Not having an equivalent to Silicon Valley, Europe’s technology sector is distributed across hubs all over the continent. And while American Big Tech has tended to settle in London and Dublin to tap into innovation opportunities across the region, in recent years one of the...
Brex, which is a Silicon Valley lender to startups, has dropped “tens of thousands” of small business customers as it intends to focus on bigger venture-backed clients, CNBC wrote, quoting co-founder Henrique Dubugras. The company has been letting customers know about the changes, saying they’ll...
Two entrepreneurs are working together to launch the financial “super app” Rauva for Europe’s Mediterranean region and provide an integrated solution that’s compatible across countries. Canadian entrepreneur Sam Mizrahi and FinTech executive Jon Fath are developing Rauva to give the banking and financial community an...
Startups that had previously been seen as darlings have had to lay off employees, cut spending, cancel projects and generally scale back ambitions due to mounting economic headwinds and changing investor sentiment, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote Monday (May 16). It’s all part of...
Congress may command government agencies to vet tech startups looking for federal funding in the near future, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report Sunday (May 8). The report said a Department of Defense study found that China is exploiting a popular program to...
Early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders can apply for more than $30 million set aside by Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of its new AWS Impact Accelerator. The first program, the AWS Impact Accelerator for Black Founders, is now open...
Funding for startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has more than doubled, hitting $864 million in the first quarter of this year, according to a Saturday (April 16) report from The National. This comes as economies in the region are still...
A sell-off in public tech companies has caused startup shares to sink, Financial Times wrote Sunday (April 17). Forge Global, a venue for trading in private startups, said the prices of companies on its platform fell 19.9% in February and March, compared with Q4 of...
Avvinue, which bills itself as the only self-service pet travel booking platform, announced its beta launch on Monday (April 11), which was also National Pet Day. The company said its platform, now open for the public to test, helps travelers search and purchase flights on...
