Former Cruise chief executive Kyle Vogt reportedly raises $150m for The Bot Company at $2bn valuation, as investors rush to back AI start-ups
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Databricks Raises $10bn In Huge AI Funding Round
Data analytics and AI start-up Databricks completes huge $10bn round from major venture capitalists as investors seek AI exposure
Latest Funding Round Values Start-Up Sierra AI At $4.5bn
Start-up Sierra AI, co-founded by former Salesforce co-chief Bret Taylor, sees valuation more than quadruple in new funding round
Crypto Firm HashKey Attains Unicorn Status With $100m Funding Round
Hong Kong-based crypto firm HashKey Group attains valuation greater than $1bn after $100m funding round, in sign of digital asset optimism
SoftBank Sells Off Uber Stake, Cuts Vision Fund Staff
Japan's SoftBank sells off Uber stake, plans to cut staff at flagship Vision Fund investing arm as market turmoil leads to steep quarterly losses
UK Tech Start-Ups See Record Quarterly Investment
Private British tech firms buck market gloom with record quarterly venture capital investment led by fintech and healthcare tech
Government £375m Fund For UK Tech Firm Growth
Government opens £375 million scheme to deliver funding for British startups including tech players, to bolster UK’s post-pandemic economy
Brexit ‘Threatens’ London’s Reputation As...
London tech firms say political uncertainty has had a direct effect on their ability to access capital, as venture funding shows sharp drop
UK’s 2018 Tech Sector Venture Investment Shows Sharp Drop
Venture capital investment in London tech companies was down 29 percent on the previous year, but was still nearly double that of Berlin, its nearest rival
UK Plots Post-Brexit Tech Investment Fund
UK will provide funding for startups to boost British tech firms seeking to expand to the world stage following Brexit
Trump To Rescind Obama-Era Visa Programme For Entrepreneurs
The Obama-era 'startup visa' is set to be scrapped, in a move criticised by US high-tech businesses and investors
Dell Technologies Capital Promises $100 Million Annual Investment
Dell EMC World 2017: Notable investments include DocuSign, Cylance and Druva
Google Ventures CEO Bill Maris ‘Quits’
More high-level departures at Google as man in charge of Alphabet investment arm steps down
Ed Vaizey: The ‘Silicon Valley Of Europe’ Already Exists
Minister for the digital economy Ed Vaizey says UK tech has the infrastructure and skills but not enough money - but that's not the government's fault, he claims
Andreessen Horowitz Exec Explains How The VC Firm Works
Peter Levine, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, explains how his business works and what types of tech companies his firm is looking to back
UNICEF Seeks World-Changing Open Source Technologies
United Nations to fund startups to develop open source tech to improve the lives of vulnerable children and civilians
UK Tech Firms Smash VC Investment Record
2015 marks a great year for UK tech firms as VC investment totals £2.4bn
London’s Tech Sector Nets £1bn Investment Over 2015
Data from London & Partners shows that investors are backing the capital's tech firms more than ever
Notion Capital Launches £97m European Cloud SaaS Fund
$150m funding round from London VCs will focus on emerging and fast-moving cloud startups
London’s Tech Firms Set $1bn Funding Record
Landmark figure for venture capital investment reached in just nine months
‘Capital On Stage’ Tries To Galvanise Venture Model In London
Investors pitching to start-ups - you certainly don’t see that every day
Can Latin America Be Telefónica’s Saviour?
SPAIN: Times are tough for Telefónica in Europe. Will shifting the emphasis to Latin America and the online world help?
Silicon Valley Bank Opens London Branch
The bank wants to have 1,500 UK tech start-ups as clients in three years
HP Turns To Venture Capitalist To Head Up Software
HP has hired a venture capitalist to take charge of all HP software, after the departure of Autonomy's Dr Mike Lynch
Is the European Commission Helping or Hindering Tech Entrepreneurs?
Techweek Europe asks Drupal inventor Dries Buytaert about his platform, its strong European following and his view on venture capitalism in the European Union
UK Tech Startups Pitch To Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales
Startups will pitch to Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales for a shot at a cash investment in London later this year
Google And Amazon Bosses Help Fund API Startup
Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Google's Eric Schmidt join investor rush to fund Mashape marketplace for cloud APIs
Recovery For VC Tech Funding
The amount of venture capatialist funding into the technology sector is starting to return to pre-recession levels
Google Makes Startup Investment Pledge
Google Ventures has pledged to invest £66 million per year into “best-of-breed” startups, as the search engine giant looks to continue its support for entrepreneurs