Disha Manocha

249 posts

HealthTech startup MedShr raises over £1.5m in seed

HealthTech startup MedShr has landed over £1.5 million in a Seed round…
Cortana, Microsoft

Cortana arrives on Android and iOS for UK customers

Microsoft is all set to bring out a major new update to…

Mulberry Green Fund launches £20m green tech investment pool in the UK

Courtesy of the Mulberry Green Fund, early stage green tech startups in…

Visa debit and credit cards susceptible to hacking, requires a mere 6 seconds

According to a research study conducted in Newcastle University, cyber criminals can…

Verifone and Mastercard partner to launch UK point-of-sale app

Soon, British shoppers will have the power to spread the cost of…

UK passes the Investigatory Power Act into a law, will allow monitoring of web usage

Described as the most extreme surveillance legislation ever passed in a democracy,…
facebook, atomico / europe, eu, European Union, roaming

Europe is all set to go head-to-head with Silicon Valley: Atomico

A new survey by the venture firm Atomico has revealed that Europe’s tech…
esa / exomars

European Space Agency(ESA) believes member states should back ISS, ExoMars missions

The Director General, European space agency (ESA) expects its member states to…
uber, uberclub

Many Londoners are ditching their own cars, says research from Uber

According to new research by the on-demand taxi service, more than a…
skyscanner / ctrip

Chinese travel giant Ctrip.com acquires Scotland-based travel search engine Skyscanner for a massive $1.74 billion

Ctrip.com International Ltd, listed on Nasdaq and boasting the place of China’s…
Facebook

Facebook set to hire 500 employees for its new London HQ

Facebook Inc. is poised to increase its UK headcount by a whopping…
three mobile

Three Mobile hacked, putting millions of UK customers’ data at risk

According to a report by The Telegraph, telecom carrier Three Mobile has…

AgTech startup WeFarm rakes in £1.3Mn in seed from LocalGlobe

WeFarm, a peer-to-peer agriculture tech startup, has secured £1.3 million in Seed…

British Airways and Iberia to integrate their channels with Concur TripLink

Concur, the world’s leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions…

Airbnb management startup GuestReady closes $750K angel round

Three months after its launch in six countries globally, GuestReady today announced…

Hampshire-based games developer nDreams grabs £2m from Mercia Technologies and others

Hampshire-based games developer nDreams has received £2m in funding from investors that…

FreeAgent raises £10.7Mn from IPO with a market capitalization of $34Mn

Edinburgh-based FinTech company FreeAgent has floated on AIM, managing to raise £10.7…
Google

Google set to build a $1.2Bn London HQ and hire 3000 more employees

In a display of confidence in  London’s future as a technological hub…
acko, stellaris, absentia, buttercups funding, money

Edtech startup Firefly secures £4.5m in record round to help students better organise their school work

Firefly Learning, an Edtech business started from scratch by two London school…

AI startup Gluru gets seeded as it gears up to create a smarter task manager

Gluru has raked in $2 million in Seed funding from investors including…

ProfitSourcery and other Welsh tech startups raise £671,000 in funding

Four tech startups from The Welsh Innovation Centre for Enterprise (Welsh ICE)…