When consumers switched to home deliveries and “digitized” their lifestyles during the pandemic, it led to a surge in e-commerce sales and thus, also, in the need for […]
Prosus slashes Indian edtech giant Byju’s valuation to ‘sub-$3 billion’
Prosus has marked down the valuation of Byju’s, India’s most valuable startup, to below $3 billion, the investment giant’s executives said on an earnings call Wednesday even as […]
Amazon’s iRobot purchase sucks up formal competition concerns in EU
European Union regulators have sent Amazon a formal statement of objections setting out competition concerns over its proposed acquisition of robot vacuum maker, iRobot. The step does not […]
Affirm’s head of product discusses its new approach to buy now, pay later
Buy now, pay later is making a comeback. However, it will likely be in a different form. Companies offering this service are expanding the concept into other areas, […]
Prefab home builder Veev reportedly shutting down after reaching unicorn status last year
Veev, a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, is on the verge of shutting down after reaching unicorn status last year, according to multiple reports. Calcalist reported on […]
India’s EMotorad rides high with $20M investment for global e-bike push
EMotorad, an Indian startup manufacturing electric bikes, raised $20 million in a Series B round as it aims to disrupt China’s market domination and expand its presence in […]
30 best thriller movies on Netflix, winter 2023
Netflix has an impressive roster of excellent action and psychological thriller movies available to stream. Here are 30 of the best thriller movies streaming on Netflix now.
US chip export ban is hurting China’s AI startups, not so much the giants yet
Well before Washington banned Nvidia’s exports of high-performance graphic processing units to China, the country’s tech giants had been hoarding them in anticipation of an escalating tech war […]
DoorFeed raises another €7M for its platform allowing large-scale investors to hoover-up family homes
Institutional real estate investors have historically struggled to buy up tonnes of family homes (the so-called ‘Single Family rental sector’) so they can turn us all into rental […]
Non-unicorn insurtech Luko urgently needs a buyer, but will it be Allianz?
How fast time flies. Just a few weeks ago, on the heels of its announced acquisition by British group Admiral, French insurtech Luko advertised itself through billboards in […]