Financial tech startup WeLab raises $220M from investors including Alibaba, the IFC and Credit Suisse

WeLab, an financial tech startup that operates online lending platforms in Hong Kong and China, has raised $220 million in combined equity and debt financing. The round, which WeLab says is its Series B+, brings its total funding so far to $425 million. Investors include […]

Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ initiative expands to colleges and universities outside of the US

Apple is taking its coding course international after it announced that 20 college and university partners worldwide will begin offering the Everyone Can Code initiative to students. Initially limited to the U.S., the course is designed by Apple engineers and educators to help students learn the […]

In Startup World, No Shock Over Yuri Milner Role in Paradise Papers

Venture-capital firms are famously secretive. They don’t disclose who their investors are, or the returns they earn. Top firms, including Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, even refuse to take investments from public-pension funds that are required to publish performance data. In other words, VCs really […]