The average time taken for a startup to hit unicorn status in Europe is now just seven years, according to Accel. Maskot | Digitalvision | Getty Images Europe and Israel mint an average of...
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China chip stocks rally after Beijing said U.S. chip giant Micron is ‘major security risk’
Micron Technology Double-Data-Rate Synchronous Random-Access Memory (SDRAM) chip Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s chip stocks rallied on Monday morning following Beijing’s announcement to bar some purchases of products from U.S. memory...
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‘A very problematic market’: As Arm shuns London, tech investors question UK as an IPO destination
Billionaire Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks in front of a screen displaying the ARM Holdings logo during a news conference in Tokyo on July 28, 2016. Tomohiro...
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UK regulator holding up Microsoft’s Activision deal set to get new powers to rein in Big Tech
Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard’s games character. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.K. government on Tuesday published a draft bill that would give a newly created division...
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Bitcoin is one year away from a major technical event. History suggests the start of another bull run
The bitcoin halving is an event that happens roughly every four years where rewards to miners are cut in halve, effectively limiting supply of the token. S3studio | Getty Images Bitcoin is nearly a...
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These tech giants are still making money, but layoffs are coming hard and fast
Google and Facebook parent Meta are some of the companies that have laid off workers in recent months. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images From the U.S. to Europe and Asia, global tech...
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Give us your nominations: CNBC is ranking the world’s top fintech companies
In 2022, the fintech world took a beating, with some of the world’s most richly valued companies seeing their valuations slashed. But innovation is still happening — with a vengeance. Oscar Wong | Moment...
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There are still opportunities in VC firms despite a drop in funding, says 500 Global
Global venture capital firm 500 Global is bullish on the VC sector, even as venture funding took a hit in 2022 as economic uncertainties loomed. “There is definitely a drop in the allocation towards...
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Asia markets trade lower after Wall Street logs worst week for the year
Japan ,Tokyo City skyline, Tokyo Tower. (Photo by: Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Prisma By Dukas | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Asia Pacific markets are set to start the week lower...
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CNBC Daily Open: January’s inflation reading was hotter than expected. Markets felt the heat
Customers shop for eggs at a H-E-B grocery store on February 08, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our...
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