Of the many issues highlighted by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, one big one was the liability of having too much cash sitting in too few bank accounts. Today a London startup called TreasurySpr
Generative AI is the tech industry’s buzzword of the moment. It’s no wonder — the VC firm Sequoia not long ago predicted that generative AI, which comprises AI that can generate text
It has been a busy few months for Atomico, the European venture capital (VC) juggernaut founded by Skype co-creator Niklas Zennström some 16 years ago. After promoting three investors to partner back
Funding for European startups is at a record-high so far for this year, with €73.7 billion raised in the first three quarters, and the full year on track for more than 8,000 deals, according to rese
As of now, one fo the U.K.’s biggest and most active tech VCs has a new partner. Principal Colin Hanna has spearheaded several of Balderton’s deals in the past couple of years and has now been app
Update: That’s it for Wonga’s UK business. The beleaguered payday loans company has just confirmed it’s gone into administration. Although it says its overseas businesses are contin
Insurtech was one of the big VC bets of 2017, and that looks set to continue into the new year as startups spot gaps in the insurance market.
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The online disruption of journalism continues apace. Today The Tab, a hyperlocal news site aimed at young people and written mainly by “grassroots” (read: unpaid) student journalists, has
A year and a half after launching its first calendar app, Sunrise is raising a $6 million Series A round from Balderton Capital and existing investors — Bernard Liautaud is joining the board. Th
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.gocardless.com">GoCardless</a>, a Y-Combinator alum that has created a simple way for online businesses to set up and accept direct debit payments (that is, money t
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/cp_1258027029_wooga-215x78.jpg" width="215" height="78" />It seems that social gaming is where the action is right now, and we're not just hea
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/cp_1251972845_16280v1-max-150x150.png" width="150" height="41" />Laggard UK music retailer <a href="http://HMV.com">HMV</a> is buying a 50 per