This week saw Wahanda, the online marketplace for booking hair and beauty treatments, raise a whopping $46m as British in a week where startups raised almost $70m.
And over in the European Union the plans for the much vaunted ‘digital single market’. were revealed as the EU looks to take the fight to the US tech giants.
Whilst everyone’s favourite entrepreneur Elon Musk returns to The Week in Tech following the launch of the Telsa Powerwall, an affordable battery for homes.
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Wahanda bags $46m from Recruit Holdings [Tech City News]
Kano raises $15m and launches second-generation computer kit [Tech City News]
EU unveils Digital Single Market plan [Tech City News]
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