Month: November 29, 2019 at 7:05 PM

Telecel, MEST, and the IFC look to give African startups a leg up

Paris-based startup Virgil raises €2.1m to help young professionals buy homes

French startup Leavy.co raised $14m in seed funding, with an app to help travelers rent out their home while away

London revokes Uber’s license to operate, saying drivers were using fake identities

Investment in Europe’s tech startups surged 40 percent to a record $34.3 billion this year

French startup Angell unveils advanced, connected e-bike with integrated dashboard screen

Twitter says the UK’s Conservative Party altered its account to pose as an independent fact-checker

Textbook subscription platform Perlego, the ‘Spotify of books,’ raises £7m in Series A funding

Instagram expands test run to hide the number of ‘likes’ earned by posts

With its political ad ban, Twitter will also limit microtargeting for ‘issue’ ads

Google to offer personal “smart checking” bank accounts

Balderton Capital raises $400 million to invest in European tech startups

E-scooter startup Voi raises $85 million in Series B funding round

EU competition chief says she won’t yet call for breaking up tech giants

Facebook and Google may limit micro-targeting for political ads

Airbnb will now verify all of its listings, in sweeping policy shift

UK startup Medopad raises $25 million in Series B funding, led by Bayer

Google is set to acquire FitBit for $2.1 billion

UK agtech startup WeFarm raises $13m in Series A funding round