Bengaluru: Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan who is also the chairman of Axilor Ventures and a trustee at the Infosys Science Foundation is a thought leader in technology and innovation. In an interaction with Mint he talks about funding for science and research, gaps, and the role startups can play. Edited…
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Around 600 German startups raised venture capital already in 2019, some of them several times. This was the result of the startup barometer of the EY audit. Overall, the founders received 4.57 billion euros – almost seven percent, or 290 million euros more than the year before. Most of the…
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Boston-based Motif Ingredients, a food-tech startup and part of biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks, has received the largest Series A funding from Breakthrough Energy Ventures in the industry. Breakthrough Energy Ventures includes multi-billion dollar investors such as the founders of Virgin, Microsoft and Amazon and now provides Motif Ingredients with an…
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With the m4 Award 2019, future medical startups in the pre-seed phase will have the chance to receive funding. Grants of up to € 500,000 can be applied for. The application deadline is 12th March 2019. The successful Bavarian pre-start promotion program “m4 Award – Pre-Seed Competition for the Medicine…
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London-based online student accommodation startup Student.com has recently got funding of $10 million by Chinese-owned CITIC Group as part of its Series C+ round. With this, Student.com has been able to raise $80 million to date. The CITIC group involves investors such as VY Capital, Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures, Expa,…
Comments closedUK fintech MarketInvoice wins backing from Barclays and Santander as banking disruption gathers pace
UK fintech MarketInvoice wins backing from Barclays and Santander as banking disruption gathers pace
Fintech lender MarketInvoice has secured Series B funding from major banks including Barclays and Santander’s fintech fund Inno Ventures. It’s the first major UK fintech debt and equity funding in 2019, coming just ahead of Brexit. The funding will help MarketInvoice expand its UK business operations and values the company…
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