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OnlyFans’ policy change is a tale as old as the internet

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.For our Wednesday show this week, Natasha and Alex and Danny had collea

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There could be more to the Salesforce+ video streaming service than meets the eye

When Salesforce announced its new business video streaming service called Salesforce+ this week, everyone had a reaction. While not all of it was positive, some company watchers also wondered if there

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What happens when Wall Street falls out of love with your sector?

It’s been an awful week for public neoinsurance companies. A subsector of the larger insurtech world, neoinsurance providers tackled a number of insurance categories using a blend of modern app

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South Africa’s Khula closes $1.3M seed to scale its software-for-agriculture platform

The myriad challenges faced by farmers in Africa — inadequate financing, education and input distribution — persist and greatly affect the agricultural output on the continent. But startup

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Salesforce steps into RPA buying Servicetrace and teaming it with Mulesoft

Over the last couple of years, robotic process automation or RPA has been red hot with tons of investor activity and MA from companies like SAP, IBM and ServiceNow. UIPath had a major IPO in April and

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Introducing the Open Cap Table Coalition

On Tuesday, the Open Cap Table Coalition announced its launch through an inaugural Medium post. The goal of this project is to standardize startup capitalization table data as well as make it far more

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Percent raises $5M, aiming to become the ‘Stripe for donations’ to good causes

What with the planet collapsing and democracy under constant attack from all quarters – you know, just the usual – one or two members of the global population have, idly or not, wondered i

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What we learned from selling a blockchain service to African governments

A major attraction of Africa is its large population of 1.2 billion, which hints at a sizable addressable market. But what happens when your target audience is the governments of 54 countries?In our s

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Search back on after rest of South Florida condo demolished

Rescuers were given the all-clear to resume work looking for victims at a collapsed South Florida condo building after demolition crews set off a string of explosives t

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SaaS-focused Acceleprise rebrands, raises $30M in new capital

TechCrunch has covered Acceleprise several times over the years, including a look at its mid-2020 accelerator startup batch from its three accelerators. The firm has long focused on business-to-busine

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Nanofabricated ‘tetrakaidecahedrons’ could out-bulletproof kevlar

Researchers at MIT and Caltech have created a nano-engineered material that could be tougher than the likes of kevlar or steel. Made of interconnected carbon “tetrakaidecahedrons,” the mat

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Putin Says NATO Keeps Building Up Military Near Russia's Borders and Continues to Reject Dialogue

Russia is concerned about the build-up of NATO's military infrastructure near its borders, as well as the fact that the alliance is reluctant to constructively consider

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Meet Nickson, the furniture-as-a-service startup that Barack Obama’s ex-financial adviser just backed

Ever toured an apartment and fell in love with the model unit?You’re not alone. Harvard Business School grad Cameron Johnson is a former institutional real estate investor and Greystar exec turned sta

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Rebirth of an ancient art

When Kunqu Opera was listed as one of the Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in May 2001-the first entry from China on that list, many Chinese people probably wonder

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Job Hopper series: A day with the brewmaster

05:22 Have you ever wondered what it's like being a brewmaster? How is the craft beer scene like in the capital of China? From brewery to bar, how long does it take for

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Only 48 hours left to save $100 on TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising

TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising, our next mini bootcamp for founders in the early innings of their startup journey, takes place July 8-9. It sure seems a long way off, right? But you ha

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The secret to the T Rex's bone-crushing bite

New research suggests that the tyrannosaurus rex had a rigid jaw like an alligator, rather than flexible like a snake.