Stefan Glaenzer, the prominent European VC and former chairman of Last.fm and founder of Ricardo.de, has quit his role as Partner at Passion Capital. He co-founded the London-based early-stage firm se
<a target="_blank" href="https://nested.com/">Nested</a>, the London 'proptech' startup that guarantees to sell your house within 90 days or offer you a cash advance instead, has raised a further £8
<a target="_blank" href="https://monzo.com/">Monzo</a>, one of a number of so-called “challenger” banks in the U.K. aiming to re-invent the current account, has disclosed a new funding round -- co
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 --
2016 had a little more woe to deliver in the wearables space as London-based high end connected device maker, Vinaya, went into administration last month.
One year old HomeTouch, which has just picked up additional undisclosed funding from <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/28/passion-capital-fund-2/">Passion Capital</a>, operates a home care marke
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
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.limejump.com">Limejump</a> is a classic example of a startup bringing a big data and cloud-based solution to a legacy market, and in doing so has the potential to t
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
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
A few months ago we reported that U.K. banking startup Mondo -- whose founders include GoCardless co-founder Tom Blomfield -- had raised its first funding round, which our sources pegged to be in the
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.urbanmassage.com/">Urban Massage</a>, the U.K. startup that offers an Uber-style massage booking service similar to U.S.-based <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/
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.
Another fintech investment to chalk up in London: Passion Capital has invested an undisclosed level of seed funding in Ravelin, an early stage online fraud prevention startup formed by a team of ex-Ha
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.urbanmassage.com">Urban Massage</a>, a UK startup that bears more than a little resemblance to U.S.-based Zeel after the latter <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.carthrottle.com">CarThrottle</a>, which perhaps can be best described as a 'BuzzFeed for cars', is continuing to step on the gas. Founded 5 years ago by Adnan Ebrah
Fintech startup <a target="_blank" href="http://birdback.com">Birdback</a> reckons we already carry one loyalty card to rule them all: our existing credit or debit card. The London-based company has c
Admittedly, I didn't exactly jump at the chance to cover this story. <a target="_blank" href="http://boingboing.net/2013/11/20/because-is-a-new-internet-dri.html">Because</a> furniture. But, as boring
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.swipe.to/">Swipe</a> launches out of private Beta today with a cloud-based tool for creating and consuming slide deck-style presentations. So far, so <a href="https
It's not every VC that publishes annual stats on things like deal-flow, average size of investment, average founder salary, number of exits and startups dead-pooled. But <a href="https://techcrunch.co
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