The current rave about newsletters and so-called or social audio is just the latest version of the story of podcasting. Take the idea that podcasting is experiencing a new wave of popularity and scaff
Hawke Ventures, the investment arm of marketing consultancy Hawke Media, is announcing that it has closed its first $5.6 million venture fund.Managing Partner Drew Leahy acknowledged that the firmR
Director general Ken McCallum has said he wants MI5 to "open up and reach out in new ways".
CatchRelease founder and CEO Analisa Goodin told me that she wants to help brands break free from the limitations of stock photography — and that her startup has raised $14 million in Series A funding
After five years of providing non-dilutive financing for founders, Clearbanc is tired of being only a bank. So, it’s rebranding, and has just raised $100 million Series C at a $2 billion valuation off
04:59 Editor's note: The world is changing. Thomas Friedman, author of ‘The World is Flat’, is as anxious as everyone else. The past few years have taken a toll on the China-US relatio
Many emerging and mature organizations survive or die based on their ability to scale. Scale quicker. Scale cheaper. Scale right.Typically the IT team bears that burden — on top of countless other dem
Cannabis financing company Bespoke Financial today announced it raised $8 million in a Series A financing round. Through this round, the company brought new, key investors into its corner as it fights
02:39 Editor's Note: On March 11 this year, China’s National People's Congress adopted a decision on improving Hong Kong's electoral system, which grabbed attention both at home and ab
Almost exactly a month ago, Peloton CEO John Foley wrote an open letter about the the company’s treadmill. “I’m reaching out to you today because I recently learned about a tragic accident invol
File photo of a Loongson chip. /CFPLoongson Technology, a leading Chinese chip company based in Beijing, unveiled on Thursday its fully self-developed CPU (central proc
Just shy of a year ago, I sent an email to our global fund manager partners and to our direct portfolio CEOs titled “Only the decisive survive.” At that time, not many outside of China wer
Facebook is to be sued in Europe over the major leak of user data that dates back to 2019 but which only came to light recently after information on 533M+ accounts was found posted for free download o
Mercedes-Benz lifted the final veil Thursday on its flagship EQS sedan after weeks of teasers, announcements and even a pre-production drive that TechCrunch participated in. The company peeled off the
Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell, acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC
Making deepfake videos used to be hard. Now all you need is a smartphone. Avatarify, a startup that allows people to make deepfake videos directly on their phone rather than in the cloud, is soaring u
Today shares of Coinbase began to trade after the company executed a direct listing. From a reference price of $250, Coinbase shares opened at $381 today, a change of around 52% percent. At its open C