Tech North is trying to reassure startups in the North of England that...
Tech North, the public body set up last year to support the North of England's technology sector, is trying to steady the ship after losing its leader, Claire Braithwaite, at the end of last week.In a...
View ArticleThe 21 most innovative startups in tech
In a world where there's 30 plus food delivery companies and an army of 'Uber for X' clones, startups working on high impact and daring ideas can be overlooked. But that doesn't mean they're not out...
View ArticlePindrop can pick up when someone is trying to steal your identity over the phone
Vijay Balasubramaniyan was on vacation in India when he bought a new suit. At 3 a.m., his phone rang. It was the bank, or so the person on the other end of the line told him. They wanted to confirm...
View ArticleThe founder of a $750 million startup says the most successful entrepreneurs...
Harry's cofounders and co-CEOs Andy Katz-Mayfield and Jeff Raider have not only created a men's razor startup that acquired one million customers and reached a valuation of $750 million since launching...
View ArticleVENTURE-CAPITAL ANALYST: '2016 will be the year of the rabbits'
It's no secret a lot of people don't like the now widely used term for billion-dollar technology companies, unicorns.The word came about when technology startups with a billion-dollar valuation were...
View ArticleRohan Silva is offering €100,000 to the person that leads his cool Lisbon...
Second Home cofounder Rohan Silva is looking for someone to head up his new startup space in Lisbon and he's willing to pay them up to €100,000 (£70,205).The former advisor to Prime Minister David...
View ArticleTech City UK received just 37 applications for a visa route that allows 200
Tech City UK, a taxpayer-funded government organisation, has received just 37 applications since April 2015 for a dedicated technology visa that can be given out to 200 people.The visa is designed to...
View ArticleThis 18-year-old CEO in Poland is making the first sign language messaging...
Over the weekend, 18-year-old Polish entrepreneur Mateusz Mach went to his high school's senior prom. Today, on Monday morning, Mach announced that his app, Five, had raised the equivalent of about...
View ArticleMy first VC meeting — a tale of brutal rejection
I vividly remember my first VC meeting like it was yesterday, even though it happened over 10 years ago.I was awed and intimidated to meet an industry insider, someone who with a single decision could...
View ArticleOne of the hottest clothing start-ups is suddenly laying off 10% of its staff
Nasty Gal is starting to crumble.Bloomberg is reporting that the company is going to lay off 10% of its staff.The company's CEO Sheree Waterson told Bloomberg that axing these 19 employees is part of a...
View ArticleJust Eat is buying 4 Rocket Internet takeaway startups
Just Eat has signed a £94.7 million deal to acquire four online food delivery companies from German startup builder Rocket Internet, as it looks to expand from the increasingly crowded UK market.The...
View ArticleA valet startup that counted BMW as an investor is shutting down its consumer...
Zirx, a startup with the goal of changing the worst thing about city driving — finding a parking spot — is shutting down its consumer services, according to a note on the company's website.Among Zirx's...
View ArticleWhy the world's most important startup farm is changing everything
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View ArticleBurning through $550k a month, BloomThat only had four months of cash left to...
The "oh s---" moment came in July when David Bladow was 3,000 miles away from his startup. In New York to expand into another market, the co-founder and CEO of flower delivery startup BloomThat learned...
View ArticleWhy everyone at this startup knows each other's salary
Imagine if you knew your boss's salary. And how much the person sitting next to you was paid. And the salary of the person across from you. And that of everyone who works at your company.That's how it...
View ArticleHe was an early Seamless employee, sold his next company for $100 million,...
Wiley Cerilli, Good Uncle's co-founder and co-CEO, has done it all.He went to college with the intent of becoming of a teacher. After a year at Syracuse, he dropped out and transferred to NYU before...
View ArticleWhy Silicon Valley is going gaga over the idea of a Bloomberg presidency
The full force of Silicon Valley's political influence has yet to be unleashed on the race for president.None of the candidates have sparked the same enthusiasm that a young upstart senator from...
View ArticleThis infographic shows the best-funded tech startup in each state
The tech boom has diffused beyond the traditional hotbeds in California, New York, and Massachusetts, across the the entire United States. Other states are home to well-funded and well-known startups,...
View ArticleBusiness Insider is hiring a startups reporter to work in New York City or...
Business Insider is looking for a reporter to cover the fast-paced world of startups and venture capital, writing about everything from company culture to the newest buzzy product everyone's talking...
View ArticleThe technology behind Theranos could still disrupt the entire lab business
Theranos is under a lot of heat these days. But even if the controversial biotech startup fails, it was right about one major thing: the blood testing experience is ripe for disruption.Right now,...
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