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Tiger Global leads $42M Series B in Nigerian credit-led neobank FairMoney

Neobanks have led the charge as regards venture capital funding for consumer fintech startups. But while they have collectively dominated the fintech space, they don’t operate a monolithic model

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Pope, Lebanon Christian heads begin summit on country's crisis

Pope Francis and Lebanon's Christian leaders began a summit on Thursday to discuss how religion can help the country overcome its worst crisis since its civil war ended

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Daily Crunch: After quarters of explosive growth, a profitable Robinhood files to go public

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 1, 2021. It’s Robinood IP

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India’s central bank says growing presence of Big Tech in financial services a concern

India’s central bank has identified Big Tech’s push into financial services as a challenge for banks in the South Asian market, saying the growing presence of these firms have prompted concerns

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German government bodies urged to remove their Facebook Pages before next year

Germany’s federal information commissioner has run out of patience with Facebook.Last month, Ulrich Kelber wrote to government agencies “strongly recommend[ing]” they to close down t

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NYC mayoral race: Board of Elections throws mayoral primary into chaos by counting test ballots

The campaign to become New York City's next mayor has come in for another twist.On Tuesday, the City Board of Elections released new numbers that suggested Brooklyn Bor

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Dispense with the chasm? No way!

Jeff Bussgang, a co-founder and general partner at Flybridge Capital, recently wrote an Extra Crunch guest post that argued it is time for a refresh when it comes to the technology adoption life cycle

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For US and Chinese startups, the IPO market is increasingly a two-tier affair

The American IPO market is hot for many companies, but surprisingly cool for others. The gap between the two cohorts of private companies looking to list is becoming notable.When Chinese ride-hailing

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Zomato’s $100 million investment to turn Grofers into a unicorn

Indian food delivery giant Zomato, which is working to explore the public markets later this year, has reached an agreement to invest $100 million in online grocer Grofers for about 10% stake in the s

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Sources: SentinelOne expects to raise over $1B in NYSE IPO tomorrow, listing with a $10B market cap

After launching its IPO last week with an expected listing price range of $26 to $29 per share, cybersecurity company SentinelOne is going public tomorrow with some momentum behind it. Sources close t

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10club raises $40 million seed funding to build Thrasio of India

10club, a six-month-old Indian startup that is building a Thrasio-like venture, said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in what is one of the largest seed financing rounds in the South Asian market.

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China's UK ambassador calls for closer trade ties despite 'headwinds'

02:47 China's new ambassador to the UK says he hopes trade ties between the two countries can be strengthened, despite "headwinds" in their relationship.Zheng Zeguang was making his fir

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Ghana’s Jetstream lands $3M to build the digital infrastructure for Africa’s trade corridors

The share of exports from Africa to the rest of the world ranged from 80% to 90% between 2000 and 2017. This has created a growing demand for Africa to be less dependent on commodity exports and focus

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Stars including Olivia Colman call for 'gadget tax' to fund the arts

Those behind the proposal say up to £300m a year could be raised from payments of between 1% and 3% of the sales value of gadgets.

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Daily Crunch: SpaceX announces tentative plans to launch first orbital flight next month

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 Monday, June 28. How much time

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Norwegian Professor Says Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19 Beneficial for Herd Immunity

Earlier, Norway's neighbour Denmark decided to vaccinate children aged 12 and over. According to Danish calculations, childhood vaccination would provide an additional

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MWC 2021 day one wrap-up

“It is great that MWC is back,” Samsung UK’s James Kitto said, opening up this year’s presser. “And behalf of everyone at Samsung, it’s great to be back at MWC.”What, precisely, it means to be “back”