London property management startup Mews has raised a $33 million Series B funding round, as it plans to export its hotel-focused software solution to the United States. The round, led by Boston’s…
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Former Apple Employee Charged for Stealing Self-Drive Tech
Federal prosecutors have charged a former Apple employee with stealing trade secrets associated with the company’s self-driving vehicle technology. Xiaolang Zhang stole the information on the same day he handed in his…
Miami Dolphins Owner Buys NYC Cybersecurity Firm for $30m
Oxford Solutions, a New York City-based cybersecurity company, has been bought by a venture capital outfit co-led by the owner of the Miami Dolphins football franchise. The company, whose name will change…
Aryaka CMO Gary Sevounts on the Wonder-Connectivity “No Other Company Has Right Now”
Gary Sevounts has a long history in cybersecurity and is currently CMO at cloud networking and security company Aryaka. He talks to Red Herring about the shift to cloud-based applications, MPLS and…
Personio CEO Renner: “Focus on the Future, Not Just Now”
Hanno Renner is co-founder and CEO of Personio, a cloud-based HR management and recruitment solution for small and medium businesses (SMEs). The Munich-based startup has won over $14m in funding since its…
Kreditech Learns to Innovate Like a Startup, and Work Like a Bank
Kreditech’s high-flung office offers a spectacular, 360-degree view of its hometown of Hamburg. That is, when it is sunny. When Red Herring visited the fintech firm’s HQ earlier this year, the German…
Appodeal Europe Chief Baidachnaya: 2017 “Transformative” for Mobile
Anna Baidachnaya is the Barcelona-based, head of Europe for Appodeal, a San Francisco-headquartered app monetization platform that has won $3.26 million in funding since its 2015 foundation in Russia. Baidachnaya speaks to Red…
CeBIT 2017: Security Chiefs Warn of Executive Security Disconnect
A group of European security luminaries has told an audience at today’s CeBIT conference that companies must move quickly to avoid cybersecurity disasters–and that executives and CFOs are often unaware of the…
European Jewish Leader Rebukes Google in Hate Speech Row
One of Europe’s leading Jewish figures has condemned tech giant Google, amid a growing controversy over its refusal to remove anti-Semitic videos from subsidiary site YouTube. Dr. Moshe Kantor, President of the…
Musk’s Moon Ambitions Outpace Any Other
By the time Howard Hughes built his H-4 Hercules flying boat, also known as the ‘Spruce Goose’, he was an engineering prodigy, having leveraged a fortune and innovated radios, aviation and other…