Yannis Niebelschuetz is co-founder and managing director Coachhub, a Berlin-based startup offering a wide range of digital coaching courses. Last month the company won a further $4 million in VC funding, bringing…
SoftBank-backed Zume Cuts Staff, as Japan Investor Rolls Back Startup Ambition
Robotic pizzamaker Zume is laying off half its staff and will stop making pizzas, its co-founder and CEO has announced. Alex Garden said the California-headquartered firm will now concentrate on its packaging…
Israeli Tech Firms Pull in Record Funding in 2019
Israeli tech firms received $8.3 billion in venture capital last year, crowning a record-breaking decade for the digital nation. The figure, which represents a 30% increase on 2018’s $6.4bn, and caps the…
Romanian Startup TypingDNA Wins $7m Funding from Google’s AI VC
Romanian typing biometrics startup TypingDNA has secured a $7 million Series A funding round, led by Google’s AI-focused VC firm Gradient Ventures. The 2016-founded company, based in Romania and New York City,…
Trump is Hailing his Robocall Bill – But Change will be Slow
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into power a bill he hopes will curb the scourge of automated “robocalls” in America. But fears are the law will do little to solve a…
Indonesian EdTech Startup Ruangguru Wins $150m Series C Round
Ruangguru, an education tech startup founded by one of Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s “millennial advisors”, has secured a $150 million Series C funding round led by General Atlantic and GGV Capital. The…
TikTok Founder Trials Resso, a Spotify Challenger
The parent company of social media platform TikTok has launched a brand it hopes will challenge Spotify in the online music streaming market. ByteDance, the Beijing-based startup whose success with TikTok, a…
How a Data-driven Approach Helps NBFCs Offer Secure Smartphone Financing
By Neel Juriasingani, CEO and co-founder, Datacultr The Digital India campaign, launched by the Government of India in 2015 aimed at making the country digitally empowered, has seen many successes. Digital India…
Tech Key in UK Vote – But Will British Tech Industry Fare Well with Tory Win?
Britain has spoken – and it overwhelmingly wants a Tory government. So heavy was Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour defeat, that such a loss hasn’t been registered by Britain’s biggest leftwing political party since…
London VC Basinghall Partners Announces $109m European Fund
London-based venture capital firm Basinghall Partners has announced its its first VC fund, aimed at early-stage startups across Europe. The Basinghall Tech Fund, which totals $109 million, will invest between $550,000 and…