Memphis Meats raised $161 million from SoftBank Group, Norwest and Temasek

Memphis Meats, a developer of technologies to manufacture meat, seafood and...


Larry Page’s secret war on the flu

Now that Larry Page has stepped down as CEO of Google’s parent company...


Convoy raises $400 million to expand its on-demand trucking platform

Convoy, the digital freight network that connects truckers with shippers, has...


Ginkgo Bioworks’ dev shop for genetic programming is now worth $4 billion

Ginkgo Bioworks is now worth $4 billion after a $290 million capital infusion...


Blockchain will force banks to change their feudal mindset

At the moment, banks have all the control and all the power, and users have very...


How to read fiction to build a startup

“The book itself is a curious artefact, not showy in its technology but...


How students are founding, funding and joining startups

Young founders who want to start companies while still in school have an...


Today’s top tech news, January 2: Go-Jek to cover entire Singapore with ride-hailing service

Also, China defreezes video game licensing, and Bill Gates’ nuclear energy...


Alphabet spins off moonshot project Malta with backing from Gates’s BEV fund

Malta, the renewable energy storage project born in Alphabet’s moonshot...


Temasek participates in US agriculture startup Pivot Bio’s funding round

The US$70m Series B funding was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a...