Facebook cofounder Saverin’s B Capital just closed its third flagship fund with $822 million

It hasn’t taken long for B Capital to amass a pretty hefty third fund. Just five years after the venture firm was launched by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly, a veteran of private-equity firm Bain Capital, the firm is taking the wraps off […]

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AMD, Nvidia and seven other companies have announced their affiliation with the Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC), a group dedicated to standardizing data encryption techniques in the name of improved data privacy. The syndicate was founded last year by a selection of technology behemoths – including […]

Willa secures $3M from EQT Ventures to let freelancers get paid immediately

Willa, the Sweden and U.S.-based fintech that wants to help freelancers request payment and get paid immediately for a fee, has raised $3 million in funding. The company’s founders are former early members of Spotify’s growth team and also created influencer marketing platform Relatable. Leading […]

Robinhood announces changes to options trading after 20-year-old trader’s suicide Robinhood trading app

Trading app Robinhood has announced major changes to its service after a 20-year-old trader on the platform committed suicide.  Alexander Kearns committed suicide after an options trade resulted in an apparent negative $730,000 balance in his trading account. Although the negative number referred to available […]