2020 – Page 16

Space manufacturing startup Varda, incubated at Founders Fund, emerges with $9 million in funding

From a young age, Will Bruey, the co-founder and chief executive of Varda Space Industries, was fascinated with space and running his own business. So when the former SpaceX engineer…

lecrab 9 December 2020

eSports

Team Liquid, Envy, Guild added to Rocket League’s in-game esports shop

Psyonix’s car-football game Rocket League will introduce several new esports teams to its revenue-sharing in-game items programme beginning today. Players will be able to purchase car decals, accessories, and banners…

lecrab 8 December 2020

eSports

ESPAT TV partners with Ridley Scott Creative Group, unveils launch of Creative Collective

Gaming and esports production company ESPAT TV has launched ‘Creative Collective’, a New York-based group designed to deliver a range of gaming and esports produced content. The company also announced that the…

lecrab 8 December 2020

Technology News

Making sense of Klarna

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of…

lecrab 8 December 2020

Technology News

DealShare raises $21 million to expand its e-commerce platform to 100 Indian cities and towns

DealShare, a startup in India that has built an e-commerce platform for middle and lower income groups of consumers, said on Tuesday it has raised $21 million in a new…

lecrab 8 December 2020

Technology News

Outfund, the revenue-based finance provider for online businesses, raises £37M

Outfund, the revenue-based finance startup that wants to help online businesses fund growth without giving away equity, has raised £37 million in a “late seed” investment. A mixture of debt…

lecrab 8 December 2020

Technology News

Wish wants to be the Amazon for the rest of us; will retail investors buy it?

Most people know Wish as a site that sells throwaway doodads from China, but in anticipation of its impending IPO, the ten-year-old, San Francisco-based company has begun portraying itself as…

lecrab 8 December 2020

Technology News

Lemonade launches its renters insurance in France

Lemonade is launching its renters insurance in France. This is the company’s third European launch after the Netherlands and Germany. Originally from the U.S., Lemonade is now a public company…

lecrab 8 December 2020

eSports

Opinion: The unique potential and challenges of esports crypto fan tokens

Bitcoin is easily the best-known and most valuable cryptocurrency, but there’s more to cryptocurrency than just Bitcoin – and much more to the technology behind it than just digital money.…

lecrab 7 December 2020

Blockchain

Singapore strides ahead in blockchain with new innovation programme and trade network

The government of Singapore has announced a number of initiatives aimed at increasing real-world adoption of blockchain technologies. Speaking at the Singapore Blockchain Village Peter Ong, chairman of Enterprise Singapore…

lecrab 7 December 2020