 pounds of seafood in 2018, increasing by about a tenth of a pound from the figure in 2017, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced F