Ecommerce startups lead red-hot tech IPO market
Ecommerce startups have been the driving force in the technology, media and telecoms (TMT) IPO market for the past three…
19 Jan 2021
Deliveroo funding round brings startup’s valuation to $7bn
Deliveroo has announced the completion of a $180m funding round, valuing the food delivery startup at $7bn. Existing investors, led by Durable Capital Partners and Fidelity Management & Research Company,…
18 Jan 2021
HR platform Personio valued at $1.7bn following $125m funding round
Personio, a startup that provides HR software for small and medium-sized businesses, is now valued at $1.7bn following a $125m pre-Series D funding round. It brings the total investment in…
13 Jan 2021
Mozilla CEO: “We need more than deplatforming”
Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker has called for social media giants to do more than deplatforming to tackle the spread of far-right content online. In a blogpost, Baker said that there…
13 Jan 2021
Tim Berners-Lee: Internet users are “fed up of a lack of control”
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has called for the re-opening of the web in order to “empower” users. Speaking at the Reuters NEXT virtual conference, Berners-Lee shared details of…
11 Jan 2021
Will the National Cyber Force make the UK safer? Industry responds
The UK faces a barrage of cyber threats from organised crime to state-sponsored hacking groups. In a move to bolster its cyber defences, the UK government launched a new National…
07 Jan 2021
Facebook and Twitter suspend Trump, drawing line at inciting violent attack on Capitol
As insurgents loyal to Donald Trump used violence to siege the Capitol building in Washington, Facebook and Twitter finally found their red line and suspended the outgoing president. The unprecedented…