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Cootek, the Chinese mobile internet company best known for keyboard app TouchPal, has filed for a public offering in the United States. In its F-1 form, submitted last week to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Cootek said it wants to raise up to $100 million.
The Shanghai-based company began operating in 2008, when TouchPal was launched, and
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Write comment (93 Comments)What Robinhood did to democratize buying individual stocks, Titan wants to do for investing in a managed portfolio. Instead of being restricted to rich accredited investors willing to pour $5,000 or even $500,000 into a traditional hedge fund that charges 2 percent fees and 20 percent of profits, Titan lets anyone invest as little as $1,000 for
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Write comment (97 Comments)Gecko Robotics aims to save human lives at our nationpower plants with its wall-climbing robots. To continue doing so, the startup tells TechCrunch it has just secured $7 million from a cadre of high-profile sources, including Founders Fund, Mark Cuban,The Westly Group, Justin Kan and Y Combinator.
We first reported on thePittsb
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Write comment (91 Comments)In May, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law that had banned gambling on sporting events in most states. That ruling is set to unlock billions of dollars in new business opportunities for online fantasy sports sites like DraftKings.
Thatwhy we&re absolutely thrilled to have DraftKings CEO Jason Robins join us on stage at
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Write comment (100 Comments)You wouldn&t expect a medical app to get its start as aSnapchat competitor. Neither did video chat startup TapTalkfounder Onno Faber. But four years ago he was diagnosed with a rare disease calledneurofibromatosistype 2 that caused tumors, leading Onno to lose hearing in one ear. Heamongst the one in 10
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Write comment (96 Comments)Qutoutiao, a news aggregator app backed by Tencent, has filed for an initial public offering of up to $300 million in the United States. In its F-1 form, the company, whose name means &fun headlines,& said it is the number two mobile content aggregator in China. Its main rivals are Jinri Toutiao, Chinatop news aggregator,
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