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Over 100 million people have downloaded this app that allows you to run...
Over 100 million people have downloaded an app that allows them to run Android applications on their Windows PC or Mac.The BlueStacks App Player, built by San Francisco startup BlueStacks, gives people...
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A woman who says she helped design Elton John's house has raised $25.5...
Leura Fine first got the idea for her startup, Laurel & Wolf, while she was stuck in traffic in southern California.Fine, who worked for years for renowned interior design firm Martyn Lawrence...
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Andreessen Horowitz is investing in a 'smart drugs' startup
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has invested in a startup that manufactures performance enhancing supplements known as smart drugs.The investor, which has used its billions of...
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Google is supporting a startup that's helping blind people navigate the...
Google.org, the search giant's charitable arm, has invested $1 million (£660,000) in a nonprofit startup called Wayfindr, which has developed smartphone technology that can help to guide people through...
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The cofounders of a $750 million startup explain why they decided to have 2 CEOs
When Harry's cofounders and co-CEOs Andy Katz-Mayfield and Jeff Raider went to the German razor factory Feintechnik in early 2014 after acquiring it for their shaving startup, they introduced...
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This British startup has created a high-tech banking app and credit card —...
Mondo is a London fintech startup that's looking at banking in a different way. It doesn't have branches, and its current account is controlled from a smartphone app that analyses spending and can be...
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This Scottish investor explains why he passed on a chance to invest in...
Investors at venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners decided not to back homegrown fantasy sports business FanDuel because it was too much of a risk, one of the fund's founding partners told...
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What venture capitalists do all day
Venture capitalists (and venture capital funds) are in the business of investing in young, innovative companies (often in the tech and healthcare sectors) in exchange for an equity stake that hopefully...
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Sir Richard Branson is using his billions to back these 18 tech startups
Taking shares in fast-growing companies is a pastime for many of the world's richest people, including the founder of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson.Wealthy individuals are constantly on the...
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Skyscanner is about to make some of its early investors very rich
Stuart Paterson, a founding partner at venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners, is expecting to win big on travel booking website Skyscanner in the near future.Scottish Equity Partners backed...
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Manchester United's Alex Ferguson explained what it takes to be a good leader
Sir Alex Ferguson gave tech entrepreneurs in London an insight into what it takes to be a good leader today.Speaking today at TechCrunch Disrupt, the former Manchester United football manager told...
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Deliveroo is surprised at how well its takeaway delivery service has gone...
Food delivery service Deliveroo has admitted that it was surprised at how popular its offering has been in Paris.The London startup, which has raised $200 million (£132 million) in total, admitted that...
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The 27 best up-and-coming startup CEOs in America right now
There's no shortage of hot startups.To stand out, startup CEOs are getting creative by launching innovative products and raising tons of money — and they've got the world talking.We've found the CEOs...
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Google Ventures CEO explains a big mistake startups are making (GOOG, GOOGL)
With the money flowing freely in Silicon Valley, there's been little incentive for startups to face the public markets, says Bill Maris, CEO and president of Google Ventures.Corporations are raising...
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This carb-free pasta that was invented a year ago is now sold in 1700 stores...
A high-protein pasta made from chickpeas is gaining popularity. Banza, a startup based in Detroit, created a new pasta made out of chickpeas. It has two times as much protein and four times as much...
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Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is launching a new company in the spring (TWTR)
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is stepping away from social internet businesses, but he's not leaving the startup world entirely. On Kara Swisher's Re/Code Decode podcast, Costolo was deliberately...
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Sharing economy firms like Uber and Airbnb are burning cash at a phenomenal...
An audience member at the Sharing & On Demand Economy Conference recently questioned a panel of entrepreneurs on whether people will possess anything of their own in years to come, be it their own...
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A Silicon Valley investor explained why he really likes European founders
Andy McLoughlin, an early stage investor at SoftTech venture capital firm in San Francisco, has revealed a hidden passion for European startup founders.SoftTech only invests in founders that have based...
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US startups are on the decline, and it's terrible news for the economy
Despite the hype surrounding tech "unicorns" — the myriad of startups that are valued at over $1 billion — the number of entrepreneurial endeavors in the US has actually been declining for some time...
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A startup CEO has been recruiting chefs over Tinder — and she says it beats...
A female startup founder in London has revealed that she’s been using mobile dating app Tinder to recruit male chefs.Ariella Young, the 30-year-old founder and CEO of Mychefit, a platform that sends...
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