Fundings & Exits
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STARTUPS
Flexciton is using AI to help factories optimise production lines
Flexciton, the London-based startup that is using AI to help factories optimise production lines, has raised £2.5 million in funding,…
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Finance
Go-Jek buys fintech startup Coins.ph for $72M ahead of Philippines expansion
Ride-hailing startup Go-Jek’s expansion into the Philippines ran into problems earlier this month over its ownership structure, but that isn’t…
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STARTUPS
Email security company Tessian is closing in on a $40M round led by Sequoia Capital
Continuing a trend that VCs here in London tell me is seeing an increasing amount of deal-flow in Europe attract…
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STARTUPS
Goldman Sachs leads $8M round in cyber security skills platform Immersive Labs
Immersive Labs, a cyber security skills platform founded by James Hadley, who used to be a researcher at GCHQ, has…
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Trends
Amazon reportedly acquired Israeli disaster recovery service CloudEndure for around $200M
Amazon has reportedly acquired Israeli disaster recovery startup CloudEndure. Neither company has responded to our request for confirmation, but we have…
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Trends
Motorola Solutions acquires VaaS, makers of automated license plate readers, for $445M
Motorola Solutions, which split off from Motorola Mobility back in 2011, has added a new license plate capture tool to it…
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STARTUPS
A further £18M funding lands on Gousto’s plate
Gousto, the U.K. cook-at-home meal kit service that competes most directly with HelloFresh, has raised a further £18 million in…
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Trends
LetsTransport raises $13.5M to digitize and improve last mile logistics in India
India’s B2B supply chain is slowly shifting into the digital era. Following a $23 million investment for Moglix, which helps…
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STARTUPS
5 unicorns that will probably go public in 2019 (besides Uber and Lyft)
There’s been plenty of fanfare surrounding Uber and Lyft’s initial public offerings — slated for early 2019 — since the…
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SoftBank’s Vision Fund is preparing to invest $1 billion in Grab
SoftBank’s Vision Fund is set to continue its recent spree of investments in Asian tech unicorns. The mega fund —…
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