Suhail Ahmad, MBA

Tech Investor & Entrepreneur

Fintech

  • Biotech startup secures £6.5m for dementia research

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    The search for the first drugs to tackle Alzheimer’s disease has taken a “fantastic step forward”, it was announced today. A venture capital fund established by David Cameron’s government to boost dementia research announced a £6.5 million investment in a new biotech company that builds on research at University College London. AstronauTx, the UCL spin-off, will develop medicines…

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  • Barclays Is No Longer Banking Coinbase

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    The most prestigious banking relationship in crypto has ended. Barclays, the London-based global bank, is no longer working with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, industry sources told CoinDesk. And while Coinbase found a replacement in U.K. upstart ClearBank, according to people familiar with the situation, the change has indirectly inconvenienced the exchange’s users. That’s because, aside from…

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  • N26 is now one of the highest valued FinTechs globally

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    The last few months have been quite the whirlwind for N26 – we’ve celebrated reaching 3.5 million customers worldwide, launched in the USA and also revamped N26 Black to unveil N26 You. And today, we’re excited to announce our Series D funding extension by $170m to $470m. This is one of the biggest rounds ever raised in Berlin and…

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