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One. More. Week. Just seven days until more than 10,000 people around the world storm the internet to attend TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. We’re talking three event- and programming-packed days focused on anything — and everything — related to early-stage tech startups. You’ll hear from iconic founders, unicorn makers, boundary-benders — all of […]

JumpCloud, the late-stage startup that is modernizing the notion of corporate directories in a cloud context, announced a $159 million Series F investment on a healthy $2.56 billion valuation today. Sapphire Ventures led the round with new investors participating including Owl Rock, Whale Rock Capital, Sands Capital and Endeavor Catalyst along with existing investors General […]

September 13, 2021 (Reuters) – Walmart Inc said on Monday it has partnered with litecoin to allow its customers to make payments with cryptocurrencies. “Starting October 1st, all eCommerce stores will have implemented a ‘Pay with Litecoin Option’,” Walmart Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon said. (Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru; Editing by Amy Caren […]

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You […]

Uber has lost another legal challenge in Europe over the employment status of drivers: The Court of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, has ruled that drivers for Uber are employed, rather than self employed contractors. The court also found drivers are covered by an existing collective labor agreement in the country — which pertains to taxi […]

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September 13, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) -British engineering companies Rolls-Royce and Babcock International Group are to sell their minority stakes in UK military refuelling jet-owner AirTanker Holdings to Equitix Investment Management as part of efforts to reduce debts. Rolls-Royce said on Monday it agreed a 189 million pound ($261.39 million) deal with the private infrastructure investor […]

With supply chains under constant stress because of the pandemic, freight forwarding has become one of the hottest startup sectors in the last two years. Indeed, International freight forwarding is now a $199 billion market. And the evidence is mounting. In November last year, digital freight forwarder Forto raises another $50M in a round led […]

September 13, 2021 By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -Chaotic scenes erupted at the headquarters of cash-strapped developer China Evergrande Group on Monday, as roughly 100 disgruntled investors crowded its lobby to demand repayment of loans and financial products. Around midday, more than 60 uniformed security personnel formed a wall in front of the main […]

September 13, 2021 By Michael Kahn and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) – For Czech gun maker CZG-Ceska Zbrojovka Group, its recent acquisition of the Colt brand carries both the potential to become a major player in the global firearms market and the challenge of reviving the fortunes of a fabled U.S. name. Shares of CZG, […]

September 13, 2021 (Reuters) – Three media companies have agreed to pay more than $539 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges over illegal offerings of stock and digital assets, the regulator said on Monday. The SEC charged New York-based GTV Media Group Inc. and Saraca Media Group Inc and Phoenix-based Voice […]

September 13, 2021 By David Latona (Reuters) – As the main contenders in the race to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s next chancellor faced off in a televised debate on Sunday night, their political parties deployed social media teams in a parallel battle online. None of them, though, could match the impact of cyber-savvy activists […]

September 13, 2021 By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations exhorted the world on Monday to raise $606 million for Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger are spiralling since the Taliban took power and billions in foreign aid have dried up amid Western distrust of the Islamist militants. After decades of war, suffering and insecurity, […]

September 13, 2021 By Susanne Neumayer-Remter Tanya Wood Petra Wischgoll BERLIN/COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has become a feminist icon after 16 years in power even though the world’s most powerful woman has only belatedly accepted that label as she prepares to step down, and conceded that gender equality is still a […]

Security operations teams face a daunting task these days, fending off malicious hackers and their increasingly sophisticated approaches to cracking into networks. That also represents a gap in the market: building tools to help those security teams do their jobs. Today, am Israeli startup called Rezilion that is doing just that — building automation tools […]

September 13, 2021 BUDAPEST/LONDON (Reuters) – Hungary’s government debt agency (AKK) overhauled its 2021 financing plan on Monday, saying it would raise the equivalent of up to 4.5 billion euros ($5.3 billion), far more than expected to help cover a likely delay in European Union’s COVID recovery fund money. Refinitiv news service IFR reported that […]

September 13, 2021 By Corina Pons and Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM/MADRID (Reuters) – When the world’s two biggest fashion groups unveil quarterly sales figures on Wednesday, No.1 Inditex is seen back at pre-pandemic levels as stores reopen and people long to renew their wardrobe, while H&M still has some way to go. Fashion retailers have been […]

September 13, 2021 By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic will swiftly overcome the disappointment of failing to win a calendar Grand Slam and a record-breaking 21st major at the U.S. Open, former Yugoslavia Davis Cup coach Radmilo Armenulic told Reuters on Monday. Djokovic suffered a crushing straight-sets loss to Russian Daniil Medvedev but […]

September 13, 2021 By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) – Formula One’s governing body will investigate Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix crash between title contenders Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton because it was ‘unusual’, according to race director Michael Masi. The Australian said that although the collision was relatively low-speed, the FIA’s safety experts would still take a […]

September 13, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates central bank has issued new guidelines to financial institutions on anti-money laundering practices, it said on Monday, the latest of a number of measures launched by the Gulf state to combat illicit financial flows. Banks will be required to develop internal procedures and put in […]