Culture Trip Raises $80 Million in Series B Round
Culture Trip, a regionally focused travel and cultural content portal, has raised $80 million in a series B round of funding led by PPF Group, with participation from a number of individual angel investors. Founded in 2011, London-based Culture Trip’s goal is to “inspire people to explore the world’s culture and creativity.” To do this, the company offers a website and mobile app featuring words, photos, and videos from an in-house...
Deployed U.S. Troops Get New Homes with Help of 2 Companies
ADS Inc. is a Virginia Beach, VA firm that provides logistics, procurement, supply chain, and equipment services. They recently partnered with another company, World Housing Solution in Sanford, Florida, to create portable housing for deployed US troops. The founder and chief executive officer of World Housing Solution, Ron Ben-Zeev, talked about what this partnership with ADS Inc. accomplished. When talking about this partnership he...
The Westfield London is Massive
It could take a few days to cover 2.6 million square feet if you wanted to really explore the largest shopping centre in Europe: The Westfield London. With the new £600m extension, it has now overtaken the Westgate shopping city in Zagreb, Croatia, and Aviapark in Moscow. New portions of this extension will be opening over time and way ahead of schedule. A spectacular new John Lewis four-level department store encompassing 230,000...
Giving New Hope to Small Businesses
With the way our society is revolutionizing today, there are so many opportunities for new ideas and perspectives to be brought to the forefront, especially when it comes to this next generation of business owners and investors, who are community minded. A firm that goes by the name, Advantage Capital, is providing financing for companies that are already established, but unfortunately, are not given the sources of capital, which is...