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Back to news homeExtra Crunch roundup: Square buys Afterpay, paid search basics, career advice for devs
Square paid around a quarter of its present-day value for Afterpay, Alex Wilhelm notes in The Exchange. That seems like a lot. But was it too much? “Afterpay brings global […]
Robinhood’s CFO says it was ready to go public
But the company’s debut is not burning up the stock charts. What happened? Alex Wilhelm 7 hours Robinhood priced at $38 per share this week, opened flat and closed its […]
Robinhood’s stock drops 8% in its first day’s trading
Robinhood priced its public offering at $38 per share last night, the low end of its IPO range. The company was worth around $32 billion at that price. But once […]
Lucid Motors’ SPAC merger approved after executives issue plea to shareholders to vote
Shareholders approved Friday EV startup Lucid Motors’ merger with special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital IV, after the companies extended the deadline by one day because not enough retail investors […]
Extra Crunch roundup: CEO Twitter etiquette, lifting click-through rates, edtech avalanche
Yesterday, China ordered ride-hailing company Didi to stop signing up new customers after regulators announced a cybersecurity review of the company’s operations. As of this writing, Didi’s stock price is […]
California has no water and lots of liquidity
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Danny, Natasha, and Alex were on deck this week, with Grace on the recording and […]
Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms
But services that help consumers trade might need to retool their models over time to ensure long-term income Alex Wilhelm Anna Heim 8 hours With the Coinbase direct listing behind […]
What eToro’s investor presentation and $10B valuation tells us about Robinhood
Trading platforms are being valued like high-margin video games Alex Wilhelm 8 hours Amid all the news of the last few days, you might have missed that eToro, an Israeli […]
The Robinhood competitor landscape intensifies as Invstr raises $20M
One of the biggest gripes about investing apps is that they are not acting responsibly by not educating users properly and allegedly letting them fend for themselves. This can result […]