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Extra Crunch roundup: Jam City SPAC, startup PR, telemedicine market map, more

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Image Credits: Andrii Yalanskyi (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: Fanatic Studio (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Fast growth pushes an unprofitable no-code startup into the public markets: Inside Monday.com’s IPO filing. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window).

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Startup layoffs, the art of reinvention and a MasterClass in change

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Instead, I think that changes within a particular startup can be used as benchmark questions for their larger market; in other words, we can use the micro to better understand the macro. Think high-contact sports, like a tennis lesson from Serena Williams or a basketball lesson from Steph Curry.

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It turns out fintech is worth as much as SaaS

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The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Toast, after seeing its shares rise sharply after starting to trade yesterday, sports a similar revenue multiple despite far weaker blended gross margins. The Seattle-based fintech company sold 12,162,777 shares (7,000,000 primary) at $43 apiece.

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Daily Crunch: Dronamics lands $40M pre-Series A for cargo drones that ‘can cross all of Europe in 12 hours or less’

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Fantas3 sports : Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform, Paul reports. Image Credits: retrorocket (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Early-stage investors don’t closely manage the entrepreneurs they shower with cash, even when things go off the rails. We’re okay? :

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Extra Crunch’s top 10 stories of 2020

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Image Credits: Juana Mari Moya (opens in a new window) /Getty Images (Image has been modified). Image Credits: Richard Drury (opens in a new window) /Getty Images. Edtech is no longer optional’: Investors’ deep dive into the future of the market. Image Credits: PM Images (opens in a new window) /Getty Images.

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Pakistan’s Airlift raises $85 million for its quick commerce startup, eyes international expansion

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Users can order groceries, fresh produce and other essential items, including medicines, as well as sports goods from the Airlift website or app and have it delivered to them in 30 minutes. Gul said he plans to expand the service to many international markets in the next few months. Airlift website.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: How VC really works, longevity investor survey, choosing your angel

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Essentially, VC is a high-stakes extreme sport in which top players can accumulate startling amounts of wealth and power. Image Credits: Colin Anderson Productions pty ltd (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: Andri Onufriyenko (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. “You could claim the system is broken.

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