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  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    John Thornhill
    UK must resist the itch to meddle with the tech sector

    Start-ups can thrive under Brexit if the government avoids mistakes

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Venture capital investment
    Coronavirus drives retreat of Chinese VCs to safer deals

    Investors lavish funds on known companies in favoured sectors at expense of tech start-ups

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Euan Blair’s education start-up valued at $200m

    Multiverse, which helps young people win apprenticeships, raises new funding from General Catalyst and Google

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Children's bank accounts
    Video games top the pocket money spending charts

    Youngsters dip into their savings for Roblox and Fortnite during lockdown

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Selling a Spac dream: auto start-ups angle for Tesla shine Premium

    Investors are being courted with supercharged valuations, but they may be overhyped

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    Special ReportCorporate Change and Technology
    Start-ups force finance chiefs to rethink attitude to risk

    Experiments with innovation are a nightmare for risk-averse CFOs, as investing in disrupters so often results in a loss

  • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
    InterviewHow to Lead
    The tech chief who put diversity at the heart of her group

    Ashwini Asokan admits enforcing a 50-50 gender policy was challenging but it is ‘ridiculous’ to think a pipeline of women in tech does not exist

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
    PT Go-Jek Indonesia
    Gojek and Tokopedia in advanced talks to form $18bn tech group

    Indonesian tie-up would create one of south-east Asia’s biggest companies

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
    Semiconductors
    AI chipmaker Graphcore raises $222m as it takes on Nvidia

    Latest funding round values four-year-old UK start-up at $2.5bn

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  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    Lex
    Unicorns: herd it all before Premium

    Not all valuations are rock solid, so best to check investor safety nets before considering a stake

  • Sunday, 27 December, 2020
    Search engine start-ups try to take on Google

    Challengers such as Neeva bet on alternative approaches as tech giant faces regulatory scrutiny

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The best of DD’s corporate finance coverage in 2020 Premium

    We’re counting down our top-10 topics of the year

  • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
    Cloud computing
    Sky’s the limit as tech investors pile into cloud start-ups

    Valuations soar in Silicon Valley with venture capitalists racing to find next big thing

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
    Lex
    Turo/car rental: deals on wheels Premium

    Biggest threat to the San Francisco-based start-up is legislation

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    Patience pays off for US start-ups that stayed private

    Wait is over for venture-backed companies as rewards of going public become too enticing

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Online used car sales fuel Asia fundraising burst

    Portals in India and south-east Asia seize pandemic-driven opportunity to sell to growing middle class

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    Special ReportThe Future of Telecommunications
    Pandemic brings surge in business for Middle East’s fintechs

    Transactions and investments are up in a sector that started from a low base

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Silicon Valley start-up Carta to launch private stock market in new year

    Delayed CartaX platform will begin executing transactions in January

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Electric vehicles
    Swedish e-scooter start-up Voi raises $160m

    Fundraising comes as groups capitalise on shift away from public transport during pandemic

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    UK employment
    UK aims to nurture start-ups by curbing non-compete clauses

    The government wants reform of employee contracts to emulate success of Silicon Valley

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    LVMH digital chief to join French fintech start-up

    Ian Rogers trades Louis Vuitton glam for new frontier of digital currencies

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Global tech founders back London-based start-up fund

    Support from likes of Eric Schmidt and Tim Steiner underlines momentum in Europe’s venture capital scene

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Venture capital investment
    China’s tech investors turn from India to Indonesia

    Sharp spike in investment in south-east Asia’s largest economy after New Delhi closes its doors

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Germany
    Germany’s immigrants rise to fore of start-up scene

    Challenges of finding traditional employment and willingness to take risks has spurred new entrepreneurs

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Special ReportFT Intelligent Business
    Wanted: DIY-style tools to boost legal tech adoption

    Users say products must act as ‘building blocks’ to adapt to lawyers’ needs

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