2022-06-28
‘Europe lacks founders turned investors. In Silicon Valley more than half the investors at top venture firms have built a company themselves. In Europe this figure is a pathetic 8%.’
TechCrunch
A look at Plural, a €250M early-stage fund led by Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, Teleport co-founder Sten Tamkivi, Songkick co-founder Ian Hogarth, and others
Until recently Taavet Hinrikus, cofounder of Wise, and Sten Tamkivi, cofounder of Teleport, had banded together as a sort of ‘mini Angel brand’ known as “Taavet+Sten”.
2022-05-19
tell me the market is shitty without saying it is shitty https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Sources: Klarna is aiming to raise up to $1B at valuation of around $30B, a ~30% drop from its $46B valuation in its last round led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2
Wall Street Journal :
2021-01-15
Medium acquired a French digital book platform, made their CEO VP Books. The French were backed by Kima, Expon and angels, raised about 3 mil https://www.cnn.com/...
CNN
Medium is acquiring Glose, a digital platform for buying, reading, and discussing books; Glose's 20 employees, most of whom are based in Paris, will join Medium
Glose's 20 employees, most of whom are based in Paris, will join Medium — Glose CEO will become VP books at Medium — Financial terms not disclosed via @kerrymflynn https://www.cnn....
2020-07-21
59 euro/month for a high end electric bike, including concierge and theft replacement. That's a good deal, the micromobility market is going to be VC hot again in the next 12-24 months https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Soundcloud founders unveil Dance, an e-bike subscription service, launching initially in Berlin for €59 per month, backed by BlueYard Capital
You've heard of e-bike and e-scooter rentals startups spreading across cities. But today three veterans of the startup world will launch …
2020-05-08
Lol. Is it called Wave? https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Google brings all of its messaging and communication apps under a single team to be led by Javier Soltero, who is VP and GM of G Suite
Integration isn't on the roadmap, but coherency may be — In October of last year, Google hired Javier Soltero to be the VP and GM of G Suite …
2019-10-15
Here is the new telenovela episode from the tech world. Spoiler: nothing unexpectedly dramatic, just business as usual https://twitter.com/...
Politico
Sources: Zuckerberg recently hosted off-the-record dinners with conservative figures like Tucker Carlson and Lindsey Graham to discuss free speech, partnerships
Daniel Lippman / Politico :