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Carta says it just used its own product to establish a new — and far higher — valuation for itself

Carta, the nine-year-old, San Francisco-based cap table management and valuation software company, just raised $500 million in its eighth round of funding, at a $7.4 billion valuation. That’s mo

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Don’t give your weed dealer all your data

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.Our beloved Danny was back, joining Natasha and Alex and Grace and Chri

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Global M&A volumes hit a new record in 2021, overtaking last year's haul

Global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has reached new highs, building on the record-breaking dealmaking streak from the beginning of the year that has been aided

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America, 'world's No. 1 anti-pandemic failure', what leads to it?

File: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an announcement related to small businesses, in Washington, D.C., February 22, 2021. /CFP With the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients in the

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What should Philadelphia 76ers do with Ben Simmons?

Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers dribbles in Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals against the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 18, 2021. /CFP T

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Box reports earnings early to give shareholders time to review financials ahead of board vote

Box has been in an ongoing dispute with activist investors Starboard Value over control of the board, an argument that is expected to come to a head on September 9th at the annual shareholder meeting.

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Arrival is on-track to begin production of its electric bus and van next year

Executives from London-based commercial EV company Arrival told investors Thursday the company was on track to meet planned product launch dates, but much will depend on whether or not the company can

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Lionel Messi's welcome package at PSG includes cryptocurrency fan tokens

The Argentine signed for the French club on Tuesday on a free transfer after Barcelona were unable to offer him a new contract due to "financial obstacles".

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Construction tech startup Agora raises $33M in Tiger Global-led round amid 760% YoY ARR growth

Agora, a startup that has built a materials management platform for contractors, has raised $33 million in a Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management.8VC, Tishman Speyer, Yahoo co-foun

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Space manufacturing startup Varda inks deal with Rocket Lab for three spacecraft

Orbital manufacturing startup Varda Space Industries is moving fast. Only a few weeks after announcing a $42 million Series A, Varda has signed a deal with launch company Rocket Lab for three Photon s

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Ford F-150 hybrid: The 2021 rumble before the Lightning EV strikes

Full-size pickup trucks are the meat of the U.S. automotive business; it’s a red-hot category with the Ford F-150 leading the pack in sales and the Chevrolet Silverado and Ram pickups fast follo

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Regulations can define the best places to build and invest

Market timing — how relevant an idea is to the current state and direction of a market — is the most important factor in determining the durability of that idea.Several inputs inform market timing: Th

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Here’s everything Samsung announced this morning

While it was one of the less hyped gadget debuts in recent memory, Samsung blasted out a series of announcements at an Unpacked event bright and early this morning.Too busy to tune in? Still asleep wh

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When the economic tide goes out, we’ll see which VCs are naked

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week we were back to full strength, with Danny Natasha and Alex jo

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Cryptocurrency group asks hackers to return stolen $600m

In monetary value, the heist would be one of the biggest to hit the cryptocurrency world and the value of the tokens dropped below $400m following the news of the theft.

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Coinbase crushes Q2 expectations, notes Q3 trading volume is trending lower

After the bell today, Coinbase reported another period of impressive results in its second quarter earnings report.During the quarter, Coinbase’s total revenue reached $2.23 billion, which helpe

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OpenAI upgrades its natural language AI coder Codex and kicks off private beta

OpenAI has already made some big changes to Codex, the AI-powered coding assistant the company announced last month. The system now accepts commands in plain English and outputs live, working code, le