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OurPeople, the team communication and engagement platform, raises $2M
OurPeople, the U.K. startup that’s built a team communication and engagement platform for desk-less workers, has raised $2 million in…
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TransferWise to offer investment products but has ‘no plans’ to become a bank
TransferWise, the London-headquartered international money transfer service recently valued at $3.5 billion, has secured an additional license with U.K. regulators…
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Dfinity demonstrates its TikTok clone, opens up its ‘Internet Computer’ to outside developers
Dfinity appeared in 2018, amid the flurry of investments in the blockchain space. It raised $102 million in funding at…
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Banking platform solarisBank raises $67.5 million at $360 million valuation
Despite the Wirecard fallout, German fintech startup solarisBank has raised a Series C funding round of $67.5 million (€60 million).…
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Bird shuts down Circ operations in Middle East, scraps as many as 10,000 scooters
Bird has shut down scooter sharing in several cities in the Middle East, an operation that was managed by Circ,…
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BBC releases first beta of its Beeb voice assistant to UK Windows Insider members
Back in August 2019, the BBC made some waves with the news that it was developing a voice assistant called…
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Former Pollen employees were asked to sign an ‘NDA masked as a severance agreement’
Pollen, the U.K.-headquartered travel and events marketplace, describes its company culture as built on principles of “freedom” and openness, including…
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Appway raises $37M, its first-ever funding, for financial customer management tools
With the renewed push for more of the services we use everyday to be accessible online and in a non-physical…
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Self-driving vehicle startup Argo AI completes $2.6B deal with Volkswagen, expands to Europe
Volkswagen Group finalized Tuesday its $2.6 billion investment into Argo AI, the Pittsburgh-based self-driving car startup that came out of…
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A 12 year journey ends as Skimlinks is acquired by retail marketing platform Connexity
Connexity, a lead-gen platform for online retailers, has acquired Skimlinks, a UK platform for publishers to make money through affiliate…
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