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Japanese billionaire seeks eight people to fly to moon

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has invited eight members of the public to join him for a trip around the moon on Elon Musk's SpaceX flight."I want people from all

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Keen to leave Earth? Japanese billionaire seeks eight people to join his SpaceX crew

Yusaku Maezawa is paying the entire cost of the first private trip beyond Earth's orbit and he needs some company for the voyage.

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Atomic, which only funds the startups it launches, just closed its newest fund with $260 million

Jack Abraham has a lot of confidence in what he’s building. Then again, you can’t be immodest or unsure of yourself if you’re going to bet exclusively on your own startups as an inve

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Six tips for SaaS founders who don’t want VC money

Over the past decade, venture capital has become synonymous with entrepreneurship. Founders from around the world arrive in Silicon Valley with visions of record-setting A rounds and billion-dollar va

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Parabol raises $8M after reaching 100,000 users of its agile meeting software

This morning Parabol, a startup that provides retrospective meeting software to agile development teams, announced that it has closed an $8 million Series A. Microsoft’s venture capital arm, M12

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South Africa moves to COVID-19 Lockdown Alert Level One

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa./Getty Images South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced South Africa will be moving to lockdown Alert Level 1 from midnight on Sunday."As we eas

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Plucking the trend

Harpist Wang Guan (right) teaches during the annual music training program, Gateway to Music, in the summer of 2020. [Photo provided to China Daily] Festival's online gambit pays off as more st

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China's expanding middle-class fuels growth of cold chain logistics

04:10 Many of China's city dwellers chose to stay put for Spring Festival rather than returning back to their hometowns so as to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.The young away

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Outfit wants to make DIY home improvements easier to tackle

Doing home renovations yourself can be more cost-effective than hiring a contractor, but many people don’t know where to begin. Ian Janicki, the founder and CEO of DIY home renovation startup Ou

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Certific, a health tech startup from the founder of TransferWise, aims to be the rails for certified home testing

Certific, a health tech startup co-founded by TransferWise’s Taavet Hinrikus, is breaking cover today with the launch of what it claims is the first “certified” remote COVID-19 testi

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Live video shopping startup Talkshoplive raises $3M

Talkshoplive is a startup that’s worked with stars like Paul McCartney and Garth Brooks, as well as small businesses, to host shopping-focused live videos. Today, it’s announcing that it h

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Alpha girls in China: Can women make good coders?

03:33 Are women poorer in logical thinking than men? For a long time, the answer to this question would have been a "yes." "But is there a study or report that can justify this gender

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Multiplayer fintech, and the muddled world of startup data

There’s always a fintech angle, even on Valentine’s Day.This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. It aims to take away the money chores of a relationship,

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Extra Crunch roundup: Metromile CEO interview, Oscar Health’s IPO plans, our 2-year anniversary, more

I’m very proud of the work we’re doing here at Extra Crunch, so it gives me great pleasure to announce that today is our second anniversary.Thanks to hard work from the entire TechCrunch t

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The top Lunar New Year videos

Every Lunar New Year, global companies launch highly-produced videos, many cinematic and filled with high drama and emotion.Take a look at some of the best Lunar New year videos.Coronavirus themes

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TechCrunch’s favorites from Techstars’ Boston, Chicago and workforce accelerators

Building off TechCrunch’s coverage of the recent 500 Startups demo day, we’re back today to talk about some favorites from three more accelerator classes. This time we’re digging int

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Meet the young Chinese basketball agent invigorating the industry

04:06 For many basketball-loving kids in China, it's always been their dream to one day turn their passion for the sport into a professional career in the industry.For many of them, th