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Peter Thiel's VC company is doubling down on a German insurance startup
James Fitzgerald, a partner at Valar Ventures, said in a statement: "We see huge potential in Coya.…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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Petrol and diesel prices cut after 24 days, as crude oil slips 10% in eight days
Across the country as well, the petrol and diesel price fell with the quantum varying on the…
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Hybrid work has been called a mess, headache, and disaster. Here's how managers can make it work.
Best hybrid-work advice for managers, Google Cloud's latest compensation changes, and how to make p…
Matt Turner,Jordan Parker Erb…
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An app-only bank backed by Peter Thiel is launching in the UK - and it's targeting the US next
"If you look at the markets we're in already, most of the customers we win, the people are not comi…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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Peter Thiel-backed insurance startup Jetty lays off 40% of staff days after pausing the sale of all new policies
Legislative energy has been building for "renter's choice" laws this year. The laws, which require …
Alex Nicoll
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Peter Thiel-backed startup Jetty just raised $25 million in one of the hottest areas of fintech
Jetty offers insurance that protect renters against a suite of problems from bedbug infestations to…
Madeline Shi
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Peter Thiel is backing a startup that lets you buy shares from news stories
As part of the deal, Valar Ventures' Andrew McCormack is joining the board. He said in a statement:…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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TransferWise, a fast-growing money transfer startup valued at $3.5 billion, just turned in a third straight year of profit
TransferWise is backed by investors including Lead Edge Capital (which also backed Uber and Spotify…
Shannen Balogh
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These 44 pitch decks helped fintechs disrupting trading, investing, and banking raise millions in funding
Looking for examples of real fintech pitch decks? Check out pitch decks that Qolo, Lance, and other…
Shannen Balogh,Anita Ramaswam…
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Peter Thiel just made his second investment in a London company
The funding will help Lystable to add to its product team, which is made up of designers and engine…
Lucy England
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Millennial investing app Stash just rolled out a new feature that's strikingly similar to its $860 million rival Acorns
"Round-ups," lets Stash users round up daily purchases to the nearest dollar and automatically add …
Madeline Shi
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Seedcamp cut its TransferWise stake just as Andreessen Horowitz upped its shares
"As the first seed fund in Europe (set up back when it wasn't really a thing), made up mostly of An…
Shona Ghosh
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German app-only bank N26 raises $160 million from Allianz and Tencent to crack the US
Valentin Stalf, CEO and cofounder of N26, said in a statement on Tuesday: "We are very pleased to h…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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A Peter Thiel-backed startup that lets companies book meeting rooms has arrived in London
If a startup has an important meeting coming up and wants to impress, then a coffee shop or a corne…
James Cook
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One of fintech's biggest pioneers is on an investing spree
In an emailed statement from Deposit Solutions, Thiel said: "With its unique approach, Deposit Solu…
Will Martin
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From Amazon to Palantir, Silicon Valley is obsessed with 'Lord of the Rings' - but critics say that the tech industry is missing the point
Particularly, data analysis startup Palantir has positioned itself as a force for good in the world…
Bani Sapra
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EXCLUSIVE: TransferWise poaches new finance director from Google
TransferWise confirmed to us that Matt Briers started yesterday at the company's East London office…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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German neobank N26 is thinking about a subscription service for US users after topping 250,000 customers in the market
In the US market, there's San Francisco-based Chime, which just raised a $500 million Series E at a…
Shannen Balogh
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TransferWise just raised $26 million
TransferWise was founded in 2011 as a peer-to-peer money transfer platform. The platform would matc…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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10 things in tech you need to know today
2. Twilio, one of the few tech companies testing the IPO waters in 2016, just priced its offering a…