24 September 2020

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek pledges $1Bn of his wealth to back deeptech startups from Europe

At an online event today, Daniel Ek, the founder of Spotify, said he would invest 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) of his personal fortune in deeptech “moonshot projects”, spread across…

lecrab 24 September 2020

eSports

Esports Insider and Esports Awards present Esports Assemble

The world’s leading B2B esports events and media company Esports Insider has partnered with the Esports Awards to create Esports Assemble, four days of events, networking, content, and insights over…

lecrab 24 September 2020

eSports

Waterloo Region dives into esports with Subnation

Regional Canadian tourism board Explore Waterloo Region has partnered with gaming and esports media and marketing platform Subnation. The two organisations will collaborate to assess and develop esports-focused business and event opportunities…

lecrab 24 September 2020

Technology News

Snyk acquires DeepCode to boost its code review smarts

Switzerland-based machine learning code review startup DeepCode — which bills itself as ‘Grammarly for coders’ — has been acquired by Snyk, a post-unicorn valuation cybersecurity startup which is focused on…

lecrab 24 September 2020

Technology News

UK launches COVID-19 exposure notification app for England and Wales

The last two regions of the UK now have an official coronavirus contacts tracing app, after the UK government pushed the button to launch the NHS COVID-19 app across England…

lecrab 24 September 2020

Technology News

Ripjar, founded by GCHQ alums, raises $36.8M for AI that detects financial crime

Financial crime as a wider category of cybercrime continues to be one of the most potent of online threats, covering nefarious activities as diverse as fraud, money laundering and funding…

lecrab 24 September 2020

Technology News

Small business challenger bank Finom raises another $12 million to expand in Europe

B2B financial service startup Finom — which provides online financial services for SMEs, freelancers and the self-employed in Europe — has raised an additional $12 million (€10.3 million) to add…

lecrab 24 September 2020