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    Virgin Galactic Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya sells off remaining personal stake in the space company – TechCrunch

    The man who arguably ushered in the current SPAC rush with the merger of Virgin Galactic with his Social Capital Hedosophia holding company has...

    A Leading Critic of Big Tech Is Expected to Join the White House

    His role, with a focus on competition policy, will be a new one in the National Economic Council. Mr. Wu will also focus on...

    Scrum Ventures launches new program to connect startups with Japanese corporations – TechCrunch

    Masami Takahashi, the president of Scrum Studios Headquartered in San Francisco and Tokyo, Scrum Ventures is known for its accelerator programs focused on sports, food...

    Reddit Hires First Chief Financial Officer as It Prepares for I.P.O.

    SAN FRANCISCO — The world’s most popular internet message board is thinking about going public.Reddit, the social network and online bulletin, said on Thursday...

    When Amazon Raises Wages, Local Companies Follow Suit

    Many small-business owners do not welcome the pressure.Tad Mollnhauer, who runs two printing and shipping retail stores near Orlando, Fla., said entry-level workers typically...

    The World Needs Syringes. He Jumped In to Make 5,900 Per Minute.

    BALLABGARH, India — In late November, an urgent email popped up in the inbox of Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices, one of the world’s...

    How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets – TechCrunch

    According to Startup Genome, Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. The data and research organisation...

    What China’s Big Tech CEOs propose at the annual parliament meeting – TechCrunch

    The annual meetings of the Chinese parliament and its advisory body are underway in Beijing this week. Top executives from some of China’s largest...

    Indonesian logistics startup SiCepat raises $170 million Series B – TechCrunch

    SiCepat, an end-to-end logistics startup in Indonesia, announced today it has raised a $170 million Series B funding round. Founded in 2014 to provide...

    InsurGrid raises pre-seed financing to help modernize legacy insurance agents – TechCrunch

    Insurance agents spend hours handling paperwork and grabbing client information over the phone. A new seed-stage startup, InsurGrid, has developed a software solution to...

    Backed by Blossom, Creandum and Index, grocery delivery and dark store startup Dija launches in London – TechCrunch

    Dija, the London-based grocery delivery startup, is officially launching today and confirming that it raised £20 million in seed funding in December — a...

    Square acquires Tidal – TechCrunch

    Square buys a majority stake in Jay-Z’s Tidal, WhatsApp improves its desktop app and Hopin raises even more funding. This is your Daily Crunch...

    Making sense of the $6.5B Okta-Auth0 deal – TechCrunch

    When Okta announced that it was acquiring Auth0 yesterday for $6.5 billion, the deal raised eyebrows. After all, it’s a substantial amount of money...

    Data is the world’s most valuable (and vulnerable) resource – TechCrunch

    There's a gaping hole in the data loss prevention market There’s no overstating it: 2020 was a hell of a year. When future generations learn...

    Asynchronous video startup Weet just launched to cement bonds, and know-how, within companies – TechCrunch

    For founder Najette Fellache, coming to the Bay Area a few years ago from Nantes, France was a way to grow a company she’d...

    Flourish, a startup that aims to help banks engage and retain customers, raises $1.5M – TechCrunch

    It’s not uncommon these days to hear of U.S.-based investors backing Latin American startups. But it’s not every day that we hear of Latin American...