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September 21, 2016

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Great post from VC partner Eric Paley, on the trade-offs for a founder looking to turn their business into a "unicorn". The key point he...

July 21, 2016

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CBInsights report on funding trends in cybersecurity makes interesting reading.

Cybersecurity remains a hot area for VC investment with...

September 30, 2015

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Ranking of European unicorns by valuation. Multiple entries for Index, Accel, Rocket and Insight. Tech in Europe is in good health.

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There are a total of 16 European unicorns with an aggregate value of $34.8B, which translates to just 7% of the valuation of all 135...…

April 15, 2015

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City to city ridesharing company BlaBlaCar has acquired two of its competitors, in the German and Hungarian markets. BlaBlaCar is...

March 5, 2015

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Hot on the heels of Transferwise and Shazam, which entered the "unicorn" club in January 2015, comes another European unicorn -...