Tag "Europe"
Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
Revenue-based financing is on the rise, at least according to Lighter Capital, a firm that doles out entrepreneur-friendly debt capital. What exactly is RBF you
Myneral.me wins the TechCrunch Hackathon at VivaTech
It’s been a long night at VivaTech. The building hosted a very special competition — the TechCrunch Hackathon in Paris. Hundreds of engineers and designers
Accel closes $575M fund to double down on European and Israeli Series A deals
On the heels of Romanian-founded enterprise startup UiPath raising at a $7 billion valuation, the startup’s biggest investor is announcing a new fund to double
Execs at Mobike, the bike sharing startup, are raising $20M to buy out the European business by end of June
Some big changes are afoot for Mobike, the Chinese bike-sharing company that was acquired by IPO-bound on-demand service startup Meituan-Dianping for $2.7 billion last year.
YouTube sets a goal of having half of trending videos coming from its own site
YouTube wants to have half of the featured videos in its trending tab come from streams originating on the company’s own site going forward, according
Jungle Ventures hits $175M first close on its third fund for Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem is set to get a massive injection of funds after Jungle Ventures reached a first close of $175 million for its
Report: Travel activity platform GetYourGuide raised €500M led by SoftBank at €1.6B valuation
The success of Airbnb — and observations of its acquisitiveness as it continues to scale — has led to a surge of interest among investors
Wonderloop’s networking app lets you swipe left on video profiles instead of pictures
There isn’t much left to be done in online networking apps. We are all familiar with professional (LinkedIn), social (Facebook), real time (Twitter) and dating
Cytora secures £25M Series B for its AI-powered commercial insurance underwriting solution
Cytora, a U.K. startup that developed an AI-powered solution for commercial insurance underwriting, has raised £25 million in a Series B round. Leading the investment
Volvo cars in Europe will be able to warn each other about hazardous road conditions
Volvo is taking technology that allowed some of its vehicles to communicate with each other about hazardous road conditions and expanding it across Europe in
