Is This the Week to Buy Visa (V)?

June 5, 2023
Digital payments major Visa (V) reported strong growth across its business during the second quarter. Amid the uncertain macroeconomic environment, will it be wise to buy the stock this week?…

Spotify will cut 200 jobs in its podcast unit

June 5, 2023

Just a few months after announcing a significant wave of layoffs, Spotify plans to conduct another round of layoffs. This time, the job cuts will affect the podcast division as part of a corporate reorganization. In particular, the company plans to merge Parcast and Gimlet Studios. In an internal memo, Sahar Elhabashi, Spotify’s head of […]

Spotify will cut 200 jobs in its podcast unit by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: making sense of tech, and Apple’s AR ambitions

June 5, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Overwhelmed by the rapid pace of new tech? Let us help.  It’s been a busy year. Over the past 12 months, we’ve witnessed the explosion of generative AI, the collapse of crypto, and…

As Deeptech and AI explodes, European Deeptech VC IQ Capital closes new $200M fund

June 5, 2023

European Deeptech startups get another shot in the arm this week in the shape of IQ Capital’s new $200m venture fund. The new fund takes its assets under management to more than $1bn.  The London and Cambridge, UK-based deep tech VC has closed its fourth Venture Fund at that amount, while also launching its second […]

As Deeptech and AI explodes, European Deeptech VC IQ Capital closes new $200M fund by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Helium Health gets $30M, backed by AXA IM Alts and 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki

June 5, 2023

Helium Health, the African startup that provides software-as-a-service tools, financing, and insights for healthcare providers and public health organizations, has raised $30 million in Series B funding.  The news is coming three years after the Lagos-headquartered healthtech secured a $10 million Series A and 18 months following a rare Africa-GCC deal involving UAE-based healthcare provider-patient […]

Helium Health gets $30M, backed by AXA IM Alts and 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch