Wingly, a Paris-based flight sharing platform, has raised €3 million to launch a new commercial aviation service and accelerate its growth in France, Germany and the UK. Fellow Parisian firm Innovacom led the funding round. Founded in 2015, the startup created a flight sharing platform that allows private pilots and passengers to share the cost […]
Flight sharing platform Wingly has raised €2 million in a seed round from former German vice chancellor Philipp Rösler, former Daher Socata CEO Stephane Mayer, and VC firm Howzat Partners. Sometimes described as carpooling for flights, the UK-based startup connects private pilots with passengers. Pilots list routes that they are flying and available seats. The […]
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify has been slapped with a class action lawsuit by musician (and University of Georgia lecturer) David Lowery, Billboard reports. The lawsuit, which was filed on Monday 28 December in the Central District Court of California, seeks at least $150 million in damages against the company, alleging it knowingly and unlawfully […]
Uber Europe exec Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty talks to Tech.eu about last week’s protests in London, Berlin, Milan, Paris and other cities, and the revenue growth the company is currently seeing in these parts.