This article is authored by Rachel Sheppard, Director of Ventures at Mars Petcare and Co-Manager of Leap Venture Studio – a partnership between Mars Petcare, Michelson Found Animals and R/GA Ventures This year families around...
US investment group typically buys stakes in underperforming firms and seeks changes to way they are run The US activist investor firm Elliott Investment Management has taken a multibillion-dollar stake in Salesforce, the business...
This live blog has now closed, you can read more about this story here Huw Merriman , the rail minister, told MPs this morning that the government has lost more money due to the impact of rail strikes than it would have cost to settle...
Britain’s car industry relies on petrol or diesel vehicles – and every failure to be part of the electric revolution makes it more exposed Britishvolt enters administration as rescue talks fail The battery startup Britishvolt eyed a big...
Staff told majority of firm’s 300 employees would be immediately made redundant on Tuesday morning The battery startup Britishvolt has collapsed into administration with the majority of its 300 staff made immediately redundant after...
Money may not move the world, but the numbers tell a different story. By July 2022, fintech startups across the world had raised $21.5 billion. If that seems like a lot, get this: that number represents the lowest investment in the...
As investors lower valuations and tighten purse strings in a down economy, here are a few lessons I've learned in building and scaling a successful tech business without outside capital.
Since the value of crypto assets began to plummet, the price of one of the most important cryptos, Bitcoin, has dropped 63%. However, startups working with blockchain technology continue to emerge. What keeps these companies afloat and...
The most prominent tech titans announced tens of thousands of layoffs this year. With markets down over 30%, what's next in 2023, and how do we prepare for the recession?
As a global venture capital firm moving into Oman, Viswanathan believes Celesta Capital will be able to widen the reach of existing business opportunities within the Sultanate while also introducing new ones.
Although the pandemic changed our perspective on a lot of things, one of the most noteworthy was our expectations on how clean we expect public spaces to be. In fact, a recent national survey showed 87% of Americans want proof that...
Wihom, the Bogota-based fintech announced that it is making a foray to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and the Caribbean. Founded in 2021, Wihom provides e-commerce accounting automation software for...
This article is authored by Rachel Jenkins, Customer Success Managing Director at Founder Shield. Rainy days seem to arrive at the most inconvenient times — on a beach vacation, during a family picnic, or on the day of a brand’s...
From the growing popularity and widespread adoption of AR tools to redefining expectations around monetization, many changes are afoot in the mobile apps space.
This article was authored by Diego Noriega, Managing Partner at Newtopia. 2022 has not been a sparkling year for startup investments. In fact, venture capital funds’ reluctance to get their hands dirty during the downturn has...
Innovation is your company’s lifeline. With it, you have a fighting chance of achieving your company’s long-term goal, but when you’re out of it, you’re on the course to ruin. Sanjib Sahoo, Chief Digital Officer of Ingram...
This article originally appeared in The Sociable,a partner publication from ESPACIO. As many people’s daily interactions are now online, industries worldwide are getting pumped with information from this escalating digital interchange....
Global inflation and supply chain disruptions have become rising concerns as geopolitical conflicts, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, increase, leaving the future of product availability and logistics uncertain. In Latin America, a...
These startups will be accepted into the ISDI Start incubator, an intensive program designed to commercialize their ideas and launch them to market. Can you venture a guess for how much the global wealth would increase if women had a...
Troubled startup battery maker formally abandons long-shot plan to build 60GWh plant in Quebec Battery startup Britishvolt has formally abandoned a long-shot plan to build a second factory in Canada, as it focuses on securing new funding...
Traditional finance has grown to become a multi-trillion dollar industry, predominately by acting as an inefficient intermediary by today's standards. The advent of blockchain technology presents an alternative to traditional finance...
Making the right choice of where to live is one of the most important decisions you can make in life for many entrepreneurs. Many factors come into play, such as value, location, and the lifestyle you want to enjoy, but it is also...
Cambridge-based company blames global uncertainty but says IPO preparations are ‘advanced’ Much-anticipated plans to list the British chip designer Arm on the stock exchange have been delayed by managers who fear the global economic...
The blood testing company’s founder could serve up to 20 years in prison after she was convicted in January for four counts of fraud Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, will be sentenced this week to up to 20 years in prison for...
Most innovation is not a game-changer or breakthrough in nature. It is about creating novel and valuable solutions to problems and small but effective adaptations to processes, ways of working and models.
In the second part of our Electric Dreams series looking at the UK’s automotive battery industry, we visit an area whose industrial past is being revitalised Shock therapy: turmoil engulfs Britishvolt’s £3.8bn battery factory A foggy,...
Highly profitable company paid out more than $500m to reclusive owner Leonid Radvinsky in last two years OnlyFans has paid out more than $500m (£433m) to its reclusive owner in the last two years, as the British-based subscriber platform...
The doyen of the UK computing industry says that a hi-tech future will leave Britain no choice but to turn to Europe The story of the smartphone revolution might have been very different. Hermann Hauser was enjoying success as a computer...
The firm was one of the pioneers of the gig economy model but its operations soon caused a global furore As Uber expanded around the world at breakneck speed under the leadership of Travis Kalanick, an executive in its fledgling Indian...
A leak of internal documents reveal evidence that the company broke laws, duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied prime ministers and presidents in an effort to break into markets long held by taxi companies...
Google’s former chief technology officer wants to use social networks to create states. What doesn’t fit into his vision are things like poverty, illness and ageing In The Network State , a buzzy new book by Balaji Srinivasan, the former...
Silicon Valley used opaque lobbying to weaken crucial new regulations. Firms like Google and Meta must be held to account The tide is seemingly turning against Meta, Google and other tech giants. Groundbreaking new European Union...
And why did it take so long to act over Wise co-founder’s unpaid tax bill from 2017-18? It has always been possible to enjoy the comedy aspect to the tale of Kristo Käärmann of Wise and his unpaid tax bill . Here was a near-billionaire...
FCA could bar Kristo Käärmann from senior role after claim he failed to pay £720,000 in tax FCA investigates Wise co-founder after tax default When the payments company Wise floated on the London Stock Exchange last summer it propelled...
The city’s pool of skilled workers is attracting startups and big name companies alike Move to Leeds and benefit from the jobs boom, says Melissa Berthelot, boss of medical appliance maker WarnerPatch, who relocated her business from...
It’s the most popular messaging service in Ukraine, and used by protesters of all kinds. Now it must find a way to make money In the days after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of his country, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, used his...
In an internal survey, employees asked company to find ‘ways to connect’ which the 75-acre Trailblazer ranch will provide plenty of Salesforce employees will soon be able to hold meetings in California’s redwood forests after the company...
Research finds number of UK unicorns, or startups worth more than $1bn (£750m), grew to 116 in 2021 The UK technology sector drew a record £29.4bn in investment this year, according to research, with Cambridge declared the country’s...
Just Insure, a pay-per-mile insurance technology company, has raised $8 million in a funding round. CrossCut Ventures, ManchesterStory and Western Technology Investments co-led the investment, which brings its total raised to $15.3...