Mar 12, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 12, 2014 More evidence that the online money transfer space is heating up significantly, as startups aim to disrupt the banks and incumbents such as Western Union. Money transfer startup Azimo has closed a $10 million series A round. The new funding,...
Mar 12, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 12. 2014 WorldRemit, a London-based startup that is tackling the antiquated consumer money wiring/remittance market with an easy and traceable online solution, has collected some money of its own: a $40 million investment from Accel Partners, the...
Mar 11, 2014 | News, Western Europe
KOBLENZ, Germany, March 11 (Reuters) – Germany’s Nuerburgring has been sold to motor sport industry supplier Capricorn Group for more than 100 million euros ($139m), ending a months-long search to find new owners for the world’s longest racetrack,...
Mar 11, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch Never mind poor service or the food itself, the experience of actually paying the bill at the end of a meal is often cited as the biggest pain-point for restaurant goes. Or so says Flypay, a new UK startup whose app wants to make settling the bill...
Mar 5, 2014 | News, Western Europe
FRANKFURT, March 5 (Reuters) – An investor group led by buyout firm HIG Capital is poised to buy the financially troubled Nuerburgring race track, two sources familiar with the transaction said on Wednesday. The circuit went into administration in 2012 after...
Mar 5, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 5, 2014 Berlin-based startup TVSmiles, which has built a second-screen app-based loyalty program to encourage people to watch TV ads, has closed a $7 million Series A funding round, from prior investors Ventech. The new funding brings its total...
