Chip, the chatbot savings app, raises over £1M in crowdfunding with plans to apply for a banking license

Chip , the chatbot app that plugs into your bank account and lets you automatically save for a rainy day, has raised nearly £1.1 million ...

Revoice.me offers a simple way to let your blog and newsletter readers subscribe via Facebook Messenger

If you publish a newsletter or blog, you’ll know that it’s a continuous battle to vie for readers’ attention. Even for subscribers, open ...

Pied Piper’s decentralized internet is planned for Dubai, courtesy of startup Moeco

We’re slowly moving from the Big Data era to the “OMG HOW MUCH DATA?!,” to use the technical term. But, all joking aside, it’s getting bi...

Loot, the digital current account aimed at students and millennials, banks £2.2M Series A

“There are two types of competition for us at Loot: the banks and the money management apps,”  Loot  founder Ollie Purdue tells me. The U...

Finiata, the finance platform for SMEs, freelancers and the self-employed, bags €18M funding

Finiata , the finance platform targeting SMEs, freelancers, and the self-employed that was founded by Sebastian Diemer, who previously co...

Paddle, the software sales platform founded by a Thiel Fellow, raises $12.5M

Paddle , a U.K. startup that offers software companies a single platform for the entire software sales process — including trials and lic...

The price is right! Pace raises £2.5M to automate hotel room pricing based on demand

Pace , a London startup that has developed tech that uses machine learning to let hotels set room prices dynamically based on demand, has...

Aiming to be the LinkedIn for creatives, The Dots raises £4m

Professional social networks like LinkedIn have long been a mainstay of business, but what if you are more of a creative bent where Linke...

Germany’s Penta is a new digital bank account for startups and SMEs

Germany’s  Penta  is the latest European startup to throw its banking wares into the ring. The burgeoning company is launching a new digi...

Devialet built a car audio system for Renault’s Symbioz concept car

High-end speaker maker  Devialet  is branching out of home speakers. The company announced a partnership with Renault for its first ever ...

Rico-owned Henchman acquires Jinn’s app, will rebrand to ‘new on-demand concierge’ early next year

Jinn, the London on-demand delivery startup that  shut down and was put into administration  after being unable to pay creditors, has fou...

Facebook says Russia did try to meddle in Brexit vote

BuzzFeed  has obtained a statement from Facebook in which the tech giant admits, for the first time, that some Russia-linked accounts may...

N26 adds Apple Pay support in France, Spain, Italy and Finland

Fintech startup  N26  just  launched  Apple Pay support in European countries where Apple already launched Apple Pay. Starting today, you...

Lofelt raises $5.4M to develop next-gen haptic tech for gaming, AR, VR, automobile, and more

Lofelt , a Berlin-based startup that is developing ‘next-generation’ haptic technology for use in a range of products — including gaming,...