Indian technology minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar said on Thursday that Indian tech startups had over $1 billion worth of deposits in California’s Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) when the bank was shut down by regulators on March 10.
California’s imploding Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) had a number of foreign depositors, including tech start-ups in China.
TEL AVIV – Israel is the third leading start-up ecosystem in the world, according to global innovation mapping and research company StartupBlink’s annual rankings report.
Top tech venture capitalist Sir Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital caused a stir last week by claiming that American tech workers in Silicon Valley are lazy compared to tech workers in China. Sequoia is one of the oldest and highest performing Silicon Valley start-up
Jeff Bezos is less than $4 billion shy of passing Bill Gates as the richest man in the history of planet Earth.
With Kickstarter crowdfunding having successfully raised $2.6 billion for 111,772 start-ups, “Sightline Maps” is out to raise $40,000 to build a topographical app for 3D printers.
Hunter Scarborough is talking up his mobile app, Voter, which he describes as “Tinder for politics,” and which allows voters to learn about issues, candidates, and each other.
British entrepreneurs are on track to start up a record number of businesses this year, ignoring the doom and gloom forecasts from pro-Remain economists in the run up to the EU referendum. 91,618 new businesses have been formed in the
Venture capital investors love business plans that promise terrific upside, but they increasingly want a “funeral plan” in writing that explains what the entrepreneur can and will do if their start-up suffers from business problems or slow growth.
