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Andreessen Horowitz Exec Explains How The VC Firm Works
Peter Levine, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, explains how his business works and what types of tech companies his firm is looking to back
UNICEF Seeks World-Changing Open Source Technologies
United Nations to fund startups to develop open source tech to improve the lives of vulnerable children and civilians
Driverless Cars Get New £20m Government Investment
Britain’s ‘cars of the future’ come a step closer with new development fund announced today
MariaDB Gets £6.35m Funding, Appoints New CEO, CTO
Open source database MariaDB gets more funding from Intel and others as it seeks to expand
Cloudyn Plans Expansion With £7.3m Series B Funding
Cloudyn's cloud monitoring and management platform funding shows value in the future of hybrid and public cloud
Intel Invests £33m In Quantum Computing Research
Computing giant coughs up to ensure development of next generation processing technology
Pentagon Co-Operates With Apple, Boeing For Wearable Tech
US military announces funding and seeks wearable partnerships deals with the likes of Apple and Boeing
Notion Capital Launches £97m European Cloud SaaS Fund
$150m funding round from London VCs will focus on emerging and fast-moving cloud startups
Darktrace Gains Further VC Funding To Hit $100m Valuation
Cyber-security firm backed by former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch hits new high
Microsoft Offers $500k Bonus To HoloLens App Developers
Five grants and HoloLens headsets are on offer to successful applicants
Google Sidewalk Labs Targets Smart City Life
New startup Sidewalk Labs looks to develop unique technology to benefit the urban dweller
Government And IBM Pledge £313m For Big Data Research
British government and Big Blue funnel £300m into big data and cognitive computing research
UK SMEs Set To Ramp Up Digital Spending
Business investment in websites is to increase dramatically over the next two years, research predicts
Docker Lands $95M With Help From Goldman Sachs
Container startup Docker surveying enterprise landscape with latest Series D funding round
Interoute Plans Data Centre Expansion With Private Equity Funding
Data centre and cloud expansion will turn Interoute into a 'predator' says CEO, with revenue set to double in five years
Google Invests Heavily In Solar Panel Fund For Homes
Search engine giant contributes $300m (£195m) to a fund to push solar panels onto residential roofs
Government Funding To Turn Gloucestershire Nuclear Lab Into Green Tech Research Park
Funding to transform former Nuclear Lab into centre for renewable energy and cyber security skills
CyLon To Help Startups Develop UK’s Cyber Defences
The scheme aims to develop the UK into Europe's hub for cyber security startups
TransferWise Racks Up Further Investment
Andreessen Horowitz funding values London-based company at close to $1bn
MIT Lands Major Cyber-Security Funding Injection
American academic centres land the largest ever private funding deal for cyber-security research
UK Data Centre Cuts Emissions After Green Investment Bank Funding
Green Investment Bank congratulated by Prime Minister on it’s 2nd anniversary - reveals data centre funding
Twitter Funds MIT Research For Social Data Analysis
Twitter to hand over millions of dollars and all of its Tweets to American university researchers for social data study
HootSuite Announces $60m Funding Raise
New funds comes alongside acquisition of "social telephony company" Zeetl
£4 Million Government Fund To Help SMBs Break Into Cyber Security Market
Andy Williams from techUK appointed as cyber security small business champion
Cameron Pledges £1.1bn To Fight ‘Modern’ Cyber Terror Threat
Cyber attacks are recognised as a serious threat to the security of the country, but just how much money will be spent on digital defences remains unclear
MapR Gets $110 Million To Improve Its Hadoop Distribution
The company closes its largest ever financing round, led by Google Capital
Kickstarter Pledges Top $1bn
5.7m people have contributed over a billion dollars to Kickstarter projects since April 2009
Shape Emerges With Polymorphic Cyber Defence
Shape Security launches with new security technology designed to stump hackers with a constantly moving target
Kickstarter Reveals Record Year
Three million people pledged $480m to projects throughout 2013