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UK’s Marshmallow raises $85M on a $1.25B valuation for its more inclusive, big-data take on car insurance
Marshmallow — a U.K.-based car insurance provider that has made a name for itself in the market by providing a new approach to car insurance aimed at using a wider set of data points and clever
Private chef parties at home startup Yhangry raises $1.5M seed from VC angels and Ollie Locke
There’s an “Uber for everything” these days, and now there are “Ubers for personal chefs”. Just take a look at PopTop or 100 Pleats for instance. Now in London, there is Yhangry (which brand
Digging into the next wave of tech IPOs
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Daily Crunch: Google commits $1B to pay publishers
Google is paying a lot of money for its news licensing program, Microsoft announces an affordable laptop and Facebook says it won’t accept ads casting doubts on the election. This is your Daily
Daybridge, a time management app by former Monzo engineer Kieran McHugh, raises £750K seed
Daybridge, a productivity and time management app by former Monzo engineer Kieran McHugh, has picked by £750,000 in a seed round led by early Monzo backer, Passion Capital. Also participating is a nu
Passion Capital has backed Fronted, the startup that wants to offer loans to cover rent deposits
Fronted, the new London-based startup aiming to make life easier for renters, including lending the cash needed for a deposit, has picked up seed investment from Passion Capital. The investment showed
14 VCs discuss COVID-19 and London’s future as a tech hub
The UK has created 63 tech unicorns in the past decade (according to Dealroom), and it almost goes without saying that the vast majority of those companies were based out of London, the country’s la
Trump’s immigration order sends ripples of dismay through UK tech community
Reactions to President Trump's executive order placing a three-month ban on entry to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries have been rippling out across the Atlantic over the past 48 hours --
Passion Capital’s Eileen Burbidge Appointed Chair Of Tech City UK
You'd be forgiven for thinking venture capitalist and self-described recovering work and tech-aholic Eileen Burbidge didn't have a day job. Adding to a plethora of additional roles she holds in suppor
Eileen Burbidge Joins Speakers At Disrupt London
Here are the next round of speakers who'll be appearing at TechCrunch Disrupt London conference on December 7-8, 2015. The conference will feature an outstanding number of global startups, influential
Listen To VC Eileen Burbidge On Being Fired At Skype, Founder Psychosis, And Close Ties To U.K. Gov
TechCrunch interviews Eileen Burbidge, Partner at London VC firm Passion Capital, where we discuss her early days working at Skype and Apple, the types of startups she invests in, her close ties to th
London’s Passion Capital Raises $69M For Its Second Early Stage Fund
London-based Passion Capital has raised a second fund for investing in early stage U.K.-based startups -- today announcing a coffer of £45 million ($69M) to power its next phase of investments.
Europe Gets A Cyber Security Incubator
London's crowded startup accelerator scene is getting a new addition. Not fintech-related, this time -- rather the focus is cyber security. The Cyber London (CyLon for short) 12-week program, has been