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    Acquisition-happy space infrastructure company Redwire set to go public via SPAC – TechCrunch

    The latest in a string of space tech SPACs announced this year is Redwire, an entity created by a PE firm in 2020, which...

    Indian edtech giant Byju’s in talks to raise over $600 million at $15 billion valuation – TechCrunch

    Indian edtech giant Byju’s, which raised about a billion dollars last year as the pandemic accelerated growth of online learning services in India, is...

    Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital – TechCrunch

    The partners at MaC Venture Capital, the Los Angeles-based investment firm that has just closed on $103 million for its inaugural fund, have spent...

    Ribbon wants to make it easier for product teams to interview users – TechCrunch

    Everybody says they want to build user-centric companies and products, but how exactly is that achieved? Talking and listening to users, of course —...

    Amazon Walks a Political Tightrope in Its Union Fight

    WASHINGTON — Amazon is aligned with the Biden administration on several fronts.It backs a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage. It has pledged to meet all...

    Digital banking solutions provider Meniga closes additional €10M investment – TechCrunch

    Meniga, the London fintech that provides digital banking technology to leading banks, has closed €10 million in additional funding. The round is led by Velocity...

    As more artists and musicians turn their attention to NFTs, so do bad actors – TechCrunch

    Outlets that follow the crypto industry have been observing a trend, which is that according to Google search data, the rise in interest in...

    Hong Kong-based viAct raises $2M for its automated construction monitoring platform – TechCrunch

    Hong Kong-based viAct helps construction sites perform around-the-clock monitoring with an AI-based cloud platform that combines computer vision, edge devices and a mobile app....

    TuSimple’s IPO filing reveals roadblocks for self-driving startups with Chinese ties – TechCrunch

    While the governments of the United States and China are pushing policies for technological decoupling, private tech firms continue to tap resources from both...

    UI-licious gets $1.5M led by Monk’s Hill Ventures to simplify automated UI testing for web apps – TechCrunch

    UI-licious’ co-founders, chief technology officer Eugene Cheah (left) and chief executive officer Shi Ling Tai (right) UI-licious, a Singapore-based startup that simplifies automated user interface...

    Gillmor Gang: Grifters Paradise – TechCrunch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWrgTaYD4p0 The other day, I attended a celebration of one of the pioneers of collaboration technology, Ray Ozzie. The father of Lotus Notes, Ozzie left...

    H&M removed from Chinese apps over Xinjiang cotton boycott – TechCrunch

    H&M has been removed by major e-commerce and retail apps in China after a Communist Party organization barraged it for a statement expressing “deep...

    Steady’s Adam Roseman and investor Emmalyn Shaw outline what worked (and what was missing) in the Series A deck – TechCrunch

    When it comes to Steady, the platform that helps hourly workers manage their income, maximize their income, and access deals on things like benefits...

    The best logos of Y Combinator’s W21 batch – TechCrunch

    Our picks for the most intriguing companies of Y Combinator’s latest batch were based entirely on substance and our endless expertise, so it’s time...

    Don’t panic about Slack’s new Connect feature – TechCrunch

    Slack launches a new direct messaging feature, Amazon Web Services gets a new leader and we round up our favorite Y Combinator startups. This...

    Why Adam Selipsky was the logical choice to run AWS – TechCrunch

    When AWS CEO Andy Jassy announced in an email to employees yesterday that Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky was returning to run AWS, it was...