Despite economic downturn, space startup funding defies gravity

The COVID-19 pandemic might have upended the global economy, but according to Meagan Crawford at Spacefund…

Covid relief bill offers 11 weeks of extra unemployment benefits, $300 boost and a supplement for some gig workers

A Covid relief deal reached Sunday night by Congress would extend and enhance unemployment benefits for…

S&P 500 dips as new Covid strain causes U.K. to lock down, U.S. lawmakers finalize stimulus deal

The S&P 500 fell on Monday to start the holiday week as enthusiasm over a coronavirus…

Silicon Valley should reward zebras, not unicorns

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Covid relief bill offers 11 weeks of extra unemployment benefits, $300 boost and a supplement for some gig workers

Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Unemployed workers would get an extra 11 weeks of jobless benefits…

Fintech startups are increasingly focusing on profitability

Fintech startups have been massively successful over the past few years. The biggest consumer startups managed…

Dow erases 400-point loss and turns positive as Nike, bank shares jump

The Dow Jones Industrial Average erased earlier losses to trade in the green on Monday as…

Dow erases 400-point loss and turns positive as Nike, bank shares jump

The Dow Jones Industrial Average erased earlier losses to trade in the green on Monday as…

3 VCs discuss space junk and what else they’re betting on right now

Space may be the final frontier, but in terms of investment, VCs are just getting started.…

Bolt adds $75M to its Series C, as the battle to rule online checkout continues

Bolt, a startup that offers online checkout technology to retailers, announced this morning that it has…

Market falls after new Covid strain causes U.K. to lock down, U.S. lawmakers finalize stimulus deal

Stocks fell on Monday to start the holiday week as enthusiasm over a coronavirus stimulus deal…

European stocks fall sharply amid jitters over new coronavirus strain; Stoxx 600 down 2.3%

European markets closed significantly lower on Monday as investors monitored a fast-spreading new variant of the…

S&P 500 falls more than 1% as new virus strain from the U.K. spooks investors

Stocks fell on Monday to start the holiday week as enthusiasm over a coronavirus stimulus deal…

The US wants startups to get a piece of the $16 billion spent on space tech

The U.S. government is one of the biggest spenders in the nascent space industry, and the…

Tesla shares fall 6% as it enters the S&P 500 with 1.69% weighting, fifth largest

Tesla‘s S&P 500 inclusion is official and its debut is not looking so good. The shares…

Dow drops 400 points as new virus strain from the U.K. spooks investors

Stocks fell on Monday to start the holiday week as enthusiasm over a coronavirus stimulus deal…

Tesla shares fall 6% as it enters the S&P 500 with 1.69% weighting, fifth largest

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Equity Monday: Billion-dollar deals, JetBrain’s epic profitability, and our favorite new VC rounds

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind…

NextMind’s Dev Kit for mind controlled-computing offers a rare ‘wow’ factor in tech

NextMind debuted its Dev Kit hardware at CES last year, but the hardware is now actually…

After lockdowns boost gaming marketplace Eneba, it raises $8M from Practica and InReach

Eneba, a marketplace for gamers that sells games and other products, has raised an $8 million…