Is any company too big to be SPAC’d? – TechCrunch
While many deemed 2020 the year of SPAC, short for special purpose acquisition company, 2021 may well make last year …
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Alphabet shuts down Loon – TechCrunch
Alphabet pulls the plug on its internet balloon company, Apple is reportedly developing a new MacBook Air and Google threatens …
Drupal’s journey from dorm-room project to billion-dollar exit – TechCrunch
Twenty years ago Drupal and Acquia founder Dries Buytaert was a college student at the University of Antwerp. He wanted …
MotoRefi raises $10M to keep pedal on auto refinancing growth – TechCrunch
A month before the COVID-19 pandemic had spread to North America, auto fintech startup MotoRefi — newly armed with nearly …
Privacy complaint targets European parliament’s COVID-19 test-booking site – TechCrunch
The European Parliament is being investigated by the EU’s lead data regulator over a complaint that a website it set …
Elon Musk is donating $100M to find the best carbon capture technology – TechCrunch
Elon Musk said Thursday via a tweet that he will donate $100 million toward a prize for the best carbon …
Telehealth startup Hims fell in its public trading debut — and that’s fine with its CEO – TechCrunch
Hims & Hers, a San Francisco-based telehealth startup that sells sexual wellness and other health products and services to millennials, …
Spotify announces an exclusive podcast deal with filmmaker Ava DuVernay – TechCrunch
Spotify continues to enlist big names for its podcasting efforts. The latest: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay and her arts collective Array. …
Soci raises $80M for its localized marketing platform – TechCrunch
Soci, a startup focused on what it calls “localized marketing,” is announcing that it has raised $80 million in Series …
Porsche and Axel Springer increase investment into their APX accelerator to €55M – TechCrunch
Berlin-based early-stage fund APX today announced that its two investors, European publisher Axel Springer and sports car maker Porsche, have …