Innovative Fundraising in Travel and Real Estate Startups

The tech trade war is really heating up again, in case you missed it. What if Coronavirus is what helps Google win at messaging? Clubhouse is an interesting raise raising eyebrows. And why Pizza arbitrage shows that the food delivery space is not only broken, but basically spits in the face of efficient market theory.

Sponsors:

• Metalab.co
• Mintmobile.com/ride

Links:

• TSMC halts new Huawei orders after US tightens restrictions (Nikkei Asian Review)
• China Injects $2.2 Billion Into Local Chip Firm (Bloomberg)
• General Atlantic to invest $870M in India's Reliance Jio Platforms (TechCrunch)
• Google Meet surpasses 50 million downloads on the Google Play Store (9to5Google)
• Andreessen Horowitz Wins VC Sweepstakes To Back Clubhouse, Voice App Still In Beta, At $100 Million Valuation (Forbes)
• London-based Fly Now Pay Later raises £35 million Series A to provide flexible financing to travellers (Tech.eu)
• Austin-Based Real Estate Startup Homeward Secures $105M In Debt & Equity (TechCrunch)
• Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage (Margins, by Ranjan Roy and Can Duruk)

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