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Equity Monday: China boosts pressure on its tech sector as Duolingo’s IPO looks to raise a few more bucks

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. China’s larger tech crackdown continued, with new moves against the present-day business models of both food delivery companies and Tencent Music. Bitcoin had a great weekend, however.

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Equity Monday: China hates crypto, and the Vision Fund’s vision lives on

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. You can follow the show on Twitter here and myself here. In the wake of the news, the value of cryptocurrencies fell. As did shares of Coinbase this morning in pre-market trading.

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Series B is the attention-seeking middle child of financing rounds

TechCrunch

?. Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Funds are maturing, experimenting and evolving into interesting vehicles. Funds are maturing, experimenting and evolving into interesting vehicles.

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Equity Monday: Cybersecurity startups see deluge of capital as Microsoft looks to buy RiskIQ

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. There’s big news out from Flipkart this morning, thanks to its recent and huge new funding round worth $3.6 You can follow the show on Twitter here and myself here. billion.

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Contrarian bets in a downturn

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Sequoia Capital China is raising $9 billion , a huge amount of money at a time in which we have seen venture capital activity in China slow. All that and we had a good time!

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Daily Crunch: China criticizes India for ‘frequent investigations’ of local Chinese firms

TechCrunch

Check out that valuation : YuLife pumped up its valuation to $800 million after securing $120 million in new funding, Ingrid reports. More from us: This ain’t good : Zack and Carly teamed up to write about a big police data leak in China that may have exposed…basically every one of its residents. Talk about your good business models!

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East meets West: Why Chinese app developers are targeting US smartphone owners

The Next Web

China is the world’s largest country with more than 1.3 Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. On the other hand, in China, most of the users, the majority, are not well educated and in big cities working in foreign companies. That’s why the free business model is so popular in China. billion people.

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