08/23/2016

Where the Old Meets the New

An insurance startup is cooperating with a bank for the first time in Germany. The online subsidiary of Frankfurter Sparkasse, 1822direkt, and the insurtech Getsafe are joining forces to compete with insurance brokers.

08/19/2016

Cambridge university start-up fund raises £75m ahead of IPO

The university founded CIC in 2013 with an original £50m investment, which came from its own funds as well as outside investors including Lansdowne Partners, one of the largest hedge funds in London, and Arm Holdings, the technology group.

08/18/2016

Rentplus secures £20m funding deal

It will then look to lease homes to housing associations, which would let them to people with an income of less than £80,000 a year who are struggling to get onto the property ladder.