venture capital

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

4 days ago

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

2 months ago

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…

11 months ago

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…

2 years ago

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

3 years ago

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

3 years ago

Brexit ‘Threatens’ London’s Reputation As International Tech Capital

London tech firms say political uncertainty has had a direct effect on their ability to access capital, as venture funding…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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

7 years ago

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

7 years ago

Dell Technologies Capital Promises $100 Million Annual Investment

Dell EMC World 2017: Notable investments include DocuSign, Cylance and Druva

8 years ago

Google Ventures CEO Bill Maris ‘Quits’

More high-level departures at Google as man in charge of Alphabet investment arm steps down

8 years ago

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 -…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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

9 years ago

UK Tech Firms Smash VC Investment Record

2015 marks a great year for UK tech firms as VC investment totals £2.4bn

9 years ago

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

9 years ago

Notion Capital Launches £97m European Cloud SaaS Fund

$150m funding round from London VCs will focus on emerging and fast-moving cloud startups

9 years ago

London’s Tech Firms Set $1bn Funding Record

Landmark figure for venture capital investment reached in just nine months

10 years ago

‘Capital On Stage’ Tries To Galvanise Venture Model In London

Investors pitching to start-ups - you certainly don’t see that every day

11 years ago

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?

12 years ago

Silicon Valley Bank Opens London Branch

The bank wants to have 1,500 UK tech start-ups as clients in three years

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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

13 years ago

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

13 years ago

Recovery For VC Tech Funding

The amount of venture capatialist funding into the technology sector is starting to return to pre-recession levels

14 years ago

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…

15 years ago