UK-based fact-checking startup Factmata has won a $1 million funding round. The company, whose 25-year-old founder Dhruv Ghulati drew headlines last year having successfully blind-pitched Mark Cuban, was given its latest round…
Canva Becomes Australia’s Second Tech Unicorn
Australian graphic design firm Canva has become Australia’s first tech unicorn. The Sydney-based company, which currently employs 250 people, received a funding round of $40 million from China’s arm of Sequoia Capital,…
China’s Bike-Share Market a Failure of Transparency and Tech
Bluegogo, one of China’s largest bike-share companies, appears on the edge of ruin, with its office empty, debts unpaid and its CEO suddenly absent. The firm, which has raised $58 million and…
China is Making 2018 a Great Year for Southeast Asian Tech
It’s been a busy year for Southeast Asia’s dealmakers. The region has seen a vast uptick in big funding rounds, in companies such as Malaysian ride-hail app Grab and Indonesia’s e-commerce platform Tokopedia.…
China 2.0: “China and America Should Cooperate, not Compete, on Tech”
Mitch Presnick knows the Chinese economy more than most Americans. When he first flew east, in 1988, the country was a decade into seismic fiscal reforms that were, slowly, introducing market principles…
Impossible Made Possible: California Foodtech Startup Wins $75m Round
Impossible Foods, the plant-based burger company, has secured a $75 million funding round from some of the world’s richest people–as it locks into a battle with competitor Beyond Meat. The Redwood City,…
Silicon Valley’s Bro Culture: More Female Venture Capitalists, Fewer Empty Apologies
Last week it was Travis Kalanick, today it’s Justin Caldbeck, the Binary Capital investor who resigned after six women came forward with allegations of sexual harassment–most of which occurred in the context of…
Yesss! How Axel and Boris Aren’t Your Average German Tech Investors
According to Axel and Boris’ LinkedIn account (they share one), they are based in Berlin, Copenhagen, Liechtenstein, Stockholm and Monterrey. Neither are they merely entrepreneurs, but ‘visionaries’, keen to inject their particular…
Earlybird Venture Capital’s Brandis: “People Really Do Make the Difference”
Munich-headquartered Earlybird Venture Capital has become one of Europe’s leading digital investors in recent years, with 16 locations and investments, on average €2.5 million ($2.68m) in dozens of companies worldwide. A steady…
Adara Ventures MP Nicolas Goulet: “Spain is Great for Deep Tech Innovation”
Nicolas Goulet, managing partner at Adara Ventures, is a software engineer by trade. So is fellow MP Alberto Gómez. Their backgrounds are one reason why Madrid-based Adara has emerged as one of…