Accel Partners, one of Europe’s largest venture capital firms, has raised a new $500 million fund dedicated to investing in the continent’s digital start-ups, as it...
One of the hottest areas of venture capital investing has had a cool start to the year: on-demand start-ups, ranging from food delivery to valet apps, face...
Going public used to be the dream of any hard-charging technology entrepreneur. Yet the latest crop of hot companies out of Silicon Valley — Uber, Airbnb...
Africa Internet Group is set to become the continent’s first “unicorn” after securing an investment valuing the ecommerce group at more than $1 billion. French insurer Axa...
The “reverse unicorn” is a painful-sounding position, even for a company that celebrates daredevil stunts. GoPro once belonged to the much-hyped breed of “unicorn” private start-ups valued at...
Some of the world’s biggest insurers have committed more than $1 billion to investing in technology start-ups as the industry attempts to play catch-up with other...
Uber and Lyft have each doubled their fundraising to amass a combined $3.1 billion from investors, underscoring how the most prominent Silicon Valley start-ups still have...
Tech start-ups are waiting “way too long to go public”, the head of Google’s venture capital arm has warned, highlighting a widening rift in Silicon Valley...
It is all over. Tech bubble 2.0 has burst. Square has priced its initial public offering below the range, at only $9 compared with a proposed $11-$13....
