6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities
The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment.
That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. The country makes far too much money from oil, giving it one of the world
India’s Paytm turns Android smartphones into POS machines in merchants push
Paytm said on Tuesday it is turning NFC-enabled Android smartphones into point-of-sale machines, as it looks to win more merchants in one of the world’s largest mobile payments markets.
A Paytm merchant partner will now be able to enable the card acceptance feature on their NFC-enabled smartp
Taipei-based Influenxio gets $2M from DCM Ventures for its ‘microinfluencer’ marketing platform
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“Microinfluencers” are gaining clout among marketers. Though they may have as little as a thousand followers,
Kia’s electric vehicle plans take shape with EV6 teaser, new naming strategy
Kia started the year by dropping “motor company” from its corporate name and revealing a new logo and slogan as part of Plan S, a strategy to shift its business away from internal combustion engines and toward EVs, mobility services and autonomous vehicle technology.
Now, the South Kore
PUBG Mobile-developer invests $22.4 million in India's Nodwin Gaming
Krafton, the developer of popular gaming title PUBG Mobile, has invested $22.4 million in Indian esports firm Nodwin Gaming, the two firms said Tuesday as the South Korean firm looks to maintain some presence in what was once its key overseas market.
Nodwin Gaming, a subsidiary of local gaming gian
Apple releases important iPhone, iPad, Mac and Watch security patches
Apple has released a set of security updates for iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches. There are no new features — but these are updates you will still want to install.
As part of these security fixes, iPhones and iPads will update to iOS and iPadOS 14.4.1, watchOS users will update to 7.3.2 and mac
Max Q: Starship’s good landing (and less good post-landing)
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Sometimes even the biggest successes look like failures on video. That’s the theme of this week, because the biggest news by far was SpaceX’s test launch of its late
Daily Crunch: PayPal acquires Curv
PayPal acquires a cryptocurrency startup, Apple discontinues the iMac Pro and McAfee sells its enterprise business. This is your Daily Crunch for March 8, 2021.
The big story: PayPal acquires Curv
This deal will grow PayPal’s cryptocurrency team by bringing on Curv, a startup
Zapier buys no-code-focused Makerpad in its first acquisition
Zapier, a well-known no-code automation tool, has purchased Makerpad, a no-code education service and community. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
technewss has covered Zapier often during its life, including its first, and only, fundraising event, a $1.2 million round back in 2012 that tapped
White-label voice assistants will win the battle for podcast discovery
Americans are bored, housebound and screened out. This has created a golden opportunity for audio as consumers turn to podcasts, voice assistants and smart speakers — often at the same time.
Roughly 128 million Americans use a voice assistant at least once a month. Smartphones account for most v
From electric charging to supply chain management, InMotion Ventures preps Jaguar for a sustainable future
Since InMotion Ventures, the independent investment and incubation initiative set up by Jaguar Land Rover, launched in 2016 the firm has focused on backing companies across the mobility space broadly. Its 15 active investments run the gamut from autonomous vehicles, to car insurance tech, to ride-s
Porter Road’s sustainable, whole animal butchery raises $10 million to expand across the US
In the nearly 10 years since it launched as a whole animal butchery out of a storefront in East Nashville, the founders of Porter Road have wanted to herd America’s meat industry down a new path.
Now the company has $10 million in financing from investors including L37 Ventures, River Park Ve
Apple teams with Common Sense Media to curate podcasts for kids
Apple announced this morning it’s teaming up with Common Sense Media to curate a selection of kid-friendly podcasts in the U.S. in light of what appears to be growing interest in spoken-word entertainment among families. That interest, in part, may have been prompted by the pandemic and paren
Europe’s Android ‘choice’ screen keeps burying better options
It’s been over a year since Google began auctioning slots for a search engine “choice” screen on Android in Europe, following a major antitrust intervention by the European Commission back in 2018. But despite hitting Google with a record-breaking fine over two years ago, almost n