It's time for more alternatives to venture capital cash, argues the Omidyar Network's Sarah Drinkwater — and for more startups focused on making positive contributions to the world.

As a startup, it's hard to negotiate customer contracts because you're not yet established or trusted in the marketplace, so customers are taking on the risk. Many founders therefore make the mistake of being overly accommodating during initial contract negotiations -- when they should be thinking more systemically about the [...]

Ignition Financial's Report looks at how an eventful first half of 2019 has seen some key events that could mark a turning point for the start-up/VC ecosystem as we know it.

A data-driven look at global financial technology investment trends, top deals, active investors, and corporate activity.

CFOs are under the gun. They need to manage the growing burden of regulatory controls while being proactive advisors to the business and ensuring a focus on the bottom line.

There’s not many tech firms where the star player on the team is its art director, but such is the case with reassuringly named London-based edtech startup Mrs Wordsmith, whose cast includes Craig Kellman, the award-winning artist behind a vast cast of characters including those from Dreamworks’ blockbusters Madagascar and Hotel Transylvania.