Clothing brand Gymshark becomes UK’s newest £1bn start-up
Company founded by Ben Francis as a student nine years ago wins £200m investment Ben Francis, the 28 year old founder of clothing brand Gymshark, has become one of the […]
Unicorn Layoffs Keep Piling Up As The Economy Gets Worse
The backdrop for today’s layoffs is a faltering American economy. Home builder confidence recorded the “biggest drop in history,” while retail sales fell 8.7% in March, what CNBC noted was “the most ever in government data,” and CNN Business reported that American factories’ output fell 5.4% in March, “their steepest one-month slowdown since 1946.”
dtac accelerate batch 7 helps Thai startups become unicorns
dtac accelerate introduces the batch 7 with a new program, A Academy, for startups that receive Series A round of funding by venture capital and corporate venture capital firms between US$1 – 15 million. The program helps create opportunities for Thai startups, that are struck with Series A bottleneck, to grow by getting closer to the funding sources in Asia and worldwide.
NIA targets Thai unicorns in 5 years
The National Innovation Agency (NIA) is overhauling its support programme for startups to accelerate their progress, facilitating access to 44 billion baht in funding from various sources and targeting 1-2 unicorns […]
Is the Growth of India’s Tech Startup Ecosystem Being Driven by Just its Unicorns?
The Indian tech startup ecosystem witnessed an investment of amount $10 billion in 2017. While $6 billion have been raised by the unicorns of the country, just $206 million have gone into seed and angel funds says a 2018 CB Insight report.