UK tech investment is at a high, British startups Grabble and Instructure all raised, while online accounting service Xero bagged a whopping $111m.
Cyber security issues have reared an ugly head again as sim card provider Gemalto confirmed they were hacked back in 2010. Pebble broke a Kickstarter record for their smart watch reaching their $500,000 crowdfunding target in 17 minutes.
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Xero raised $111m to fund global growth [Tech City News]
Instructure secured $40m in a Series E round [Tech City News]
MCADO raised $1.4m in seed funding [Tech City News]
Grabble bagged $1.8m and look to expand to US [Tech City News]
Gemalto confirm they were hacked in 2010 [The Wall Street Journal]
Pebble break Kickstarter record [The Guardian]