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In what has come as a shock to many pundits in investment circles, electronic scooter firm Voi Technology has reportedly raised about $85 Million in another funding round which has included several premier investment partners such as Vostok New Ventures. Previous investors Balderton Capital, Creandum and Raine Ventures were included in this round as well.Although the firm hasn’t reached any profitability overall, it expects to achieve this in the next few years. Fredrik Hjelm, Voi’s...

In what seems like a preference for institutional investment, Saudi Arabia’s State Oil Company Aramco in its prospectus has indicated offering of less than 1% of the shares on offer to individuals reports show. According to the prospectus, the initial public offering which is expected to begin on November 17 and close on December 4 has specifically indicated that “up to 0.5%” of the shares on offer will be available for purchase by individuals.Furthermore, the number of shares sold and their...

In what seems to be an innovation, customer relationship management solutions company Salesforce has built its content management system. Reports indicate that the content management system was developed in-house rather than purchased by the company. The general concept is that organizations can be able to get content across to their clients using this system which is fully integrated with Salesforce’s family of products.According to claims by Salesforce, little or no technical knowledge is...

Bitmain is going through a power struggle between its main founding members. Jihan Wu told Bitmain’s staffers that Micree Zhan was being laid off. Zhan said he was ousted without consent and is prepared for a legal battle. Bitmain Co-Founder Micree Zhan was recently forced out of the firm without any consent or prior knowledge. Now, the world’s richest crypto billionaire is preparing to go to court, if necessary, to guarantee his return to the mining giant. Power Struggle A civil war has...

In what can turn out to be one of the biggest takeovers, Xerox has put forward a cash-and-stock offer for computing giant Hewlett Packard. The latest report states that both companies are looking to cut costs and this merger can help them save around $2 billion in expenses.Xerox, which has specialized over the years in making printers and copiers, has an $8.5 billion market cap. This is one-third of the market cap of HP, currently valued at $27 billion. It is unclear how Xerox plans to go...

The Wall Street Bets, a Reddit branch dedicated to stock trading, is full of hot discussions around Robinhood. Traders were using the broken leverage system in the app to gain unbelievable profits. During his trade session, one of the traders had managed to turn $4,000 to one million thanks to the app’s code flaw that is still not fixed.The glitch allowed several other traders to access large amounts of illusive margin. A trader wrote that he had gained access to $50,000 of the funds while...

Deserve offers a set of modern services, including setting up the credit card via mobile app in minutes, sending money with unique fees, participating in cashback programs, and much more. Currently, the platform is used by more than 100,000 customers. With the help of Machine Learning, it aims to make the service better and attract people from all over the United States.During the venture funding round, Deserve received $50 million in investments to enhance its services. The money will come...

Apart from the popularity of its ride-hailing services, Uber is also very well-known as a market player all over the world and especially in the finance sphere for its continuous and rising loss over the years. Recently the company announced a report for its just-ended 3rd quarter which surpassed estimates predicted by financial analysts. However, Uber’s stock (now it’s trading at approximately $31) still lost up to 5% as the company still announced that it had lost well more than $1...

Social media giant Facebook has unveiled its new company logo as part of the rebranding efforts. Facebook says that the new branding strategy is to bring more clarity and align the goals of its different products and services under one parent company.In its official announcement, the company said that over the last 15 years, it has made several major acquisitions like Instagram and WhatsApp. Thus, to bring clarity that these services operate under Facebook, it is isolating the Facebook...

Google’s parent company Alphabet has revealed that it will be purchasing popular wearables giant and smartwatch maker Fitbit, in a deal that will be closed soon. Worth $2.1 billion, many analysts agree that this deal has all the makings of a blow-up and could very seriously cement Google’s position as a strong contender in the smartwatch market, a market already largely dominated by Apple. While this is very interesting and important news, the market is starting to wonder whether or not...