Finnish VC firm Lifeline Ventures closes $163M fund for early-stage startups

Venture capital (VC) firm Lifeline Ventures today announced a fresh €150 million ($163 million) fund aimed at early-stage startups across Finland. Founded in 2009, Helsinki-based Lifeline Ventures has invested... Read more »

Meta’s paid verification program is now available in the UK

Meta has launched its paid verification program, Meta Verified, in the UK at £9.99 per month each for Instagram and Facebook. The subscription is aimed at creators and comes... Read more »

Wefox secures new funding at $4.5 billion valuation as it aims for profitability

Wefox, the German insurtech startup, has closed a new funding round from existing investors. The funding amount isn’t going to impress anyone as the company managed to secure $55... Read more »

Singapore’s Ora takes a vertically-integrated approach to telehealth

According to the founder of Singapore-based telehealth platform Ora, 90% of its patients are less than 39 years old and have not been treated for their conditions offline. That... Read more »

Tesla shareholders meeting: no succession plan, a co-founder returns and two EVs teased

Tesla held its annual shareholder meeting in Austin on Tuesday, an event that Tesla has now taken to calling its Cyber Roundup. There were five proposals on the agenda,... Read more »

Tesla Roadster production has been pushed back again

The second-generation Tesla Roadster — the all-electric sports car that made a splashy and surprise debut in November 2017 — will “hopefully” go into production next year, CEO Elon... Read more »

Elon Musk teases two new EVs, says Tesla is already building one

Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased two new electric vehicles Tuesday at the automaker’s 2023 annual shareholder’s meeting. The billionaire executive even claimed that Tesla is already in the process... Read more »

Elon Musk says Tesla will ‘try a little advertising’

Tesla, a company that has long eschewed conventional advertising, is going to “try” out the scheme, CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday during the automaker’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders. Tesla... Read more »

5 ways SaaS companies can level up their product-led growth

Christian Owens Contributor Share on Twitter Christian Owens is executive chairman and co-founder of Paddle, a payments infrastructure provider for SaaS businesses. Following the valuation collapse of the last... Read more »

Even as crypto exchanges exit Canada, Coinbase intends to play the ‘long game’

The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, said last week that it would stop servicing Canadian customers due to “new guidance related to stablecoins and investor limits provided to crypto... Read more »
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