Northzone, the European VC firm that’s probably best-known for being an early backer of Spotify, has raised a new $500 million fund, which it claims was oversubscribed and will reach… Read more »
The maker of Magic: The Gathering has confirmed that a security lapse exposed the data on hundreds of thousands of game players. The game’s developer, the Washington-based Wizards of the… Read more »
Sources say PM’s insistence on Ireland customs border means there is no basis for discussions Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans look to be falling apart as the European commission said there… Read more »
Top Democrats also seek records from Mike Pence Trump demands full House vote on impeachment inquiry House Democrats have subpoenaed the White House demanding documents that could shed light on… Read more »
It appears increasingly unlikely PM will hit deadline for deal laid down in Benn act Boris Johnson is careering towards a fresh constitutional crisis, after insisting there will be “no… Read more »
Sources say PM’s insistence on Ireland customs border means there is no basis for discussions Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans look to be falling apart as the European commission said there… Read more »
General prosecutor distances audit from US president’s call for investigation into Biden ties Ukraine’s highest prosecutor has said he is holding a broad review of investigations closed under his predecessors,… Read more »
Back in May, Tourlane raised $47 million in its ongoing mission to address the complex problems that still exist today around booking group travel. Tourlane has become a major player… Read more »
Ireland’s Leo Varadkar says PM’s pledge of no hard border contradicts written proposal Jean-Claude Juncker has called on the British government to publish its Brexit plan in full after Boris… Read more »
Prime minister hails new proposals as ‘fair and reasonable compromise’ Latest Brexit news – live updates Boris Johnson has laid out a five-point Brexit offer that would take Britain, including… Read more »
Meet Impala, a London-based startup that wants to make it easier to interact with hotel data. The startup is building a layer on top of legacy hotel systems to standardize… Read more »
All the day’s political news, including Johnson’s speech to Tory party conference in Manchester and UK offer to EU for alternative to backstop Irish officials dismiss PM’s Brexit offer as… Read more »
With so many scandals around the quality of tap water these days, especially in the US, many people are turning to bottled water to drink. But this requires single-use plastics… Read more »
European peer-to-peer car rental service Drivy has a new name. It is now called Getaround, which shouldn’t surprise anyone who has been following Drivy’s recent news. Back in April, Getaround… Read more »
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments, including reaction to leaked UK plans for the Irish border, the PM’s interviews and Priti Patel’s speech to Tory party conference PM dismisses… Read more »
Meet DataHawk, a French startup that wants to build a sort of App Annie for Amazon listings. The company lets you track products and search results so that you can… Read more »
Report cites leaked proposals for clearance areas 5-10 miles from border and real-time tracking of goods Boris Johnson’s secret plans to solve the Irish border Brexit challenge involve customs sites… Read more »
Project A, the Berlin-based VC, just raised a new $200 million fund (€180 million) to continue backing European startups at Seed and Series A stage. In addition, the firm —… Read more »
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments, including Brexit and the Conservative party conference Revealed: Owen Paterson lobbied for firms he was paid to advise Opposition parties to plan for… Read more »
Sebastian Kurz looks certain to reclaim his title of world’s youngest leader as his ÖVP takes 37% Support for Austria’s Freedom party (FPÖ) has plunged by more than a third… Read more »
‘They are shorting the pound and the country’ warns Nick Macpherson of Boris Johnson’s hedge fund supporters Former chancellor Philip Hammond’s attack on Boris Johnson’s hedge-fund backers has been supported… Read more »
PM says UK can still leave with no deal and fails to deny asking EU nations to block extension Boris Johnson has ramped up speculation that he is planning to… Read more »
Cabinet secretary urged to look into conflict of interest fears raised by Philip Hammond and Rachel Johnson The UK’s most senior civil servant is under pressure to investigate Boris Johnson’s… Read more »
When Dieter Döpfer, the founder of music instrument manufacturer Doepfer, decided to launch a brand new modular synthesiser system in 1995, no one could have predicted what would follow. Today,… Read more »
Kurt Volker departs as further reports emerge of White House efforts to cut access to Trump calls to Russia and Saudi Arabia Kurt Volker, the US special envoy for Ukraine,… Read more »
Kurt Volker, special envoy for Ukraine, had helped plan a meeting between Giuliani and a Ukraine presidential aide Congress has issued a subpoena to US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo,… Read more »
Google today announced its plans to open a new cloud region in Warsaw, Poland to better serve its customers in Central and Eastern Europe. This move is part of Google’s… Read more »
Conservatives will promise to get Brexit done, launch manifesto-friendly policies and attack Corbyn A defiant Boris Johnson will use this weekend’s Tory conference in Manchester to double down on his… Read more »
PM’s adviser says some politicians have failed to respect referendum result, ‘what do you expect to happen?’ Johnson urged to calm Commons ‘inferno of rhetoric’ Polly Toynbee: Johnson defied democratic… Read more »
Alastair Mitchell Contributor Share on Twitter Alastair Mitchell is a partner at multi-stage VC fund EQT Ventures and the fund’s B2B sales, marketing and SaaS expert. Ali also focuses on… Read more »