Yahoo gave Nick D’Aloisio a job after buying the news app in 2013, but closed it this year Peter Kramer/NBC via Getty ImagesNick D’Aloisio, the British tech wunderkind who sold his news app Summly to Yahoo for a reported $30 million when he was 17, has raised funding for a new start-up. Mr D’Aloisio, 21, who is studying for a philosophy and computer studies degree at the University of Oxford, achieved a valuation of about £11.8 million for his company Sphere Knowledge from a combined seed and Series A funding round, according to a filing at Companies House. The company, founded with Tomas Halgas, 24, promises to help users find and instantly chat to an expert on a range of topics, according to Tech Crunch, the news website which first reported the funding rounds. No further details are available. An early version of the app was pulled…

Source: The Times October 05, 2017 23:03 UTC