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STARTUPS
$100M rounds are down but not out in 2020
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. This…
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Finance
Activist investor Starboard Value taking three Box board seats as involvement deepens
When activist investors Starboard Value took a 7.5% stake in Box last September, there was reasonable speculation that it would…
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Trends
The CDC launches a “coronavirus self-checker” bot called Clara for people in the United States
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduced a bot over the weekend to help people make decisions about…
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STARTUPS
Enable raises $13M to help distributors, manufacturers and retailers manage rebates
Enable, a U.K. startup that has developed a cloud-based “rebate management solution” to help distributors, manufacturers and retailers manage rebates,…
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Trends
Jumia adapts Pan-African e-commerce network in response to COVID-19
Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia is adapting its digital retail network to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Nigeria headquartered operation…
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Trends
Canada, Australia pull athletes out of Olympics, as the IOC says it will consider postponing Tokyo Games
The Canadian Olympic Committee announced that it will not send athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games, as the International Olympic…
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Trends
MasterClass is launching free, live Q&A sessions with big shots in their respective industries
MasterClass is known for selling access to pre-recorded online classes by a long list of people who are among the…
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STARTUPS
Lilium raises another $240M to design, test and and run an electric aircraft taxi service
Long and short distance travel have all but stopped for many people at the moment. But looking forward to a…
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Trends
Emirates will suspend most passenger flights by March 25
Emirates, the world’s largest airline by international traffic, today briefly announced on Twitter and its own website that it would…
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