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    A Chinese Billionaire Is Barred From Spending Over Unpaid Debts

    No first-class flights. No vacations. No high-speed rail tickets or lavish weekends at the golf course.A Chinese court this week barred Chen Feng, the...

    After lockdowns lead to an e-bike boom, VanMoof raises $40M Series B to expand globally – TechCrunch

    E-bike startup VanMoof, has raised a $40 million investment from Norwest Venture Partners, Felix Capital and Balderton Capital. The Series B...

    Cloud gaming platform Shadow gets a new CEO and CTO – TechCrunch

    There are some changes at the helm of Blade, the French startup behind Shadow. Mike Fischer is going to work for the company and...

    Balderton’s Chandratillake doffs his cap to Clubhouse, says enterprise audio is next – TechCrunch

    Suranga Chandratillake has (almost) seen it all. After being the early CTO for Autonomy, he went on to found the blinkx video search engine...

    Europe will go it alone on digital tax reform in 2021 if it must, says EU president, as bloc directs €150BN in COVID-19 relief...

    Europe will propose its own digital tax early next year if there’s no agreement at a global level on how to update taxation rules...

    Outfunnel picks up €1.1M pre-seed to bridge the gap between marketing and sale – TechCrunch

    Outfunnel, a startup that has built software to help companies “bridge the gap between marketing and sales functions,” has quietly raised €1.1 million in...

    User-generated e-learning site Kahoot acquires Actimo for up to $33M to double down on corporate sector – TechCrunch

    Norwegian company Kahoot originally made its name with a platform the lets educators and students create and share game-based online learning lessons, in the process...

    Gravity Sketch scores $3.7M seed for its VR-based product design and collaboration platform – TechCrunch

    Gravity Sketch, the London-based product design and collaboration platform that utilises virtual reality, has raised $3.7 million in funding. The seed round was led by...

    Zwift, maker of a popular indoor training app, just landed a whopping $450 million in funding led by KKR – TechCrunch

    Zwift, a 350-person, Long Beach, Calif.-based online fitness platform that immerses cyclists and runners in 3D generated worlds, just raised a hefty $450 million...

    Facebook addresses political controversy in India, monetization opportunities, startup investments – TechCrunch

    At the beginning of the previous decade, Facebook had a tiny presence in India. It had just started to slowly expand its team in...

    China tops 110 million 5G users in less than a year – TechCrunch

    Over 110 million users in China have signed up for 5G plans, announced president of the China Academy for Information and Communications Technology (CAICT),...

    Homage’s Gillian Tee on how technology can serve the world’s aging population – TechCrunch

    It’s always a pleasure to chat with Homage co-founder and chief executive Gillian Tee because of her nuanced take on how technology can help...

    Latent AI makes edge AI workloads more efficient – TechCrunch

    Latent AI, a startup that was spun out of SRI International, makes it easier to run AI workloads at the edge by dynamically managing...

    Amazon-backed Indian insurtech startup Acko raises $60 million – TechCrunch

    A young Indian startup that is taking on the country’s antiquated insurance industry with a digital-first product — and which has already received backing...

    HacWare wants you to hate email security a little less – TechCrunch

    Let’s face it, email security is something a lot of people would rather think less about. When you’re not deluged with a daily onslaught...

    Vibe introduces a remote collaboration solution that works with your favorite apps – TechCrunch

    A startup called Vibe, launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, wants to make it easier for businesses to collaborate remotely. Its system, which...