Aug 4, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch It’s only a few weeks since Google Ventures announced it’s setting up shop in London as a hub for investing $100 million all over Europe. Now another big fund has been unboxed by local German media firm, Bauer Media. The new fund — €100 million or circa...
Jul 21, 2014 | News, Western Europe
Startupbootcamp has just announced the first cohort of ten startups that will participate in the 2014 program of its London-based fintech accelerator. The startups that have made the cut for the inaugural three-month mentoring program include teams from Europe, Africa...
Jul 10, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, France, News, Western Europe
Earlier this month rumours emerged that Google was planning to open a branch of its venture capital investment arm in London. Well, as they say, there’s no smoke without fire: Mountain View has now confirmed that Google Ventures has launched a London division, with an...
Jun 21, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch June 21, 2014 Webydo, a software as a service startup that gives web designers the tools to circumvent a more traditional website creation process by excising the need for them to do any manual coding by automatically converting their design into a hosted...
Jun 4, 2014 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
TechCrunch June 4, 2014 Sequoia Capital has invested $15 million in Series A funding in Indian mobile multiplayer gaming company Octro, which makes digital versions of popular local classics, such as card game Indian Rummy or the bingo-style Tambola. Octro’s...