If a twinkle in the eye of a venture capitalist could predict the longevity of a startup, Vital Labs is going all the way.

During aquick demo of the Burlingame, Calif.-based startupapp, called Vitality, True Ventures partner Adam D&Augellienthusiasm was potent. The company,which emerges from stealth today, is

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Empires rise and fall, and none more so than business empires. Whole industries that once dominated the planet are just a figment in memoryeye, while new industries quietly grow into massive behemoths.

New York City has certainly seen its share of empires. Today, the city is a global center of finance, real estate, legal services,

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It is four months since fintech ‘unicorn& Revolut announced its intention to add commission-free trading to its banking app, in a bid to compete with Silicon ValleyRobinhood (although, curiously, the two companies share two investors, namely Index and DST).

However, one London startup looks to be first out of the gate this side

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Lingokids, the Madrid, Spain-based (and U.S. incorporated) edtech startup that helps children to learn a second language, has bolstered its balance sheet. The company has raised $6 million in Series A funding, and been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the European Uniontaxpayer funded H2020 programme,

Leading the Series A is HV

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Bespoke Post says it has more than 100,000 subscribers signed up to receive a monthly &box of awesome& (thatwhat it calls its bundles of curated menproducts). Next up: Creating brands and products of its own.

Ita common move for retailers and e-commerce companies to launch their own brands, but it sounds like

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Serverless has become a big buzzword of late, and with good reason. It has the potential to completely alter how developers write code. They can simply write a series of event triggers, while letting the cloud vendor worry about providing whatever amount of compute resources are required to complete the job. It represents a huge shift in how

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