Disha Manocha

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Healthcare platform Doctify closes Series A funding round led by Amadeus Capital Partners

Healthcare booking platform Doctify has announced the closure of a Series A…

London-based Culture Trip nabs $20Mn in series A to accelerate its technology strategy

Culture Trip, a media startup with a heavy tech bent has raked…

Employee engagement startup Perkbox secures £2.5M from Draper Espirit

Perkbox, a U.K. startup that offers an employee engagement platform to help…

Link brings free Wi-Fi and phone kiosks to UK in partnership with BT

Link’s public Wi-Fi access points are coming to London, marking the hubs’ first…

Microsoft to hike prices by 22% in the UK due to financial uncertainty over Brexit

Since summer of this year, the outcome of the Brexit vote has…

Ad management startup Honeycomb raises £3M in Series A round

Honeycomb, a TV and advertising management platform, has raised £3 million in…

UK Intelligence agency GCHQ paid New Zealand firm Endace to tap key internet lines

According to the 2013 Snowden documents, UK intelligence agency GCHQ took the…

TimeOut takes over event booking platform YPlan for £1.6m

London-based events startup Yplan has been acquired by magazine publisher Time Out for…

Startupbootcamp partners with Eos Venture Partners to invest upto £1Mn in InsurTech startups

Startupbootcamp InsurTech, an accelerator for early-stage insurance startups, has announced an agreement…

BBC’s student-friendly programmable computer Micro:bit all set to go global

Since its inception, the BBC Micro:Bit has been a huge success. The…

Fraud detection firm Ravelin mints fresh £3m in series A from Playfair Capital and others

Ravelin, a firm that uses machine-learning to detect and fight fraud, has…

Insurtech startup Neos rakes in over £1 million in seed funding from a clutch of investors

Neos, a connected home insurance service, has raised over £1 million in…

UK Government appoints Matthew Gould as its first-ever Director General for Digital and Media

The UK Government has today taken an extremely important step towards further…

Cybersecurity fines of up to £122bn could be levied on UK firms in 2018

Businesses across the UK could face up to £122bn in cybersecurity fines…

Softbank’s $100 billion tech investment fund to be located in London

Venture capital investors in London are thrilled at the arrival of the…

easyJet partners with Founders Factory to invest in Travel-tech startups

Owing to a multi-million pound partnership with Founders Factory, easyJet (a British…

PragmatIC scores £18m in series A to accelerate deployment of intelligent packaging solutions

PragmatIC, an intelligent electronics packaging company, raked in £18m in a Series A funding…

Funeralbooker receives $975,000 in seed round from White Cloud Capital

Funeralbooker, a curated marketplace for independent funeral directors, has raked in $975,000…

Market operator ICAP acquires fintech firm Abide Financial for an undisclosed sum

ICAP, a provider of post trade risk mitigation services, has taken over…

London-based machine learning startup ComplyAdvantage raises $8.2 Mn in Series A round

ComplyAdvantage, a new London-based startup, raked in $8.2 million in a Series…

Investigatory Powers Bill approved by UK government

The UK government has passed an amendment to the Investigatory Powers Bill,…