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UiPath raises IPO range, still targets lower valuation than final private round

Robotic process automation unicorn UiPath is set to go public this week, concentrating our focus on its value.The well-known company was last valued on the private markets at $35 billion in February w

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Hear how StockX brought the sneaker scene to Detroit

At TechCrunch’s Detroit City Spotlight this week, I sat down with Rae Witte, the journalist behind the StockX EC-1.TechCrunch’s EC-1 push allows individual authors to go deep on a partic

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Microsoft in talks to buy AI firm Nuance Communications

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 13: A signage of Microsoft is seen on March 13, 2020 in New York City. Co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board to spend more time on

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Digging into the Alkami Technology IPO

It appears that the slowdown in tech debuts is not a complete freeze; despite concerning news regarding the IPO pipeline, some deals are chugging ahead. This morning, we’re adding Alkami Technol

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Uruguayan payments startup dLocal quadruples valuation to $5B with $150M raise

Cross-border payments startup dLocal has raised $150 million at a $5 billion valuation, less than seven months after securing $200 million at a $1.2 billion valuation.This means that the five-year-old

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Deliveroo trims nearly £1bn from top end of valuation amid 'volatile' market conditions

The takeaway delivery firm has narrowed the price range for its much-anticipated IPO at the lower end of its range.

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Tiger Global in talks to invest in young Indian social network at $170M valuation

Who says there is no room for a new social network?Tiger Global is in advanced stages of talks to lead a round of $15 million to $20 million in seven-month-old Kutumb that values the Indian startup at

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Sequoia Capital India’s Surge invests $2M in sales engagement platform Outplay

Outplay’s team members on a video callSales engagement platforms (SEP) help sales teams automate and track the large number of tasks they need to do each day as they contact leads and hone in on

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Oscar Health raises IPO price as Coupang releases bullish debut valuation

Investors appear excited to buy shares in impending public companies Oscar Health and Coupang. TechCrunch covered both extensively during their ramp toward the public markets, and more recently regard

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Oscar Health’s initial IPO price is so high, it makes me want to swear

Amidst all the hype that Lemonade (IPO), Root (IPO), Metromile (SPAC-led debut) and other insurtech players have generated in the last year, it’s been easy to forget about Oscar Health. But now

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US: Germany is 'highly valued' station for American troops

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told Germany's Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in his first conversation with her since taking up his new post that G

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Benin's Q3 exports up 1.7 pct amid COVID-19 pandemic

VCG Despite the COVID-19 impacts on Benin's economy, Benin's foreign trade volume in the third quarter of 2020 experienced a slight increase compared to the previous quarter, according to the

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Roblox raises at $29.5 billion valuation, readies for direct listing

Roblox is now one of the world’s most valuable private companies in the world after a monster Series H raise brings the social gaming platform a stratospheric $29.5 billion valuation. The compa

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Teledyne to acquire FLIR in $8 billion cash and stock deal

Industrial sensor giant Teledyne is set to acquire sensing company FLIR in a deal valued at around $8 billion in a mix of stock and cash, pending approvals with an expected closing date sometime in th

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Chinese fintech giant Lufax files for up to $2.36b U.S. IPO

A Lufax display board seen in Shanghai, China, May 1, 2014. /CFP Lufax Holding Ltd, one of China's largest online wealth management platforms, is looking to raise between 2.013 billion and 2.3

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IBM revenue slips for third straight quarter

VCG IBM reported on Monday that revenue slipped for the third consecutive quarter this year, causing shares to cede a little ground in after-market trades.The U.S. technology veteran said it t

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Alibaba to invest $3.6B in China's top hypermarket operator Sun Art

E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings announced on Monday to invest 3.6 billion U.S. dollars in China's top hypermarket operator-- Sun Art Retail Group in an effort to expand its reach in China'