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Box takes fight with activist investor public in SEC filing

The war between Box’s current leadership and activist shareholder Starboard took a new turn today with a detailed timeline outlining the two groups’ relationship, thanks to an SEC filing and companion

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Single.Earth to link carbon credits to crypto token market, raises $7.9M from EQT Ventures

Here’s the theory: Instead of linking carbon and biodiversity credits to the sale of raw materials such as forests, which cause CO2, what if you linked them to crypto tokens, and thus kept these CO2-p

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Will Didi’s regulatory problems make it harder for Chinese startups to go public in the US?

Shares of Chinese ride-hailing business Didi are off 22% this morning after the company was hit by more regulatory activity over the holiday weekend. The recently public company traded as high as $18.

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BRI would be the best thing to happen to post-withdrawal Afghanistan

A deserted Bagram airfield after the departure of all U.S. and NATO forces from Parwan province, eastern Afghanistan. /Xinhua Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political

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Satellite imagery startup Satellogic to go public via SPAC valuing the company at $850M

The space SPAC frenzy might’ve died down, but it isn’t over: Earth observation startup Satellogic is the latest to go public via a merger with CF Acquisition Corp. V, a special purpose acq

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Ransomware: How does the criminal system work?

Organised crime groups have developed an efficient business model based on multi-faceted extortion to monetise hacking victims.

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India’s Furlenco raises $140 million for its furniture and appliance renting service

Furlenco, a Bangalore-based startup that operates an eponymous furniture and appliance rental service, said today it has raised $140 million in a financing round as it looks to scale its operations in

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Bezos, Branson, Musk: What you need to know about the new space race

Three billionaires with private spaceflight companies are competing to launch themselves (and their egos) to the stars.

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Meet Mighty, an online platform where kid CEOs run their own storefronts; a “digital lemonade stand”

Until children reach a certain age, enrichment programs are somewhat limited to school, sports, and camps, while money-making opportunities are largely non-existent.Now, a year-old, L.A.-based startup

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Daily Crunch: In one of India’s largest exits, Swedish media giant MTG buys PlaySimple for $360M

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for July 2. We are heading into a

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Don’t send VC a cold deck ever again: Start sending video pitches

Let’s play out this scenario. Your deck is ready and you’re just about to start reaching out. What does conventional wisdom say that you should send? A three-paragraph overview, four bullet points out

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China's Didi to be added to S&P Dow Jones' indexes on July 12

The app logo of Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi is seen reflected on its navigation map displayed on a mobile phone in this illustration picture, July 1, 2021. /Reuters

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Chinese cybersecurity probe validates Didi’s pre-IPO warning to investors

Shares of Chinese ride-hailing provider Didi are sharply lower this morning after news broke that its domestic regulators are investigating the newly public company. A loose translation of the probe&#

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British esports franchise EXCEL gets backing from City heavyweights

EXCEL ESPORTS, which is endorsed by the footballer Dele Alli, is being backed by ICAP founder Lord Spencer, Sky News learns.

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'I've always been a dreamer': Branson aims to beat Bezos into space by nine days

The founder of the Virgin Group revealed his plan in a video on Twitter and teased viewers to "watch this space" for an announcement that will "give more people the chance to become astronauts" when he returns from the trip.

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Greece and China: Well positioned for post-pandemic era

Editor's note: Decision Makers is a global platform for decision makers to share their insights on events shaping today's world. Georgios Filiopoulos is the CEO of Enterprise Greece, Greece's offi

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TeamApt will use its new funding round to provide digital bank services for the unbanked

A great deal has changed since we last covered Nigerian fintech startup TeamApt two years ago. At the time, the company had just closed a $5.5 million Series A round from a single VC — Quantum Capital