Uber is looking for more cash, just weeks after raising $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia. The ride hailing app is turning to the leveraged-loan market for funding this time, and has hired…
Red Herring Crowns Top 100 North America Winners
The Red Herring Top 100 North America event came to a close in Newport Beach last week, as the best and brightest of North American startups were honored. The two-day conference featured…
Didi Chuxing Grabs $600m
Chinese car-hailing app Didi Chuxing has raised more than $600 million in funding from China Life Insurance. The investment comes at a time when Didi Chuxing is locked in a battle with…
SMS Assist Raises $150m at $1bn Valuation
Property management company SMS Assist has secured a $150 million Series D funding round from Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. The funding puts a $1 billion valuation on SMS Assist, which allows property…
Funding and Valuations Dominate Debate at Red Herring Top 100 North America
Getting funded, the state of the market and sky high valuations were just a few of the topics discussed and debated as the Red Herring Top 100 North America conference began in…
Surrounded by Security, Afghanistan’s First Coworking Space Aims High
Few tech hubs are hidden behind concrete blast walls, barbed wire and a team of gun-toting security guards. There again this is Kabul’s – and Afghanistan’s – first ever coworking space. Berlin…
Norway’s Startups Out of the Depths: How an Oil Dip Became a Tech Boom
Norway isn’t usually the first place on anyone’s list of European tech centers. Even in the Nordics it usually falls behind Finland and neighbor Sweden, whose band of hip, new unicorns have…
Spredfast Raises $50m Funding Round
Social media marketing software startup Spredfast has raised $50 million in new funding led by Riverwood Capital. Return investors Austin Ventures, Interwest Partners, OpenView Venture Partners and Lead Edge Capital. Spredfast has…
The Top Tech to Watch Out For at This Summer’s Euro 2016 Soccer Championships
It’s under a fortnight until this summer’s soccer European Championships kicks off in France. But while the basics of the game have barely changed since its rules were cast in 1863, there…
In Kabul, More Women Are Drawn to the Emerging Tech Sector
For Fakhria Ibrahimi Momtaz, finding clients for her tech company was just a tiny, first step. It was 2010 and Momtaz’ startup, Momtaz Host, had just registered with the government. Even that…