Good day: Dapper Labs raises $250m and strikes deal with La Liga September 22, 2021 The company behind NBA Topshot, Dapper Labs, has closed a $250m (£183m) funding round and announced a new deal with the Spanish football league. In addition to creating some of the NFT world’s most popular games Dapper Labs has built its own blockchain, known as Flow, to process high transaction volumes at speed. Today’s funding [...]
Zelensky in tell-all English interview says it’s ‘not correct’ to say if ‘good guy’ Boris Johnson should return as PM January 26, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky branded Vladimir Putin a “nobody” as he suggested that it was too late for face-to-face talks with the Russian leader to make any difference. Zelensky, who turned 45 on Wednesday, also praised his “special bond” with Boris Johnson but declined to say whether he would like to see him return as [...]
With Altman moving to Microsoft, what’s next for OpenAI? November 20, 2023 Drama levels at OpenAI are through the roof after a rapid succession of firing, hiring and resigning. Where does it leave the company?
London fintech Jeeves gets Tencent backing in $180m funding round March 22, 2022 London corporate card fintech Jeeves has won the backing of Chinese tech giant Tencent in a fresh $180m funding round announced today.
Good day: Dapper Labs raises $250m and strikes deal with La Liga : CityAM September 22, 2021 The company behind NBA Topshot, Dapper Labs, has closed a $250m (£183m) funding round and announced a new deal with the Spanish football league. In addition to creating some of the NFT world’s most popular games Dapper Labs has built its own blockchain, known as Flow, to process high transaction volumes at speed. Today’s funding [...]
Exclusive: COP28 business chief: Era of ‘activist good, business bad’ is over December 8, 2023 COP28 is the first summit to have a formal business special representative - and we sit down with Badr Jafar to discuss where the private sector sits in the climate challenge
London churches, with their wonderful acoustics, are becoming gig venues February 16, 2023 London churches are becoming arts venues… and it’s making money, says Adam Bloodworth “These spaces were built for their acoustics,” says Sammie Ellard-King, marketing director at K&G Hospitality. It’s an obvious statement to make about a church, but then again, why haven’t more been turned into music venues? It’s predicted that 350 churches will close [...]
BP and Maersk Tankers team up to trial marine biofuel in decarbonisation push December 17, 2021 Product tankers powered on biofuels produced from recycled cooking oils have travelled from Netherlands to West Africa as part of BP-Maersk trials.
HMRC owes construction workers close to £1.5bn following pandemic property boom March 8, 2022 Almost £1.5bn is owed to Britain’s construction workers by the taxman following the pandemic property boom, according to new data shared with City A.M. today. It is estimated that more than 1m people working in the sector could be owed a tax refund, after the industry “weathered a particularly fierce storm” to keep Britain building [...]
Energy crisis: Can someone shine a light on the Bulb takeover deal? February 6, 2023 Octopus' takeover deal for Bulb is set to cost the taxpayer much less than originally feared, but the deal remains shrouded in secrecy.