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Merx, a London-based startup building the “world’s first” AI-powered conversational platform to connect brands with consumers via WhatsApp, has today announced a €1.1 million pre-Seed funding round. The round was led by VentureFriends, the European early-stage VC firm, with participation from Ascension, the London-based early-stage VC firm. Pietro Cammerini, Co-founder of Merx, comments, “We believe ...
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New Tesla registrations in the US fell 11% in January from a year earlier, per data from S&P Global — even as the company's EV rivals surged. Read more ›
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Tesla is set to unveil a more affordable vehicle in the first half of 2025. Details are scarce, but new reports say it could take after the Model Y. Read more ›
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Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant. Read more ›
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Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said he could no longer stand the association with Elon Musk. Read more ›
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YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, is casting for the second season of his competition show on Amazon Prime Video. Read more ›
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One Canadian visitor to Palm Springs, California canceled his $7,000 Airbnb reservation. It comes amid rising tensions between the US and Canada. Read more ›
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Senate Democrats decided not to block a GOP-led funding bill, which many have said fails to do enough to rein in Elon Musk's DOGE. Read more ›
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Amid deteriorating relations between the US and Canada, many Canadian video game developers are opting not to travel to San Francisco for next week's Game Developers Conference. Read more ›
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Over the course of 89 minutes, North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards endured boos and jeers from an Asheville crowd outraged about DOGE and tariffs. Read more ›
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YouGov found Americans' impression of Tesla hit its lowest score since it began measuring US sentiment toward the brand in 2016 through daily surveys. Read more ›
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Portugal plans to spend $6 billion on F35s, to replace older jets, but its defense minister says Trump's approach to NATO allies could change that. Read more ›
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Netflix's new movie "The Electric State," directed by the Russo brothers, stars Millie Bobby Brown and reportedly cost $300 to $320 million to make. Read more ›
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Vanessa Trump was married to Donald Trump Jr. from 2005 until 2018. She is now reportedly dating Tiger Woods. Read more ›
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Japan began welcoming foreign cruise ships again in 2023. Now, it hopes to welcome 2.5 million international cruisers in 2025, surpassing 2019 levels. Read more ›
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Trump isn't happy the future Air Force One 747 fleet may not be delivered before he leaves office in 2029. He'll be stuck using these planes instead. Read more ›
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Some JPMorgan employees awaiting details on RTO enforcement have received some clues from an internal document leak. Read more ›
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Alexander Simonpour is at least the fourth Tesla employee to be connected with the White House's headcount-slashing initiative. Read more ›
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Looks like banking on billionaires to solve climate change isn't gonna do the trick. Read more ›
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Google is rolling out a Find My Device app feature update that shows a map of your friends and the family members who share their location with you, 9to5Google reports. The new feature was announced in the Android March feature update last week and is now available for more users. There’s already a way for […] Read more ›
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Tesla has stopped deliveries on Cybertrucks due to yet another production issue found with the vehicle. Read more ›
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International Women’s Day may have passed, but the conversation about gender parity in entrepreneurship should not be a once-a-year affair. To that end, EU-Startups is presenting an analysis of figures from 2024 to present a ‘state-of-affairs’ for women in the European startup ecosystem and where they can go from here. Figures provided by the Female ... Read more ›
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London-based International Airlines Group (IAG) announced today it will invest up to €200 million over five years, in high-potential aviation companies through, IAGi Ventures, the new corporate venturing arm of IAG. The investment is set to be “one of the largest investments of its kind globally and the biggest by a European airline group“. Jorge ... Read more ›
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Berlin-based e-bike and moped subscription company Dance, today announced the successful closing of a €12 million funding round in equity and debt to expand its fleet and transform the urban transportation. New equity investors include Berlin-based sustainable lifestyle investor Elemental, Uli Schöberl and Piotr Brzezinski. The asset-backed debt facility is provided by Paris-based Smart Lender ... Read more ›
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Paris-based MSInsight, a startup innovating precision medicine solutions in oncology, has closed a €1.6 million Seed funding round to accelerate the development and regulatory approval of MSIcare, its AI-powered diagnostic software designed to enhance the accuracy of detecting microsatellite instability (MSI) cancers. The investment was led by Calyseed, with participation from Plateau de Saclay Business ... Read more ›
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Cologne-based VYTAL Global GmbH, a leading provider of smart reusable packaging solutions, has successfully raised €14.2 million in growth funding to accelerate its international growth. The recent investment was led by Inven Capital, a growth capital fund specialising in scaling climate tech companies globally, alongside NRW.Venture, the venture capital fund of NRW.BANK. Both are joining ... Read more ›
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Merx, a London-based startup building the “world’s first” AI-powered conversational platform to connect brands with consumers via WhatsApp, has today announced a €1.1 million pre-Seed funding round. The round was led by VentureFriends, the European early-stage VC firm, with participation from Ascension, the London-based early-stage VC firm. Pietro Cammerini, Co-founder of Merx, comments, “We believe ... Read more ›
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We’re excited to announce that Pep Gómez, Founder and Board Member of Fever, will be joining us at the EU-Startups Summit 2025 in sunny Malta on April 24-25! Pep is a visionary entrepreneur who founded Fever, the world’s leading platform for discovering experiences, at just 18 years old. Today, Fever is a global unicorn, helping ... Read more ›
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The StepUp Startups Stage is set to be one of the highlights of the EU-Startups Summit 2025, taking place on April 24-25 in Malta. With a capacity for 350 attendees, this stage will focus on the opportunities available for startups and startup ecosystem builders from across Europe. Named after the StepUp Startups project, this stage ... Read more ›
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Bristol-based sensor technology startup, Zero Point Motion has successfully closed a €4.7 million pre-Series A funding round to transform positioning and navigation in Defense, AgriTech, autonomous vehicles, consumer electronics and industrial logistics. They are backed by investors SCVC (the official funding arm of Science Creates), Foresight Group and Verve Ventures, with seed round investor u-blox ... Read more ›
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Stockholm-based solar developer Alight has secured €46 million in senior debt financing to kickstart its first large-scale Finnish solar project, a 100 MWp solar park in Eurajoki. This milestone comes as part of a larger facility agreement with ABN AMRO and SEB, designed to fund over 300 MWp of solar parks across Finland. Warren Campbell, ... Read more ›
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