A Croatian startup run by a veteran ex-Googler is trying to make deliveries...
LONDON — Imagine, for a second, that you run a delivery company. You need to make sure your fleet of couriers run as smoothly and efficiently as possible, without wasting time and taking the fastest...
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View ArticleA Berlin startup that helps you get a cleaner on demand has now raised a...
Helpling, a Berlin startup that helps you get a cleaner on demand, announced on Thursday that it has raised a fresh €10 million (£9 million) funding round, bringing total investment in the company to...
View ArticleEarly Uber and Pinterest investor reveals the 1 question everyone should ask...
If you're interviewing for a job at a startup, you might be offered stock options. Sometimes, startups offer stock options instead of a higher salary.It's not always easy to tell the true value of what...
View ArticleTwo of DeepMind's cofounders are setting up a new investment network after...
Two of DeepMind's three cofounders are quietly forming a network of angel investors to back European startups, The Sunday Times reports.CEO Demis Hassabis and head of applied artificial intelligence...
View ArticleA former investment banker turned 'She-E-O' launched a 'period underwear'...
Miki Agrawal cofounded Thinx, an underwear start-up meant to replace feminine hygiene products, in 2011. But according to recent reports in Racked and New York Magazine, Agrawal has stepped down from...
View ArticleA VC fund that keeps picking British AI winners has raised another £120 million
Venture capital firm Octopus Ventures has raised a £120 million fund to invest in UK technology startups, The Financial Times reports.The London-based investment company, part of UK fund management...
View ArticleSome London startups say Brexit is already hurting their businesses
LONDON — Brexit hasn't even happened yet, and some British startups say they're already feeling the negative effects.One in 10 London tech firms say that investors have held off or withdrawn from a...
View ArticleThe CEO of a period tracking startup that's raised $30 million explained how...
BERLIN — Period tracking startup Clue has gained millions of users since it was founded in 2013. But there's one small problem: It doesn't actually make any money.That's all going to change later this...
View ArticleThis CEO was so broke he had to crash on Travis Kalanick's couch — now he's...
Today, programming software company Mashape announces a $18 million investment, led by famed Silicon Valley firm Andreesen Horowitz. Andreessen Horowitz general partner Martin Casado, who cofounded...
View ArticleEurope's most valuable tech company has announced a $35 million startup fund...
Enterprise software firm SAP announced a $35 million (£28 million) fund on Thursday that will be used to back promising early stage software companies.SAP said the "SAP.iO fund" has been set up to...
View ArticleThis ex-Googler wants to fix social media and make you a viral Facebook and...
In 2008, Bindu Reddy left her job as product lead on Google Apps — she was involved in the earliest planning stages of the search giant's ill-fated social networks, Google Buzz and Google+, but saw the...
View ArticleAmerica's newest bikesharing program lets you drop off bikes basically anywhere
Earlier this month, Bay-Area-based startup Spin introduced the first large-scale deployment of a stationless bikesharing program in the US.As of March 11, Austin, Texas now has hundreds of orange Spin...
View ArticleThis Austin-based startup is gunning to be the next FedEx killer instead of Uber
When Uber unveiled its same-day delivery service, UberRush, it was supposed to be the FedEx killer, dominating local business deliveries and changing how businesses move goods around a city.Two years...
View ArticleGoogle has a plan to engineer the next Silicon Valleys
Vu Van is a CEO in San Francisco. Born in Vietnam, she is a member of the auspicious class of Silicon Valley founders who are immigrants — among US startups valued above $1 billion, 51 percent have a...
View ArticleOne of SoundCloud's first employees is leaving the music streaming startup
Veteran SoundCloud employee David Noël is leaving the Berlin-based music streaming business.Noël started as community manager and evangelist at SoundCloud in July 2009, before becoming VP of community...
View Article'She's a fascist': Why Parisian VCs and tech entrepreneurs are worried about...
Paris tech investors and entrepreneurs are "scared to death" about the prospective election of Marine Le Pen, an extremist politician who has strong chances of becoming the next French president."She...
View ArticleStruggling electric-car startup Faraday Future just abandoned a project that...
Electric-car startup Faraday Future hit another speed bump in its nearly yearlong struggle to keep the lights on. The Southern California-based company announced it is scrapping plans to build a...
View ArticleSoundCloud cofounder: London was 'crucial to our success'
BERLIN — SoundCloud is one of Europe's best known startups but the Berlin-based music streaming business wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't for London, according to the company's cofounder,...
View Article32 British employees at Berlin language startup Babbel are concerned about...
BERLIN — Fast-growing Berlin language startup Babbel employs around 450 employees from 39 countries.Among Babbel's workforce are 32 Brits who are somewhat concerned about their future in Germany as a...
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