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UK privacy watchdog warns adtech the end of tracking is nigh
It’s been well over two years since the UK’s data protection watchdog warned the behavioural advertising industry it’s wildly out of control. The ICO hasn’t done anything to st
The 2022 Polestar 2 is more appealing, affordable and repairable
When Polestar launched its first all-electric vehicle last year, it came in a single flavor: a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive configuration that cost around $50,000 before incentives. Next year, the aut
Europe offers tepid set of political ads transparency rules
It’s been almost a year since the EU’s executive announced it would propose rules for political ads transparency in response to concern about online microtargeting and big data techniques
Why SoundHound is valued at 5 Shazams
To find out why voice AI company SoundHound is set to go public via a SPAC at a nearly $2.1 billion valuation, let's have a closer look at its history, and the case for its double unicorn valuation.
Vauban, an AngelList-like platform for VCs and angels to run and raise funds, closes $6.3m
It’s always been a slight puzzle why AngelList never really properly took off in Europe, especially when, a few years ago, there was such a dearth of funding options for poorly served European start
Astroscale raises $109M for its on-orbit services technology
Japanese space startup Astroscale has raised $109 million in a new Series F round of financing, bringing the company’s total funding raised to date to $300 million. The company specializes in on
Uber to shutter most of its service in Belgium tomorrow after court ruling
Uber will halt its ride-hailing service in most of Belgium tomorrow following a court ruling Wednesday that extends a 2015 order banning its p2p UberPop service to also cover professional drivers prov
Perfeggt brings in first capital to shell out plant-based egg alternative
Worldwide, over 1.3 trillion eggs are produced annually, and Perfeggt co-founders believe this market is largely untapped and has room to grow with plant-based alternatives.
Rensource-spinoff Sabi closes $6M bridge round, expands B2B retail platform outside Nigeria
Nigeria’s informal trade sector, worth over $244 billion, has more than 40 million micro, small and medium businesses. Most of these businesses operated offline until a few years ago when startups b
Pyxo wants to build the biggest network of reusable food containers
Meet Pyxo, a French startup that has been thinking a lot about single-use plastic food packaging for the past three years. The company wants to offer a service that makes it as easy and as cost-effici
Pet video marketplace Camlist eyes UK growth after raising $1.3 million pre-seed funding
Camlist, a video marketplace for pets, has raised $1.3 million in a pre-seed round, funding that the startup plans to use to develop its platform and grow its workforce — as it looks to expand i
Ant is changing how consumers borrow money from its app
In December 2020, Beijing laid out a guideline for Ant Group to “rectify” its business after calling off its IPO, which could have been the largest initial public offering in history. In t
How Pilot convinced Index Ventures to think long-term about margins
Whether you agree or not, it's hard to ignore the fact that the multipliers in Silicon Valley and the growth of software businesses have changed the way we think about a startup's timeline.
Daily Crunch: France moves to block e-commerce platform Wish over fraud, safety concerns
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Forest bags $8M seed round to acquire Japanese e-commerce brands
Japan has been the birthplace of traditional arts and crafts since ancient times. Craftmanship, meticulous attention to detail and balance of design and functionality have contributed to creating uniq
Coinbase acqui-hires team behind BRD crypto wallet
As crypto proponents look to onboard a new generation of users, one of the major consumer onramps has been a host of consumer wallet apps with slick interfaces. Today, Coinbase announced that it is br
Gift Guide: Black Friday tech deals that really are worth looking at
It is, somehow, that time again! Thanksgiving is hours away, which means it's time to figure out what, if anything, you want to buy on Black Friday.
Robots and AI assist in designing and building Swiss university’s ‘hanging gardens’
Architecture and construction have always been, rather quietly, at the bleeding edge of tech and materials trends. It’s no surprise, then, especially at a renowned technical university like ETH
TabTrader raises $5.8M for a mobile app that aggregates crypto exchange data
As many of the top cryptocurrencies seem to temporarily stabilize near all-time highs, users looking to speculate on tokens that are a bit more volatile are searching across exchanges to find deals. A
Gift Guide: Give the gift of cannabis with these 9 high-tech smoking devices
Cannabis is quickly going to the nerds. As it gradually becomes legal around the world, startups have responded with innovative products from laser-powered water bongs to CNC machined vapes to AI-powe