Harry Kane backs UK premium ticketing start-up

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Travel & leisure industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. England men’s football captain Harry Kane has increased his venture capitalist activities with an investment in London-based premium ticketing start-up Seat Unique.  The Bayern Munich striker will take a stake in the group … Read more

Banks and tech groups commit to live data-sharing in UK fraud clampdown

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s biggest banks, technology and telecoms companies have pledged to step up efforts to share live fraud data, as calls grow for the government to take stronger leadership in coordinating the fight against online scammers. … Read more

EU plans to strengthen police powers to tackle foreign threats

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The European Commission plans to strengthen EU policing and law enforcement measures against threats from foreign powers such as Russia that collaborate with criminal networks, under a new strategy on internal security seen by the … Read more

Breast-pump maker Elvie bought by US rival that sued ‘femtech’ pioneer

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Elvie, one of the UK’s most feted female-led start-ups, has been acquired by the US rival that was pursuing legal action against the “femtech” group before it fell into administration. The London-based group, backed by … Read more

Bad ‘hard’ data creeps in

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters … Read more

EQT teams up with Fortnox chair in bid valuing Swedish software group at $5.5bn

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private equity group EQT has made an all-cash offer for Swedish software group Fortnox in concert with the company’s largest shareholder and chair Olof Hallrup, sending shares up 36 per cent on Monday. The bid, … Read more

China’s WeRide warns driverless tech profitability ‘difficult to predict’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nasdaq-listed Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide has said it hopes to become profitable within five years but warned that uncertainty over international government regulation and commercial partnerships make the timing “difficult to predict”. Tony Han, … Read more

Five essential gadgets for your car

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Airinum’s founder, Alexander Hjertström, has been on a quest to battle poor air quality ever since his childhood asthma was retriggered on a trip to India in 2014. The Swedish firm’s first product, a stylish … Read more