French startup In&motion has raised a $12 million (€10 million) funding round led by Upfront Ventures with 360 Capital also participating. The company has been working on wearable airbag systems […]
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Back to news homeAutomattic, Mozilla, Twitter and Vimeo urge EU to beef up user controls to help tackle ‘legal-but-harmful’ content
Automattic, Mozilla, Twitter and Vimeo have penned an open letter to EU lawmakers urging them to ensure that a major reboot of the bloc’s digital regulations doesn’t end up bludgeoning […]
MTG acquires mobile racing game studio Hutch Games for up to $375 million
Sweden’s MTG is making a significant acquisition in the mobile gaming industry. The company is acquiring Hutch Games, the London-based game studio behind popular mobile racing games, such as Rebel […]
GoHenry, a pre-paid card and finance app for 6-18 year olds, raises $40M
Young people have long been a prime, if especially careful, target for financial services companies: find the right and responsible way to connect with them, and you could have a […]
Getsafe, the European digital-first insurance startup, scores $30M Series B
Getsafe, the digital-first insurance startup that initially launched with an app for home contents insurance, has closed $30 million in Series B funding. Swiss Re, the reinsurer giant, led the […]
Bristol entrepreneur who exited for $800M doubles-down on the city with deep-tech incubator and VC fund
Harry Destecroix co-founded Ziylo while studying for his PhD at the University of Bristol. Ziylo, a university spin-out company, developed a synthetic molecule allowing glucose to bind with the bloodstream […]
Luko raises $60 million for its home insurance products
French startup Luko has raised a $60 million Series B funding round (€50 million). The round is led by EQT Ventures, with existing investors Accel, Founders Fund and Speedinvest also […]
Revolut lets businesses accept online payments
Fintech startup Revolut is launching its own acquiring solution. With this move, the company is competing directly with Stripe, Adyen, Braintree or Checkout.com. This is an in-house product and not […]
Enter new markets and embrace a distributed workforce to grow during a pandemic
Sarah Cole Contributor Sarah Cole is a senior associate in Taylor Wessing’s Silicon Valley office. She advises mostly North American technology and life sciences companies on their investments into the […]
Joe White MBE appointed new UK Consul-General in SF, with new Technology Envoy role
Joe White MBE — a general partner of Entrepreneur First, a Greylock-backed early-stage deep tech fund — is leaving after being appointed as Her Majesty’s Consul-General, San Francisco, and Technology […]