Hoxton Ventures announced Thursday (March 17) that it closed a $215 million fund to help Europe’s new startups scale up, a press release said. The fund, Hoxton III, was “significantly oversubscribed” and exceeded its original $150 million target. “This is our largest fund yet and...
Video game startup Blast has raised another $7 million in funding. The company, founded by Walter Cruttenden, the founder of Roth Capital Partners and co-founder of the micro-investment application Acorns, has managed to attract a few thousand users in its open beta. It raised its initial...
There are some contradicting reports forecasting the strength of FinTech investment this year. The latest report from KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech, released quarterly, found a substantial decline in FinTech investments by venture capitalists in Q2 2016, causing some concern that the space has lost its...
Among one of the top concerns of today’s small businesses is improper treatment by the hands of their large corporate buyers. Issues like late payments from corporations to their small supplier are leading to rising tensions and strained relationships between SMEs and the giants. But...
September 15, 2016
There are some contradicting reports forecasting the strength of FinTech investment this year. The latest report from KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech, released quarterly, found a substantial decline in FinTech investments by venture capitalists in Q2 2016, causing some concern that the space has lost its luster. But the reality, other analysts say, is that Q2 […]
January 18, 2023
Media startup Semafor is reportedly seeking to buy out investor Sam Bankman-Fried. The effort, reported Wednesday (Jan. 18) by the New York Times, adds Semafor to a growing list of organizations and people that have tried to separate themselves from Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. “We are planning to repurchase Sam Bankman-Fried’s interest in Semafor […]
March 17, 2022
Hoxton Ventures announced Thursday (March 17) that it closed a $215 million fund to help Europe’s new startups scale up, a press release said. The fund, Hoxton III, was “significantly...
July 18, 2018
Video game startup Blast has raised another $7 million in funding. The company, founded by Walter Cruttenden, the founder of Roth Capital Partners and co-founder of the micro-investment application Acorns, has...
May 21, 2015
Among one of the top concerns of today’s small businesses is improper treatment by the hands of their large corporate buyers. Issues like late payments from corporations to their small...
