UK Investment has started 2015 the way it means to go on with British success story Shazam raising an impressive $30m taking it’s valuation to over $1bn.
There were a number of other investments this week, including Google investing in SpaceX, as well as the announcement that Sky would be blocking pornography through its broadband service.
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[Update: Shazam have 100m users, not 1m as stated in the video]
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Shazam raises $30m to take valuation over $1bn [Tech City News]
Car Throttle raises $1.6m to transform from blog to media platform [Tech City News]
eMoov grabs $2.3m to take on estate agents [Tech City News]
Work Angel raises $5m to reward employees everywhere [Tech City News]
SpaceX gets $1bn from Google and Fidelity [BBC]
Sky Broadband Shield: Porn-blocking filter is ‘switched on’ [The Independent]