The Periodic Table of Tech
02 Oct 2014The 118 venture capital firms, micro-VCs, angels, accelerators, late stage investors and acquirers you should know.We wanted to share this great post by @asanwal CEO and Co-founder of CB Insights.…
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Post-Google, What Dan Cobley’s GBP50m Brightbridge Fund Means For Fintech
06 Aug 2014There's yet more evidence of London's booming fintech scene this week with news that Google UK MD Dan Cobley is leaving the internet giant to start his own fintech incubator and investment fund.…
Read moreHow Two Ex-Google Guys Turned A Crappy Messaging Service Into A $100 Million App
21 Jul 2014How Two Ex-Googlers Turned A Crappy Messaging Service Into A $100 Million App Secret, the popular anonymous-sharing App, raised $25M. Here's how it went from poorly designed messaging app to RED-HOT…
Read moreTwitter acquires start up Payments company CardSpring - to help you shop in tweets
18 Jul 2014SELENA LARSON ReadWrite.comTwitter wants to make it as easy to buy as it is to tweet. On Tuesday, the company announced the acquisition of CardSpring, a payments startup that makes it easy for…
Read moreYou Can Now Buy Stuff From Pages Without Leaving Facebook
18 Jul 2014By Selena LarsonFacebook wants to make it easier for you to buy things.On Thursday, the company announced it’s testing a new way for people to buy stuff through ads and page posts with a new buy…
Read moreGoogle's launch $100m fund to bid for a stake in Europe's emerging tech talent.
10 Jul 2014By Liam Tung | July 10, 2014Google Ventures, the search giant's VC arm has launched a $100m fund dedicated to startups in Europe."To help support the next generation of European entrepreneurs, today…
Read moreYou would not believe what this guy did to raise $1m
10 Jul 2014I wanted to share this great article from AlleyWatch on fundraising.False starts, bad timing, wrong co-founder, no technical co-founder. Jason Nadaf could have written the book on what can and will…
Read moreThe time is ripe to change the banking system
07 Jul 2014by Chris Skinner on 01 July 2014I was surprised the other day when Financial News named me as one of the top 40 most influential innovators in financial technology, alongside friends including Sean…
Read moreSantander launches $100m fintech fund
07 Jul 2014Fintech firms struggling to get funding could now look towards Santander as a possible investor.The bank has announced a venture capital fund which despite being London-based will have a global…
Read moreGamification is the game for Banks.
03 Jul 2014Why all banks will gamify over timeby Chris Skinner on July 2, 2014 in Bitcoin, Digital Bank, InnovationWhy all banks will gamify over time. A great post from Chris who flags up a few players in this…
Read moreMonitise buys voucher firm in £55m deal
27 Jun 2014A former assistant to chef Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s who went on to set up his own mobile voucher company today made a fortune when he sold his business in a deal worth up to £55 million.Mark…
Read morePaypal at Crossroads (? buying Blackhawk)
27 Jun 2014on June 25, 2014 by tomnoyes.Big things are in store for my favorite eCommerce payments company. Really, I do like Paypal. I may ding them on their POS strategy… as it makes no sense at all… but I…
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