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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

Now, the team plans to expand the initiative to Paris and Lviv, Ukraine. He joined the company as a senior director of product design but was abruptly terminated in 2022 along with some 200 others when Elon Musk took over Twitterwhich led to a Twitter exchange with Musk that made international headlines.

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Equity Monday: Fintech consolidation could be picking up

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This weekend was yet another that was full of news from Ukraine, which meant that the tech market was slightly quieter than usual. Oh, and this looks very neat.).

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Thanks to Amazon, One Medical and Whole Foods are on the same dang shelf

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. The following: Crunchbase raised $50 million! The following: Crunchbase raised $50 million! ForSight is building eye-surgery robots , just raised a stack itself, and we are hype about it.

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Daily Crunch: Drone service Wing completes 200K commercial deliveries, partners with supermarket chain

TechCrunch

But today we have notes on what tech companies are doing in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Tech limits Russian government’s reach : The war in Ukraine is far from over, but the ability of the Russian state to push its own narrative is rapidly fading. See you there! The TechCrunch Top 3. Startups/VC. I think so.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Revisit your marketing stack, pitch deck teardown, after the acquisition

TechCrunch

“While IPOs may get more headlines, a well-timed, well-planned acquisition can mean even larger opportunities for you, your team and the technologies you’ve built,” says Snir. According to PitchBook, 270 new venture funds raised a total of $16.8 The road to an LOI. Bring in bankers? Diving into due diligence.

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Fintech Roundup: How going Fast and furious can ruin your startup

TechCrunch

First off, 3-year-old one-click checkout startup Fast announced it was shutting down after struggling to raise more capital to keep operations running. Speaking of, um, hubris – Better.com made headlines, again. Last October, I wrote about how Deel – nearly exactly six months after raising $156 million at a $1.25

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Tracking Klarna’s plunging valuation

TechCrunch

In case you missed it, on July 1, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Swedish buy now, pay later behemoth and upstart bank is reportedly raising $650 million at a $6.5 The Wall Street Journal reported on June 16 that Klarna was considering raising capital at a valuation of around $15 billion. Why, you ask?

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