Spanish Scale-Ups Club Together To Shift the Policy Agenda Spain’s scale-ups are joining together to lobby politicians and press the economic case for their high-tech, high-growth business model more generally, in the latest spark…
Peeba Raises $4.2M to Digitize Asia’s B2B Wholesale Market Due to pandemic lockdowns, Asia’s merchants have been compelled to conduct virtual meetings rather than attending in-person trade exhibitions or conferences to find new brands…
Jüsto Grabs New Capital As It Expands Grocery Delivery in Brazil, Peru Jüsto, the online grocer located in Mexico City, is still firing on all cylinders in order to saturate the Latin American market. The firm claims…
Indian Giant Tata Takes on Amazon and Ambani’s Jio with Super App Tata Neu The Tata Group, a $103 billion Indian conglomerate whose businesses range from salt to software to telecom and steel, is ready to embrace consumer technology.…
Imalipay Gets $3M to Offer Financial Services to Underserved Gig Workers across Africa Africa is seeing rapid expansion in the gig economy. Despite this expansion, the status of workers who are considered contractors rather than employees has remained…
Six Questions Investors Should Ask When Evaluating Psychedelic Biotech Companies Every month, we get hundreds of ideas from companies creating psychedelic therapies as a venture business that invests in psychedelics. Startups are working on depression…
Binance.US Raises over $200M in First Seed Round, Hitting A $4.5B Valuation as It Preps For IPO Binance. According to US CEO Brian Shroder, the company received over $200 million in its first external investment round, placing its pre-money worth at $4.5…
Rivian Picks Up EV Production in Q1, On Track to Hit Annual Target Rivian manufactured 2,553 vehicles in the first quarter, putting it on track to fulfill its target of 25,000 electric vehicles this year, according to the…
Fast Shuts Doors after Slow Growth, High Burn Precluded Fundraising Options Fast, a firm that offered online checkout services, announced its closure this afternoon. The company’s survival has been in doubt for days, as reports revealed…
After Months of Delay, GM Restarts Chevy Bolt EV Production After months of delays, GM has finally begun manufacturing the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV, according to The Detroit News. After announcing a recall of…